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Home by Procol Harum is dark prog

In a Glass House also is the darkest Gentle Giant album.
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Man, I'd love to see Comus.
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For anyone in Scandinavia (remove if not appropriate, I wasn´t able to post in the live-section, sorry):

COMUS play Oslo May 23rd, they´re first appearance in Norway. Along with Tusmørke, Purple Hill Witch, Dromedar, Nils Økland, Espen Jørgensen, Alwanzatar.. (All folk, psych, metal, drone-related, if not prog.)

Venue is Chateau Neuf, the same stage that had Änglågård, Anekdoten, Landberk, and many more, in the 90s. 
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I've listened to some songs from them, I have to say that they don't sound eerie (from what I've heard), but the guitar playing is phenomenal and eclectic. Very nice.  
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I would recommend both Herd of Instinct's albums. The first (self-titled) has some vocals, while the second (appropriately titled Conjure) is completely instrumental. The music has a very eerie, cinematic quality, and revolves around Mark Cook's Warr guitar. This is a video they released as a preview of Conjure in early 2013, which should give you a taste of what they are about:




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I'm not sure if Pink Floyd would qualify as "Dark Prog" but I think they made a decent stab at it with "Careful With That Axe, Eugene", "A Saucerful Of Secrets" and the bulk of The Wall.

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He looks at this world and wants it all... so he strikes, like Thunderball!
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That Ash Ra Tempel track surprised me. I wasn't really paying attention and I thought it was just atmospheric noise. Then a guitar solo emrged and I was intrigued. I'll listen to them again when I can focus better.

I liked the Arachnoid album very much (it's on youtube luckily), very good use of keyboards. It also has a KC feel here and there.

Unfortunately, I don't really dig Swans. I tried to listen to "Filth", "Cop" and "Children of God" on several occasions, but they did nothing for me. I kinda liked the title track of "The Seer", though. I could give this live album a try, perhaps it will change my mind, who knows? 

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Originally posted by 'PiphanyRambler 'PiphanyRambler wrote:

I'm still in the middle of checking out all of your suggestions. There is one that truly stands out, though:
Originally posted by Mascodagama Mascodagama wrote:

Mind you, if that's not grim enough for you, there's always Elend's A World In Their Screams. Which feels like what happens when you apply a depressive extreme metal sensibility to modern classical composition. It's really good. But it's not very cheery.
 
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This one! I've been totally blown away by this album. It's awe inspiring, majestic at times. It sounds "big". And it has jumpscares too! LOL

Glad you enjoyed it - if 'enjoyed' is the right word!

 
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Originally posted by Rick Robson Rick Robson wrote:

WOW! I think we have a champion of 'dark prog' here, this is dark indeed:
 
Univers Zero - La Faulx
 
Beer The darkest one I've ever heard and favourite RIO. Present and Shub Niggurath are also worth checking. Did anyone mention Guapo? Five Suns and History of Visitaton are quite gloomy. Some time ago I bought Unit Wail's 2 albums (so far their whole discography Big smile) and it is some kind of dark electronic zeuhl. As I remember, the founder of UW was also  Shub's member. Good stuff.

I don't know if someone posted them here (sorry, I'm too lazy to read the whole thread carefully LOL) but I'd recommend Swans, their first albums are pretty dark (and live one: Public Castration is a Good Idea, that's mad!) but also The Seer should be satisfying Wink. Krautrock has also some dark albums, e.g.
Ash Ra Tempel s/t
Tangerine Dream Zeit
Popol Vuh Affenstunde, In den Garten Pharaos
Klaus Schulze Irrlicht 

At least these were dark for me when I began listenning to prog and AST's debut was the first prog album (except Pink Floyd and another popular stuff) I listened to. But I think it's not only me who finds them gloomy. Smile

How much I'd love to be on such a concert like this one!
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Originally posted by 'PiphanyRambler 'PiphanyRambler wrote:

Thank you Steve for suggesting Comus. They really got me, and I don't think I had ever heard something similar before. Are there other bands who play folk in such a manner?

