History NightmareFuel / StevenWilson

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[[caption-width-right:350:Entertain, like a fucking clown.]]

[[caption-width-right:350:Entertain, like a fucking clown]]

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UroVey4fJ_g The whole video]] for "Self", where Steven has several celebrites including Brad Pitt, Robert Downey Jr, Donald Trump, Scarlett Johansson, Hilary Clinton, David Bowie, and several others' deepfaked onto his face, rammed right into the UncannyValley. And even without the deepfaking, his KubrickStare at the camera is deeply ''creepy''.

* [[http://stevenwilsonhq.com/sw/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/Album-cover-with-title.jpg The cover art]] for the album qualifies as this, though it can also be counted as a resident of UncannyValley.

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[[caption-width-right:350:I give it up. I give it all up...]]

!! ''The Raven That Refused to Sing (And Other Stories''

* The song "The Holy Drinker" talks about [[DidWeJustHaveTeaWithCthulhu a guy having a drinking contest with the Devil]]. He ''loses'', and the song gives a rather..[[CruelAndUnusualDeath disturbing implication on how he died]].
* [[https://youtu.be/GYydWVIgYlA?t=2m5s Sectarian]]

* "Raider II" is definitely this, given [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dennis_Rader the subject matter]].
* The metal ScareChord onward in "The Watchmaker".
* [[http://stevenwilsonhq.com/sw/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/Album-cover-with-title.jpg The cover art]] for ''The Raven That Refused to Sing'' qualifies as this, though it can also be counted as a resident of UncannyValley.
* [[http://cdn.discogs.com/-9CTw-SHrlBdwKUhymOYeVasoH4=/fit-in/500x500/filters:strip_icc():format(jpeg):mode_rgb():quality(96)/discogs-images/R-4151960-1357014180-1494.jpeg.jpg The cover]] of ''Insurgentes''. [[Series/DoctorWho "Are you my mummy?"]]

* From outside of his canon of solo material is his interpretation of the English murder ballad [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eaw4Ndj1QAo "The Unquiet Grave"]], which was originally featured as a B-side to one of his singles in the ''Cover Version'' series. This not only qualifies as Nightmare Fuel (as well as a Tearjerker) for its lyrical content, but also in the way that it's performed and arranged. It's a track that practically drifts through a fog of droning, electronically-processed siren calls as Wilson sings his way through it all in a [[LyricalDissonance sweet]] yet slightly unsettling manner.

* "Routine" borderlines SanitySlippage, to the point where it feels it's from the perspective of a person with OCD. And let's ''not even go'' into the semi-LastNoteNightmare.
* "Observer Commercial 1998". It's OK in the context of [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v-tg02VB38A the advert]], but [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zdlxk871GSM on its own...]]
* From 2017's To the Bone, "Detonation". It's a song written from the point of view of a religious extremist, and both the instrumentation and lyrics are downright chilling in their ruthlessness.
** "Song of I" is about someone who gives up everything in life for his (or her) sex addiction. They even go so far as to ''give up being polite'', which seems to suggest they gives up their own happiness for sex. The extremely unsettling and suspenseful music doesn't make matters better. And then there's [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dGTsN0L6x84 the video]]. Sweet dreams.

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UroVey4fJ_g The whole video]] for "Self", where Steven has several celebrites including Brad Pitt, Robert Downey Jr, Donald Trump, Scarlett Johansson, Hilary Clinton, David Bowie, and several others' deepfaked onto his face, rammed right into the UncannyValley. And even without the deepfaking, his KubrickStare at the camera is deeply ''creepy''.

* From the ''Insurgentes'' bonus disc we have "Port Rubicon", which alternates between quiet vocal passages and loud electronic moaning.

* From the ''Insurgentes'' bonus disc we have "Port Rubicon"., which alternates between quiet vocal passages and loud electronic moaning.

* From the ''Insurgentes'' bonus disc we have "Port Rubicon". Creepy even by Steven Wilson's standards.

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UroVey4fJ_g The whole video]] for "Self", where Steven has several celebrites including BradPitt, RobertDowneyJr, DonaldTrump, ScarlettJohansson, HilaryClinton, DavidBowie, and several others' deepfaked onto his face. And even without the deepfaking, his KubrickStare at the camera is deeply ''creepy''.

* The papier-mâché-headed man in the tour visuals for "The Same Asylum As Before", specifically his frightened expression with its wide eyes and screaming open mouth.

* The frightened face of the papier-mâché-headed man in the tour visuals for "The Same Asylum As Before".

** "Song of I" is about someone who gives up everything in life for his (or her) sex addiction. They even go so far as to ''give up being polite'', which seems to suggest they gives up their own happiness for sex. The extremely unsettling and suspenseful music doesn't make matters better. And then there's [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dGTsN0L6x84 the video]]. Sweet dreams.

* From 2017's To the Bone, ''Detonation''. It's a song written from the point of view of a religious extremist, and both the instrumentation and lyrics are downright chilling in their ruthlessness.

[[caption-width-right:350:Gave it up, gave it up. Gave it all up...]]

** "Song of I" is about someone who gives up everything in life for his sex addiction. He even goes so far as to ''give up being polite'', which seems to suggest he gives up his own happiness for sex. The extremely unsettling and suspenseful music doesn't make matters better. And then there's [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dGTsN0L6x84 the video]]. Sweet dreams.