Recommend Dark Prog

Kohllapse wrote: If anyone wants any 'dark metal' reccommendations, just ask, I'm more than happy to share things most people on this forum would have never heard/heard of. A lot of you would be surprised, I think.    Recommend me some.

Sorry man, I was away for a little while.

Here's a list, some of this may be a bit difficult to find, some not so.

These mp3s are easy to acquire:

Esoteric (UK) -- Metamorphogenesis (If you had to download only one track off this, make it The Secret Of The Secret)

Skepticism (Fin) -- Lead & Aether (www.doom-metal.com has an mp3 of a track called The March And The Stream, from this album. It's probably their best track, although all their work is fantastic.)

Bethlehem (Ger) -- S.U.I.Z.I.D.

Mournful Congregation (Aus) -- The Monad Of Creation



Stuff you may find a bit difficult to find:

Unholy (Fin) -- From The Shadows
The Axis Of Perdition (UK) -- Deleted Scenes From The Transition Hospital
Portal (Aus) -- Seepia

Now. I've just realised that quite a bit of what I just wrote down for you is from a genre called Funeral Doom (Esoteric, Skepticism, Mournful and Unholy). Funeral Doom = very slow pace. But anyway, check those out, whatever you can find and then post back how the "darkness" of these bands compares to those silly Opeth swedes. Hopefully you will see my point.

Alternatively, if you have MSN [email protected] is me. I can just send you some stuff over that.

Regards.

Subterranean Masquerade and Green Carnation, two great dark prog bands worth checking out...

@ Kohllapse: Check out the doom metal band IT WILL COME, you'll love it.

Kohllapse wrote:  Obvioulsly not !!!!!!

Over a thousand albums within 3 metres away from me at the moment, say the opposite This is just stuff I cared enough for to keep. There is an Opeth cd in there, don't worry. Wait up, there's two haha. One is signed, thought I'd keep it.


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antibiotic wrote: Kohllapse wrote: antibiotic wrote: Martin.W wrote: OPETH: try the darkly gentle 'Damnation' and the black-metallic/acoustic 'Blackwater Park'. 'Deliverance' is dark as hell as is the new one, 'Ghost Reveries',  but the key feature about the band is the light/dark contrast of the music that is an aspect of all their recordings. Swedish prog/black metal...another sub-genre! Music without barriers, thats PROG!!!      Oh PLEASE, man. Opeth is not dark. They're amongst the most over-rated metal bands in existance. Damnation is a good album, but it is the only good thing they have done. Simply cause it didn't have any 'metal' on it. The 'metal' aspect, Opeth are horrid at. Many MUCH MUCH better bands making dark metal around than Opeth. Go try early Bethlehem. They make Opeth sound like Hanson. I know you'd agree with me if you heard it.  You  MUST be JOKING!!!!!!!!!!!!  No sunshine, I'm not. Whether it's a good or bad thing, my 'main' music has been metal for a long time. I know the genre quite well, and Opeth just do not cut it in terms of being 'dark' and 'metal'. If anyone wants any 'dark metal' reccommendations, just ask, I'm more than happy to share things most people on this forum would have never heard/heard of. A lot of you would be surprised, I think.

 

"my 'main' music has been metal for a long time. I know the genre quite well"

 Obvioulsly not !!!!!!

 

 "and Opeth just do not cut it in terms of being 'dark' and 'metal'."

 I was referring to these bolded comments.

They're amongst the most over-rated metal bands in existance.
Damnation is a good album, but it is the only good thing they have done. Simply cause it didn't have any 'metal' on it. The 'metal' aspect, Opeth are horrid at. Many MUCH MUCH better bands making dark metal around than Opeth. Go try early Bethlehem. They make Opeth sound like Hanson.

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antibiotic wrote: Martin.W wrote: OPETH: try the darkly gentle 'Damnation' and the black-metallic/acoustic 'Blackwater Park'. 'Deliverance' is dark as hell as is the new one, 'Ghost Reveries',  but the key feature about the band is the light/dark contrast of the music that is an aspect of all their recordings. Swedish prog/black metal...another sub-genre! Music without barriers, thats PROG!!!      Oh PLEASE, man. Opeth is not dark. They're amongst the most over-rated metal bands in existance. Damnation is a good album, but it is the only good thing they have done. Simply cause it didn't have any 'metal' on it. The 'metal' aspect, Opeth are horrid at. Many MUCH MUCH better bands making dark metal around than Opeth. Go try early Bethlehem. They make Opeth sound like Hanson. I know you'd agree with me if you heard it.

 You  MUST be JOKING!!!!!!!!!!!! 

The album "MACABRE", by Dir en grey. Just by the name you can guess what's comming...

Miasma and the Carousel of Headless Horses are a more acoustic, acid - prog - folk sister band to the mighty Guapo. Very dark and sinister stuff with an East European feel (logically enough for a band from South London).

^ Godgory album - "Way Beyond", the first track is called Final Journey, sorry

Alan Parson's Project - Tales Of Mystery And Imagination

Van Der Graaf Generator - H To He Who Am The Only One

Peter Hammill - The Fall Of The House Of Usher

Peter Gabriel - Up (very dark mood at times)

 

If you can stand metal, try these bands:

Opeth

Godgory (album: Final Journey)

Evergrey

Type O Negative (album: World Coming Down)

 

Check out the obscure and indie American Goth/prog band called The Red Masque. They make Peter Hammill and VDGG sound like child's play. Halloween, horror, terror, demonic, possessed, psycho, and the undead are just some of the words that come to mind when listening to their album called "Feathers for Flesh." With otherworldly dark female vocals, heavy gothic organ, treated mellotrons, radical dissident guitars, and a raw prog approach, this band comes off as authentically terrifying. Not easy to find, not easy to listen to, and not for the faint of heart. Hard to find but available through their web site. http://theredmasque.com/