u/Astarat69

was a genre who mixed chopped and screwed, with noisy textures and industrial drum patterns and dark synthesizers. Reversed and slowed-down voices. Highly experimental. ------- But since middle 2013 to onwards had a big decay mixing synthpop, electro punk/electro clash. Now is far to be something "experimental". anyone remember it's initial stage?

- 1: Disaro: https://www.discogs.com/label/179188-Disaro

- 2: Pale Noir: https://www.discogs.com/label/238479-Pale-Noir

- 3: Baku Shad-do: https://www.discogs.com/label/385048-Baku-Shad-do

-4: Tundra Dubs: https://www.discogs.com/label/220139-Tundra-Dubs

-5: Pendu Sound: https://www.discogs.com/label/88368-Pendu-Sound-Recordings

-6: Living Tapes: https://www.discogs.com/label/142755-Living-Tapes

Here are 50 of the most important and influential witch house artists of all time, categorized by their impact:

The Pioneers & Core Architects

These artists laid the foundational sound of the genre between 2008 and 2012, blending chopped hip-hop with drone, ambient, and noise.

1. SALEM – The undisputed pioneers of the genre. Their album King Night is considered the blueprint.
2. White Ring – Defined the early NYC sound with their haunting track "Roses" and Black Earth That Made Me.
3. oOoOO – One of the earliest purveyors of the West Coast witch house sound, blending ethereal vocals with dark, slowed-down trap beats.
4. Mater Suspiria Vision – Spearheaded the Italian scene and the aesthetic linkage between the microgenre and 1970s Italian horror cinema.
5. Ritualz – Key Mexican producer heavily associated with the earliest blogs and tape releases in the scene.
6. Modern Witch – Defined the lo-fi, guitar-droned, and occult-heavy side of the early movement.
7. White Hex (formerly (o)†hers) – Essential early project that solidified the chopped-and-screwed industrial sound.
8. Creep – NYC duo whose moody vocal collaborations (featuring acts like Romy Madley Croft) defined early 2011.
9. Balam Acab – Blended witch house with ambient and chillwave, creating a uniquely aquatic, ethereal sound.
10. Holy Other – Master of the "dark R&B" and atmospheric side of the genre.

Wave & Modern Dark Electronic

These producers carried the torch from the late 2010s into 2026, transitioning the sound into atmospheric wave, trap-metal, and modern electronic scenes.

1. Sidewalks and Skeletons – The UK’s most recognizable witch house export.
2. Mr.Kitty – Known for fusing witch house, synth-pop, and darkwave.
3. Pastel Ghost – Globally massive, known for blending dream-pop with heavy darkwave and witch house.
4. IC3PEAK – Russian duo who evolved from heavy witch house into a dark-pop/witch-trap phenomenon.
5. Crim3s – Known for raw, abrasive, and fast-paced club witch house.
6. Snow Strippers – Modern duo redefining the intersection of witch house, electronic dance music, and indie sleaze.
7. Fraunhofer Diffraction – A staple modern act of the underground and online witch house communities.
8. blvck ceiling – Highly prolific modern producer with a signature heavy trap/witch sound.
9. CHVRN – Modern wave and witch house producer.
10. barnacle boi – Fuses wave, trap, and classic witch house elements.

Ethereal, Witch-Pop & Ambient Sludge

These acts emphasized the dream-like, heavily reverbed, and vocals-over-noise elements of the genre.

1. Sleep ∞ Over – Blends hazy dream-pop with witch house atmospherics.
2. LAKE R▲DIO – Early experimental tape artist focusing on drone and chopped vocals.
3. Purity Ring – Pop-crossover duo that took witch house aesthetics and synthesized them into accessible indie-pop.
4. Zola Jesus – Brought operatic vocals and gothic industrial sounds that laid the bedrock for witch house vocal styles.
5. Lorn – Experimental beat-maker who heavily influenced the dark, cinematic, and heavy bass side of the movement.
6. V▲LH▲LL – Heavily distorted, noise-driven witch house.
7. GL▲SS †33†H – Ethereal noise project popular on early witch house forums.
8. S I S T E R S – Known for heavily atmospheric and slow-burning tracks.
9. I†† (Eye Double Cross) – A mainstay of underground tape releases.
10. CULTCHILD – Modern dark electronic and witch house.

Experimental & Hip-Hop Influenced

These artists pushed witch house toward underground rap, cloud rap, and industrial hip-hop.

1. Sematary & Ghost Mountain (Haunted Mound) – Brought 2010s witch house aesthetics into underground emo-rap and horrorcore.
2. Black Kray (gvcci kray) – Pioneered the cloud rap and trap scene, frequently relying on witch house samples.
3. Wicca Phase Springs Eternal – Emo-rapper whose aesthetics and sample choices directly tie to witch house.
4. Shlohmo – Beat-maker who blended witch house aesthetics with west-coast hip-hop.
5. Pictureplane – Indietronica pioneer whose early work heavily featured witch house sounds.
6. Yozef▼K – European underground beat-maker.
7. Micro Naps – A staple of early experimental and drone witch house.
8. Dazed Marrow – Known for dark, ambient noise and occult tape loops.
9. Gloomstone – Atmospheric and dark trap/witch house producer.
10. Tchornavidma – Ambient noise and doom project.

Essential Underground & Cult Acts

These are key players celebrated in online forums and tape-trading circles as the lifeblood of the genre's deep underground.

1. Humanfobia – Chilean experimental duo known for incorporating industrial, witch house, and dark noise.
2. Witchouse 40k – A driving force in the modern Russian underground and the digital wave revival.
3. OKKVLT KɅTT – Cult-favorite darkwave and witch house project.
4. Clepsydra – Known for heavily occult, sample-based electronic sludge.
5. BLESSED MANE – Modern creator of heavy, sludgy wave-witch house.
6. REDCHINAWAVE – Known for slowed and dark soundscapes.
7. SADWRIST – Blends trap, hip-hop, and witch house.
8. Sycorax – Key contributor to underground compilation tapes.
9. Teehn Bwitches – Heavily featured on witch house forums and playlists as an underground purist act.
10. How I Quit Crack – Early-wave project synonymous with the raw, tape-warped, and lo-fi roots of the genre.