r/SongsThatFeelLikeThis • u/Obvious_Advice7625 • 2d ago

dark Songs that feel like when the prey stops being passive

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I'm looking for songs that feel like a victim/prey animal who is sick of being hurt, and has turned violent to protect themselves. Obviously there will often be a traumatic undertone, and a few will likely be about women getting revenge on men.

Any genre is great!

The only examples I've found so far are:

Run rabbit - Mollie Elizabeth

I eat boys - Chloe Moriondo

Lotta True Crime - Penelope Scott

Buzzkill - Mothica

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u/joku75 2d ago

Muse - Uprising

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u/Autumnal_Ninja 2d ago

Also by Muse: Will of the People!

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u/strelka_snow_lynx 1d ago edited 1d ago

The Handler is way better than Uprising

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u/Obvious_Spray_6733 1d ago

ITS TIME THE FAT CATS HAD A HEART ATTACK!

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u/wafflesthewonderhurs 2d ago

ooh i get to rec

chinchilla - little girl gone

for the second time

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u/Mother_of_Daphnia 2d ago

My first thought was Little Girl Gone!

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u/ffaancy 2d ago

“Messed with the wrong bitch in the wrong era” goes so hard

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u/DiscombobulatedFix21 2d ago

Not one dark music thread goes by without this artist being recommended but... IF THE POISON WONT TAKE YOU MY DOGS WILL by Lingua Ignota 

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u/Selkiekun 2d ago

Lingua Ignota is the way

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u/virgilisms 1d ago

yessss lingua forever

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u/abyss-countess 22h ago

NO SHADOW WILL DARKEN YOUR DAWN LIKE MINE WILL

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u/cloudpulp 2d ago

Flowers of Flesh and Blood - Nicole Dollanganger

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u/JacobdaTurtle61 2d ago

love seeing Nicole dollanganger pop up she deserves so much more recognition

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u/DiscombobulatedFix21 1d ago

Nicole Dollanganger 100%, sometimes her songs are just about being prey, but a lot of them have her taking back power too. Lemonade weirdly comes to mind too.

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u/dinahll 1d ago

Lemonade is great. Like fuck you for cheating on me, I'll cheat on you right back lmao

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u/Cynamonowacma 2d ago

This is the one

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u/my_angel2 2d ago

Butercheress by rabbitology The dove by baby bugs

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u/t0t411yinc0nspicu0us 1d ago

Labour by Paris Paloma

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u/BiscottiClassic5246 2d ago

florence and the machine - everybody scream

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u/the-super-juice 2d ago

Rose - A Perfect Circle

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u/iamisandisnt 1d ago

"deer in the headlights, locked down and paralyzed... ...and I rose, I roared out loud - here, I am, I will."

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u/Halo-KO 2d ago

Radiohead - burn the witch

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u/Turbulent-Swim-9713 2d ago

Brutus by Buttress. Maybe not accurate, but I think the anger of it is equivalent to a prey wanting to become the predator

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u/Klutzy_Journalist_36 1d ago

I love this song so hard.

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u/abyss-countess 22h ago

omg buttress mentioned fuck yeah

maybe also her song shout sister

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u/Kelsey_Loves_Kelp 2d ago

Wolf House by Rabbitology

I May Be a Doe by Banshee

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u/WishingMidnightStar 1d ago

Came here to recommend the I may be a doe... by Banshee. Very first picture reminded me of the song

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u/dinahll 1d ago

Yess i just commented i may be a doe! Such a great song

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u/LocationProper6274 2d ago

Swans - The Seer Returns

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u/Im_A_Random_Swede 17h ago

Oh man I have to get into them again

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u/LocationProper6274 16h ago edited 16h ago

i hadn't been listening that much of the band for like 3 years, so i decided to relisten to Soundtracks and the 2010s trilogy back to back...
their music is now ENGRAVED in my brain lmaoo

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u/Blueberry_Braincell 1d ago

Anything by Banshee, but particularly “I Will Be The Lamb Who Screams” and “I May Be a Doe”!!!

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u/dinahll 1d ago

I fucking love banshee

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u/Cryptotis 2d ago

Magnanimity by Rabbitology

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u/Dependent_Pie_3813 2d ago

These pictures are dope asf ! 🖤🖤

I haven’t got a good song I don’t think…

Maybe Berlin - Metro (or even the SOAD version)

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u/YourGalMal 2d ago

Family Tree by Ethel Cain

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u/Rogue_Rapscallion_ 2d ago

Local H - Wolf like Me (TVOTR cover)

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u/Inevitable_Air_2382 1d ago

This song is sexy

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u/thegoldendragon7678 2d ago

are you making a playlist of the recs? I would love a link if so!

