Dark, atmospheric folk that sounds like something crawled out of a mountain shrine at dusk. Hanachirutani Sanjinkou is a 2011 Windows doujin game, and its soundtrack is steeped in Japanese folklore and dread. "Melancholia" opens both in vocal and instrumental versions, setting a mournful baseline.
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Then tracks like "修羅 ホウコウス" (Shura Roaring) erupt into something violent and ritual, while "陰火" (Shadow Fire) flickers with supernatural tension. The track names read like poetry. "灰 燃え尽きた者共の残滓" translates to something like "Ash, the remnants of those burned out."
That's not a song title, that's a death poem. "damn" closes the album, vocal and instrumental. Blunt English after all that classical Japanese. If you want game music that sounds like a mountain god's funeral procession and doesn't flinch, this is it.