History NightmareFuel / Coil

** "The Anal Staircase" opens with the [[GutturalGrowler discordant vocals]] of John Balance singing about angels tearing each other apart in ecstasy above samples of laughing children.

** The crown jewel, however, may be "Ostia (The Death Of [[Film/SaloOrThe120DaysOfSodom Pasolini]]). Balance's DullSurprise works in conveying a worthlessness to life accented by the work and mysterious murder of the titular Italian director.

* Their cover of "Tainted Love", which massively slows down the bouncy mood of the original into an aching funeral dirge, with jarringly loud and distorted piano chords punctuating every lyric. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4GUnUGKgWDY The unbelievably bleak music video]], depicting a man slowly succumbing to AIDS and DyingAlone (plus lots of sudden flashes of miscellaneous disturbing images), is almost unbearable to watch.

** "Circles of Mania," which sees Jhonn ecstatically [[LargeHam hamming]] his way through WordSaladLyrics which mercilessly kludge together eroticism, violence, nihilism, and Roman history. "Slur" is mostly similar, albeit with a haunting falsetto vocal and creepy brass arrangements.

** From the same album, "Panic," with its frenetic backbeat and lyrics that seem to alternate between FalseReassurance and MadnessMantra, to the point where the lines begin to blur.
-->[[BlatantLies THE ONLY THING TO FEAR IS FEAR ITSELF! THE ONLY THING TO FEAR IS FEAR ITSELF!]]

* One of their albums, "Constant Shallowness Leads to Evil" is full of nightmare fuel. "Higher Beings Command" is a bitcrushed noise jam, "I Am the Green Child" is a distorted, psychedelic singalong, and the "Tunnel of Goats" set is [[SensoryAbuse pure, warped noise]], along with phased vocals by Jhonn.

* "Queens Of The Circulating Library", a nearly [[EpicRocking fifty-minute track]] mostly composed of resonant drones, goes into this territory about halfway through, with a spoken-word piece that ends up invoking NothingIsScarier.

* In a similar vein, "The Tenderness Of Wolves", if only due to the looping infant screams.

** "Blood From The Air", especially the tape solo. That, and the lyrics, which pretty much about detailed SceneryGorn.
** "Circles Of Mania," which sees Jhonn ecstatically [[LargeHam hamming]] his way through WordSaladLyrics which mercilessly kludge together eroticism, violence, nihilism, and Roman history. "Slur" is mostly similar, albeit with a haunting falsetto vocal and creepy brass arrangements.
** The crown jewel, however, may be "Ostia (The Death Of [[SaloOrThe120DaysOfSodom Pasolini]]). Balance's DullSurprise works in coveying a worthlessness to life accented by the work and mysterious murder of the titular Italian director.

* The ''Music To Play In The Dark'' duology, which manages to keep up a consistently unsettling atmosphere throughout.
* "It's In My Blood," primarily due to its [[SpeakingSimlish shrieked, blabbering vocals]] and the dramatic orchestra playing in- and out-of-time with the already ominous beat.

* One of their albums, "Constant Shallowness Leads To Evil" is full of nightmare fuel. "Higher Beings Command" is a bitcrushed noise jam, "I Am The Green Child" is a distorted, psychedelic singalong, and the "Tunnel of Goats" set is [[SensoryAbuse pure, warped noise]], along with phased vocals by Jhonn.

** The croawn jewel, however, may be "Ostia (The Death Of [[SaloOrThe120DaysOfSodom Pasolini]]). Balance's DullSurprise works in coveying a worthlessness to life accented by the work and mysterious murder of the titular Italian director.

** The croawn jewel, however, may be "Ostia (The Death Of [[SaloOrThe120DaysInSodom Pasolini]]). Balance's DullSurprise works in coveying a worthlessness to life accented by the work and mysterious murder of the titular Italian director.

*** [[MadnessMantra Kill to keep the world turning, kill to keep the world turning...]]

* "Blood From The Air", especially the tape solo. That, and the lyrics, which pretty much about detailed SceneryGorn.
** "Circles Of Mania," which sees Jhonn ecstatically [[LargeHam hamming]] his way through WordSaladLyrics which mercilessly kludge together eroticism, violence, nihilism, and Roman history.

** "Circles Of Mania," which sees Jhonn ecstatically [[LargeHam hamming]] his way through WordSaladLyrics which mercilessly kludge together eroticism, violence, and nihilism.

** "Circles Of Mania," which sees Jhonn ecstatically [[LargeHam hamming]] his way through WordSaladLyrics which mercilessly kludge together eroticism, violence, nihilism.

** "Circles Of Mania," which sees Jhonn yelping, gibbering, and belting out WordSaladLyrics which mercilessly kludge together eroticism, violence, and themes of nihilism.

* "Blood From The Air", especially the sudden rush of strange, high-pitched noises halfway through. That, and the lyrics, which pretty much about detailed SceneryGorn.
** "Circles Of Mania," which sees Jhonn yelping, gibbering, and belting out WordSaladLyrics with all the vigor of a MadOracle, to a driving, uneasy backbeat.

* "It's In My Blood," primarily due to its [[SpeakingSimlish shrieked, blabbering vocals]] and the dramatic orchestra playing in- and out-of-time with the beat.

* "Queens Of The Circulating Library", a nearly fifty-minute track mostly composed of resonant drones, goes into this territory about halfway through, with a spoken-word piece that ends up invoking NothingIsScarier.

* "It's In My Blood," primarily due to its shrieked, blabbering vocals and the dramatic orchestra playing in- and out-of-time with the beat.
* "Things Happen." First we have Jhonn's distorted shouting, then Annie Anxiety's sultry-voiced spoken word, loaded with creepy innuendo and implication, all to a rather tense melody.

* "It's In My Blood," primarily due to [[CarefulWithThatAxe the]] [[SingingSimlish vocals]] and the dramatic orchestra playing in- and out-of-time with the beat.

* "Things Happen." First we have Jhonn's distorted shouting, then Annie Anxiety's sultry-voiced spoken word, loaded with creepy innuendo and implication, all to a beat that implies something is going wrong.

* "It's In My Blood," primarily due to the vocals (Jhonn Balance [[CarefulWithThatAxe wails loudly]], [[SingingSimlish screaming and shouting in tongues]] before yelling "IT'S IN MY BLOODSTREAM!") and the dramatic orchestra playing in-and-out-of-time with the beat.

** 'Poisons" isn't any easier to listen to either.

** Poisons isn't any easier to listen to either.

* "It's In My Blood" kicks off with an atonal synth loop and a dublike bass rhythm, over which Jhonn Balance [[CarefulWithThatAxe wails loudly]] before screaming and shouting [[SingingSimlish in tongues]] (the only verse in English is "it's in my bloodstream") in a tone that conveys severe panic. Over all this, an orchestra plays in-and-out of time with the rhythm, furthering the sense of chaos.