History Music / TheDarkestOfTheHillsideThickets

* SurprisinglyGoodForeignLanguage: ''Nyarlathotep'' is, rather appropriately, entirely in Middle Egyptian and ''Dies Ist Unverschämtheit'' is almost entirely in German.

* MadnessMantra: The song ''Flee!'' gives us "Pain! Death! Insanity! Death!"
** Shows up in several songs on ''The Shadow Out of Tim'', most notably ''No Way'' ("My life is shattered, that doesn't matter, nobody cares that I'm all better now") and ''Operation: Get the Hell Out of Here'' ("It's gonna be all right, it's gonna be all right, it's gonna be all right, it's gonna be all right...")

* TheseAreThingsManWasNotMeantToKnow: ''[[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Some Things Man Was Not Meant to Know]]''. Or not; the lyrics are actually about ''avoiding'' these kinds of things.

* FilkSong: Their speciality.

* BasedOnAGreatBigLie: Spaceship Zero claims to be a soundtrack, for a film that doesn't exist. It was marketed as such to tie-in with their roleplaying game of the same name, which lists a huge history of media that inspired it, all fictional.

* PestController: The narrator of "Arachnotopia" is a madman preparing to unleash an army of spiders on the world

* SurprisinglyGoodForeignLanguage: ''Nyarlathotep'' is, rather appropriately, entirely in Middle Egyptian.

Outside of the band, Toren Atkinson is also an artist, having illustrated books for role-playing games including ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'', TabletopGame/CallOfCthulhu (and DeltaGreen), as well as the Lovecraft-inspired collectible card game Mythos. Warren Banks and Toren Atkinson also co-wrote (along with contributions by John Tynes and Monte Cook) the TabletopRPG Spaceship Zero, published by Green Ronin Publishing.

* SuprisinglyGoodForeignLanguage: ''Nyarlathotep'' is, rather appropriately, entirely in Middle Egyptian.

The Darkest of the Hillside Thickets is a rock band from Chilliwack, British Columbia, Canada. Their music largely consists of often tongue-in-cheek homages to the works of Creator/HPLovecraft, specifically the CthulhuMythos, with the band's name itself being drawn from a phrase in Lovecraft's story "The Tomb": "I will tell only of the lone tomb in the darkest of the hillside thickets."

Outside of the band, Toren Atkinson is also an artist, having illustrated books for role-playing games including DungeonsAndDragons, TabletopGame/CallOfCthulhu (and DeltaGreen), as well as the Lovecraft-inspired collectible card game Mythos. Warren Banks and Toren Atkinson also co-wrote (along with contributions by John Tynes and Monte Cook) the TabletopRPG Spaceship Zero, published by Green Ronin Publishing.

Outside of the band, Toren Atkinson is also an artist, having illustrated books for role-playing games including DungeonsAndDragons, TabletopGame/CallOfCthulhu (and DeltaGreen), as well as the Lovecraft-inspired collectible card game Mythos. Warren Banks and Toren Atkinson also co-wrote (along with contributions by John Tynes and Monte Cook) the roleplaying game Spaceship Zero, published by Green Ronin Publishing.

* SuprisinglyGoodForeignLanguage: ''Nyalathotep'' is, rather appropriately, entirely in Middle Egyptian.

In 2008 as part of a Penny Arcade download pack, their song titled "Shhh...." was chosen for inclusion as a downloadable track for the video game Rock Band.

* SuprisinglyGoodForeignLanguage: ''Nyalathotep'' is, rather appropriately, entirely in Middle Egyptian.

Outside of the band, Toren Atkinson is also an artist, having illustrated books for role-playing games including DungeonsAndDragons, CallOfCthulhu (and DeltaGreen), as well as the Lovecraft-inspired collectible card game Mythos. Warren Banks and Toren Atkinson also co-wrote (along with contributions by John Tynes and Monte Cook) the roleplaying game Spaceship Zero, published by Green Ronin Publishing.

The Darkest of the Hillside Thickets is a rock band from Chilliwack, British Columbia, Canada. Their music largely consists of often tongue-in-cheek homages to the works of HPLovecraft, specifically the CthulhuMythos, with the band's name itself being drawn from a phrase in Lovecraft's story "The Tomb": "I will tell only of the lone tomb in the darkest of the hillside thickets."