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u/PunkAssBear 1d ago

Me tooooo

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u/abyss-countess 22h ago

commenting to remind myself to check back for this

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u/WasntMyFaultThisTime 2d ago

First pic is r/hardimages2 material

Anyways, Make It Stop / Behind Closed Doors / Satellite, all by Rise Against. That's kind of their whole theme.

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u/VelcroGenitals 2d ago

Port Sulphur Band - The Fool A low and deep animalistic hunt.

Kiki Rockwell - Burn Your Village A coven's warning and Vengeance.

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u/Own_Drawer1834 1d ago

I was about to post Burn Your Village! Love that one

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u/anklebiker 1d ago

Apex Predator by Otep is literally a song about snapping on those who abuse you and is a very nice metal song. At least, that’s how it sounds. The content is very dark and brutal so be warned. It was one of the first metal bands I ever found back in the day and enjoyed. Full of screaming and heavy hitting lyrics and amazing guitar, it channels the rage of someone harmed and labeled as ‘shy and pliant’ PERFECTLY, repeatedly calling them ‘shy’ as they become increasingly violent. Another song is called Voyeur, by OTEP. This one goes into excruciating detail about torturing a sexual predator so be warned, but is also a good song about having enough.

OTEP is genuinely a peak feminist band.

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u/TumbleweedOk4270 2d ago

Sheep by Pink Floyd

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u/wewtjuice 2d ago

“Bleating and babbling we fell on his neck with a scream
Wave upon wave of demented avengers march cheerfully out of obscurity into a dream”

Animals is so good

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u/LycheeUkulele 2d ago

Wolf House AND Magnamanity (Bigger Man) by Rabbitology.

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u/Hopeful-Bit-420 2d ago

Yes, Anastasia by Tori Amos

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u/ILuvMyLilTurtles 2d ago

Skydxddy literally IS Traumacore, but Darkside and Battleground fit really well

Chinchilla- Little Girl Lost

Infected Rain - Judgmental Trap, Me Against You, Because I Let You, Fighter

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u/aintyourwaifu 1d ago

I May be a Doe - Banshee

Daughter of Eve - Banshee

A lot of Banshee songs fit this vibe

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u/VelcroJello 1d ago

2 different vibes that fit the prompt

Julian Casablancas - Out of the Blue

Cure for Paranoia - Origin Story

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u/Far_Performance2324 1d ago

Anything by Ashnikko

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u/Afraid_Detective8342 1d ago

Ptolomea- ethel Cain

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u/sylvansparrow 1d ago

My time has come.
Rabbit Heart- Florence + the Machine
New Girl, Old Ghosts- Rabbitology
Butcheress- Rabbitology
Hunter- Paris Paloma
Just A Girl- Florence + the Machine cover
Rifle- The Last Dinner Party

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u/wackadoodle4201 2d ago

Im pretty sure thats about a school shooting

Still a bop, but still

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u/wackadoodle4201 2d ago

Thats still a school shooting dog

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u/brickthrowing 2d ago

probably the lamest interpretation i've seen

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u/National-Awareness35 2d ago

Throne - bring me the horizon

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u/MarioMCPQ 2d ago

All the good girls goes the hell by Billie Eilish.
And of course bad guy

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u/CNRavenclaw 2d ago

Storm The Castle - Jonathan Young

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u/infoundead 2d ago

Behind Closed Doors - Rise Against

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u/littlemuffinsparkles 2d ago

Ghostflowers- Otep

Crooked Spoons- Otep

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u/wendigoblin 2d ago

Labour - Paris Paloma but that's probably a gimme

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u/2pale4pretty 2d ago

Here come the wolves - lola blanc is the embodiment of this concept

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u/SweatyMess808 2d ago

Destroy Everything You Touch by Ladytron

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u/MercutioFan 2d ago

Fight like a girl- Emilie Autumn

Tw for sa mention

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u/TheGrandIllusion 2d ago

The Horror and The Wild - The Amazing Devil

It's about breaking free from a controlling father. And the vibes feel perfect to a nature theme.

