most depressing & melancholic songs

Ancient Rites - Dying in a Moment of Splendour is what I'm listening to right now and it's very melancholic. Not depressing though.

With length of time we gain a step in knowledge, with length of time, a step closer to Death
 
Antimatter - FLowers,Holocaust,The Last Laugh, Going Nowhere...

Anathema - Temporary Peace,Inner Silence,Lost Control,One Last Goodbye,Emotional Winter,Destiny,Shroud of False,Angelica,Sentient,Eternity part III,Shroud of Frost , Alone, The Silent Enigma,Sunset of Age ...

Life of Agony (lyrics not music) : River Runs Red, The Stain Remains , Bad Seed , My Eyes , Lost at 22 , I regret , Other side of the River, Ugly , How it would be , Unstable , Damned if I do , Fears , Weeds , Desire ...

Keith Caputo : yesterday is an eternity , home , neurotic , selfish etc ...

I was also thinking about some Portishead tonite but i'm too tired to mention ... there are many other... , maybe tomorrow in another post :zzz:
 
All these songs are very touching to me (sometimes in a depressing way)...also they are melodic

Anathema: One Last Goodbye, Forgotten Hopes, Wings of God

Veruca Salt: All Dressed Up, Fragile

Concrete Blonde: Everybody Knows, Tomorrow Wendy, Darkening of the Light

Linda Perry w/ Grace Slick: Knocked me Out
 
Queensryche - "Promised Land"
Pain of Salvation - "A Trace of Blood", the entire "Perfect Element" album
Enchant - "What To Say"
Anathema - "One Last Goodbye"
Katatonia - "TEARgas"
Porcupine Tree - "Feel So Low", "Stop Swimming", "The Sound of Muzak"
 
this is a very hard one for me, in fact i'm getting hardly depressed so :p but if for melancholy i'll go for
Anathema: Lost Control, One Last Goodbye
U2: Who's gonna ride your wild horses
Eminem: Stan, Kim
Nirvana: Heart-shaped box, Where did you sleep last night
My Dying Bride: The Dreadful Hours
Jewel: Pieces of You, Daddy
Antimatter: Flowers
Deftones: My own Summer (shove it)
 
Originally posted by Static
Maudlin of the Well - Geography

Seriously. No other melancholic song compares. This is FACT.

I should check out this band , everyone is talking about it ... any other songs to recommend ?