Suggestions for mellow metal

[Life Sucks]

When it's within a couple hours of bedtime, I find that death metal and thrash pumps me up too much. I need something mellow (but NOT happy) to unwind to. So far, the mellow bands that I listen to at night include: Opeth, Arcane Sun, Katatonia, Lacuna Coil, Anathema, My Dying Bride, Mourning Beloveth, Novermbre.... You get my drift. I'm looking for more suggestions.

 

[Lanterns]

Newer Sentenced! Crimson etc.

 

[Life Sucks]

Yeah, I actually have The Cold White Light. It's got some great mellow, depressing songs on it, like Everything Is Nothing.

 

[speed]

Tiamat

 

[Tavaron]

I'm in that mood 90% of the time. I just listen to prog. Porcupine Tree and Opeth mainly. Works for me... Dream Theater calms me too, great band.....

 

[J.]

Well, you already own the greatest album ever, namely Arcane Sun. What more do you need?

Oh well, I'll give more suggestions: In the Woods..., Agalloch, or try some darkwave like Dargaard or Die Verbannten Kinder Evas.

Also, any Soilwork album will put you right to sleep. Pure snoozefests, that. But I digress.

 

[Krilons Resa]

Not necessarily mellow...but slower



Khanate
Burning Witch
Pantheist
Shape of Despair
Skepticism
Morgion
Dolorian
Evoken
Aereogramme
Dredg
Buckethead - Electric Tears
Esoteric
Green Carnation - Light of Day, Day of Darkness*
In The Woods - Omnio
Neurosis
Isis
Monolithe
Mortiis
Old Man Gloom
Psychotic Waltz
Rapture
Chaostar
Unholy
Winds


* essential

 

[NapalmForLunch]

Havayoth, Haggard, Winds, In The Woods, Alas, Ambeon, Everygrey(not really soft but relaxing), Bathory, Tristania, and Sethian. That's a good list.

 

[Life Sucks]

Thanks for the suggestions. I wish I had the cash to check out all the bands everyone mentioned. I really need more mellow metal in my CD collection.

 

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Agalloch - The Mantle

Can't believe you don't have that one, it's absolutely essential!

 

[Rottuated]

Opeth - Damnation

Puts me to sleep nicely. Or you could always get one of those Latin Chant CD's. I listen to those all the time as I'm about to go to sleep.

 

[Krilons Resa]

Blazing Eternity

 

[Burkhard]

The 3rd And The Mortal (especially "Sorrow" and their masterpiece "Tears Laid In Earth")
The Gathering ("How To Measure A Planet?")
Fates Warning ("Awaken The Guardian", "No Exit", "Perfect Symmetry")
Sieges Even ("Steps", "A Sense Of Change")
Soul Cages
Shadow Gallery

 

[ffanatic]

Antimatter would fit the bill nicely, although it wouldn't classify as metal.

Dream Theater's Scenes From A Memory is a good choice, what with all the hypnotherapy stuff, plus the long runtime.

Agalloch, In The Woods..., Novembre, Dredg, Winds, Aereogramme, and Porcupine Tree are good too.

The best album to fall asleep to that I've heard is Esmerine-If Only A Sweet Surrender To The Nights To Come Be True, but be warned that it is not metal at all.

 

[Naggamanteh]

Green Carnation - Light of Day, Day of Darkness (a masterpiece, does a child always have to die for such music to be created?)
Bethlehem
Deinonychus - Mournument
The Gathering - anything, I happen to like their latest album Souvenirs right now even though it isn't metal)
Kari - Pilot (former The 3rd and the Mortal vocalist)
The 3rd and the Mortal - Memoirs, Painting on Glass, Tears Laid in Earth
Sopor Aeternus & the Enxemble of Shadows
Empyrium

And the following will REALLY put you to sleep:

Ulver - recent stuff
Burzum - Filosofem (the last 3 or 4 tracks... one of them is just one repetitive ambient melody that goes on for like 20 minutes)
Arcana
Ordo Rosario Equilibrio
Sophia
Coph Nia
Raison d'Etre

 

[Krilons Resa]

Himinbjorg

 

[SADUDE]

everytime i listen to forest stream i end up sleeping. Good stuff I get so relaxed