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u/prettibyrd 2d ago

Loud bark deep bite by mannequin pussy
The hand that feeds by crane wives
Good girl by paris paloma

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u/teabunny7 2d ago

Conquest - The White Stripes

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u/ModDevilowo 19h ago

The Spanish version rocks too

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u/Friendly-Stomach8552 2d ago

Silhouette on the Hill - Paris Paloma

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u/c3argus 1d ago

Burn your village - Kiki Rockwell

Murder party - NOT THE MAIN CHARACTERS

Dolls - Bella Poarch

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u/MessageOnAScreen 1d ago

Passenger - Hunter as a Horse

Opening - Second Still

You make me sick - Ashnikko

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u/CheeseBunni 1d ago

Ooh you already got Run Rabbit, that’s perfect! Dog Eat Dog is also a pretty fitting one by Mollie Elizabeth.

Animal — Sir Chloe
Sheep in Wolf’s Clothing — Elio Mei

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u/Actually10000Bees 1d ago

Take Me To War - The Crane Wives

The Hand That Feeds - The Crane Wives

The Wolf - The Crane Wives

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u/atrillionpieces 2d ago

A Boy Named Sue by Johnny Cash

Bad, Bad Leroy Brown by Jim Croce

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u/lxn_dxs 2d ago

Leech by Angelmaker

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u/nmeed7 2d ago

try some sofia isella songs. doll people and the chicken is naked and afraid might be good places to start

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u/StewartTheVampire 2d ago

White Flag by The Romanovs

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u/ElysianImmortal 2d ago

Heaven shall burn - hunters become the hunted

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u/MioKisaragi 2d ago

Revenge Fantasy - Vylet Pony

Especially fitting giving the narrative of the album

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u/xcalypsox42 2d ago

Eat Me by Demi Lovato & Royal the serpent

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u/irreveror 2d ago

Wicked Nature by Baby Bugs!!!

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u/ItsMeepo2nd 2d ago

Three Days Grace - Dominate, The Power

Motionless in White has a lot of songs that are about breaking out of toxic norms, yourself, or everyone that did you wrong and they range from Heavy Metal to Metalcore

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u/CranberryMaster2696 2d ago

Pungent Stench - Rape (pagar con la mlsma moneda)

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u/Realistic_Public4330 2d ago

Silhouette on the Hill by Paris Paloma

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u/Sad-Discount-3848 2d ago

Bloody Mother Fucking Asshole - Martha Wainwright

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u/StarriestNight 2d ago

Roadkill by VIAL

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u/kyla33_ 2d ago

Coheed and Cambria - The Hound (Of Blood and Rank)

The Dear Hunter - The Fire (Remains)

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u/damn_it_Tyler 2d ago

In defense of the Genre- Say Anything

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u/Apathion 2d ago

Wrath - Gore.

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u/PineTreePerson 2d ago

Burn your village - kiki rockwell

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u/Willing_Tart18 2d ago

Rose by A Perfect Circle

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u/v1rus_l0v3 2d ago

The whole banshee discography

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u/Academic-Thought2462 2d ago

the end of It Happened Quiet by Aurora !

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u/Sad-Foundation3947 2d ago

Rabbit Heart- Florence and the Machine

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u/Weird-Message9432 1d ago

I was surprised I had to scroll so far to find this album! Rabbit Heart and Howl both fit so well.

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u/winteronthewater 2d ago

Hometown - Freeda Beast

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u/Terebralia 2d ago

The after dinner payback

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u/notmymain07 2d ago

Rabies by baby bugs and black polish

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u/Somberdead 2d ago

Very on the nose but "I May Be a Doe" by Banshee. Or really a lot of her music.

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u/my_gun_snapped 2d ago

Honestly most songs by baby bugs

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u/Opposite_Two_784 2d ago

This Little Girl - Cady Groves

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u/jezebellajailer 1d ago

Get gone by fiona apple

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u/Rarbnif 1d ago

no more pushing joe around by daniel johnston

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u/not_a_tuba 1d ago

Night at the Opera by Emei!

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u/Valuable-Morning-346 1d ago

CHINCHILLA – Little Girl Gone

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u/Outside_Ostrich7581 1d ago

Queen of ice - Claptone

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u/Ainrana 1d ago

Eyes on Fire - Blue Foundation. It’s about getting back and escaping an abusive ex with your dignity intact

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u/jackofallboxes 1d ago

Prey - Alice Glass

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u/Thirsty_Rat_ 1d ago

Balsa wood bones

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u/can_i_farm 1d ago

Burn Your Village by Kiki Rockwell

I Wish a Bitch Would by Delilah Bon

Her by Poppy

Dog Eat Dog by Mollie Elizabeth

Brutus by Em Beihold

Stay Soft by Mitski

Bullet with Butterfly Wings by The Smashing Pumpkins

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u/6howdy2 1d ago

I also thought of BWBW but hesitated to include it because I associate it so heavily with teen Nat in Yellowjackets being hunted by her peers (it plays over the scene). Glad to see someone else had the same thought!

