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[Jualin]

Back on the rails, then?

Most of the songs by the H.P. Lovecraft Historical Society tend to be funny parodies of well-known songs. This one manages to be rather creepy.
Then there's this lovely piece by Marilyn Manson called Thaeter.
Finally, the Fallout 1 Soundtrack was composed with the abject despair of a desolate future in mind.

[Captain Hat]

Mein Teil by Rammstein is really creepy, especially considering the context of the song.

[jokermatt999]

Most stuff by Acid Bath deserves a mention, mostly for the lyrics. It's not that they're gory, it's that they're downright unsettling in some cases. I'd recommend The Scream of the Butterfly or Fingerpaintings of the Insane.

My Wall by Sunn 0))) is an excellent atmospheric piece with some interesting spoken word work in it. There's virtually no chance of me finding a link to listen to it as the piece is a half hour long, but it's worth listening to. I can't speak for the rest of their work, but that song is strangely mesmerizing.

Once again, disturbing lyrics: Comus. A strange folkish 70s band with songs about rape and murder. I'd recommend the song Drip Drip or The Bite.

Godspeed You! Black Emperor's Easting Hastings and The Dead Flag Blues both have some rather unsettling sections to them, and The Dead Flag Blues has an interesting poem in it with the subject of the apocalypse.

Whoever mentioned Pink Floyd's A Saucerful of Secrets was spot on. The beginning of that song puts me on edge. Same with the middle section of Echoes, but that song is mostly excellent, and not creepy save that annoying interlude.

Finally, the most disturbing song I can think of: World's End Girlfriend's We Are The Massacre. I recommend not watching the video, and just relaxing with the music...until it begins. The screams fade in gradually from the background, while the music remains discordantly happy. Edit: Upon review, their entire discography has a creepy vibe to it.

And for the record, no, none of these are "screamers" or anything. I believe one of the Godspeed You! Black Emperor songs has a loud train whistle out of nowhere, but that's it. Enjoy, and have fun staying awake.

[Cthulhu]

Hammers of Misfortune - The Trial and the Grave  Not creepy per se, but has a very melancholy and gloomy feel, and as an added bonus won't put you to sleep like some of the stuff in this thread.

[G-Flex]

These guys make some fairly creepy medieval dark ambient sort of stuff.

Unfortunately, I can't find anything else on youtube of theirs that I actually have myself.

[Siquo]

you might like it but i HATE RAP, where i live you get 12 year olds walking around with thier pants pockets behind thier kness blasting rap 24/7. honestly, why the hell is it "gangsta" to show off your tidey whities?

MSI is anything but gangsta.


But on-topic: Creepy music is usually only creepy because of the context. Anything sufficiently moving can be creepy.

[Cthulhu]

They may not be "gangsta" but they're still about as pleasing to the ears as an angle grinder being applied to a chalkboard.  How can people listen to that?

[Siquo]

Yeah... 

[Lear]

Asilos Magdalena

This song is quite creepy especially if you know the lyrics. Also, skip to about 1:17 into the video as that's when it actually starts.

EDIT: The end is a bit disturbing especially for people who can't stand the sight of blood.

[Myroc]

You can't tell me that the beginning of this isn't atleast SOMEWHAT creepy.

I mean, it's got freaking cries of pain in the background.

[ChairmanPoo]

When I was playing my polar-station-surrounded-by-the-undead I put in the background the sountrack of The White Chamber, which is creepy as hell. Now I feel tempted to reclaim that fortress again.


http://www.studiotrophis.com/site/projects/thewhitechamber