Darkest 70's Prog Album

There is a lot of different kinds of darkness and expressions on this list. If you have another dark favorite, please write which one. Some of you might miss Genesis, Yes, Gentle Giant, ELP, Rush but I just find them too sunny and lighthearted compared to most of these. You're also welcome to disagree on my inclusions.

Which album do you consider 70's prog's dark masterpiece?

can you explain what album of Ash Ra Tempel is called "Same"? 

the "dark" meaning is pretty much voiled.

and as I am welcome to disagree on your inclusions, thank you for that , I saw Animals' not dark, Pawn Hearts' not darkest of VdGG, A Passion Play isn't dark, 666's not dark, In Camera's not dark enough.

I don't know what to vote.

Ricochet wrote: can you explain what album of Ash Ra Tempel is called "Same"?  the "dark" meaning is pretty much voiled. and as I am welcome to disagree on your inclusions, thank you for that , I saw Animals' not dark, Pawn Hearts' not darkest of VdGG, A Passion Play isn't dark, 666's not dark, In Camera's not dark enough. I don't know what to vote.

Dark is very subjective, of course. Some think of prog-metal (or growling) as really dark, while others think of the whole genre as a joke.

I still guess 10-15 of these bands/albums are pretty obvious on a list like this. To me Pawn Hearts and In Camera are very dark. A Passion Play is defenatly JT's darkest imo (not that it says a lot), I could easily have chosen another album from most bands included here.

in the absence of any Art Zoyd record, than Univers Zero's Heresie will win this hands down. I never really thought of Comus as dark in the depressive sense (which is what I believe is meant here)?

Sean Trane wrote: in the absence of any Art Zoyd record, than Univers Zero's Heresie will win this hands down. I never really thought of Comus as dark in the depressive sense (which is what I believe is meant here)?   Comus was pagan , demons etc... >> spooky but not dark.

No, not depressive. I think of First Utterance are dark, destructive and violent (but still highly entertaining). My girlfriend think its one of my darkest albums. She gets uncomfortable by the album's whole atmosphere.

I think dark can be a lot of things. None of the albums in the poll are depressing to me. (except for Animals, that I don't really like myself)  And defenatly not Heresie. Scary, dark and evil maybe.

Holy crap!  I don't know more than half of these albums!  I'll vote for Red anyway, the darkest of those I know in the list.

Rocktopus wrote: There is a lot of different kinds of darkness and expressions on this list. If you have another dark favorite, please write which one.

very well said; with this in mind i'm going to refer to Aphrodite's Child - 666 because, although it's not all dark, when it actually is it surpasses anything else i've heard by a band, be it new or old; listening to it i actually found myself thinking at times "so this is what black metal is trying to make me feel"

i believe the band managed to get to the concept of apocalypse quite well and that this is in fact an album that will make you feel uncomfortable in some parts, more than any other dark prog album

Pink Floyd - Animals

Animals is the darkest one of those i've heard

I voted other: King Crimson's "In The Wake of Poseidon"