Nightmare Fuel / Sigur Rós

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• The first track off of Von which wouldn't sound out of place on a Lustmord album.
  • The entirety of Von. One of the reasons why it's such Early-Installment Weirdness, contrasted with their signature Sweet Dreams Fuel. "Hún Jörð" has Jonsi Laughing Mad which descends into Careful with That Axe. And then there's the cover...
  • "Syndir Guðs (Opinberun Frelsarans)," which translates to "Sins of God (Revelation of the Savior)." The sound is extremely minimal and spacious and Jonsi is even more whispery than normal, and the whole track is accompanied by a repeating, dissonant bassline and ambient sounds and moans. It marks one of the first prominent appearances of Jonsi's bowed guitar, and his wails towards the middle of the song sound extremely pained and mournful.
• "Vaka" off of ( ). The music video even more so which depicts a dark apocalyptic landscape with black snow and a red sky.
• "Di do". There are chopped up vocal samples throughout the song, which aren't really creepy at all, and the song is mostly a somewhat soothing Ominous Music Box Tune that isn't really out of place for the band. However, during the last two minutes the samples become so chopped and distorted and stretched that the song descends into one of the harshest, darkest, and most hellish sounds in their entire output.
• "Starálfur" is an absolutely beautiful song in line with the Sweet Dreams Fuel throughout Ágætis byrjun...until the last minute or so, where the song is overrun by a strange noise that grows uncomfortably loud.
• "Brennisteinn" and "Kveikur" in general. The distorted, wailing, and off-key backing vocals and Drone of Dread ending of "Kveikur" really drive it home.
  • Go ahead and look up the translated lyrics of any of the tracks from that album. Go ahead. Most of them are graphic and surreal descriptions of the apocalypse. Burning alive is a recurring theme.
  • From Brennisteinn:
  Ekki segja neinum frá
  Ekki segja neinum frá

  Ekki segja neinum frá

  Ekki segja neinum frá
  Ekki segja neinum frá

  Ekki segja neinum frá
  Ekki segja neinum frá
  • In English:
  Don't tell anyone
  Don't tell anyone

  Don't tell anyone

  Don't tell anyone
  Don't tell anyone

  Don't tell anyone
  Don't tell anyone
• "Óveður". The one-eyed wolf and the drunken lass would make you feel quite depressed along with how the music goes, but wait until that chick finds the tavern, and pray your stomach can take it.

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