Recommend an Album... And why

[Herr Sven]

What do you get if you make death metal a couple of times heavier, slower and more depressing?
You get Death/Doom.
And if you pull that to eleven?
Ladies, Gentlemen and Smizmars: I give you... [B]Funeral Doom[/B]. Quite possibly [I]the[/I] most depressing genre of music ever.

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Band: [B]Shape Of Despair[/B]
Album: [B]Angels of Distress[/B]
Genre: [B]Funeral Doom[/B]
Year: [B]2001[/B]

Have you been feeling a bit [I]too[/I] happy recently? Then [B]Good News, Everybody![/B] Listen to this album and I can (almost) promise that you'll feel much more depressed afterwards (probably)!

[video=youtube;dSzbcpfrQNo]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dSzbcpfrQNo[/video]

Cozy and uplifting, isn't it.

[Slim Charles]

The Hendrix Experience......Best Guitarist ever.

Also All along the watch tower.
[video=youtube;AIhtafqZvy8]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AIhtafqZvy8&feature=channel_video_title[/video]

[pie_is_good]

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For some great, but unusual song story-telling definitely check this out by alt-country artist Neko Case. She works in shapshots showing hazy details of rivalries (Margaret Vs. Pauline), backstabbing lovers (Lion's Jaws), and the people's reaction, and the lack of, to a tragedy (Star Witness). Neko Case has a beautiful soaring voice and the atmosphere the instruments create provide a perfect atmosphere for Case's wonderfully sung stories.

[UberWarri0r]

[QUOTE=Herr Sven;32373450]What do you get if you make death metal a couple of times heavier, slower and more depressing?
You get Death/Doom.
And if you pull that to eleven?
Ladies, Gentlemen and Smizmars: I give you... [B]Funeral Doom[/B]. Quite possibly [I]the[/I] most depressing genre of music ever.
Band: [B]Shape Of Despair[/B]
Album: [B]Angels of Distress[/B]
Genre: [B]Funeral Doom[/B]
Year: [B]2001[/B]

Have you been feeling a bit [I]too[/I] happy recently? Then [B]Good News, Everybody![/B] Listen to this album and I can (almost) promise that you'll feel much more depressed afterwards (probably)!

Cozy and uplifting, isn't it.[/QUOTE]

Check out Absum (The US one) and Catacombs.

[BenJammin']

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One of the most underrated bands of the 70's. These guys were as good as or even better than black sabbath, deep purple, led zeppelin and they came out around the same time when metal was blossoming. This album is one of the best hidden gems of the 70's. If you love old school hard rock or metal you will shit your pants if you never heard of this.

[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1_Bk-SIoUbw[/media]

[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=86jB6Mo5Xfw[/media]

[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v9YUWJ1CHDY&feature=related[/media]

[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CdZeC7yCR0c&feature=related[/media]

[Cypher_09]

Blue Oyster Cult, please.

[Herr Sven]

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Band: [B]Each Of The Days[/B]
Album: [B]Sweet Carrion[/B]
Genre: [B]Melodic Death Metal/Metalcore[/B]
Year: [B]2011[/B]

The vocalist gives me hope for other Japanese bands with English lyrics. It doesn't include shoddy pronounciation!

[video=youtube;5Vdebwk9ATw]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Vdebwk9ATw[/video]

[Take_Opal]

[url=http://www.bigblackdelta.com/][img]http://www.bigblackdelta.com/img/bbdlp1_cover.jpg[/img][/url]
Band: [b]BIG BLACK Δ (DELTA)[/b]
Album: [b]BBΔLP1[/b]

Fucking awesome crazy spacey bassy snare drumy ballady. I don't even fucking know, but this shit is awesome as fuck and it's [HIGHLIGHT]FREE[/HIGHLIGHT]. It may be weird (or maybe not) but some of the songs remind me of an electronic shoegaze album. Download it even if you're the slightest bit curious. I don't know much about the artist but he was in some band called Mellowdrone in LA which was I guess popular or something.

[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jB_Ko5uLyMA[/media]

Click on the album art to go to the website.

