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welcome to watch mojo and today we're
counting down our picks for the top 10
most disturbing music videos
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for this list we'll be looking at the
most horrifying and unforgettable videos
ever from gross out scenes to haunting
metaphors these videos run the gamut of
disturbing did we forget your favorite
disturbing video let us know in the
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number 10 black hole sun sound garden
soundgarden's alternative rock song
black hole sun has a psychedelic edge
that deserves trippy and scary visuals
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in the case of this music video the band
builds upon their alternative sound with
suburban satire with unsettling images a
giant black hole hovers over a seemingly
normal neighborhood the town's people
and their creepy smiles go through life
as a collection of ghoulish and unaware
citizens
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by the time the sky unleashes its power
the inhabitants fly into the black hole
in a terrifying conclusion there's a
sense of dread and uneasiness throughout
the piece that doesn't easily leave your
brain
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number nine born free m.i.a in a
fictional look at the horrors of
oppression the video for born free shows
the dangers of unchecked power
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m.i.a depicts a world where the
government persecutes redheads she was
partially inspired by real violence in
sri lanka which had its fair share of
harrowing tales during its civil war the
artist chose an invented scenario to
talk about the factors that lead to
extrajudicial killings and genocide
depicting a brutal regime arresting and
imprisoning people the story is all the
more disturbing because of its real
world inspirations it's both a moving
and violent look at injustice that
doesn't shy away from brutality
number eight closer nine inch nails nine
inch nails most explicit song also has
an equally graphic video singer trent
rezner appears in a vintage laboratory
that would shock even the likes of dr
frankenstein
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the interior decoration includes a pig's
head and other questionable appliances
with the set design of a terrifying
horror movie the disturbing setting is
both memorably creepy and sickening
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reznor even chains himself up and
endures the wrath of a high-powered fan
if that wasn't enough there's also a
monkey on a small cross and other nude
actors in the background there's few
music videos that inhabit the world of a
song as well as this one
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number seven kids mgmt
mgmt's video for the song kids features
a true nightmare day for its lead
character in the first scene a bunch of
monsters scare a toddler in its crib
it's already terrifying and barely a few
seconds have gone by
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the infant's mother takes her child on a
walk without realizing he's distressed
out on the street the young one
continues to see monsters everywhere he
looks
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you can look at the piece as a metaphor
for innocence or just a creepy showcase
for many unsightly creatures regardless
of its true meaning kids remains a
startling video for any age group
number six heart-shaped box nirvana
nirvana has many memorable videos but
the one for heart-shaped box is the
darkest and most disturbing of them all
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the band appears in a variety of
unsightly and ominous scenes with
religious imagery an elderly man takes
his place as a scarecrow figure with
birds pecking at him as he hangs on a
cross and if that wasn't enough a series
of trees have fetuses hanging from them
it's all part of a deeply metaphorical
examination of kurt cobain's lyrics
considering how dark the song is it's
only fitting that the surreal video
matches it on both its haunting visuals
and deliberate pace
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number five breathe the prodigy the
prodigy ruled 90s dance clubs with their
energized and raucous electronic music
with their music video for breathe the
crew bounces around a dilapidated
apartment among a wild and sinister set
of visuals things that quickly race out
of control as the space appears to be
home to various creatures like an
alligator
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all the while the intense stairs and
rhythms from the band make you feel
increasingly uneasy combine that with
some faulty plumbing and bugs to make
this an airbnb worth skipping with
flickering lights and a troubling
location the prodigy delivers with a
video that will keep you up at night
number four schism tool tools
progressive metal coincides with a truly
one-of-a-kind and nearly indescribable
video
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two humanoid figures stretch out and
make their home in some kind of prison
cell defying expectations and the laws
of physics the two characters pull each
other apart in a series of body horror
sequences
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somehow this isn't the strangest thing
that happens in the video before you're
too comfortable again a piece of one
character hits the ground and forms into
a small being it's decisions like this
that make tall one of the most inventive
and sometimes frightening acts in modern
metal
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number three jeremy peldram paul jam's
video for jeremy explores the dangers
lurking with disgruntled kids
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showing the title character's isolated
life as a misunderstood student the
piece helps underscore the violent
tendencies that form inside misguided
young men alongside eddie veda's
poignant words the lyrics and visuals
detail all the warning signs of a future
tragedy
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it all leads towards a finale that makes
for the most disturbing aspect of the
entire story based on a real person
jeremy ends his life in front of his
class their horrified faces close out
the video on a particularly sobering and
unsettling moment
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number two sweet dreams are made of this
marilyn manson
90s provocateur and controversial figure
marilyn manson gets a lot of mileage out
of his gothic stage persona
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through a series of increasingly
grotesque videos like sweet dreams are
made of this he challenges the status
quo in the name of bad taste
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few performers mug for the camera in
elaborate outfits as well as manson the
artist and other unsightly characters
populate this nightmare-inducing world
like it's their home
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using images of self-harm the singer
wishes for his audiences to look away in
disgust he even saddles up a pig and
rides it in one of many strange scenes
his the beautiful people video also
serves up some spooky images but sweet
dreams has all the essential creepiness
that made him infamous
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number one come to daddy apex twin
sometimes the most disturbing content is
that which we don't understand take this
aphex twin video as a chief example of
that concept
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a woman walks her dog until a strange
broadcast comes on and creepy-faced
children wreak havoc on a city a
narrative with just one terrorizing
force would be enough to scare anybody
but this one goes one step further
everything reaches a breaking point when
a crazy humanoid crawls out of a tv and
roars at the woman
descending into chaos the world is no
match for aphex twins creature and his
army of frightening kids it's among the
most bizarre and shocking sensory
overloads in all of music video history
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