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pianoman
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Topic: Darkest Prog Bands Posted: February 12 2009 at 20:07 |
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What is the darkest prog band you know? Dark means dark lyrics, music or concept. My darkest prog bands:
Sleepytime Gorrilla Museum Opeth Godspeed You! Black Emperor Porcupine Tree Tool Edited by pianoman - February 12 2009 at 20:07 |
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VanderGraafKommandöh
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Posted: February 12 2009 at 20:25 | |
For sound: Shub-Niggurath
For lyrics: Van der Graaf Generator For concept: Comus |
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mobby
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Posted: February 13 2009 at 03:44 | |
well , right now i could think of two very dark bands.. devil doll and the landberk side project symphonic holocaust..it is pretty chilling stuff..
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harmonium.ro
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Posted: February 13 2009 at 04:50 | |
Please define "dark"...
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UMUR
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Posted: February 13 2009 at 04:50 | |
Saviour Machine ( well everything is dark and apocalyptic. Music, concept and lyrics)
Anekdoten ( great dark music)
Virus, Ved Buens Ende, Dødheimsgard ( weird and dark music/ lyrics).
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NotAProghead
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Posted: February 13 2009 at 05:33 | |
King Crimson comes to mind first.
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Rocktopus
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Posted: February 13 2009 at 05:53 | |
Definations will and should be individual. Nobody can define "dark" for you. Use your imagination. Art Zoyd Igor Wakhevitch Shub Niggurath Peter Frohmader Univers Zero Heldon Archaïa Van Der Graaf Generator/Peter Hammill King Crimson Guapo (three latest) |
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Over land and under ashes
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Trial and Error
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Posted: February 13 2009 at 06:25 | |
Oi, you reviewed Enslaved and Sigh and then failed to mention them! Yeah, Black Metal is called that because the music is at least supposed to be dark. Progressive Black Metal bands know how to back that claim up with musicality too. |
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sleeper
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Posted: February 13 2009 at 06:56 | |
Opeth
Van der Graaf Generator Univers Zero Virgin Black In the Woods... Drawn Miasma and the Carousel of Hedless Horses White Willow Edited by sleeper - February 13 2009 at 06:56 |
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Spending more than I should on Prog since 2005
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Raff
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Posted: February 13 2009 at 07:16 | |
If you want dark, you can do no better than this band from my native Italy - Jacula:
http://www.progarchives.com/Review.asp?id=202551 Jim's review is a true labour of love, and perfectly captures the essence of the album. Anyway, very much unlike the stereotype most people have of Italy, Italian prog can be very dark indeed. Another good example is the one-shot band Pholas Dactylus, whose music was influenced by both KC and VDGG, and whose lyrics... Well, they have to be heard to be believed! |
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Diaby
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Posted: February 13 2009 at 07:21 | |
Green Carnation is pretty dark, too, along with some aforementioned bands.
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yeah
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The Doctor
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Posted: February 13 2009 at 07:35 | |
Van der Graaf Generator
Discipline
King Crimson (especially the Wetton years)
Marillion (mainly Fish-era, but some of the h-era stuff is pretty dark too)
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Rocktopus
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Posted: February 13 2009 at 07:36 | |
Double post.
Edited by Rocktopus - February 14 2009 at 04:08 |
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Over land and under ashes
In the sunlight, see - it flashes Find a fly and eat his eye But don't believe in me Don't believe in me Don't believe in me |
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Rocktopus
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Posted: February 13 2009 at 07:38 | |
I thought of them, but I think their debut is quite horrible. (and Antonius Rex, which I thought were the same band, but apparently not). So I left them out because the thread asked for dark bands not albums. But Tardo Pede... is a progressive, dark masterpiece.
O yes. Il Balletto di Bronzo, Art Fleury, Cervello mm. Even Banco, Le Orme, Biglietto, Celeste... most have a natural, dark but mainly melancholic feel. Unlike the darkness of say Univers Zero and Shub Niggurath (and of course Black Metal, but it rarely succeeds imo) which is much more about being dark and creating a dark atmosphere. |
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Over land and under ashes
In the sunlight, see - it flashes Find a fly and eat his eye But don't believe in me Don't believe in me Don't believe in me |
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pianoman
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Posted: February 13 2009 at 15:18 | |
I especially agree with Discipline. They are REALLY dark. |
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CPicard
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Posted: February 13 2009 at 16:55 | |
Univers Zero, Shub Niggurath... Well, it leads us to Magma. Even This Heat can be pretty anguishing.
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The Miracle
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Posted: February 13 2009 at 17:30 | |
Mono is pretty suicidal stuff.
Agalloch is cool combination of black metal darkness fused with post rock darkness, very depressing outcome. It's like Burzum collaborating with Mono. The Mantle is in my top ten. |
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Padraic
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Posted: February 13 2009 at 17:42 | |
For me it's Shub-Niggurath. |
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MovingPictures07
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Posted: February 13 2009 at 17:45 | |
Is Meshuggah dark?
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T.Rox
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Posted: February 13 2009 at 18:21 | |
Ditto with mobby back up the page a piece: Devil Doll
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"Without prog, life would be a mistake."
...with apologies to Friedrich Nietzsche |
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