Creepy/Gothic Prog Albums?
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Topic: Creepy/Gothic Prog Albums?
Posted By: Jarhead81198
Subject: Creepy/Gothic Prog Albums?
Date Posted: December 18 2015 at 11:53
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Hi, I don't normally post here, or any forums for that matter. (Unless Reddit counts  )But, I am a huge fan of Steven Wilson and Porcupine Tree, Steven's music has had a profound impact on me and I have devoured almost his entire discography, including his side projects. I'm really into the dark stuff:
As I said in the title, I'm looking for creepy/Gothic prog albums. Anything that involves movie/book monsters, like Frankenstein, the Invisible Man, Dracula, the Creature from the Black Lagoon, Wolfman, would be really cool. Some things that I would like to possibly hear are: concept albums, albums that I can really scour the lyrics of, with underlying themes/meaning, Gothic themes possibly, with organs and other instruments from that time.. Anything really similar to Steven Wilson or Porcupine Tree, really. I'm also really interested in serial killers.. Real ones. Morbid ones. Dahmer, Bathory, Gein, Bundy, Gacy, Rader, you name it.  I'm looking for something similar to The Raven that Refused to Sing, I guess. Any suggestions? Thanks  P.S. Someone has recommended First Utterance by Comus to me and I'm really digging it.
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Posted By: Jarhead81198
Date Posted: December 18 2015 at 12:08
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Ooh ohh.. Witches too.. Like Drag Ropes. That song and the music video for it are just.. *Swoons*  ------------- Did you ever imagine the last thing you'd hear as you're fading out was a song? |
Posted By: Icarium
Date Posted: December 18 2015 at 12:29
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Devil Doll enough said Procul Harum Univers Zero Gentle Giant first album Lou Reed Berlin -------------  
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Posted By: cstack3
Date Posted: December 18 2015 at 12:45
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The Glass Hammer album "Perilous" is very dark & Gothic! |
Posted By: aliano
Date Posted: December 18 2015 at 13:04
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White Willow are overall dark and somewhat gothic. |
Posted By: Mascodagama
Date Posted: December 18 2015 at 13:28
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For creepy horror-soundtrack type prog: Any of Goblin Morte Macabre - Symphonic Holocaust L'Ombra Della Sera - s/t
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Posted By: Mascodagama
Date Posted: December 18 2015 at 13:38
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Of a more generally gothic prog nature (for my personal definition of gothic, and in generally increasing order of freakiness): Nil - Nuovo Sub Sole The Red Masque - Feathers for Flesh [and their other catalogue, to an extent] Miasma & the Carousel of Headless Horses - Manfauna Athanor - Vos cités sont des tombeaux Shub Niggurath - Les Morts Vont Vite Elend - A World In Their Screams
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Posted By: Mascodagama
Date Posted: December 18 2015 at 13:46
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^ Having read the OP a bit more thoroughly I am going to have to say none of my recommendations are really on-topic, as none of it sounds much like Steven Wilson. Nevertheless they are all killer!
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Posted By: verslibre
Date Posted: December 18 2015 at 15:21
^Right here. This. Ditto! Also: Fabio Frizzi's wonderful scores for the films Zombi (aka Zombi 2) and The Beyond. ------------- https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_ipg=50&_sop=1&_rdc=1&_ssn=musicosm" rel="nofollow - eBay |
Mascodagama wrote:Posted By: twalsh
Date Posted: December 18 2015 at 19:24
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Maybe Vanden Plas' last two releases, particularly for the lyrical content.. It's more metal that SW/PT but you might still like it. ------------- More heavy prog, please! |
Posted By: AngusH
Date Posted: December 18 2015 at 23:43
| I think the earlier White Willow albums, Sacrament in particular, fit the bill. |
Posted By: Cambus741
Date Posted: December 19 2015 at 01:43
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Current 93, All the Pretty Little Horses |
Posted By: Guldbamsen
Date Posted: December 19 2015 at 03:47
Yeah...I was about to recommend Devil Doll, but it looks like the OP is looking for something similar to Steve Wilson....but then again he also mentioned that he was digging Comus' First Utterance, so maybe we're not that far off the mark. So yeah, Devil Doll  Creepy and Gothic - in spades!If you want something similar to Porcupine Tree, then try out Norwegian Airbag: ------------- “The Guide says there is an art to flying or rather a knack. The knack lies in learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss.” - Douglas Adams |
Posted By: UMUR
Date Posted: December 19 2015 at 05:12
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Dark and gothic with apocalyptic themes...that´s Saviour Machine ------------- http://www.metalmusicarchives.com/" rel="nofollow - Metal Music Archives https://rateyourmusic.com/~UMUR" rel="nofollow - UMUR on RYM |
Posted By: fudgenuts64
Date Posted: December 19 2015 at 17:14
