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    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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Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 04 2006 at 21:14
VdGG/Peter Hammill - all of them
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 04 2006 at 21:19
A really dark album- Listen to "The Perfect Element", so dark and sad!
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 04 2006 at 21:21
I think the darkest Marillion has got to be Fugazi.
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Direct Link To This Post 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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Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 04 2006 at 21:39
Animals - Pink Floyd is pretty depressin'/dark stuff.

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Direct Link To This Post 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 albumsLOL
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Direct Link To This Post 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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Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 04 2006 at 21:50

Anything by Univers Zero or Shub-Niggurath

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 04 2006 at 21:53
Originally posted by Violenza Violenza wrote:

Anything by Univers Zero or Shub-Niggurath

Don't know yet Snub-Niggurath, but Univers Zero - yes, dark and awesome, especially Heresie

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 04 2006 at 21:53
What about the big prog bands like Genesis, Tull etc...
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 04 2006 at 21:54

Hail to the Theif by Radioghead

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 04 2006 at 22:14
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Direct Link To This Post 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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Direct Link To This Post 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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Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 04 2006 at 22:56
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 04 2006 at 23:12
Any Residents album.
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Direct Link To This Post 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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Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 04 2006 at 23:39
Originally posted by Bj-1 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

 

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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Direct Link To This Post 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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