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There have been a lot of threads created in the past about this, but hopefully this can become the definitive guide to depressive bm. If you have any depressive bm bands you enjoy, please share them. I'll start by posting a few (I haven't heard all of them, but I plan to quite soon).
Burzum (Nothing more needs to be said, really)
Drudkh: Awesome band from the Ukraine, especially in terms of atmosphere. In terms of dbm, the first album is probably better than the latter ones (I only have Autumn Aurora which is stunning).
Krohm: Havent heard but plan to get 'A World through Dead Eyes' soon. I would like to hear some opinions.
Beatrik: Again, I only plan to get Journey through the End of Life. I would like some opinions.
Veil: Relatively unknown USBM band. I have heard good things about their release 'Dolor' available from Autumn Winds Prod.
I chose not to mention Xasthur, as I hardly find them depressive, just tedious. WAY overhyped due to this whole 'suicidal blackmetal' craze.
If anyone could post info on some Swedish dbm such as Hypothermia, Kyla, Durthang etc that would be excellent.
I recently started my foray into DSBM by listening to the whole discography of Psychonaut4. Funnily enough the music doesn't sound depressive at all. It instead sounded really uplifting. The lyrics were mostly about dying due to drug overdose. Drugs did become a major subject matter for these dudes.
These guys are from Georgia and they have a fuck load of fans. As soon as I talked about them in my Instagram feed and started to follow them, I personally had some handsome numbers of people following me. Their profiles suggested they themselves are huge fans of DSBM.
The music in itself is really good. It's creative enough to not get boring. There's some real passion been put into singing. Also some of the best howling I have ever heard from a metal band. The guy can literally cry inconsolably in the microphone, howling with pain but the background soundtrack makes it a piece of art.
They have also released a number of split albums with various artists. These artists are also very well versed in their craft. Most of them are DSBM acts.
Overall a great find and I am now a huge fan of these guys.
Been a while since I did any deep diving into that scene but if you enjoy that uplifting style of dsbm, I highly recommend Gris. They've only released two albums, neither of which are available on any legit streaming services, but both are absolutely top-tier when it comes to that specific type of atmosphere.
Both musicians involved are classically trained and utilize their strengths to incorporate piano and violin particularly well. Their instrumental tracks are especially beautiful.
A similar case can also be made for Woods Of Desolation, ColdWorld, and Lifelover, the latter of which tends to focus more on post-rock so not quite as strict to the dsbm sound.
If you delve deeper and find yourself open to exploring the more raw, aggressive, and stripped down styles of dsbm, just let me know and I can offer more starting points.
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Been a while since I did any deep diving into that scene but if you enjoy that uplifting style of dsbm, I highly recommend Gris. They've only released two albums, neither of which are available on any legit streaming services, but both are absolutely top-tier when it comes to that specific type of atmosphere.
Both musicians involved are classically trained and utilize their strengths to incorporate piano and violin particularly well. Their instrumental tracks are especially beautiful.
A similar case can also be made for Woods Of Desolation, ColdWorld, and Lifelover, the latter of which tends to focus more on post-rock so not quite as strict to the dsbm sound.
If you delve deeper and find yourself open to exploring the more raw, aggressive, and stripped down styles of dsbm, just let me know and I can offer more starting points.
I recently started my foray into DSBM by listening to the whole discography of Psychonaut4. Funnily enough the music doesn't sound depressive at all. It instead sounded really uplifting. The lyrics were mostly about dying due to drug overdose. Drugs did become a major subject matter for these dudes.
These guys are from Georgia and they have a fuck load of fans. As soon as I talked about them in my Instagram feed and started to follow them, I personally had some handsome numbers of people following me. Their profiles suggested they themselves are huge fans of DSBM.
The music in itself is really good. It's creative enough to not get boring. There's some real passion been put into singing. Also some of the best howling I have ever heard from a metal band. The guy can literally cry inconsolably in the microphone, howling with pain but the background soundtrack makes it a piece of art.
They have also released a number of split albums with various artists. These artists are also very well versed in their craft. Most of them are DSBM acts.
Overall a great find and I am now a huge fan of these guys.
Yeah one of the bands they do a split with is Vanhelga, I'd highly recommend them as they are on par with psychonaut 4 except actually depressing.
Another like psychonaut 4 except a lot more mellow and xanaxy is Apati, they aren't around anymore though as the vocalist overdosed.
Happy Days, a genuinely depressed guy making some really harrowing musiic. A lot of hit and miss albums but I'd recommend "Happiness Stops Here..." And "Cause of Death: Life".
I'd second all the bands Troy mentioned too especially lifelover as I'm pretty sure Psychonaut 4 were really influenced by them. I myself prefer the vocalists other band Hypothermia which is a more monotonous depressive black metal with amazing vocals.
Others worth mentioning would be Trist, Silencer, Xasthur, Ofdrykkja and Austere
I recently started my foray into DSBM by listening to the whole discography of Psychonaut4. Funnily enough the music doesn't sound depressive at all. It instead sounded really uplifting. The lyrics were mostly about dying due to drug overdose. Drugs did become a major subject matter for these dudes.
These guys are from Georgia and they have a fuck load of fans. As soon as I talked about them in my Instagram feed and started to follow them, I personally had some handsome numbers of people following me. Their profiles suggested they themselves are huge fans of DSBM.
The music in itself is really good. It's creative enough to not get boring. There's some real passion been put into singing. Also some of the best howling I have ever heard from a metal band. The guy can literally cry inconsolably in the microphone, howling with pain but the background soundtrack makes it a piece of art.
They have also released a number of split albums with various artists. These artists are also very well versed in their craft. Most of them are DSBM acts.
Overall a great find and I am now a huge fan of these guys.
Yeah one of the bands they do a split with is Vanhelga, I'd highly recommend them as they are on par with psychonaut 4 except actually depressing.
Another like psychonaut 4 except a lot more mellow and xanaxy is Apati, they aren't around anymore though as the vocalist overdosed.
Happy Days, a genuinely depressed guy making some really harrowing musiic. A lot of hit and miss albums but I'd recommend "Happiness Stops Here..." And "Cause of Death: Life".
I'd second all the bands Troy mentioned too especially lifelover as I'm pretty sure Psychonaut 4 were really influenced by them. I myself prefer the vocalists other band Hypothermia which is a more monotonous depressive black metal with amazing vocals.
Others worth mentioning would be Trist, Silencer, Xasthur, Ofdrykkja and Austere
I have listened to Vanhelga. Will definitely check out the rest of the bands.
apos;'