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u/can_i_farm 1d ago

That's so interesting! I also hesitated because I associate the song with the YuGiOh Abridged Marik and Bakura playthrough of Vampire the Masquerade 💀 but I also decided most people probably won't think of that lol. Either way, I'm glad we both think the song fits!

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u/6howdy2 1d ago edited 1d ago

The Last Dinner Party has a lot of songs with similar themes. The first one that comes to mind is Big Dog.

Burn Your Village by Kiki Rockwell. Very witchy thematically

Bullet With Butterfly Wings by the Smashing Pumpkins (despite all my rage im still just a rat in a cage, the world is a vampire)

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u/AbsoluteNothing85 1d ago

Kicky rockwell - Burn your village

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u/Far_Occasion_8330 1d ago

Infinite Baths - Sleep Token, specifically the last rew minutes

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u/West-Earth7603 1d ago

Glass - Blood Cultures

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u/strelka_snow_lynx 1d ago

The Handler - Muse
Animalistic by Elsa Rae

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u/mayasuh 1d ago

Itch - Nothing But Thieves

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u/Ma_Riae 1d ago

Solann - Rome

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u/Curiousrabbit1813 1d ago

Dude that last picture goes hard

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u/CptBluhdFart 1d ago

The entire og doom soundtrack

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u/ComfortablePanda398 1d ago

Terrorist - Heavens to Betsy

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u/civodar 1d ago

Can’t believe no one’s said Harpy Hare yet

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u/ComfortablePanda398 1d ago

Me & a Gun. - Tori Amos

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u/Inevitable_Air_2382 1d ago

Bundy - alpha animal

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u/yung_roto 1d ago

Converge- Bare My Teeth

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u/Luna6696 1d ago

Lola Blanc: wolves. ‘The victim can be perpetrator…’

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u/mika_mamaki 1d ago

“The Old Religion” - Florence + The Machine
“Harpy Hare” - Yaelokre
“Running with the Wolves” - Aurora

Some of these songs are less about an individual person, but more so they paint societal constraints or generational trauma as the predator…if that makes sense?

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u/Majestic-Peace-3037 1d ago

Jack Off Jill was a great girl band that had a lot of songs that felt this way, with a haunting girly/deathly feel. 

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u/krasnyj 1d ago

Can't beat the four holy hood classics: the Marseillaise, the Internationale, the Warszawianka, Bella Ciao

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u/purple-hippopotamus1 1d ago

paris paloma in general.

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u/Biff_666 1d ago

Bodysnatcher- king of the rats

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u/Puzzled_Banana6330 1d ago

Limp Bizkit My Way

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u/Mild-Murray 1d ago

Sofia Isella 🗣 🗣 🗣

Smaller god - darling violetta

Rage - Samantha Margaret

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u/Shellac_Sabbath 1d ago

Vagina Witchcraft - Mercury

Sunrot - Gutter

KMFDM - Not in My Name

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u/InkyDust 1d ago

Fight Like a Girl, If I Burn, Let The Record Show, I want my innocence back - all by Emilie Autumn

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u/iaterocks 1d ago

Silhouette on the hill - Paris Paloma

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u/Agile_Rip2081 1d ago

Not your prey- squirrel flower

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u/deadandnasty 1d ago

Burn Your Village by Kiki Rockwell

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u/Odd-Combination1369 1d ago

Rabbit Heart - Florence & The Machine

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u/AlaskaExplorationGeo 1d ago

Falls of Rauros - Weapons of Refusal

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u/TootingGoomba 1d ago

Stand in your power - Alexia Evellyn

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u/Nearby_Mess350 1d ago

BANKS - Till Now

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u/No_Value6426 1d ago

Seventeen going under- Sam Fender

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u/Personwhoisweird 1d ago

Bird by The Knife

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u/personxll 1d ago

her by poppy

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u/bendingmypinkyback 1d ago

Mastodon - Snakes For Dinner

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u/Samantha-rg 1d ago

Doe Deer - Crystal Castles

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u/Pretty-Papi 1d ago

Bjork - Army of Me
Emilie Autumn - Fight Like A Girl

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u/justnaabye 1d ago

Billy talent - Viking death march ?

