Witch house is a music genre and internet aesthetic that emerged in the late 2000s as bands combined occult imagery and sounds. On this week’s episode of Silent Generation, Joseph and Nathan begin by noting that it was the very first internet aesthetic, with the earliest example being the 2005 blog Runawaytoday. They then talk about common witch house aesthetic elements such as horror, “the woods,” and occult symbols (particularly inverted crosses). The conversation then shifts to music, with a survey of several witch house bands such as SALEM, Pictureplane, CRIM3S, and Crystal Castles. The episode concludes with discussion of witch house’s legacy and what it was trying to express. 

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Pinterest board: https://www.pinterest.com/silentgeneration/witch-house/ 

witch-house.com

Witch House - Aesthetics Wiki

OG Witch House Spotify Playlist

True Witch House Only Spotify Playlist

Sick by SALEM

Trapdoor by SALEM

Better Off Alone by SALEM

Goth Star by Picturplane

Hyper Real by Picureplane

Salt by CRIM3S

Pumpkin Pumpkin by Zombelle

Runawaytoday (2005)

GODBLESS - Untitled (2008) by Ponyboy

Guest List: Best of 2009 by Tyler Grisham

Got any witch house? Why I'm on the genre-mongers' side | Music by Tom Ewing

https://www.blairwitch.com/ 

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Alek Morgan’s Facebook page (NVRMND archive)

Witch House Band Iceberg Infographic

Witch House Music History

Lana del Rey/ Jack Donoghue Cook County Penitentiary photo

SALEM: The Midwest's Most Wanted (Documentary)

This is the CRIM3S Biography Tik Tok video

CRIM3S SQUATT RAVE

@Rourotfan

Rou Rot and Alice Glass

MTV CRIBS: pictureplane gives a tour of Rhinoceropolis

shout out to male producer female lead witch house duos Reddit post

Witch House: The Ghostly Genre of The Music Industry by Clara C. Steemer

Which house for witch house? Pictureplane’s goth beats are taking flight by P. J. Nutting

Witch House: An Intro To The Microgenre That Influenced Everyone From Tyler, The Creator To ASAP Rocky by Kyle Garb

The Occult Genre Known As "Witch House" - Pad Chennington

Whatever happened to witch house? by Al Horner

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Recorded on 10/22/2025