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Not on this site but I could make a case for crossover is Smashing Pumpkins - Adore. Really gothic album with a brooding sound throughout, though I will admit in places it gets very electronic, and not the the nice 70s analog kind of electronic. Still, I recommend checking it out on the grounds you might really enjoy it if you dig Porcupine Tree. ------------- 
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Posted By: Dellinger
Date Posted: December 19 2015 at 22:35
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Edison's Children "The Final Breath Before November" is really wonderful. It's suposedly about the true experience of one of the members with a ghost. IQ's "The Road of Bones" is also wonderful. That's the story of a serial Killer. Also the Italian's Unreal City album, "La Crudelta di Aprile"... don't understand what it's about, for it's in italian, but what I gather from the song titles, it seems to have some creepy themes. Now, those are some of the new albums that have been very apreciated this last few years. Talking about italians, I could add another pair from the 70's that I love. Metamorphosis "Inferno", which is about Dante's book. Lot's of organ-like keyboards (though mostly obviously synths), and powerful almost operatic vocals. Il Balleto Di Bronzo's "YS"... don't know exactly what it's about, but it's obviously creepy... some sort of horror story, perhaps ghosts or something. Surely some of the RPI fans on this site could come up with some other wonderful creepy italian albums. And in case you might not know this other ones, you should absolutley check out Rick Wakemans song "Judas Iscariot", full of church organ and haunting choirs, spine chilling song indeed. And some of early Pink Floyd, mostly Ummagumma (both studio and live discs, though I do prefer the live one), and the video "Live in Pompeii". You might want to start with the song "Careful with that Axe, Eugene", if you don't know it yet (just put it in the night, turn off the lights, and put the volume as loud as you dare). |
Posted By: Dellinger
Date Posted: December 19 2015 at 22:44
| I don't know what happened, but my post ended up repeated. |
Posted By: Prog-jester
Date Posted: December 20 2015 at 18:52
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before they flood you with avant/experimental/zeuhl stuff, try something listenable first: Disicpline. "Unfolded Like Staircase" (any would do though) and Anekdoten "Vemod" (any would do though[2]) You welcome! |
Posted By: Rando
Date Posted: December 20 2015 at 23:20
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Well here's some scary & creepy music: Goblin - Suspiria King Crimson - The Devil's Triangle Peter Gabriel - Intruder Aphrodite's Child - 666 Van der Graaf Generator - Darkness Blue Oyster Cult - Don't Fear The Reaper Mike Oldfield - Tubular Bellls Pink Floyd - Umma Gumma (Careful With That Axe Eugene) ------------- - Music is Life, that's why our hearts have beats - |
Posted By: Dellinger
Date Posted: December 21 2015 at 21:02
I do love Darkness, but I'm not sure how dark it actually is... well, I guess dark enough... at least as dark as some of the stuff I recomended myself... really wonderful song though. Tubular bells, though, doesn't sound very dark at all... except perhaps the exorcist part, specially if you relate it to the movie, I guess (thankfully, I haven't seen the movie and don't intend to)... however, the rest of the album is absolutley beautiful and bright... plus, I understand Oldfield himself never intended it to be dark or anything of the sort. |
Posted By: moshkito
Date Posted: December 22 2015 at 10:39
Not bad ... nothing like interpreting the good books and calling them creepy, just because it is Greece and the culture is different than America or England! ------------- Music is not just for listening ... it is for LIVING ... you got to feel it to know what's it about! Not being told! www.pedrosena.com |
Posted By: timothy leary
Date Posted: December 22 2015 at 10:45
| Is that why he said it is creepy, or is that what you said he said? |
Posted By: Dellinger
Date Posted: December 22 2015 at 21:54
Well, correct me if I'm wrong, for I have only heard the album once or twice through internet some time ago, and read little about it, but I understand it is about the Apocalypse, so that's creepy enough. Besides, one thing is the theme, and another the vibe the music gives you. |
Posted By: Bernard3
Date Posted: January 03 2016 at 21:15
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Hi, I am an Italian fan of Unreal City. What you mention in your post is really true. The content of La crudelta'di aprile is about the human corruption. Titles like Ecate or descention ad inferos treat themes like the withches night or the story of doctor Faustus that sold his soul to the devil to get all possible possible knowhow.... |
Posted By: Rando
Date Posted: January 04 2016 at 13:28
True - And yes, how dark something is or not is another subjective thing - I love Mike Oldfield's Tubular Bells, and I guess it one of those things, "guilty by association" - because it became so connected with the film - It's like it ended up becoming "The Exorcist" theme music - And true I don't think Oldfield intended TB to be associated with possession or evil demons - TB is everything but that - One good that came out of that connection is that it definitely put Oldfield on the musical map - ------------- - Music is Life, that's why our hearts have beats - |