[Kyle v2]

The Melvins - Lysol

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IMO their best album.

[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dbbHqXVdBeE[/media]

[timmah638]

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Jane Doe by Converge. I've been listening to a ton of them lately, and Jane Doe is far and away their best work. The music is sheer, balls-to-the-wall chaos at some points, only to switch to slow, sludgy, almost dirge-like at others. Also, Jacob Bannon's vocals are some of the most beautifully abrasive I've ever heard. It's one of my very few "desert island" albums.

[rokknroll4]

[QUOTE=timmah638;32498703][IMG]http://www.metalsucks.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/Converge-JaneDoe.jpg[/IMG]

Jane Doe by Converge. I've been listening to a ton of them lately, and Jane Doe is far and away their best work. The music is sheer, balls-to-the-wall chaos at some points, only to switch to slow, sludgy, almost dirge-like at others. Also, Jacob Bannon's vocals are some of the most beautifully abrasive I've ever heard. It's one of my very few "desert island" albums.[/QUOTE]I absolutely cannot get into them no matter how hard I try. I should love them, but everytime I listen I can't help but laugh at the vocals, they just seem so ridiculous and forced to me, not to mention you can't hear the lyrics which, from what I've read, are phenomenal. So in other words I really want to like them but every time I start listening to them all I hear is an incomprehensible wall of sound, 2 deep 4 me I guess...

[timmah638]

[QUOTE=rokknroll4;32498882]I absolutely cannot get into them no matter how hard I try. I should love them, but everytime I listen I can't help but laugh at the vocals, they just seem so ridiculous and forced to me, not to mention you can't hear the lyrics which, from what I've read, are phenomenal. So in other words I really want to like them but every time I start listening to them all I hear is an incomprehensible wall of sound, 2 deep 4 me I guess...[/QUOTE]

I fully understand; it took a while for me to "get" them. They're certainly one of those bands where some people dislike them for certain reasons, yet that's why some fans love them (like you said, the vocals, "wall of sound", etc. are why I love them). If you ever try to listen to them again though, "Axe to Fall" is much more melodic (or as melodic as a band like Converge can get, I suppose); it was what finally tipped me over the edge. Otherwise, to each his own; there's certainly no harm in not liking a band.

[rokknroll4]

[QUOTE=timmah638;32499129]I fully understand; it took a while for me to "get" them. They're certainly one of those bands where some people dislike them for certain reasons, yet that's why some fans love them (like you said, the vocals, "wall of sound", etc. are why I love them). If you ever try to listen to them again though, "Axe to Fall" is much more melodic (or as melodic as a band like Converge can get, I suppose); it was what finally tipped me over the edge. Otherwise, to each his own; there's certainly no harm in not liking a band.[/QUOTE]Yea thats what I've heard, maybe I should stop trying to start with Jane Doe. I love pretty much everything except the vocals, I mean the instrumentation is beautiful, the song writing is clearly good, and like I said the lyrics. They're clearly talented and they will probably click with me some day.

[AK'z]

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Screamin' Jay Hawkins....

1956......

He released this one song that made people go "WHAT THE CHRIST" for the first time in the history of the world.
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PwXai-sgM-s[/media]

[CheeserCrice]

[QUOTE=AK'z;32569358][img]http://image.lyricspond.com/image/s/artist-screamin-jay-hawkins/album-voodoo-jive-the-best-of-screamin-jay-hawkins/cd-cover.jpg[/img]

Screamin' Jay Hawkins....

1956......

He released this one song that made people go "WHAT THE CHRIST" for the first time in the history of the world.
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PwXai-sgM-s[/media][/QUOTE]

Thats amazing.

[Herr Sven]

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Band: [B]Hamferð[/B]
Album: [B]Vilst Er Síðsta Fet[/B]
Genre: [B]Funeral Doom[/B]
Year: [B]2010[/B]

Want to add a new language to your metal collection? What about Faroese Funeral Doom!

