Written by R'Vannith on 02.01.2014 at 14:47
New ... also have in mind to add more to the non-metal section (a sampling of my favourite things from space rock would go there nicely)

Indeed - looking forward to that

Written by Syk on 02.01.2014 at 15:22

Written by R'Vannith on 02.01.2014 at 14:47
New ... also have in mind to add more to the non-metal section (a sampling of my favourite things from space rock would go there nicely)

Indeed - looking forward to that

Likewise. Can't wait to see all the prog rock that's likely gonna be on there.

Your list helps me well, even if I knew most of the albums.
You should add Gru - Cosmogenesis and maybe Alcest - Écailles de Lune

No Stratovarius or Warmen albums by what I could see

One album in particular doesn't belong on this list. Which one am I talking about?

Wouldn't bong and cloak of altering fit here as well?

cloak of altering

Carcharoth Λ.V
If this isn't space black metal then I don't know what is

Been forgetting to add things to this list again :/

All those recent suggestions are fitting I think, thanks guys! An update is on the way.

Written by Erik M. on 01.07.2014 at 23:24

One album in particular doesn't belong on this list. Which one am I talking about?

I still think The Human Equation is one of the best representations of Ayreon's sound, so it seems suited for this list.

I wonder whether you'd recommend I add the latest Ayreon btw, is that one spacey enough?

Written by deadone on 02.07.2014 at 05:48

Anal Probe Core!

There's gotta be a grindcore album with that theme out there, surely?

Aurora Borealis - Timeline: The Beginning and End of Everything
Gory Blister - Skymorphosis
Rings of Saturn - Dingir
Samael - Solar Soul
Wormed - Planisphærium

Seeing that Syk already commented here, I am surprised he hasn't mentioned Sirius, the Portuguese symphonic black band.



Pretty standard and cheesy, but well done, and fits the theme.

Good stuff ^ I was trying to remember the name of that band the other day but Shade Empire kept jumping in my head.

Also, this.

^ Good one jefe! Still need to listen to the rest, but I like it already. Happy to remind you about Sirius, they never got enough recognition for those two albums.

I read that the list maker is taking suggestions outside of metal. So here goes, an album that doesn't have a space theme, but totally gives that floaty zeroG kind of feeling. I'm going to post this everywhere on MS apparently.


Edit: That's just a song. The album title is Bricolage.

Yeah symphonic BM is a sub-area of black that I never really listened to but Sirius managed to draw me in. Could be because of bias toward the space theme and that the ship looked a little Dune-like (kinda).

Having seen Dune again less than a month ago I get what you mean. Symphonic black gets tiring very fast. Never got past the big names either.

To be honest, I think I either don't get the meaning of "spacey" very well, or I listen to a lot of stuff that could be tagged as such. I feel like adding a ton of Electronic/Trip-Hop/Witch House videos, but I don't think the OP will like that.

Written by Ilham on 02.07.2014 at 19:08

I feel like adding a ton of Electronic/Trip-Hop/Witch House videos, but I don't think the OP will like that.

Perhaps some users reading the list wouldn't mind though.. Especially if it's witchhouse or electronic

Written by Karlabos on 02.07.2014 at 22:23

Perhaps some users reading the list wouldn't mind though.. Especially if it's witchhouse or electronic

I think you were one of the posters in the Witch House thread, maybe we should do that over there.

These suggestions are all siriusly good, especially this one metalwise

Written by Ilham on 02.07.2014 at 17:25

Sirius, the Portuguese symphonic black band.

sorry, pun.

I'm not averse to any non-metal suggestions, though I have no idea what witch house is (I assume it's some sort of variant of house music?). Electronic in particular would be good for me, but I'm more than happy to add stuff that sounds spacey from any genre of music really, providing I actually get off my ass and do it though.

Written by R'Vannith on 02.07.2014 at 09:03

I still think The Human Equation is one of the best representations of Ayreon's sound, so it seems suited for this list.

I wonder whether you'd recommend I add the latest Ayreon btw, is that one spacey enough?

The Human Equation is, in my opinion, a pretty different album from most of his others and it's by no means space metal, as I told you earlier. I'm not sure about The Theory of Everything being spacey enough. Haven't listened to it pretty much since a few weeks after it came out, but I'd say it's a bit more spacey than THE, judging how it sounds by memory, but certainly not as spacey as all his other albums.

Anyway, it's your list but I still think THE is severely misplaced here. Think about this: if another band, so not Ayreon, had the exact same album, would you put it on this list?

Written by R'Vannith on 03.07.2014 at 13:33
These suggestions are all siriusly good, especially this one metalwise
sorry, pun.
I'm not averse to any non-metal suggestions, though I have no idea what witch house is (I assume it's some sort of variant of house music?). Electronic in particular would be good for me, but I'm more than happy to add stuff that sounds spacey from any genre of music really, providing I actually get off my ass and do it though.

I love puns.
Yeah hmmm... You could describe witch house as the evil twin of dream electro. It takes elements of dark ambient, trip-hop and a wide variety of darker types of electro. I can give you an example, although I don't think this particular one will suit your list. This is representative of the genre. But there are artists in the category that do more "spacey" stuff.



And this is more "zeroG":

Have I got an album for you.

I love this stuff to bits.

...Could Tangerine Dream fit in the non-metal category?

God I'm lazy with this list :/ The recommendations (and future additions) are very much appreciated folks, perhaps they'll be added sometime before i'm 60.

Written by Wukk on 23.07.2014 at 16:38

...Could Tangerine Dream fit in the non-metal category?

Very snugly indeed. I have Phaedra up there at the moment, but did you have another one in mind?

On a related note you might be interested in spacing out to Cosmic Ground. Released this year and excellent stuff, I have to say, and its kept me interested for a while now. Very close to Berlin school traditions, drawing directly from Tangerine Dream, Klaus Schulze etc. influences and such. Anyway, it's captivating really.

Written by Erik M. on 04.07.2014 at 23:18


Anyway, it's your list but I still think THE is severely misplaced here. Think about this: if another band, so not Ayreon, had the exact same album, would you put it on this list?

I have thought about it, but I'm as stubborn as a mule. To weasel my way out of your question, no band has albums like Ayreon >:[

Written by Ilham on 05.07.2014 at 00:09

Yeah hmmm... You could describe witch house as the evil twin of dream electro. It takes elements of dark ambient, trip-hop and a wide variety of darker types of electro. I can give you an example, although I don't think this particular one will suit your list. This is representative of the genre. But there are artists in the category that do more "spacey" stuff.

And this is more "zeroG"

I will need some time to accommodate this kind of stuff to my palate. Very interesting sounds. Also very fitting for the list, I think. "zeroG"; I like the descriptor.

Written by Guest on 05.07.2014 at 00:58

Have I got an album for you.

Thanks Lit. Grind is a bit outside my comfort zone, but I'll give it a whirl. Btw if you know of more spacey grind, I would appreciate the name dropping because I'm not familiar at all and the original purpose of this list was to collate all things metal and spacey, regardless of my particular tastes. Although I did say it has to be "intriguing" to me... that's kind of a vague ideal though, most music intrigues me in some small way at the very least.
Grind is interesting, but not something I'm "into," so to speak.

I'm by no means an expert on grind, let alone sci-fi-gri. I'm sure I have a couple of albums on my iPod. Here's another I just got into recently.