Atmospheres music creates

[Blinded By Blood]

Does anyone else have certain auras/atmospheres that certain albums/artists can create? For me, Perdition City has a very noir/urban sound to it, while Isis' last two albums have had an oceanic feel to them

 

[Consuming Impulse]

Burzum always had the best atmosphere in my opinion.

 

[Susperia]

Falkenbach reminds me of either sailing on the ocean with some huge dirty hairy Vikings or by sitting on a grassy noll watching the wind blow the leaves in the trees.

Reverend Bizarre reminds me of nighttime in some old English town, with a graveyard nearby, and a pub around the corner full of guys drinking.

 

[Mort Divine]

Agalloch - The Mantle creates an atmosphere that is explained in my M-A review of it actually.

http://metal-archives.com/review.php?id=3526#62699

...and Oceans - The Dynamic Gallery of Thought makes me feel like I'm trapped inside of an insane asylum.

 

[unknown]

while Isis' last two albums have had an oceanic feel to them

hmmm how ironic

 

[Blinded By Blood]

hmmm how ironic

The weirdest thing is I felt it more with Panopticon than with Oceanic

 

[unknown]

hm!

 

[biggsy]

maritime, so aptly named, gives me visions of sailing around port philip bay in melbourne.

 

[Scourge of Malice]

Panopticon is wonderful for a freeway drive through LA really late at night. When I drive down to Orange County I always turn that one on just before I enter LA and its quite awesome.

 

[genocide roach]

blut aus nord has a very "unearthly" feel to it. and ofcourse bands like turisas, thyrfing, einherjer, etc all have a epic iron age battle field vibe
~gR~

 

[Ender Rises]

Arch Enemy always make me think of Times Square in ruins at night, but for me the main atmosphere a lot of music creates is either like a video or on-stage performance.

 

[Dazed and Brutal]

I love Xasthur's atmosphere. It's the only reason I listen to them. It gives me the chills.

 

[Nico]

Xasthur does give that feeling of empyness, of a void, right in your gut. Similarly with Elysian Blaze, but to a different degree - more like desolation on the edge of sanity.

And I love the Perdition City atmosphere. One of the most vivid I've heard.

 

[Zhou Tai 04]

I like the atmosphere that Meshuggah - Spasm creates. Don't really know how to describe it, though.

 

[Guthrum]

And I love the Perdition City atmosphere. One of the most vivid I've heard.

Same for me.

 

[Hege]

Atmosphere=Burzum.
Especially the keyboard-only albums, like Daudi Baldrs.
Varg Vikernes says that if You listen to his music
on a dark, lonely night, before going to sleep, it
creates magic.
Truly it is.

 

[Killbot]

Mithras' Worlds Beyond the Veil has creates a pretty strong atmosphere, sort of otherworldly.... how very apt.

 

[byrne]

If anyone thinks I should be banned, they should be beaten severly and hunged for being a complete idiot.

- owned by life.

 

[V.V.V.V.V.]

Mithras' Worlds Beyond the Veil has creates a pretty strong atmosphere, sort of otherworldly.... how very apt.

Fucking AWESOME atmosphere in that album. People giving it shit about the "raw-ish" production, Morbid Angel ripoffs (YES THEY ARE THERE but it's not even the same in execution most of the time!), etc. need to FUCK OFF and listen to Lords And Masters at FULL volume (especially during the ridiculously fucking great echo'd solo guitar section, gives off an UNBELIEVABLE vibe. Psyrens, too. I always get chills listening to that CD!

Atmosphere is ultra-important to me. If a CD gives off the atmosphere portrayed by the aesthetic of the cover art/insert/booklet art, then they have succeeded more than a lot of bands who just play good music. I guess this is probably why I hold such generic brutal death bands in high esteem; despite the less than interesting imagery (while some have awesome art and stuff but still), I can't help but feel like they've accomplished something cool when I look at art and get the same vibe as the lyrics or art would have me imagine.

Great topic! I'll think up some examples later on, and even try to force myself to attach an atmosphere to albums I didn't previously think of having much in particular! Yay!

 

[Jean-Pierre]

The Melvins' Bullhead gives me the idea that I'm walking around in humid industrial corridors...