Depressing metal

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This recommendation isn't really a hard one, it just escapes a particular genre limitation of any kind. I'm looking for some really depressing sounding metal that has a medium to high tempo. No power metal or slow-ass doom metal, other than that, genre's be damned. A good example of what I am looking for is the album V Halmstad by Shining (which was the original inspiration for this thread). I would have just poked around in suicidal the black metal realm a bit, but every band I ran into had some really atrocious production (something I am not a fan of). So Im turning here. Any suggestions?

Thanks in advance.

 

[The Ozzman]

Sentenced - The Funeral Album
Katatonia - The Great Cold Distance/Last Fair Deal Gone Down
Type O Negative - World Coming Down

 

[cookiecutter]

N.I.L - S/T
Be Persecuted - I.I (production is bad but I don't know how bad you can't stand)

 

[Triton]

Midwinter-Enthrone In Blizzard

 

[Rabid Headbanger]

Listen to Hatebreed. It's so bad you might kill yourself.

 

[zabu of nΩd]

Down - NOLA

Also, I second Type O Negative. Some of their albums/songs are kinda slow though.

 

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

Katatonia - Brave Murder Day

 

[byrne]

Saint Vitus - Born Too Late

 

[Moon Hung By A Noose]

Check out Grave Flowers, now that's some depressing music. It's quite unique too, give them a listen

 

[Valerie]

Tristania*, For My Pain, Lacrimas Profundere, Flowing Tears, other assorted Gothic Doom.


*Not Gothic Doom like the rest, just regular Gothic metal.

 

[Base Delta Zero]

Crowbar's depressing stuff. Windsteins vocals really do the trick.

 

[The Ozzman]

Some might not consider it metal, but Jar of Flies from Alice in Chains is pretty depressing along with certain songs on Dirt

 

[Base Delta Zero]

Some might not consider it metal, but Jar of Flies from Alice in Chains is pretty depressing along with certain songs on Dirt

Dirt was the junkie album of the 90's. Every decade needs at least one.

 

[waif]

Listen to Hatebreed. It's so bad you might kill yourself.

Pretty much

Don't know many bands/albums that are generally depressing, but songs...
Black Hole Sun by Soundgarden makes me feel like all that is beautiful in the world has turned to refuse. Now, not only are Soundgarden not metal, but they suck. Still, if you want depressing, that song is pretty damn depressing.

At The Gates aren't depressing per se, but pretty gloomy. Lyrically, that is.
Trail of Broken Hearts by Dragonforce is strangely depressing...I think it's in ZP's voice...If those guys started making serious music I think the universe would explode under the collective awesomeness. Power metal ballad, though...

One Rode To Asa Bay and some of Bathory's other viking metal is kinda depressing, because the story is pretty tragic. I think there are some other viking bands that have some truly depressing stuff.

Trivium. Hearing them always inspires thoughts of sweet death.

 

[Life Sucks]

Primordial. Though I'm sure you (and everyone else who posts here) has heard them. Also: October Tide, Bethlehem, Daylight Dies, earlier Paradise Lost (but newest one as well).

 

[Valerie]

Early Soundgarden is actually metal. And it's actually not bad tbh.

 

[CF87]

Opeth: my arms, your hearse
Katatonia: brave murder day
Daylight Dies: dismantling devotion
Rapture: futile
Paradise Lost: gothic

 

[CF87]

Early Soundgarden is actually metal. And it's actually not bad tbh.

Soundgarden are a classic band and superunknown,badmotorfinger, and down on the upside are mandatory. I still not have heard their older albums and as far as I know are out of print, soundgarden do have some really depressing songs like Limo Wreck and The 4th of july and others.

 

[Skepticism]

Agalloch maybe.