Disgusting music. A classic of Japanese pop/rock.
If you’ve found your way to this page, you’re probably someone who wants to discover songs that aren’t the universally known classics or current hits.
In this article, we’ll introduce a set of quirky playlists you’re unlikely to come across elsewhere.
These are works you can really immerse yourself in: cult favorites, songs with scary lyrics, and tracks that stoke a sense of unease.
If you can’t resist the thrill of peeking at something frightening, be sure to take a look into this world.
- A spine-chilling, terrifying song. Japanese music that evokes madness and horror.
- [Dark Side] Songs with scary lyrics. Tracks that make you shiver with chilling phrases.
- A spine-chilling scary song: masterful tracks that evoke fear and eerie recommended songs
- [Melancholy] For when you want to sink all the way. Masterpieces that depict various kinds of gloom.
- The World of Addictive Songs: Loops that Spiral with Irresistible Catchiness
- [Menhera & Yandere Songs] A curated selection of love songs so devoted it hurts!
- Songs that make you feel rushed. Tracks that make you panic just by listening. Masterpieces and popular hits from Japanese music.
- Masterpieces that sing of despair. Recommended popular songs.
- Recommendation of Scary Music: That Song That’s Actually Frightening
- [Classic and Contemporary Hits] Emotionally Stirring, Heart-Touching Songs
- Hidden gems of yami songs. Recommended popular tracks.
- A roundup of love songs themed around homosexuality and LGBTQ+
- Songs that hit home when you're feeling blue: masterpieces of Japanese music
Disturbing Music: Masterpieces of Japanese Music (21–30)
HEARTgroup_inou
It’s a song with minimal sound and a catchy melody that feels pleasant, yet it carries a somewhat mysterious atmosphere.
It’s a track by the music group group_inou, formed in 2003.
I highly recommend enjoying it together with the animation in the music video.
Crisis of the LarvaeHikashū
Hikashu is a band formed in 1977.
While they were originally classified as technopop, they gradually shifted toward a noisier, more idiosyncratic style.
“The Crisis of the Larva” is included on their 1980 album Hikashu.
to be exhausted; to run out; to be used upHatsune Eriko
This is a song used as the ending theme for the action game Drakengard, also known as a “depressing game” due to its dark content.
It is sung by actress Eriko Hatsune, who voiced the character Furiae.
It conveys a mythic sense of grandeur.
e-i-ri-a-nMakishimamu Za Horumon
A Japanese rock band formed in Tokyo in 1998.
From 1998 to 2001, after forming, they released “A.S.A.
Crew” and “Otori.” From 2002 to 2004, they released “Mimigajiru” and “Kunban,” making their major-label debut.
Their music is full of humor, shifting from an intense style to brighter, gentler songs that feature the female drummer on vocals.
Hymn in Devotion to the DeityYuzura Yui
Based in Tokyo, active as a lyricist, composer, singer, vocalist, chorus arranger, and narrator.
Featured in numerous commercials, including for the Toyota Lexus GS.
The Hōshin Goeika is an original Buddhist hymn that appears in the SIREN series.
With remarkable vocal ability, it heightens the eerie atmosphere.
baby cribCocco
This is a song by Cocco, a singer-songwriter from Naha, Okinawa.
It is included on her first album, Bougainvillea, released in 1997.
The song expresses a mixture of love and resentment toward the lover who abandoned her and the child born between them.
It might be a train.tama
They stood out for their band’s distinctive music and instrumentation.
Formed by three members in 1984, they became a four-piece in 1986 and made their major-label debut in 1990.
They became such a hot topic that it was dubbed the “Tama phenomenon,” reverted to a trio in 1996, and disbanded in 2003.
Their unique vocal style creates an eerie, unsettling atmosphere.