also.. anything from And Justice for all onwards is enough to make me put the garage door down and turn the car engine on for a couple of hours meditation.
That's a Cohen song, and I wouldn't really call it depressing... maybe Buckley's version of 'Strange Fruit' is somewhat sad, but come on, he was the most in-love-with-love person who's ever lived, how much can his music really bum you out?
MOST DEPRESSING SOUNDS EVER SET TO TAPE:
'Cop/Young God/Greed/Holy Money' by the Swans, a collection of their first few years (84-86) worth of material. For those who don't know (you're gay!), the Swans were the most cold, hateful, bleak, murderous and suicidal band ever to press vinyl. 'The sound of being raped and beaten in a NY back alley', they were described as.
Forest Stream - Tears of Mortal Solitude
Anathema - A Fine Day To Exit
Novembers Doom - Amid It's Hallowed Mirth
October Tide - 12 Days of Rain
My Dying Bride - The Dreadful Hours (any of their releases really)
Swallow The Sun - The Morning Never Came
Katatonia - Brave Yester Days (compilation album of all their earlier material and EPs)
Autumn - Ocehb Beyha
Forest of Shadows - Where Dreams Turn To Dust
Shape of Despair - Shades of...
Shape of Despair - Angels of Distress
Lacrimas Profundere - Memorandum
Mourning Beloveth - Dust
Skepticism - The Process of Farmakon