Bands with Narratives

[Carpe Mortem]

I'm giving Ghost a better college try, never disliked them but never made the effort either and I'm enjoying myself. They have this series of shorts about the 'character(s)' which I've been digging, and I've always been a fan of that kind of thing.

So drop your story driven / RPGing bands.

Gwar obviously comes to mind. Everyone knows their story.

Ayreon also, which I assume everyone knows.

KISS I guess!

Looking for more than just one-off concept albums here.

 

[TechnicalBarbarity]

Ghost is heavy hard rock for people who think they like metal. Really getting tired of them being mentioned by so many casuals today.

 

[Slammed]

A while ago I had a similar question about concept albums so I just did a google search which ended up at a wiki page showing a huge list of concept albums, who did them and what they were about. It wasn't genre specific but it was fairly extensive and gave me the information I needed at the time.

 

[Carpe Mortem]

Ghost is heavy hard rock for people who think they like metal. Really getting tired of them being mentioned by so many casuals today.

You're a meme of a trope of a dude who didn't get his mountain dew today.

A while ago I had a similar question about concept albums so I just did a google search which ended up at a wiki page showing a huge list of concept albums, who did them and what they were about. It wasn't genre specific but it was fairly extensive and gave me the information I needed at the time.

Yeah I wanted to do that but I'm not just looking for concept albums. I tried a couple search terms, no such luck. Basically looking for bands where everyone has a character and a backstory.

 

[TechnicalBarbarity]

You're a meme of a trope of a dude who didn't get his mountain dew today.

im not a backwoods inbred, i dont drink mountain dew.

 

[Slammed]

Gloryhammer

 

[Slammed]

Hevisarus

 

[Sophii]

Batushka

They had a schism, quite like the Orthodox church themselves. Thats RPing to the extreme.

 

[TechnicalBarbarity]

Bolt Thrower .... Warhammer. Could be wrong since i dont know shit about warhammer

Blind Guardian .... LotR.

Basically looking for bands where everyone has a character and a backstory.

ahh never mind then. Scratch those two.

 

[Krow]

Ghost can fuck off, listen to Ghoul instead

 

[Master_Yoda77]

El Duce
Sickie Wifebeater
Dr. Heathen Scum

 

[CiG]

KISS I guess!

What's their narrative?

 

[Carpe Mortem]

What's their narrative?

I've never been arsed to look into it but a fan told me there's this whole story, probably because there's comics:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kiss_(comics)

That being said I think Cannibal Corpse had a comic series? Not sure how tied into the band and music that was.

 

[Carpe Mortem]

I will look into all these right on

 

[TechnicalBarbarity]

bunch of bands have comics books. Iron Maiden has one running right now ...

https://shop.heavymetal.com/search?type=product&q=night+city

 

[jimmy101]

I guess Pantera's narrative was they all kept on getting more & more fucked up on booze/drugs as they went on.

 

[Allfader]

I guess Pantera's narrative was they all kept on getting more & more fucked up on booze/drugs as they went on.

And Hate each other, which went on until both Abbots died.