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* NightmareFuel:
** ''Schlagenheim'':
*** "Speedway" is an angular post-punk track that's surprisingly good at being creepy.
*** "Near DT, MI" focuses on the Flint Water Crisis , which is already unsettling in itself. [[MadnessMantra However, near the end of the song, Picton starts repeating "There's lead in the water" over and over again.]]
*** "bmbmbm" is mostly a repetitive guitar loop with feminine yelling in the background, all the while Greep slowly goes insane over a "magnificent purpose" In the song's home stretch, it blows up and Greep starts outright screaming into the mic. This has not stopped it from becoming a fan favorite, though.
** "Sweater" is an incredibly eerie song. The contrast between the thunderous, two-note main riff and quiet improv sections, along with the vocals that sound like a chorus of ghosts, come together to create an offkilter, almost apocalyptic atmosphere that can be anxiety inducing.
** ''Cavalcade'':
*** While "John L" as a whole is a completely warped and chaotic [[JazzFusion jazz-rock]] anthem, it at one point abruptly changes tone into what almost sounds like a dark ambient track.
*** The ending of "Slow" involves the entire song increasing in intensity until it breaks apart. This wouldn't be too notable if the lyrics that came before implied [[DrivenToSuicide the narrator shooting themselves in the head.]]
*** In a somewhat similar vein, the live action segment of the music video shows the protagonist [[spoiler:getting cut in half by a meteor and a shot of her exposed intestines]].
** ''Hellfire'':
*** The whole album can be counted as this, especially the [[CreepyCircusMusic carnivalesque]] nature of some tracks are particularly unnerving.
*** "Eat Men Eat" is about two men who go in search for their friends in a mining town, only to run into an insane captain who feeds them and the mining workers poisoned food so he can harvest their stomach acid for wine production. The two men blow up the town and flee but not before the captain curses them to a lifetime of acid reflux. It's much more frightening than it sounds.
*** The SurrealMusicVideo for "Welcome to Hell", which initially seems to be a MindScrew but is actually a very disturbing story about a misogynist incel who stalks a woman. His refusal to leave her alone results in the two of them murdering each other, which in turn results in [[ApocalypseHow the destruction of their entire world]]. The video ends with text, presumably spoken by the woman, that reads "'''YOU RUINED IT FOR EVERYONE'''".

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* NightmareFuel:
** ''Schlagenheim'':
*** "Speedway" is an angular post-punk track that's surprisingly good at being creepy.
*** "Near DT, MI" focuses on the Flint Water Crisis , which is already unsettling in itself. [[MadnessMantra However, near the end of the song, Picton starts repeating "There's lead in the water" over and over again.]]
*** "bmbmbm" is mostly a repetitive guitar loop with feminine yelling in the background, all the while Greep slowly goes insane over a "magnificent purpose" In the song's home stretch, it blows up and Greep starts outright screaming into the mic. This has not stopped it from becoming a fan favorite, though.
** "Sweater" is an incredibly eerie song. The contrast between the thunderous, two-note main riff and quiet improv sections, along with the vocals that sound like a chorus of ghosts, come together to create an offkilter, almost apocalyptic atmosphere that can be anxiety inducing.
** ''Cavalcade'':
*** While "John L" as a whole is a completely warped and chaotic [[JazzFusion jazz-rock]] anthem, it at one point abruptly changes tone into what almost sounds like a dark ambient track.
*** The ending of "Slow" involves the entire song increasing in intensity until it breaks apart. This wouldn't be too notable if the lyrics that came before implied [[DrivenToSuicide the narrator shooting themselves in the head.]]
*** In a somewhat similar vein, the live action segment of the music video shows the protagonist [[spoiler:getting cut in half by a meteor and a shot of her exposed intestines]].
** ''Hellfire'':
*** The whole album can be counted as this, especially the [[CreepyCircusMusic carnivalesque]] nature of some tracks are particularly unnerving.
*** "Eat Men Eat" is about two men who go in search for their friends in a mining town, only to run into an insane captain who feeds them and the mining workers poisoned food so he can harvest their stomach acid for wine production. The two men blow up the town and flee but not before the captain curses them to a lifetime of acid reflux. It's much more frightening than it sounds.
*** The SurrealMusicVideo for "Welcome to Hell", which initially seems to be a MindScrew but is actually a very disturbing story about a misogynist incel who stalks a woman. His refusal to leave her alone results in the two of them murdering each other, which in turn results in [[ApocalypseHow the destruction of their entire world]]. The video ends with text, presumably spoken by the woman, that reads "'''YOU RUINED IT FOR EVERYONE'''".
NightmareFuel: Has its [[NightmareFuel/{{BlackMidi}} own page]] now
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True Art Is Incomprehensible is now an in-universe trope as per TRS.


* TrueArtIsIncomprehensible: They can fall into this in their eyes of their detractors.
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* LeaveTheCameraRunning: "Still" contains a 3 minute drone outro that consists of nothing but new age-like flutes and ambience.
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* FaceOfTheBand: Geordie Greep pretty naturally fills the role of frontman, and his unique vocals are one of the main things most people know about the band. [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking It helps that he has a really weird name]].
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What is "white unsettling"?


*** "Near DT, MI" focuses on the Flint Water Crisis , which is already white unsettling. [[MadnessMantra However, near the end of the song, Picton starts repeating "There's lead in the water" over and over again.]]

