10 Darkest Rock Albums Of The 90s

3. In Utero - Nirvana

Fame can end up being an extremely mixed blessing for every musician that reaches the top of the charts. The glamorous life is something that not everyone is cut out for, and it can be more than a little bit nerve wracking trying to lead a normal life when being treated like royalty. So when you give the title Voice of a Generation to someone already unstable, don't be surprised when they deliver something like this.

After hating the initial jock audience they cultivated with Nevermind, Kurt Cobain tried to make some of the most emotionally vulnerable music of his career on In Utero, with the help of noise rock producer Steve Albini. Compared to the radio friendly hooks on Nevermind, it almost sounds like the band is trying to make you uneasy, from the blast of noise that greets you at the beginning of the record on Serve the Servants to hearing Kurt push his voice to the brink on Scentless Apprentice.

Though most Nirvana fans ate this up, no one knew the kind of turmoil that was going on underneath the surface. Along with dealing with his heroin habit, this would be the final creative gasp that Nirvana had, with Cobain found dead by suicide in his Seattle home a few months after the record came out. In that respect, In Utero isn't just a dark album from a tortured mind. This was Kurt's last cry for help.