r/witch_house

Hey everyone!

I'm witchmxde, an independent witch house producer from Kazakhstan.

After months of work, I finally released two EPs. They blend dark atmospheres, distorted textures, heavy bass and emotional melodies. If you're into classic witch house, dark ambient or experimental electronic music, you might enjoy them.

I'd genuinely appreciate any feedback—good or bad.

Thanks for listening

I’ve got a new SCYTHE EP coming out, and it just might be my best yet!

Please pre-save the album, it’s totally free and let’s the label know that there’s fans out there 🙂

https://bnd.lc/scft

I’m genuinely pissed off watching what’s happening to this genre. We have what feels like one active Discord, and it’s barely even about witch house anymore. Every discussion gets hijacked by adjacent scenes while actual witch house artists and producers barely have a place to connect.** **And when there was an actual witch house artist in the server, things became so hostile that he ended up leaving. Whether you agreed with him or not, that’s embarrassing for a genre this small.

How is witch house supposed to survive if we can’t even maintain one space that’s actually dedicated to it? We need more artists making witch house, more people releasing music, more mixes, more labels, more collaborations, more discussion, and more people actually contributing to the genre instead of constantly dragging the conversation somewhere else. If we don’t build it ourselves, nobody else is going to. The scene isn’t going to save itself.

If you’re serious about making or pushing witch house forward, I’d love to put together a group chat or Discord with people who actually want to collaborate, share music, give feedback, and help keep the scene alive. I’m based in Austin, Texas, so if anyone’s local that’s even better, but I’m happy to connect with people from anywhere. If enough people are interested, I’ll make one.

And yes, I’m talking about witch house. Not every dark or horror-inspired genre under the sun. If your idea of witch house consists of Sematary, this post probably isn’t for you. I’m looking for people who actually want to preserve, expand, and contribute to witch house itself.

No artists. No scene.

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Preserve the Ritual

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Меня реально бесит то, что происходит с этим жанром. Такое ощущение, что у нас есть всего один активный Discord, и он уже почти не про witch house. Любое обсуждение постоянно уходит в сторону смежных сцен, а у настоящих witch house артистов и продюсеров практически нет места, где можно общаться. И когда в этом сервере появился настоящий witch house артист, атмосфера стала настолько токсичной, что в итоге он ушёл. Неважно, были вы с ним согласны или нет — для такого маленького жанра это просто позор.
Как witch house вообще должен выжить, если мы не можем сохранить хотя бы одно пространство, действительно посвящённое этому жанру? Нам нужно больше артистов, которые делают witch house. Больше релизов. Больше миксов. Больше лейблов. Больше коллабораций. Больше обсуждений. И просто больше людей, которые реально вкладываются в развитие жанра, вместо того чтобы постоянно уводить разговор в сторону чего-то другого.
Если мы сами не построим это сообщество, никто не сделает этого за нас. Сцена сама себя не спасёт.
Если вы действительно хотите создавать witch house или двигать этот жанр вперёд, я хочу собрать группу или Discord для людей, которым это действительно интересно: сотрудничество, обмен музыкой, обратная связь и совместное развитие сцены. Я живу в Остине, штат Техас, так что если кто-то рядом — вообще отлично, но я буду рад познакомиться с людьми откуда угодно. Если желающих будет достаточно — я создам сервер.
И да, я говорю именно о witch house. Не о каждом мрачном или хоррор-ориентированном жанре подряд. Если для вас Sematary — это witch house, то этот пост, скорее всего, не для вас. Я ищу людей, которые действительно хотят сохранить жанр, развивать его и вносить в него свой вклад.

Нет артистов — нет сцены.
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Сохраним Ритуал.

Hey so im complete beginner idk how to make music or beats but i fell in love with witch house which motivated me to do music any tips,recommendations?

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.

This genre seems to have what it takes to make a comeback, but it's not happening. It seemed to me like something was moving. I saw Crystal Castles going viral on TikTok, and with SWS becoming famous, and Salem releasing an album and a compilation, but it remained superficial. Will the real witch house return, or will this comeback just be like this, superficial only for those who are already big?
is there only the beautiful part left to showcase?

Anyone live in the DMV and looking to rave?

to be honest ive only been making electronic music for a few years .. im a self taught musician for the majority of my life, i cant read sheet music, i dont know music theory, i just make music based on my emotions, trauma and feelings. i think most of my music explores witchhouse in a bit of a different way, thats why i really want to build this community to make witchhouse be explored in an atypical and veeery vulnerable way :3