History NightmareFuel / Nirvana

!!''Music/{{Nevermind}}'':

* "Tourettes". Just listen to it.

* The bonus song "I Hate Myself and Want to Die" for deluxe edition of ''In Utero''. Difficult not to think about Kurt himself when listening to it, but even if you don't it's disturbing.

* "Where Did You Sleep Last Night?" is a cover of a folk song (famously recorded by {{Music/Leadbelly}}) that features Kurt screaming about a woman running away, her husband getting beheaded by a train, and the implication that she'll die of exposure soon enough herself. While Leadbelly's version has a jolly atmosphere Nirvana turns it into a haunting torch song.

Music/{{Nirvana}}'s songs and album artwork are full of haunting NightmareFuel imagery. Music/KurtCobain in particular seemed to have a morbid fear and fascination with human biology, pregnancy, sex and diseases, as well as torture, serial murders, rape and self-destructive drug behavior, which all have a repulsive effect on the listener. And then there is of course Kurt's premature death at 27 by suicide, which casts an even darker shadow over most of Nirvana's songs. Cobain flirted with death and suicide throughout his entire career. With titles like "I Hate Myself And I Want To Die", it almost seemed inevitable that it would all end tragically.

* The song "I Hate Myself And Want To Die". Difficult not to think about Kurt himself when listening to it, but even if you don't it's disturbing.

Music/{{Nirvana}}'s songs and album artwork are full of haunting nightmare fuel imagery. Music/KurtCobain in particular seemed to have a morbid fear and fascination with human biology, pregnancy, sex and diseases, as well as torture, serial murders, rape and self-destructive drug behavior, which all have a repulsive effect on the listener. And then there is of course Kurt's premature death at 27 by suicide, which casts an even darker shadow over most of Nirvana's songs. Cobain flirted with death and suicide throughout his entire career. With titles like "I Hate Myself And I Want To Die", it almost seemed inevitable that it would all end tragically.

* It can be possible to ''almost'' fall asleep listening to Nevermind, only to be jarred back awake by [[SensoryAbuse "Endless, Nameless"]].

* "Floyd the Barber": a claustrophobic track in which Floyd the Barber from the jolly sitcom ''Series/TheAndyGriffithShow'' puts the protagonist in the barber chair. After he has put a wet towel over his head the client starts to feel scared. Rightfully so, because the next thing you know Floyd, Barney Fife, Opie and Aunt Bee show up and "take turns" raping him and cutting him up till he dies.

** Plus the guitar opening sounds like fear itself channeled through a guitar amp.

** It gets worse. After the song came out, [[http://www.songfacts.com/detail.php?id=2715 two men sang the lyrics while they were raping their victim in mockery of her pain]]. When Cobain found out, he was ''horrified'' and spoke out against what happened in the liner notes of the ''Music/{{Incesticide}}'' album.

* "Aero Zeppelin", which starts out slow and atmospheric, with Kurt singing with an... Oddly warmer tone of voice than normal. It's very [[UncannyValley strange to hear]], especially compared to his [[PerishingAltRockVoice standard mode of singing]]. [[MoodWhiplash Then]] [[JumpScare a sudden guitar solo out of nowhere]] leads into Kurt [[CarefulWithThatAxe shouting his brains out]] for the next verse.

* "Negative Creep" has a very chilling atmosphere to it, especially since Cobain sings that he is a "stoned, negative creep" and that "daddy's little girl ain't his girl no more", which makes you shiver over the idea of a child/teen and their lost innocence.

* "Milk It", mainly for the lyric line [[HarsherInHindsight "Look on the bright side, suicide"]], though the rest of the lyrics aren't anymore pleasant.
* "Scentless Apprentice", which is based on the novel ''Perfume: The Story of a Murderer''. Beyond the lyrics, the song just has one VERY unnerving atmosphere, and Kurt's tortured screams that make up the chorus are horrifying.

* "Milk It", mainly for the lyrics [[HarsherInHindsight "Look on the bright side, suicide"]], though the rest of the lyrics aren't anymore pleasant.

* The music video for "Heart-Shaped Box". A woman in a human body suit, a young UsefulNotes/KuKluxKlan member, foetuses hanging from trees...
** The lyrics are ambiguous but none of the interpretations (DomesticAbuse, FateWorseThanDeath, [[TheTopicOfCancer cancer]], etc.) are nice. In fact, a few people see the song as Kurt's [[DrivenToSuicide ACTUAL]] '''[[DrivenToSuicide suicide note]]'''. Kurt's voice also sounds desperate and disjointed throughout.
* "Tourettes", Just listen to it.

** The lyrics are ambiguous but none of the interpretations (DomesticAbuse, AFateWorseThanDeath, [[TheTopicOfCancer cancer]], etc.) are nice. In fact, a few people see the song as Kurt's [[DrivenToSuicide ACTUAL]] '''[[DrivenToSuicide suicide note]]'''. Kurt's voice also sounds desperate and disjointed throughout.