[video=youtube;1oa3PyZF2sc]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1oa3PyZF2sc[/video]

[AK'z]

Something new and free has arrived
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BadBadNotGood - BBNG
Link: [url]http://www.mediafire.com/?5zpeyi74yuz75em[/url]

Now the only Hip Oriented Jazz album that I know of made by jazz musicians... is Miles Davis' Doo Bop album. It's good, but feels more like a hip hop band giving Miles a good send off (He died before its release)

This new age of Jazz is something very smooth, it's very clear to see how the times have influenced and inspired jazz artists these days.

With Matana Roberts making sure that the classic Avant-Garde style of jazz lives on, BADBADNOTGOOD makes sure that Jazz can always be contemporary and smooth.

[mynames2long]

[QUOTE=Herr Sven;32573631][IMG]http://f.braxupload.se/hgt05z.jpg[/IMG]

Band: [B]Hamferð[/B]
Album: [B]Vilst Er Síðsta Fet[/B]
Genre: [B]Funeral Doom[/B]
Year: [B]2010[/B]

Want to add a new language to your metal collection? What about Faroese Funeral Doom!

[video=youtube;1oa3PyZF2sc]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1oa3PyZF2sc[/video][/QUOTE]

Faroese is beautiful.

[Herr Sven]

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Band: [B]Hypocrisy[/B]
Album: [B]The Arrival[/B]
Genre: [B]Melodic Death Metal[/B]
Year: [B]2004[/B]

Brutal melodeath about aliens. I shouldn't need more reasons.

[video=youtube;Ja_hDxivKrI]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ja_hDxivKrI[/video]
[video=youtube;NvgWkmhJqc4]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NvgWkmhJqc4[/video]

[Nonikai]

[QUOTE=mynames2long;32596184]Faroese is beautiful.[/QUOTE]

I missed them on Eistnaflug because my band had to go to soundcheck for an off venue gig

>:I

[Cypher_09]

Brad Paisley album, anyone?

[AK'z]

[QUOTE=Cypher_09;32622790]Brad Paisley album, anyone?[/QUOTE]

I hear he's good, so I'd start with early stuff.

[Cypher_09]

[QUOTE=AK'z;32623548]I hear he's good, so I'd start with early stuff.[/QUOTE]

One of my music teachers introduced me to him. I'm in love with his voice, and it just so happens that the first song I heard by him was "Whiskey Lullaby" and it just broke my heart -as my grandmother died because she were an alcoholic.

I can't help but have an attachment.

[AK'z]

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The Caretaker - An Empty Bliss Beyond This World

It's haunting ballroom sounds just like in The Shining, but as an album. Absolutely breathtaking experience.

It's not quite "noise" music or jazz... but it's pretty much an artwork that people should get.
Besides, he made 78rpm records into an artful experience.

[BuddieBBB]

[img]http://s1.youmago.ro/static/g/7/4/244747/441486_3.jpg[/img]
[url=http://open.spotify.com/album/0a253Jzqqz4iYVUhK4Lw6m]Sci-Fi SKANE - Känslan av att jorden krymper, växer[/url]

I present to you; swedish synth-blues (according to the band)
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fXUfhhY0Brs[/media]
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4dSguWZWRrk[/media]

Basicly crazy synthpop with society-criticism in the lyrics. I don't know if non-swedish speaking people will appreciate it, but I sure do!

[UberWarri0r]

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Wulkanaz - Wulkana

Catchy as fuck Black Metal.

[Systema]

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awesome electronic/psychedelic/progressive rock with heavy use of samples from the late 60s, very underrated and it deserves much more recognition than it got IMHO, it's a shame their later albums kind of suck

[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vm0dJTyK-wM[/media]

[Cypher_09]

[h2]Jesus fuck somebody recommend me a Chuck Berry album I must have more of this![/h2]

[AK'z]

[QUOTE=Cypher_09;32664880][h2]Jesus fuck somebody recommend me a Chuck Berry album I must have more of this![/h2][/QUOTE]

Listen to the one where it's a bowl of Berries.

Such a good album.

[Cl0cK]

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Le volume du vent by Karkwa.

This is an amazing canadian french rock album, the music is haunting and every songs are beautiful in their own ways.

I'd say, if you're even slightly interested in french rock, this is an album to listen to.