There is a thread about suicidal songs, yet there is also a big need of a depressive music thread. Since, according to my observations, there are some people into genres like deathrock, black metal, dark ambient.



Your turn. Impress me with something worth listening to.

I'd recommend my favourite band Porcupine Tree to anyone who enjoys melancholic music (There's some cheerful stuff but I think their darker stuff is the most interesting). Good starter albums for them would be In Absentia, Fear of a Blank Planet, and Deadwing. They're also a good choice for prog fans (although most proggies probably have heard of them).

Another good depressive band that's gaining popularity but still remains very intelligent is Opeth. They take elements from jazz, prog, blues, metal, and rock and create albums that completely range in style. My favourite albums by them are Damnation (it's an acoustic album so its accessible for those who don't like death growls), Still Life (In my opinion a prog metal masterpiece), and Blackwater Park(this is also more accessible and it's produced by the front man of Porcupine Tree). You can't really go wrong with any of their albums since they all have something to offer.

My last recommendation is Agalloch which is an atmospheric black metal band. Being an agnostic person that doesn't believe in man made deities I find it very nice to be able to listen to a band with black metal vocals that doesn't banter about satan or burning down churches. Their lyrics are about nature, winter, death, and depression so they're not trying to get a strong opinion across. Another difference they have from other black metal bands is that they use acoustic guitars a LOT in their songs so some parts can be actually relaxing in a moody sort of way. I recommend the albums The Mantle, and Ashes Against the Grain for starters.

i know a lot of good depressive songs but they are spread across many bands

Post-rock/ambient bands like Labradford, Carontte, Russian Circles, Slowdive.

For those who actually find Opeth to be depressing, there is Katatonia:

Thread needs more dooooom.

Indispose, that was a great first post.

More Doom (didn't think of that):


Also I second Katatonia but I think I prefer their death/doom side.

Fen - The Malediction Fields is also a good atmospheric black metal band about nature.

Why, thank you. I'm not too familiar with doom metal, I've always felt that the strong despair such music emits is a different feeling from the ones I seek within "depressive" music.. but I'm not sure if that makes any sense at all. Bands I enjoy include Boris, Insanity Reigns Supreme and a handful of sludge/stoner acts.

But enough whining, let there be music:


Couldn't find the original on YT, so here's a decent cover.


Obligatory Akira Yamaoka song.


More Bethlehem.

And not sure if this counts as depressive, but some neocrust bands such as Alpinist and Martyrdöd can have quite an.. intense atmosphere.

not suicidal but german melancholy

seems you guys are stocked up on dsbm. post rock can be quite depressing.
post hardcore might not be your thing but I think these count.
Unfortunately a bit more relationship oriented than solitude.

A related band:

And some screamo:

and this is what happens when a crazed black metal vocalist does tech metal. (one for the more chaotic depressions)

lyrics recommended for that one.

enjoy

you didn't say hip hop....are you saying hip hop doesn't have suicidal songs?

hip hop has many shades

edit: ah damn i just saw i already posted this -.-

Don't forget one of the most depressing genres of all: country.



Still makes me sad to listen.

Well, I find it a bit depressing



You think your days are uneventful
And no one ever thinks about you
She goes her own way
She goes her own way

You think your days are ordinary
And no one ever thinks about you
But we're all the same
And she can hardly breathe without you

She says she has no time for you now
She says she has no time

Think about the lonely people
And think about the day she found you
Or lie to yourself
And see it all dissolve around you

She says she has no time for you now
She says she has no time

Lonely people tumble downwards
My heart opens up to you
When she says she has no time for you now
She says she has no time

Acoustic cover of doom


Super depressing doom

I liked those a lot. I'm going to add warning to my library, which rarely ever expands lately.

^Glad you liked it.



The screams at 2:35 get me every time.

Morphine -- Candy



Candy told me nothing really matters anymore
And when I ask her what she means she says I ought to know
Candy said she's made arrangements for me in the sand
And Candy said she wants me with her down in Candyland
Candy says she wonders why we try
I couldn't think of what to say
I had no ready reply
But Candy says I'd like it where she is
She says it's an opportunity that I don't want to miss
Candy said she's made arrangements for me in the sand
And Candy said she wants me with her down in Candyland
Candy said she wants me with her down in Candyland
Candy asked me if she died if I could go on
Of course I said I couldn't and of course we knew that's wrong
But Candy I said Candy no you can't do that to me
Because you love me way too much for you to ever leave
Candy said she's made arrangements for me in the sand
And Candy said she wants me with her down in Candyland
Candy said she's made arrangements for me in the sand
And Candy said she wants me with her down in Candyland
Candy said she wants me with her down in Candyland (x3)

How'd I miss this? This is great.

Incompetence.

Owen is sad, especially the vocal delivery and lyrics.

That Morphine song was pretty mepressive too.