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SteveG

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Posted: December 29 2014 at 15:14

Comus will always be The dark prog band for me. Forever.

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Posted: December 29 2014 at 21:47

Comus!!

Yeah I love my prog with a little darkness, as well.

Univers Zero, Present, etc are EXCELLENT choices. Have you tried This Heat?

This thread reminds me that I have some Shub Niggurath to get after ...

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Posted: December 29 2014 at 23:23

I'd like to recommend The Lost Hamburg Sessions by Killed On X-Mas

Free download

Released 04 July 1996

Zinnober: guitars/voice
Rene Scholz: bass/voice/fx
Jörg Peters: drums/voice/bells

Recorded and mixed by Mathias Arfmann
Knochenhaus Hamburg

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Posted: December 30 2014 at 05:30

I'm still in the middle of checking out all of your suggestions. There is one that truly stands out, though:

Mascodagama wrote:

Mind you, if that's not grim enough for you, there's always Elend's A World In Their Screams. Which feels like what happens when you apply a depressive extreme metal sensibility to modern classical composition. It's really good. But it's not very cheery.

I think the whole thing is here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VPTCgBfLpTg

This one! I've been totally blown away by this album. It's awe inspiring, majestic at times. It sounds "big". And it has jumpscares too! LOL

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Posted: December 30 2014 at 07:49

'PiphanyRambler wrote:

Hi everyone.

Given my mood lately, I thought I could use some dark and gloomy music. I've listened to a lot of VdGG, but I struggle to find other bands with such a convoluted and "serious" sound. I would like to ask you some suggestions for what I like to call "dark prog". I don't mind heavy music.
Here's what I've been listening to recently:

VdGG
Peter Hammill
"Red"-era King Crimson
Kayo Dot
maudlin of the Well
Leprous
Devin Townsend
The Gathering
A Silver Mt. Zion
Parallel or 90 Degrees
65daysofstatic
Agalloch
Indukti

Any suggestion is welcome, thank you in advance for your help.

i think King Crimson as a whole is dark prog.

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Posted: December 30 2014 at 09:17

How about Edison's Children?

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Posted: December 30 2014 at 11:17

HolyMoly wrote:

Mascodagama wrote:

HolyMoly wrote:

Mascodagama wrote:

I feel like I always recommend the same stuff in this kind of thread, but it's worth mentioning the band Yeti from Florida, who came out with two really good albums Things To Come and Volume Obliteration Transcendence in the early 00's. A taste here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sfhsTcuotbo

Great one! Yeti were a fantastic band. I gave a five-star review to "Things to Come".

It's a favourite of mine too. If you really like Yeti, and aren't already aware, you might want to know that there's two really good live tracks from them on a CD of Progday 2001 that you can get on CD Baby. It's only about 20 minutes of music, but I think it's the only live Yeti you can get apart from some CDRs the band apparently used to sell, but that I've never seen offered for sale.

Thanks, I made a note of that. I found some live Yeti on Youtube a while back, where's that link...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0KF4kz-y7NM

Live from 1999, the sound ain't great but it exists.

Thanks for the link. I hadn't seen this.

Like you say the sound is basic - but we have to make the most of what little Yeti material there is!

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Posted: December 30 2014 at 11:40

Michael678 wrote:

i think King Crimson as a whole is dark prog.

Oh yes, you're right, even though I'm not familiar with post-'74 King Crimson. Also, since I usually only listen to "Islands" from their early period, (and that particular album sounds quite pretty), I didn't include them, just to be safe.

aliano wrote:

How about Edison's Children?

I really like them, Last Breath Before November was my favourite album of 2013. I haven't listened to their first effort, though, is it as good?

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Posted: December 31 2014 at 07:17

Thank you Steve for suggesting Comus. They really got me, and I don't think I had ever heard something similar before. Are there other bands who play folk in such a manner?

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Posted: December 31 2014 at 07:47

If you can find it, Arachnoid is some great dark prog from France.

You are quite a fine person, and I am very fond of you. But you are only quite a little fellow, in a wide world, after all.

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Posted: December 31 2014 at 08:08

'PiphanyRambler wrote:

Thank you Steve for suggesting Comus. They really got me, and I don't think I had ever heard something similar before. Are there other bands who play folk in such a manner?

