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Not to mention, depressing as hell. Here is another good "dark" country song:







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Kayo Dot's new album was pretty dark.
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Monoliths & Dimensions by Sunn O))) made me want to shoot myself for the first half of the record (not in a bad way though, it's an amazing album)
Very,very intense stuff to listen to


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Originally posted by Petrovsk Mizinski Petrovsk Mizinski wrote:

Monoliths & Dimensions by Sunn O))) made me want to shoot myself for the first half of the record (not in a bad way though, it's an amazing album)
Very,very intense stuff to listen to

No sh*t, it's their best album so far! (possibly even best of 2009)
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Originally posted by idiotPrayer idiotPrayer wrote:

Originally posted by Petrovsk Mizinski Petrovsk Mizinski wrote:

Monoliths & Dimensions by Sunn O))) made me want to shoot myself for the first half of the record (not in a bad way though, it's an amazing album)
Very,very intense stuff to listen to

No sh*t, it's their best album so far! (possibly even best of 2009)


I still prefer Black One I think, but yeah, that is one hell of a dark band. I love they way they wear robes on stage as well Scary people man.
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Originally posted by The Pessimist The Pessimist wrote:

Originally posted by idiotPrayer idiotPrayer wrote:

Originally posted by Petrovsk Mizinski Petrovsk Mizinski wrote:

Monoliths & Dimensions by Sunn O))) made me want to shoot myself for the first half of the record (not in a bad way though, it's an amazing album)
Very,very intense stuff to listen to

No sh*t, it's their best album so far! (possibly even best of 2009)


I still prefer Black One I think, but yeah, that is one hell of a dark band. I love they way they wear robes on stage as well Scary people man.

Yeah I wanted to go and see them live in Helsinki this year but I almost killed myself when I realized it had the age restriction 18
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At the moment I'm listening to Schoenberg's Pierrot Lunaire and I find it quite dark. A lot of the modern classical music is dark too.
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This song is very, very dark indeed; especially in light of this being the last song recorded by Ian Curtis before his suicide. His voice has a distant ghostly feel to it and lyrics like ‘’Caressing the marble and stone’’ make it seem like he’s in his tomb. I can’t listen to it often.



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Perhaps not really that dark although definetely a dirge! (towards the end you get a glimpse of Florence,Zebedee and chums behind the band which perhaps detracts from the general misery and darknessLOL)
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Some traditional folk songs (especially English folk, as covered by Steeleye Span) can be very dark, lyrically if not musically. There's a preponderance of gruesome murder, infanticide, etc, in English folk
(See "Long Lankin" for just one of numerous examples.) 
 
Nick Cave can be VERY dark....
 
I suppose death metal is the darkest music I've ever heard -- though I can't stomach the stuff. Dead
 
For prog that I like, some King Crimson is very dark.
 
Generally, I avoid the dark, and gravitate toward the "light" and the uplifting in art. Smile


Edited by Peter - August 02 2010 at 15:22
"And, has thou slain the Jabberwock?
Come to my arms, my beamish boy!
O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!'
He chortled in his joy.
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this is dark and sad song very moody and atmospheric
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^ Oh, as for classical, how about Albinoni's "Adagio in G Minor for Strings and Organ"?
 
Very mournful (but beautiful)!Cry
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Come to my arms, my beamish boy!
O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!'
He chortled in his joy.
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Then there's the Death March, as played on the street at Easter in Italian neighbourhoods....
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Sex Gang Children were a bit spooky, although they might be a bit try hard..
Nine Inch Nails and Tool, of course..
Scott Walker and Nick Drake both had very dark moments in their music
Alien Sex Fiend...
Throbbing Gristle did play with the dark stuff



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I'm still not over Practice Makes Perfect by Wire. One of the spookiest songs ever.
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Anything from Negura Bunget or Gnaw Their Tongues, especially the latter. GTT is some of the scariest stuff I've ever heard.

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Points: 65760 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 02 2010 at 21:48
Dunno if they've been mentioned yet:

Also, to brighten this thread up LOL
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