The most depressing song you can think of.

[antiface]

Bobby McFerrin's "Don't Worry, Be Happy". No?

Okay. Metallica "Fade To Black", and any Pelican, Isis and King's X's "Cigarettes".

 

[The_Lunar_Strain]

[ame]http://youtube.com/watch?v=sB_wCYF4BCM[/ame]

^that because it makes me sad to know a good band could become so bad

 

[General Zaroff]

Gris and Thy Light have some really depressing songs.

 

[viewerfromnihil]

igneous lips- 1000 funerals

 

[Avigrus]

Type O Negative - Bloody Kisses

 

[Einherjar86]

The most depressing song I can think of is probably Black Sabbath by Black Sabbath.

Not sad so much as eternally haunting, I think.

Eternal Tears of Sorrow - The River Flows Frozen

That's a great song.

As far as other recommendations go, I'd say most Virgin Black songs are pretty depressing:

Museum of Iscariot
The Kiss of God's Mouth (pts. I and II)
A Poet's Tears of Porcelain

Also, My Dying Bride's "For My Fallen Angel."

 

[Winter.]

Also, My Dying Bride's "For My Fallen Angel."

This and Red Water by Type O Negative.

 

[arg]

Death, Come Near Me - Draconian
[ame]http://youtube.com/watch?v=6R7jSfLpk7Y[/ame]

 

[Jreg]

Shape of Despair - Quiet These Paintings Are
Agalloch - Our Fortress is Burning
Corrupted - Llenandose de Gusanos
Katatonia - um, where do I start...

 

[Vilden]

Katatonia - Brave

 

[Belligerent]

This and Red Water by Type O Negative.

Red Water is depressing as hell. Probably my favorite track off of October Rust.

 

[Manic Ferocity]

Frogs and Rooster by Alice In Chains. I'm not really sure why. Also, Starkweather's Murder In Technicolor sparks a life-reflecting sadness in me for some reason (wow that sounded really gay).

 

[ShredHeadJHJ]

Eternal Tears of Sorrow - The River Flows Frozen

What an awesome fucking band. I really need to pick up a couple of albums by them.

I'm really surprised no one has mentioned Burzum. He was the first thing that came to mind when I read this. Even his ambient albums had very depressing tracks, mainly his last one.

 

[BudaFuka]

Nevermore - Insignificant

 

[King Richard]

Just listen to it.

 

[Belligerent]

Good call Drunkard.
That Green Carnation song is down in the dumps for sure...but amazing.

 

[King Richard]

oh wait, wrong smiley

 

[Belligerent]

I was just listening to this song by Agalloch and realized how depressing it is. One of my favorite instrumentals tho'.

 

[10293847]

Katatonia - Brave

That riff at 1:50 is about as depressing a riff as I think there is.

But equally as sad is the first minute of Endtime off the same album.

I really feel that the song Von off Satanic Blood is incredibly sad. I get a sense of isolation in that song as well.

 

[viewerfromnihil]

honestly, i don't think it gets any more depressing than this...