I'm working on a story about a society of absolute decay, where basically every shred of human decency is a thing of the past.
Society is a free-for-all with no laws , and the only thing saving you from the worst of humanity's darkest, most primal impulses, is your ability to inflict merciless violence upon those who would try.

In this society, violence, and sexual abuse are common occurrences in everyday life, and it's not uncommon to see dead people lying in the streets, resulting from some random interpersonal conflict, or witnessing rapes happening a few meters into a back alley, or just beyond the walls of a building one walks past. No one is spared from the darkness and depravity of this society. No one.


I'm looking for a soundtrack to inspire scenarios and mental imagery. It could either come in the form of songs where the sound itself inspires such imagery, like in these examples:




Or it could have lyrics about events or scenarios that one could expect to be commonplace in such a society.
Such as in Necrotic Disgorgement's "Concieved for Incest."



It's preferred that it feels grounded in a place somewhere. Like you can imagine a house, or a streetwalk, or something where it's happening, and doesn't just communicate an idea in a vacuum like a lot of Death Metal tends to do.

So the above lyrics: good. Something like "Eaten" by Bloodbath. Not quite so much.
I know this is sort of a nebulous idea, but that's kinda the best way to describe it.

It's also set in an urban setting, so it's preferable if it's not about people being dragged out into the woods or something.

So yeah. Gimme that grime.

I don't really have much to contribute, but I had completely forgotten about Satan's Revenge on Mankind - I used to listen to them maybe like... 15 years ago or something?

Well... I'm not sure I know what you want. How about these?

Thanks for the recs.
I know it's a bit unclear what I want, the thought was in part to hear what other people might associate with it, and see if maybe a new perspective could be gained from that. Perhaps an angle I hadn't considered.

I suppose if I were to further elaborate on what makes the examples I posted work in their sound;

- SRoM gives me the vibe on account of its slow tempo and very filthy production. Like it just feels "unwashed" and unclean in its sound, to a greater extent than something like Black Metal does.
Maybe it's the thickness of the mix, and the buzziness of the guitar tone, giving the feeling of the guitar itself being physically grimy.

- With Godflesh, part of it is the kind of desperate tone of it.
To me, Streetcleaner has always conjured up images of a tragic event of mass violence taking place.
Like a mass shooting, or an authoritarian regime gunning down protestors. No doubt the title primes me a bit for it, but I think the sound underscores it.

I'm not sure know how to explain it in more technical terms, it's just a vibe thing.
I think maybe the shrill, dissonant nature of the guitars sound a bit like screams, or maybe alarm sirens.
I think maybe the monotonous nature of it is a factor too. Like it's not much that changes. It's just ongoing violence.

Thug, the Wisconsin band, makes me think of grimy. Acid Bath - When the Kite String Pops feels dirty too.

Do you mean songs with dark atmosphere?

Here comes Evolved as One



I writted a review for that album, but it still pending

Lymphatic Phlegm too.

December Wolves :: Disclaimer - To Kill...Again

Would it be these guys?

If so, fits very well indeed. Damn grimy.
Thanks for the rec.



It's getting there, but it's missing that sense of violence and/or despair.





Resection of Upper Gastrointestinal Malignancy was super ugly and bestial, damn.
It seems you linked the wrong track on the second one, but I looked up Lymphatic Phlegm, and yeah, that was really filthy too.
God Macabre was more straight Death Metal, so not quite the vibe I was looking for, but the first two will definitely be of inspiration. Thanks heaps.




I'm not quite certain what to make of this, but it was sinister for sure. Thanks!

Yes, that's the Wisconsin Thug. You got it.

https://www.discogs.com/artist/265215-T ... r=Releases

someone did a discography, minus one song they don't have:
https://youtu.be/NqnLVpfOyF4?si=YIQz0EpcwmbAVXzr

I wish the guy behind Bovine Records, who is also the singer in Thug, would put up a discography on Bandcamp or something somewhere.

More of a hardcore thing, but maybe City Hunter fits the description?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xZEjNTJ92lg

this is new to me too
https://www.discogs.com/release/7065413 ... lug-Loathe

you also might like something about Flooded Church of Asmodeus

have you checked out the late 80's/early 90's Colombian scene? Herpes, Confusion.

which then leads me into Estenosis - Orgía Necrofilica

For crushing atmosphere I'd go with Gnaw Their Tongues' An Epiphanic Vomiting of Blood or Khanate's debut (check out No Joy).

As for aggressive/urban maybe early Dystopia (Stress Builds Character) or the Cry Now, Cry Later Vol 1 & 2 comp from the 90s (lots of lofi sludge and powerviolence).

Not metal, but early Swans might fit the bill - especially Public Castration Is A Good Idea.

Hope something fits the bill!

Listen to Buried at Sea, grimy and heavy as fuck. The album Migration should do. Hell... a lot of Doom metal and its ilk should satisfy you