Tea & Symphony are a little bit like Comus. Their album "An Asylum for the Musically Insane" is definitely worth listening to, and came out before Comus. Not quite as dark, but still quite strange and I feel that album was an influence for them.
http://pseudosentai.bandcamp.com/



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If you can find it, Arachnoid is some great dark prog from France.

Arachnoid Arachnoid album cover
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Thank you Steve for suggesting Comus. They really got me, and I don't think I had ever heard something similar before. Are there other bands who play folk in such a manner?
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Originally posted by Michael678 Michael678 wrote:

i think King Crimson as a whole is dark prog.

Oh yes, you're right, even though I'm not familiar with post-'74 King Crimson. Also, since I usually only listen to "Islands" from their early period, (and that particular album sounds quite pretty), I didn't include them, just to be safe.

Originally posted by aliano aliano wrote:

How about Edison's Children?

I really like them, Last Breath Before November was my favourite album of 2013. I haven't listened to their first effort, though, is it as good?
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Originally posted by HolyMoly HolyMoly wrote:

Originally posted by Mascodagama Mascodagama wrote:

Originally posted by HolyMoly HolyMoly wrote:

Originally posted by Mascodagama Mascodagama wrote:

I feel like I always recommend the same stuff in this kind of thread, but it's worth mentioning the band Yeti from Florida, who came out with two really good albums Things To Come and Volume Obliteration Transcendence in the early 00's. A taste here:
 
 
Great one!  Yeti were a fantastic band.  I gave a five-star review to "Things to Come".
It's a favourite of mine too.  If you really like Yeti, and aren't already aware, you might want to know that there's two really good live tracks from them on a CD of Progday 2001 that you can get on CD Baby. It's only about 20 minutes of music, but I think it's the only live Yeti you can get apart from some CDRs the band apparently used to sell, but that I've never seen offered for sale.
 
Thanks, I made a note of that.  I found some live Yeti on Youtube a while back, where's that link...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0KF4kz-y7NM

Live from 1999, the sound ain't great but it exists.
 
Thanks for the link. I hadn't seen this.
 
Like you say the sound is basic - but we have to make the most of what little Yeti material there is!
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How about Edison's Children?
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Originally posted by 'PiphanyRambler 'PiphanyRambler wrote:

Hi everyone.

Given my mood lately, I thought I could use some dark and gloomy music. I've listened to a lot of VdGG, but I struggle to find other bands with such a convoluted and "serious" sound. I would like to ask you some suggestions for what I like to call "dark prog". I don't mind heavy music.
Here's what I've been listening to recently:
  • VdGG
  • Peter Hammill
  • "Red"-era King Crimson
  • Kayo Dot
  • maudlin of the Well
  • Leprous
  • Devin Townsend
  • The Gathering
  • A Silver Mt. Zion
  • Parallel or 90 Degrees
  • 65daysofstatic
  • Agalloch
  • Indukti

Any suggestion is welcome, thank you in advance for your help.

i think King Crimson as a whole is dark prog.
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I'm still in the middle of checking out all of your suggestions. There is one that truly stands out, though:
Originally posted by Mascodagama Mascodagama wrote:

Mind you, if that's not grim enough for you, there's always Elend's A World In Their Screams. Which feels like what happens when you apply a depressive extreme metal sensibility to modern classical composition. It's really good. But it's not very cheery.
 
I think the whole thing is here:
 

This one! I've been totally blown away by this album. It's awe inspiring, majestic at times. It sounds "big". And it has jumpscares too! LOL
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I'd like to recommend The Lost Hamburg Sessions by Killed On X-Mas
 
 
Free download
Released 04 July 1996 

Zinnober: guitars/voice 
Rene Scholz: bass/voice/fx 
Jörg Peters: drums/voice/bells 

Recorded and mixed by Mathias Arfmann 
Knochenhaus Hamburg
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