I find that some of my favorite albums are ones that bring out some sort of imagery or atmosphere whenever I listen to them. I thought I'd post this here because I think the first two Opeth albums are some of the strongest examples of this. I could sometimes close my eyes while listening to say, BRI and picture myself inside a forest-- I love that feeling!
So I'm looking for new albums/artists that can have similar effects on me. Genre doesn't matter of course.
Here are the ones that I could think of and the atmosphere they create for me.
It might also be interesting to see if others get same/different reactions to them.
Opeth - Orchid: a dark forest in the summertime
Opeth - Morningrise: same as above (mellow parts on BRI are godly)
Opeth - MAYH: a dark forest in the late fall, lots of greys
Agalloch - The Mantle: somewhere white and snowy with log cabins
Ulver - Kveldssanger: sitting around a camp fire in a dark forest
Ulver - Bergtatt: in a semi-dark and very greenish/brown forest, with fairies and gnomes
Black Sabbath - S/T & Paranoid: same as above, but not very strong
Camel - Moonmadness: seems to bring out a trippy landscape like on the album art, esp. on the first few songs
Anglagard - Hybris: can't put my finger on it, but it makes me think of wooden things much(btw I found this gem in the prog thread, thx guys )
Portishead - S/T: underwater
Nightwish: some of their earlier stuff gives me a dark blue ocean or disney-like atmosphere
Elend: all their stuff makes me feel like I'm dying inside a church or something
I guess there's also a whole genre of atmospheric/ambient stuff but I haven't heard anything from it besides crap like "nature sounds of the rainforest" or "sounds from space" which had little to no effect on me. Anyone know about this type of music?
So I'm looking for new albums/artists that can have similar effects on me. Genre doesn't matter of course.
Here are the ones that I could think of and the atmosphere they create for me.
It might also be interesting to see if others get same/different reactions to them.
Opeth - Orchid: a dark forest in the summertime
Opeth - Morningrise: same as above (mellow parts on BRI are godly)
Opeth - MAYH: a dark forest in the late fall, lots of greys
Agalloch - The Mantle: somewhere white and snowy with log cabins
Ulver - Kveldssanger: sitting around a camp fire in a dark forest
Ulver - Bergtatt: in a semi-dark and very greenish/brown forest, with fairies and gnomes
Black Sabbath - S/T & Paranoid: same as above, but not very strong
Camel - Moonmadness: seems to bring out a trippy landscape like on the album art, esp. on the first few songs
Anglagard - Hybris: can't put my finger on it, but it makes me think of wooden things much(btw I found this gem in the prog thread, thx guys )
Portishead - S/T: underwater
Nightwish: some of their earlier stuff gives me a dark blue ocean or disney-like atmosphere
Elend: all their stuff makes me feel like I'm dying inside a church or something
I guess there's also a whole genre of atmospheric/ambient stuff but I haven't heard anything from it besides crap like "nature sounds of the rainforest" or "sounds from space" which had little to no effect on me. Anyone know about this type of music?