Dark Prog

Just listen to Sisters Of Mercy and you will all know perfection.

tremulant wrote: The key of the song contributes alot, but really it's just Prog music that gives of dark, eerie, evil moods... I don't know hoe else to explain it. Also I guess it's the colour of the song, different songs make me imagine different colours inside my head, dark music gives of black, reds, crimsons, dark browns etc. The lyrics can contribute a fair bit too, but the music gives off this mood the most...

tremulant, are you synesthetic?  My girlfriend is, and music makes her literally see different colors...  I was sad to see she didn't see KC's Red as red.   If you are, well...  not everyone sees the same sets of colors, and they don't all see them for the same things.  However...  based on what you call dark...  I'd recommend Anglagard's first album, Indukti, Wobbler, and Anekdoten, as well as the first Proto-Kaw disc.

I think Magma were meant to be fairly dark.  any band who dress all in black with invertedtantra symbols and give mock hitler speeches in between drum solos cannot be too nice

I also find the third ear band quite dark, if you can stomach their music 

Marillion's second album Fugazi is pretty dark and brooding, especially 'She Chameleon'. I highly recommend this track to hear Marillion at their darkest. Sounds like a dissonant funeral dirge concerning depravity and whores... enjoy!

er, Anekdoten.....actually, I think you're fairly safe with anything that comes out of Sweden... must be the long cold nights..

Some excellent points tremulant.

I class Comus as dark too then, the music and lyrics certainly make me think about troublesome things.

King Crimson should be dark to me, but they just are not.  I agree they have dark lyrics, but they do affect me in the same way.  The ending of "Easy Money" is quite weird though and so is Gordon Haskell's maniacal laughing on the end of erm... (brain seizure) ... Games the third track off the Lizard album.  Oh and the marching drum sound on "Epitaph" is also dark and reminds me of soldiers marching through the killing fields.

Van der Graaf Generator are also dark lyrically.  I think pH's lyrics are misunderstood by people, or cannot be fathomed.  Once you are aware of how it all fits together, your listening experience is so much more satisfying.

Some of Par Lindh Project is dark too, some of the instumental stuff sounds like Nubuo Uematsu (he of Final Fantasy fame) a lot of the time.  In fact, the middle section of "Baroque Impression No. 1" reminds me a lot of Kefka's March, or whatever the piece is called.

genesis24601 wrote: I think that every Prog band has had dark moments. I'm not sure what this post is asking. Are you talking about the key of the song? Minor keys are quite dark. Or do you mean the lyrics? With issues such as suicide or death? Or do you mean both? I am guessing you mean both. Anyways, here are some bands with dark moments: Pink Floyd(The Wall) Genesis(The Lamb, Trespass) King Crimson (I haven't heard all of the albums, but what I have heard here, it's dark) Porcupine Tree(The song Waiting Phase One(which you can listen to here) is dark) There are countless other bands that have dark moments. Only Marlyn Manson that I know is completely dark and depressing. Unless you can prove me wrong.

The key of the song contributes alot, but really it's just Prog music that gives of dark, eerie, evil moods... I don't know hoe else to explain it. Also I guess it's the colour of the song, different songs make me imagine different colours inside my head, dark music gives of black, reds, crimsons, dark browns etc.
The lyrics can contribute a fair bit too, but the music gives off this mood the most...

gdub411 wrote: BebieM wrote: New one: Discipline, excellent, in the vain of VDGG GY!BE is great too, so is A Silver Mt. Zion Glad to see someone else suggest Discipline. Unfolded Like Staircase will take you on on a very dark journey indeed.

Have you heard any of their other two albums (Push and Profit, Into the Dream ... Discipline live)? I'm curious about their sound but I can't find them anywhere .....

I adore Dark Music.I was listening to Doom-Metal Bands before I was involved in Prog
So..
LACRIMOSA.They're not Prog (IMHO),but they're VERY dark(maybe.the darkest band on Archives)
Surely ,early MARILLION.I like them for this Darkness
Any Doom band - I'd recommend you ESTATIC FEAR,OPETH,KATATONIA,MY DYING BRIDE...
See ya in Darkness! Enjoy!

Geck0 wrote: I can't find any Discipline on Amazon, any ideas where I can obtain some of their albums? Hmm, the same as what everyone else says really... King Crimson, Anekdoten, Van der Graaf Generator, Anglagard... not forgetting Comus of course (just "First Utterance" though), they are dark prog-folk.

Gecko, try again...I found it on amazon pretty effortlessly...If you are using the UK's amazon, try the USA's version instead.

You cannot get it used, so it is a tad pricey at $17.99

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