suggestions?

[Soundscape]

i'm in a rut, and looking for something new.
some musicians/bands i like most are tool, hendrix, white zombie, and pink floyd.
i think i'd really dig some type of dark/sad/moody instrumental music...but i can't seem to find any.
any suggestions are greatly appreciated

 

[goldenratiophi]

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Originally Posted by Soundscape /img/forum/go_quote.gif i'm in a rut, and looking for something new. some musicians/bands i like most are tool, hendrix, white zombie, and pink floyd. i think i'd really dig some type of dark/sad/moody instrumental music...but i can't seem to find any. any suggestions are greatly appreciated

Okay, so this is a far cry from Tool, Hendrix, and Floyd, but in my mind "dark/sad/moody instrumental music" draws an immediate link with Godspeed You Black Emperor (albums to check out: f#a#∞ and Lift Your Skinny Fists Like Antennas To Heaven). It doesn't sound much like what you listed - okay it hardly sounds at all like them - but if you can get into it it's really entrancing. Headphones + f#a#∞ + dark room = creepy experience.

Just throwing that out there.

 

[tru blu]

Well, if you're thinking instrumental and not afraid of improvisation, I'd suggest:

Russ Lossing/Mat Maneri/Mark Dresser - Metal Rat: piano, violin and bass
It's not standard cookie-cutter songs, so you have to immerse yourself in it, like going underwater as a wave comes in.

You can also try something classical:

Henryk Górecki - Symphony No. 3, The Symphony of Sorrowful Songs
Orchestra with vocalist, though there are long instrumental passages. Everyone will point you to the version with soprano Dawn Upshaw, but get the one with Stefania Woytowicz.

Hope this helps…

 

[Soundscape]

excellent. thank you!

 

[stewgriff]

The 1973-1974 era of King Crimson (Larks' Tongues in Aspic, Red) was the forefather of prog-metal like Tool. They're really worth the look.

 

[ozz]

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Originally Posted by stewgriff /img/forum/go_quote.gif The 1973-1974 era of King Crimson (Larks' Tongues in Aspic, Red) was the forefather of prog-metal like Tool. They're really worth the look.

court of the crimson king is one of my favorites .

 

[Ingo]

Explosions In The Sky - The Earth Is Not a Cold Dead Place, Friday Night Lights OST

 

[stewgriff]

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Originally Posted by ozz /img/forum/go_quote.gif court of the crimson king is one of my favorites .

Me too. I zoomed in too much on the "Tool" part...ITCOTCK is just as good as Larks and Red, all three are essentials.

 

[Floodedstatue]

I was in a rut myself a few years back, before I discovered....

Porcupine Tree

Hard to pigeon-hole as their sound has evolved, but kinda like a blend of Pink Floyd / Tool / King Crimson with some acousticy bits thrown in for variety. Mostly dark and moody with washes of mellotron, sad poignant lyrics and haunting vocal harmonies.

It's hard to pitch an album at you. Earlier stuff is more instrumental and Floyd-ish (The Sky Moves Sideways, Up The Downstair), while their newer stuff has more of a Tool vibe about it (In Absentia, Deadwing). I would argue that their newest offering 'Fear Of A Blank Planet' is perhaps their best all-rounder.

 

[Thelonious Monk]

Mono / World's End Girlfriend - Palmless Prayer / Mass Murder Refrain
Rosetta - The Galilean Satellites
J.S. Bach - Cello Suites performed by Anner Bylsma

these are my only 3 5-star albums at the moment, and they're all dark/moody, although Rosetta has vocals. rather intense vocals.

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Originally Posted by Floodedstatue /img/forum/go_quote.gif ...'Fear Of A Blank Planet'...

this is a very bad album, i don't know how any porcupine tree fan can like it. the nil recurring ep is better.

 

[Quaddy]

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Originally Posted by Floodedstatue /img/forum/go_quote.gif I was in a rut myself a few years back, before I discovered.... Porcupine Tree Hard to pigeon-hole as their sound has evolved, but kinda like a blend of Pink Floyd / Tool / King Crimson with some acousticy bits thrown in for variety. Mostly dark and moody with washes of mellotron, sad poignant lyrics and haunting vocal harmonies.

SOLD! - i am gonna check them out....

 

[Floodedstatue]

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Originally Posted by Thelonious Monk /img/forum/go_quote.gif this is a very bad album, i don't know how any porcupine tree fan can like it.

Given that it's the biggest selling and most critically-acclaimed PT release to date, that most fans seem to enjoy it, and that new fans are being drawn to the band pretty rapidly...I'd say you're in the minority who thinks that.

 

[Thelonious Monk]

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Originally Posted by Floodedstatue /img/forum/go_quote.gif Given that it's the biggest selling and most critically-acclaimed PT release to date, that most fans seem to enjoy it, and that new fans are being drawn to the band pretty rapidly...I'd say you're in the minority who thinks that.

the majority has bad taste.

 

[Ingo]

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Originally Posted by Thelonious Monk /img/forum/go_quote.gif the majority has bad taste.

And naturally yours is superior to the majority. It's just plain science... they've wrote proofs about it.

The only PT album I've heard is 'In Absentia'. It really surprised me. I thought it was going to have a lot of hard guitar driven songs but there's more mellowish stuff than there is headbangin'. "Blackest Eyes" is by far my favorite song on that album.

Does 'Deadwing' have more heavy-guitar songs on it?

 

[Thelonious Monk]

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Originally Posted by Ingo /img/forum/go_quote.gif And naturally yours is superior to the majority. It's just plain science... they've wrote proofs about it.

we need more of this on the forum

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The only PT album I've heard is 'In Absentia'. It really surprised me. I thought it was going to have a lot of hard guitar driven songs but there's more mellowish stuff than there is headbangin'. "Blackest Eyes" is by far my favorite song on that album. Does 'Deadwing' have more heavy-guitar songs on it?

yeah. deadwing is their best easily. fear of a blank planet has some of their heaviest stuff yet, but it's also lyrically bad, boring structures and lots of filler. i'd rather just get actual metal rather than watered down crap on foabp.