In 2008 as part of a Penny Arcade download pack, their song titled "Shhh...." was chosen for inclusion as a downloadable track for the video game Rock Band.

* BodyHorror: Frequently played for laughs, most notably in the appropriately-titled ''Burrow Your Way to my Heart'', ''Hookworm'' (Oh, God, ''Hookworm''), and ''The Innsmouth Look''.
* DarkReprise: Happens within a song called ''Operation: Get the Hell Out of Here,'' and the chorus goes "Take your time, take your toll, everything's under control/Execute Operation: Get the Hell Out of Here" until after the last verse of the song, where the protagonists accidentally unleash an Eldritch Abomination, it's changed to "Take your life, take your soul, everything's out of control/Execute Operation: Get the Hell Out of Here".
* DeathByWomanScorned: Possibly subverted in ''Jimmy the Squid''. Jimmy is accused of killing his mate for sleeping with another squid. He says he's innocent.

* EyeScream: ''Tarred and Feathered'' is about a torturer talking about his favorite activities (or perhaps receiving advice from monsters, it's kinda vague) and includes the lines "Here's some silver fishhook/To slip in their eyes" and "Here's some metal cubes and jacks/Force them in their sockets".

* MadnessMantra: The song ''Flee!'' gives us "Pain! Death! Insanity! Death!"

-->ON FIRE!

* OverlyLongGag: The outro to ''Yig Snake Daddy''
* SuprisinglyGoodForeignLanguage: ''Nyalathotep'' is, rather appropriately, entirely in Middle Egyptian.

* TearJerker: "Burrow Your Way To My Heart". At first glance it's BodyHorror PlayedForLaughs, but think about it; it's about a child so starved for love that they consider wasp stings to be physical affection and ringworm blemishes to be companions.

* SuprisinglyGoodForiegnLanguage: ''Nyalathotep'' is, rather appropriately, entirely in Middle Egyptian.

* BodyHorror: Frequently played for laughs, most notably in the appropriately-titled "Burrow Your Way to my Heart", "Hookworm" (Oh, God, "Hookworm"), and "The Innsmouth Look".
* DarkReprise: Happens within a song called "Operation: Get the Hell Out of Here," and the chorus goes "Take your time, take your toll, everything's under control/Execute Operation: Get the Hell Out of Here" until after the last verse of the song, where the protagonists accidentally unleash an Eldritch Abomination, it's changed to "Take your life, take your soul, everything's out of control/Execute Operation: Get the Hell Out of Here".
* DeathByWomanScorned: Possibly subverted in "Jimmy the Squid". Jimmy is accused of killing his mate for sleeping with another squid. He says he's innocent.

* EyeScream: "Tarred and Feathered" is about a torturer talking about his favorite activities (or perhaps receiving advice from monsters, it's kinda vague) and includes the lines "Here's some silver fishhook/To slip in their eyes" and "Here's some metal cubes and jacks/Force them in their sockets".

* MadnessMantra: The song "Flee!" gives us "Pain! Death! Insanity! Death!"
* ManOnFire: The lyrics to The Darkest of the Hillside Thickets' "Kill the Chupacabra":

* MurderBallad: "Shhh..." The killer apologises to his wife and bids her keep silent, while he goes to cover up the murder. It looks like she didn't agree...
* OverlyLongGag: The outro to "Yig Snake Daddy"

The Darkest of the Hillside Thickets is a rock band from Chilliwack, British Columbia, Canada. Their music largely consists of often tongue-in-cheek homages to the works of HPLovecraft, specifically the CthulhuMythos, with the band's name itself being drawn from a phrase in Lovecraft's story The Tomb: "I will tell only of the lone tomb in the darkest of the hillside thickets."

Their live performances include various costumes, usually Cthulhu Mythos-themed. They have toured across North America a few times over their career, performing with such bands as GWAR, They Might Be Giants, Dayglo Abortions, MC Frontalot, Freezepop, Bad Brains and Nomeansno.