It'll happen at least once in our lifetime when we hear music that is so bleak in atmosphere, so depressing that it makes you doubt your life or so frightening that just hearing the first few notes makes you uneasy.
I've crossed paths with music like this many times.
If I had to pick a song that invokes depressing feelings and distressing images in my mind, it would have to be Moevot's "Ehepr Abzvoryaerv" (aka Chante D'Eternite II).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4SbhD-BCKCQ&feature=channel_video_title
When I first heard this song, I felt as if I had just fallen into the depths hell, and the gates shut before me as I tried to escape. As the vocals start to echo, I pictured in my mind myself calling out to others in vain hope of seeking help. When the song ends, I couldn't help but feel like I was trapped forever in this gloomy darkness. I know that this is all sounds silly and overly melodramatic (it really is when looking back), but these are the visions and feelings that the song invoked in my mind.
Did you ever listen to something that affected you similarily?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1wqKB86sSkM
This song was in the movie Night of the Demons 2 btw.
edit. Oh yeah... I always do this with my metal vids...
"Excuse me, is Greg here?... Thank you.."
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a3rFeXVZVis
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z3xfIlHsP0Q
:bluesad:
i think you guys and gals would wish i'd shut up about my swans fanboy-isms, but i've never encountered a band who, when they were on, were as soul crushingly depressing EVER.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vHVqzS0C9uQ
michael's scream near the end is the sound of ultimate despair.
also, mick harris's lull project is a fine example of pitch black ambient/isolationist dronescapes.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w11UJMFtUts
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yoGkDtPqtbY
Nothing compares...
J.G. Thirlwell is probably my favorite crazy musician. He was doing genre-busting "industrial" music way before it became an actual genre. Right now, he's probably best known for being the scorer for "The Venture Bros."
Anyway, this little number called "English Faggot" is probably one of the most legitimately homicidal pieces of music I have ever heard. The slow build of anger sounds like he is one step away from chopping up a family with an ax. It's dark.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qnE4YStWbCA
By the way, this isn't an example of homophobia (although it uses that); just more of an example of pure raw hatred. Compare it to this track by Dog Fashion Disco:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qRCQv_hKRag
Seems almost tame in comparison.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2pKjF41Yx1k&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M72zVuBNpEA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=anEVeN4K-SY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S4aqM_wu6Ns
(Think about this. Read the subtitles)
and the guy with the glass, well... its the 'darkest', 'creepy' you can get!
Note to self. *I need more sleep*
the days are long and filled with pain.
each time I listen to it, I kind of think life meaningless.
Well, Sister Grace sent me a song about killing and raping a Boston girl. :bluesad:
But, hey, that's just the way she rolls...
Quote from: Doggett on March 30, 2011, 04:57:15 PM
Well, Sister Grace sent me a song about killing and raping a Boston girl. :bluesad:
But, hey, that's just the way she rolls...
There's always room for a little GG Allin....
Behemoth- Alas lord Upon me (Uncut)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q8mMyu0ZfnM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o7l8rlnMpCI
Hmmm. Well, there's thematic darkness and then there's just that feels dark.
I've always thought Type O-'s stuff feels very dark.
Then there are songs that have an inexplicable dark feel to them that you wouldn't expect. There is a song by Elvis Costello called I Want You. It's very disturbingly obssessive and I feel very uncomfortable listening to it. I'm a big EC fan but I have difficulty listening to this song and usually skip forward.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mkVwA__Fk9g
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qYfTZ6V94M4&feature=related
Nico -Koenig
Anybody remember the early 70's group 'Bloodrock' and their uplifting anthem D.O.A.?
Laying here, looking at the ceiling,
Someone lays a sheet across my chest.
Something warm is flowing down my fingers
Pain is flowing all through my back.
I try to move my arm and there's no feeling
And when I look, I see there's nothing there.
The face beside me stopped bleeding
The girl I knew has such a distant stare.
etc.
Our local Dairy Queen knock-off had this on their jukebox for years.
We used to listen to this while munching hamburgers and slurping chocolate shakes.
Good times! :smile:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CwqxKS1QhNs
Quote from: Raffine on April 01, 2011, 09:51:47 PMOur local Dairy Queen knock-off had this on their jukebox for years.
We used to listen to this while munching hamburgers and slurping chocolate shakes.
Good times! :smile:
^ Instantly generates a mental image of a pack of teen zombies chowing down. :teddyr: Thanks for that!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6yrbKBNWAQk
Catacombs.
A Lovecraft inspired doom-death band.