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*** "Near DT, MI" focuses on the Flint Water Crisis , which is already white unsettling.unsettling in itself. [[MadnessMantra However, near the end of the song, Picton starts repeating "There's lead in the water" over and over again.]]
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*** While "John L" as a whole is a completely warped and chaotic jazz-rock anthem, it at one point abruptly changes tone into what almost sounds like a dark ambient track.

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*** While "John L" as a whole is a completely warped and chaotic jazz-rock [[JazzFusion jazz-rock]] anthem, it at one point abruptly changes tone into what almost sounds like a dark ambient track.
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*** The SurrealMusicVideo for "Welcome to Hell", which initially seems to be a MindScrew but is actually a very disturbing story about a misogynist "incel" who stalks a woman. His refusal to leave her alone results in the two of them murdering each other, which in turn results in [[ApocalypseHow the destruction of their entire world]]. The video ends with text, presumably spoken by the woman, that reads "'''YOU RUINED IT FOR EVERYONE'''".

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*** The SurrealMusicVideo for "Welcome to Hell", which initially seems to be a MindScrew but is actually a very disturbing story about a misogynist "incel" incel who stalks a woman. His refusal to leave her alone results in the two of them murdering each other, which in turn results in [[ApocalypseHow the destruction of their entire world]]. The video ends with text, presumably spoken by the woman, that reads "'''YOU RUINED IT FOR EVERYONE'''".



* SpiritualSuccessor: They basically sound like what would happen if Music/{{Slint}}, Music/KingCrimson, Music/{{Can}}, or Music/ThisHeat was formed in the late 2010's.

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* SpiritualSuccessor: They basically sound like what would happen if Music/{{Slint}}, Music/KingCrimson, Music/{{Can}}, or Music/ThisHeat was formed in the late 2010's. The King Crimson comparisons are particularly common, thanks to Black Midi's mix of JazzFusion and post-hardcore calling to mind the Crim's jazz metal sound in the '70s.
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*** The whole album can be this, especially the [[CreepyCircusMusic carnivalesque]] nature of some tracks are particularly unnerving.

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*** The whole album can be counted as this, especially the [[CreepyCircusMusic carnivalesque]] nature of some tracks are particularly unnerving.
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*** The whole album can be this, especially the [[CreepyCircusMusic, carnivalesque]] nature of some tracks are particularly unnerving.

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*** The whole album can be this, especially the [[CreepyCircusMusic, [[CreepyCircusMusic carnivalesque]] nature of some tracks are particularly unnerving.
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*** The whole album can be this, especially the [[CreepyCircusMusic, carnivalesque]] nature of some tracks are particularly unnerving.
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*** While "John L" as a whole is a completely warped jazz rock anthem , it at one point abruptly changes tone into what almost sounds like a dark ambient track.

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*** While "John L" as a whole is a completely warped jazz rock anthem , and chaotic jazz-rock anthem, it at one point abruptly changes tone into what almost sounds like a dark ambient track.
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* LeaveTheCameraRunning: "Still" contains a 3 minute drone outro that consists of nothing but new age-like flutes and ambience.
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Uncanny Valley is IUEO now and the subjective version has been split; cleaning up misuse and ZCE in the process


*** "Speedway" is an angular post-punk track that fits into the UncannyValley surprisingly well.

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*** "Speedway" is an angular post-punk track that fits into the UncannyValley that's surprisingly well.good at being creepy.
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** "The Defence" is arguably their prettiest song to date.

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** "The Defence" is arguably their prettiest song to date.date, despite the LyricalDissonance.
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*** The SurrealMusicVideo for "Welcome to Hell", which initially seems to be a MindScrew but is actually a very disturbing story about a misogynist "incel" who stalks a woman. His refusal to leave her alone results in the two of them murdering each other, which in turn results in [[DreamApocalypse the destruction of their entire world]]. The video ends with text, presumably spoken by the woman, that reads "'''YOU RUINED IT FOR EVERYONE'''".

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*** The SurrealMusicVideo for "Welcome to Hell", which initially seems to be a MindScrew but is actually a very disturbing story about a misogynist "incel" who stalks a woman. His refusal to leave her alone results in the two of them murdering each other, which in turn results in [[DreamApocalypse [[ApocalypseHow the destruction of their entire world]]. The video ends with text, presumably spoken by the woman, that reads "'''YOU RUINED IT FOR EVERYONE'''".
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** ''Hellfire'':
*** "Eat Men Eat" is about two men who go in search for their friends in a mining town, only to run into an insane captain who feeds them and the mining workers poisoned food so he can harvest their stomach acid for wine production. The two men blow up the town and flee but not before the captain curses them to a lifetime of acid reflux. It's much more frightening than it sounds.
*** The SurrealMusicVideo for "Welcome to Hell", which initially seems to be a MindScrew but is actually a very disturbing story about a misogynist "incel" who stalks a woman. His refusal to leave her alone results in the two of them murdering each other, which in turn results in [[DreamApocalypse the destruction of their entire world]]. The video ends with text, presumably spoken by the woman, that reads "'''YOU RUINED IT FOR EVERYONE'''".
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** "She moves with a porpoise" [[labelnote:Explanation]]From Geordie's bizarre pronunciation of the word "purpose" in the aforementioned song.[[/labelnote]]

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** "She "[[{{Mondegreen}} She moves with a porpoise" porpoise]]" [[labelnote:Explanation]]From Geordie's bizarre pronunciation of the word "purpose" in the aforementioned song.[[/labelnote]]

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