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Dr Know
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Topic: "Dark" Albums Posted: March 04 2006 at 20:57 |
I have seen lots of reviews where they say "This is the bands dark or black album"
In the case of Kansas, it was Masque with songs like Child of Innocence (When listening to this one thinks of the Grim Reaper) and The Pinnacle. With Dream Theater it was Train of Thought with disturbing songs like Honour Thy Father and In the name of God. Dark as in serious and disturbing to the listener.
What would you say are some of the dark albums for other big progressive bands?
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NetsNJFan
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Posted: March 04 2006 at 21:14 |
VdGG/Peter Hammill - all of them
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King of Loss
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Posted: March 04 2006 at 21:19 |
A really dark album- Listen to "The Perfect Element", so dark and sad!
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Dr Know
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Posted: March 04 2006 at 21:21 |
I think the darkest Marillion has got to be Fugazi.
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chamberry
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Posted: March 04 2006 at 21:25 |
Godspeed you! black emperor's F#A#infinity is a very dark album and
most of it is thanks to the naration but their darkest and menacing
album is Yanqui U.x.o.
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Meddler
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Posted: March 04 2006 at 21:39 |
Animals - Pink Floyd is pretty depressin'/dark stuff.
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Dr Know
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Posted: March 04 2006 at 21:42 |
I think DSOTM, Animals, Wish you were here, The Wall, Final Cut are all dark, in fact a string of dark albums
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eugene
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Posted: March 04 2006 at 21:44 |
Morte Macabre - dark, but rather primitive and simple - horror movies, what can you expect
Thork "Weila" - dark, complex, beautiful, brilliant, but very dark
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Violenza
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Posted: March 04 2006 at 21:50 |
Anything by Univers Zero or Shub-Niggurath
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eugene
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Posted: March 04 2006 at 21:53 |
Violenza wrote:
Anything by Univers Zero or Shub-Niggurath
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Don't know yet Snub-Niggurath, but Univers Zero - yes, dark and awesome, especially Heresie
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Dr Know
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Posted: March 04 2006 at 21:53 |
What about the big prog bands like Genesis, Tull etc...
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kingofbizzare
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Posted: March 04 2006 at 21:54 |
Hail to the Theif by Radioghead
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Witchwoodhermit
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Posted: March 04 2006 at 22:14 |
THE WALL
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Here I'm shadowed by a dragon fig tree's fan
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Bj-1
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Posted: March 04 2006 at 22:26 |
Van Der Graaf Generator - H to He and Pawn Hearts
Genesis - The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway
King Crimson - Islands, Starless and Bible Black
Pink Floyd - A Saucerful of Secrets
Jean-Michel Jarre - Zoolook
Supertramp - Supertramp
Gentle Giant - Acquiring The Taste
Soft Machine - Fourth, Fifth
Dream Theater - When Dream & Day Unite, Awake
Shadow Gallery - Shadow Gallery
Yes - The YES Album, Tales From Topographic Oceans
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stonebeard
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Posted: March 04 2006 at 22:27 |
Pain of Salvation (any, esp. One Hour By the Concrete Lake and TPE)
Satellite: Evening Games (not depressing or heavy, just a bit dark, melancholic and pleasant)
Arena: The Visitor, Immortal? (though I've only listened tho them once, so take that as you will)
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timothy leary
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Posted: March 04 2006 at 22:56 |
Aphrodite`s Child 666
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cuncuna
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Posted: March 04 2006 at 23:12 |
Any Residents album.
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Progdrummer05
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Posted: March 04 2006 at 23:36 |
I think EVERGREY has done some pretty dark albums ESPECIALLY THE INNER CIRCLE gah man when i heard that for the first time their were chills running through my body
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Carry On My Wayward Son
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Soul Dreamer
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Posted: March 04 2006 at 23:39 |
Bj-1 wrote:
Van Der Graaf Generator - H to He and Pawn Hearts
Genesis - The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway
King Crimson - Islands, Starless and Bible Black
Pink Floyd - A Saucerful of Secrets
Jean-Michel Jarre - Zoolook
Supertramp - Supertramp
Gentle Giant - Acquiring The Taste
Soft Machine - Fourth, Fifth
Dream Theater - When Dream & Day Unite, Awake
Shadow Gallery - Shadow Gallery
Yes - The YES Album, Tales From Topographic Oceans
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The Yes Album a Dark album??? With "I've seen all good people" and "Yours is no disgrace"??
Tales DARK??
I don't see that for me these two albums (together with the rest of the Yes catalogue except maybe Relayer and then specially for the beginning of the Gates of Delirium, allthough the end "Soon" sooghts that) are happy and very LIGHT (not musically, but opposed to "dark") music.
Dark music to me is like schizophrenia, melancholy, other forms of mental or social disorder.
Dark albums are many
e.g.
Metallica - Ride the Lightning
VdGG - Still Life
Pink Floyd - Dark Side Of The Moon
Riverside - Out of Myself
just to name o few
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Dr. Occulator
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Posted: March 05 2006 at 10:13 |
I think King Crimsom more than most bands epitomized the idea of 'Dark'.
They seemed to be able to gather inspiration from topics which depict
gloom, misery and hopelessness and sometimes pull it off in an almost
playfully evil self-deprecating mood.
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My Doc Told Me I Have Doggie Head.
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