A spine-chilling, terrifying song. Japanese music that evokes madness and horror.
Don’t you ever feel like listening to scary songs? That sensation where curiosity about scary things wins out—like with horror movies, haunted houses, or famous ghost spots.
In this article, I’ll introduce tracks with chilling themes: horror-inspired worlds, madness and hidden psychology, twisted love, and more.
If you’re a horror-song freak, this is a must-read.
It might also help when you’re thinking, “There was a scary song I heard once long ago, but I don’t remember the title.”
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Chilling, spine-tingling scary songs: Japanese tracks that evoke madness and horror (41–50)
Don’t take off your sailor uniform.āban gyarudo
The title is a parody of Onyanko Club’s “Don’t Take Off My Sailor Suit,” but unlike the bright mood of the original, this track is brutally intense.
The blood-soaked music video depicting a high school girl’s forbidden love is the stuff of nightmares.
If you’re going to watch it, brace yourself.
Give it back to me right now.Za Pīnattsu
This song is so frightening that it was even designated as banned from broadcast.
In 1963, a boy was kidnapped and murdered, and at the time, there was no clue to the whereabouts of the abducted Yoshinobu-chan.
Amid such circumstances, this song was created to appeal to the perpetrator over the radio.
Precisely because it’s based on a real incident, it’s a pretty scary song…
Wax MuseumSeikima II
Even if they’ve never listened to the whole song, many people probably know the opening line, “Shall I turn you into a wax figure, too?!” It’s a quintessential horror track, with a fittingly ominous title and eerie lyrics.
Surprisingly, though, it’s said that listening to it can sometimes make babies stop crying.
Labyrinth ~You Who Doesn’t Appear in the Mirror~PIERROT
When I used to think of songs by old-school visual kei bands, I imagined nothing but ominous and decadent pieces, and this track is exactly the archetype.
I feel a straightforward terror in the scenario where the protagonist, who likely survived a lovers’ suicide attempt alone, speaks to the spirit of their dead lover.
Kill my ex-boyfriendGōruden Bonbā
Golden Bomber is strongly associated with a goofy, upbeat comic-song image, but they actually have some pretty intense tracks too.
This song portrays a man who’s gone off the deep end from loving his girlfriend too much; male “menhera” seems even heavier and scarier than the female kind.
I would absolutely never want a guy like that as my boyfriend!