Tea & Symphony are a little bit like Comus. Their album "An Asylum for the Musically Insane" is definitely worth listening to, and came out before Comus. Not quite as dark, but still quite strange and I feel that album was an influence for them.

http://pseudosentai.bandcamp.com/

wtf

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Posted: December 31 2014 at 09:17

Rick Robson wrote:

WOW! I think we have a champion of 'dark prog' here, this is dark indeed:

Univers Zero - La Faulx

The darkest one I've ever heard and favourite RIO. Present and Shub Niggurath are also worth checking. Did anyone mention Guapo? Five Suns and History of Visitaton are quite gloomy. Some time ago I bought Unit Wail's 2 albums (so far their whole discography Big smile

) and it is some kind of dark electronic zeuhl. As I remember, the founder of UW was also Shub's member. Good stuff.

I don't know if someone posted them here (sorry, I'm too lazy to read the whole thread carefully LOL

) but I'd recommend Swans, their first albums are pretty dark (and live one: Public Castration is a Good Idea, that's mad!) but also The Seer should be satisfying Wink

. Krautrock has also some dark albums, e.g.

Ash Ra Tempel s/t

Tangerine Dream Zeit

Popol Vuh Affenstunde, In den Garten Pharaos

Klaus Schulze Irrlicht

At least these were dark for me when I began listenning to prog and AST's debut was the first prog album (except Pink Floyd and another popular stuff) I listened to. But I think it's not only me who finds them gloomy. Smile

How much I'd love to be on such a concert like this one!

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Posted: December 31 2014 at 09:56

'PiphanyRambler wrote:

I'm still in the middle of checking out all of your suggestions. There is one that truly stands out, though:

I think the whole thing is here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VPTCgBfLpTg

This one! I've been totally blown away by this album. It's awe inspiring, majestic at times. It sounds "big". And it has jumpscares too! LOL

Glad you enjoyed it - if 'enjoyed' is the right word!

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Posted: January 02 2015 at 18:23

That Ash Ra Tempel track surprised me. I wasn't really paying attention and I thought it was just atmospheric noise. Then a guitar solo emrged and I was intrigued. I'll listen to them again when I can focus better.

I liked the Arachnoid album very much (it's on youtube luckily), very good use of keyboards. It also has a KC feel here and there.

Unfortunately, I don't really dig Swans. I tried to listen to "Filth", "Cop" and "Children of God" on several occasions, but they did nothing for me. I kinda liked the title track of "The Seer", though. I could give this live album a try, perhaps it will change my mind, who knows?

Edited by 'PiphanyRambler - January 02 2015 at 18:25

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Posted: January 02 2015 at 19:30

I'm not sure if Pink Floyd would qualify as "Dark Prog" but I think they made a decent stab at it with "Careful With That Axe, Eugene", "A Saucerful Of Secrets" and the bulk of The Wall.

Edited by KingCrInuYasha - January 02 2015 at 19:30

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Posted: January 03 2015 at 07:32

I would recommend both Herd of Instinct's albums. The first (self-titled) has some vocals, while the second (appropriately titled Conjure) is completely instrumental. The music has a very eerie, cinematic quality, and revolves around Mark Cook's Warr guitar. This is a video they released as a preview of Conjure in early 2013, which should give you a taste of what they are about:

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Posted: January 03 2015 at 12:29

I've listened to some songs from them, I have to say that they don't sound eerie (from what I've heard), but the guitar playing is phenomenal and eclectic. Very nice.

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Posted: March 22 2015 at 08:15

For anyone in Scandinavia (remove if not appropriate, I wasn´t able to post in the live-section, sorry):

COMUS play Oslo May 23rd, they´re first appearance in Norway. Along with Tusmørke, Purple Hill Witch, Dromedar, Nils Økland, Espen Jørgensen, Alwanzatar.. (All folk, psych, metal, drone-related, if not prog.)

Venue is Chateau Neuf, the same stage that had Änglågård, Anekdoten, Landberk, and many more, in the 90s.

The event is here https://www.facebook.com/events/698834690224756/

cheers, A.

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Posted: March 22 2015 at 09:13

Man, I'd love to see Comus.

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Posted: March 22 2015 at 11:09

Oslo on the 23 of May? I'm there (if I can find a boat)!

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