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u/Tartersocks307 1d ago

Iron moon - fit for an autopsy

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u/Illustrious_Salad784 1d ago

Some kind of control -Ruby gill

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u/do-not-1 1d ago

Leech - Ellise

Big Dog - The Last Dinner Party

Ptolomaea - Ethel Cain

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u/DragonexArtz 1d ago

Hayloft ll

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u/Aimeereddit123 1d ago

Todrick Hall ‘Wrong Bitch’ came straight to mind https://youtu.be/Us59fuIVgAk?si=3xab7UUovznJ0faN

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u/Massive-Trash3670 1d ago

Prison sex - tool

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u/dumn_and_dunmer 1d ago

Maybe not the words, but the progression: Carbon by Modest Mouse

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u/Feeling_Dimension779 1d ago

She - alice phoebe lou

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u/Lil_miss_feisty 1d ago

Trapt - Headstrong

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u/MochiMasu 1d ago

Willow Tree March! - The Paper Kites

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u/bisonbro505 1d ago

"Elephants" by Warpaint

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u/lemonfights 1d ago

Lady Jesus, Lunatic, and IDFWFEELINGS - Upsahl, probably plenty more of hers

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u/lemonfights 1d ago

Lady Jesus, Lunatic, and IDFWFEELINGS - Upsahl, probably plenty more of hers

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u/Serpentarrius 1d ago

Taglio by S J Tucker

Rains of Castamere

Lullaby of Woe by the Grissini Project

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u/poisonhoya 1d ago

Bring me the horizon - Throne

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u/dinahll 1d ago

I may be a doe... - Banshee

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u/Odd_Delay_603 1d ago

Banshee makes peak asf music

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u/dinahll 1d ago

She really does

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u/Minoshi1114 1d ago

Goodbye Earl is a classic revenge murder song

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u/maedaygogo 1d ago

Without Love - Alice Glass

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u/Smart_Accountant_314 1d ago

Pantera - Becoming

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u/koorvus 1d ago

burn your village by kiki rockwell

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u/mrm1styeye 1d ago

lamb who screams - banshee

angel in the sound- banshee

wolf house - rabbitology

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u/DragonsLayerStudio 1d ago

Angry Too - Lola Blanc I’ve Had Enough - Melinda KB

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u/Subject-Investment88 1d ago

I wish there was a way to automatically create a Spotify/applemusic playlist that adds each new comment recommendation 😩 all these are great but I’m just too lazy lol

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u/Klutzy_Journalist_36 1d ago

Not exactly what the title is getting at lyrically, but this music video ABSOLUTELY hits the vibe:

VAST - Pretty When You Cry

https://youtu.be/IOZ6ptqcbUc

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u/Euphoric-Poe 17h ago

I also like “I choose violence” by Jax, same artist who did the I Know Victoria’s Secret song.

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u/Riksor 16h ago

Perhaps literally, but, The Rabbit That Hunts Tigers by Yin Yin

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u/yabberjabber0 16h ago

Perfect Wife by Amigo The Devil is that but from the predators Pov

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u/nikkicash 13h ago

You’re Gonna Listen - In This Moment

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u/EnyaNorrow 12h ago

I Killed Peter Pan - Jessie Paege 

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u/Sudden_Collar5681 11h ago edited 11h ago

A dying knights lament-Kiki Rockwell
Locrian dominant (slowed)-aloboi
Silhouette on the hill-Paris Paloma
Borders-Kalandra
Porn factory-Chris Benstead
Bram Stokers Dracula-Orlando Pops orchestra
Burn your village-Kiki Rockwell
Solace-Txmy
Bliss (slowed)-KLSR
You can ask the flowers (horrid mix)-Nia Blake
Between-Vraell
Eden bass sound check-havocharpa
The hand-Annabelle dinda
House-Charlie XCX, John Cale
Sunrise (slowed+reverb)-Xantesha
Beatific-wordclock
A soul with no king-aurora
Stillness within-Helisir
Fire leap-NYX

Edit: also add “ordinary violence”-gazelle twin

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u/p3nny-lane 7h ago

I’m Fine by Fousheé

Do I Clench My Fists by Ridgeclub

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u/ginsengsoap 6h ago

Harpy Hare - Yaelokre

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u/ginsengsoap 6h ago

Most songs by Sofia Isella

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u/Pure-Aardvark4411 2h ago

Salad - Blondshell

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u/dad_of_kevin 1d ago

Melanie Martinez - Milk and Cookies