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What is witch house?

"Witch House" is a musical trend of the late '00s and early '10s which typically incorporates elements of hip-hop, dubstep, electro, IDM, darkwave, gothic rock, shoegaze, and ritual ambient/ethereal/noise/drone music, often with a slow tempo and a lo-fi aesthetic meant to evoke a dark, sinister, or occult mood. Common typographical features of artist and track names include triangles (▲,▼,∆), crosses (†), and other geometric shapes.

About witch house

Influences include Post-punk bands with gothic styles from the 1980's, e.

From Last.fm, where 6,713 listeners have tagged music as witch house.

Artists to start with

  1. Snow Strippers
  2. Sidewalks and Skeletons
  3. Salem
  4. Sematary
  5. Buckshot
  6. IC3PEAK
  7. Ghost Mountain
  8. Crim3s
  9. elusin
  10. White Ring

Albums to hear first

  • King Night by SalemKing NightSalem
  • Fires in Heaven by SalemFires in HeavenSalem
  • The Snow Strippers by Snow StrippersThe Snow StrippersSnow Strippers
  • Сладкая жизнь by IC3PEAKСладкая жизньIC3PEAK
  • Without Your Love by oOoOOWithout Your LoveoOoOO
  • Alice Glass by Alice GlassAlice GlassAlice Glass
  • HUNDRED ACRE WRIST by SemataryHUNDRED ACRE WRISTSematary
  • The Void by Sidewalks and SkeletonsThe VoidSidewalks and Skeletons

Witch House songs

  1. BEAT UP CHANEL$ by Slayyyter
  2. Dark Beach by PASTEL GHOST
  3. King Night by Salem
  4. Frail by Crystal Castles
  5. Sick by Salem
  6. Goth by Sidewalks and Skeletons
  7. Trapdoor by Salem
  8. Redlights by Salem
  9. Frost by Salem
  10. Stay Ugly by Crim3s

Witch House on Risocast

  • Abyss by Pastel GhostAbyssPastel Ghost · 2015
  • April Mixtape 3 by Snow StrippersApril Mixtape 3Snow Strippers · 2023
  • White Light by Sidewalks and SkeletonsWhite LightSidewalks and Skeletons · 2015
  • Amnesty (I) by Crystal CastlesAmnesty (I)Crystal Castles · 2016
  • Ethereality by Pastel GhostEtherealityPastel Ghost · 2018
  • Ketamine Girl by akiaura, LONOWNKetamine Girlakiaura, LONOWN · 2023
  • April Mixtape 2 by Snow StrippersApril Mixtape 2Snow Strippers · 2022
  • The Snow Strippers by Snow StrippersThe Snow StrippersSnow Strippers · 2022
  • Goth (Slowed + Reverb) by Sidewalks and SkeletonsGoth (Slowed + Reverb)Sidewalks and Skeletons · 2023
  • I'm God by Clams CasinoI'm GodClams Casino
  • Under Your Spell by Snow StrippersUnder Your SpellSnow Strippers
  • Goth by Sidewalks and SkeletonsGothSidewalks and Skeletons · 2015

Neighbouring genres

In the electronic family. All genres

breakcoredeep housebreakbeatdance-popdeconstructed clubdancehallacid houseatmospheric drum and bassdrum and bassdeep technopsytranceacid techno

Questions

What is witch house?
"Witch House" is a musical trend of the late '00s and early '10s which typically incorporates elements of hip-hop, dubstep, electro, IDM, darkwave, gothic rock, shoegaze, and ritual ambient/ethereal/noise/drone music, often with a slow tempo and a lo-fi aesthetic meant to evoke a dark, sinister, or occult mood. Common typographical features of artist and track names include triangles (▲,▼,∆), crosses (†), and other geometric shapes. Influences include Post-punk bands with gothic styles from the 1980's, e.
Who are the best-known witch house artists?
By Last.fm listening: Snow Strippers, Sidewalks and Skeletons, Salem, Sematary, Buckshot and IC3PEAK.
What genres are similar to witch house?
On Risocast it sits with breakcore, deep house, breakbeat, dance-pop, deconstructed club and dancehall.

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Updated 6 October 2026

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