[Susan Foreman]

25 Songs That Are Truly Terrifying | Rolling Stone

It's one of those annoying slideshow presentations, with one entry per page.

Songs discussed are:

• Carolina Buddies, "The Murder of the Lawson Family" (ca. 1930)
• Louvin Brothers, "Knoxville Girl" (1956)
• Krzystof Penderecki, "Threnody to the Victims of Hiroshima" (1960)
• György Ligeti, "Volumina for Organ" (1962)
• The Doors, "The End" (1967)
• Pink Floyd, "Careful With That Axe, Eugene" (1969)
• Bloodrock, "D.O.A." (1971)
• Leonard Cohen, "Avalanche" (1971)
• Alice Cooper, "I Love the Dead" (1973)
• Suicide, "Frankie Teardrop" (1977)
• Throbbing Gristle, "Hamburger Lady" (1978)
• The Birthday Party, "Dead Joe" (1982)
• Bruce Springsteen, "Nebraska" (1982)
• Metallica, "One" (1989)
• PJ Harvey, "Down By the Water" (1995)
• Scott Walker, "Farmer In The City" (1995)
• Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, "Song of Joy" (1996)
• Diamanda Galás, "25 Minutes to Go" (1998)
• Tom Waits, "What's He Building?" (1999)
• Tori Amos, "'97 Bonnie And Clyde" (2001)
• Eminem, "Kim" (2000)
• Khanate, "Commuted" (2003)
• Sufjan Stevens, "John Wayne Gacy, Jr." (2005)
• Haxan Cloak, "Miste" (2013)
• Wolf Eyes, "Asbestos Youth" (2015)