Know any good Dark/Atmospheric albums?

[ClairvoyantCat]

Oh look, it's the DTF Rat Pack.

 

[Zook]

Actually, you guys are more like the NWO Wolf Pack.

[Quadrochosis]

[Dark Castle]

If you were okay with growls I'd have a ton for you, but...

[The King in Crimson]

Agalloch is the very definition of dark and atmospheric. They're also fucking amazing.

Alcest also fits the bill. Both have growls, unfortunately. Agalloch has more 'tortured whispers' but whatever.

Listen to Tiamat's album, Wildhoney. Again, it has some growls, but a lot of the singing is clean.

Opeth's Blackwater Park and Still Life have a veritable shit-ton of atmosphere, but, once again, lots of growls

[FiberglassMoon]

Try Riverside's Second Life Syndrome or Mariusz Duda's solo project Lunatic Soul.

Also, you may want to check out Neun Welten....They're a "dark folk" group....mainly do acoustic stuff but I thoroughly enjoy it.

But still, The King in Crimson is right...if u can get past Agalloch's growls, it's just what you are looking for.

I've always loved John Haughm's description in this interview of how Pale Folklore was made to sound and feel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cgO2wXnozUk at 6:00

[Dark Castle]

Eh fuck it, I'll recommend one, as its not really growling so much as awesome wailing.
Indian - Guiltless
Its very dark, very atmospheric and scary as hell.  Great album.

[?]

Katatonia - Night Is The New Day.


I promise you'll like it

This. All Katatonia albums are dark and rather atmospheric. The first 2 feature growls, but the rest of their stuff doesn't. I'd say Discouraged Ones is their most depressing and atmospheric album.

Anathema is VERY atmospheric and often dark. Their first 2 albums also include harsh vocals and the latest one is quite positive but you could like the albums between those. Alternative 4 and Judgement are good albums to start with.

Dunno if Paradise Lost's music can be called atmospheric but it's dark nevertheless.

[FretMuppet]

Good stuff, I suppose its about time I got into growling then I will check all of these guys out

[Dark Castle]

Radularness, if you find you're okay with growling, Cough is a VERY good band as well.   

[Arnold Layne]

Depends how dark and how atmospheric.  If you want to avoid growls you could go with Opeth's clean vocal Damnation album, which is very cool.

Other suggestions:-

Ki - Devin Townsend Project - I totally agree with an earlier poster on this
Marillion - Brave  (just skip through Paper Lies - the rest is brilliant)
Pink Floyd - Meddle (if you want old skool)
Anathema - Judgement or We're Here Because We're Here
Riverside - Second Life Syndrome (it's mesmerising)
I don't know Ulver's older stuff, but The Wars of the Roses is pretty atmospheric

[OskarSluring]

Anathema - Judgement or We're Here Because We're Here

This isn't dark, it's the opposite of dark.

[Nekov]

Lustmord - Heresy

[?]

Anathema - Judgement or We're Here Because We're Here

This isn't dark, it's the opposite of dark.

Yeah, as I mentioned, WHBWH is FAR from dark. Judgement is quite melancholic and dark, though.

[FretMuppet]

Yeah Judgement is pretty gloomy and nice, WHBWH is like the opposite lol  still amazing albums.
The recommendations are awesome so far Do you guys know any dark but uplifting and beautiful albums too?

[Arnold Layne]

Anathema - Judgement or We're Here Because We're Here

This isn't dark, it's the opposite of dark.

I don't disagree, but I was trying to give examples of dark and/or atmospheric rather than both together, cos I wasn't sure exactly what FretMuppet was after. 

[FretMuppet]

Anathema - Judgement or We're Here Because We're Here

This isn't dark, it's the opposite of dark.

I don't disagree, but I was trying to give examples of dark and/or atmospheric rather than both together, cos I wasn't sure exactly what FretMuppet was after. 

Still awesome albums either way! 

[Liberation]

Hello,

Katatonia and Riverside were already mentioned in this thread, and can definitely agree. Katatonia has a pretty varied discography, but personally I find The Great Cold Distance and Tonight's Decision to be their best - TGCD sounds quite modern and is probably their heaviest, while TD is more "open" and maybe slightly less consistent, but amazing nonetheless. Another option is Viva Emptiness which is probably their catchiest and most accessible, though Night is The New Day is also excellent (but it's not as dark as their other albums). Riverside, on the other hand, has 4 perfect albums, but if you're looking for dark and atmospheric - totally Rapid Eye Movement. It's their most consistent and has an incredibly thick atmosphere.

In the prog direction, I can also recommend a fairly young Polish band called Votum, especially the second album called Metafiction. It was a great surprise for me and it's really an amazing album. I'd say it has some slight Riverside and maybe Marillion inspiration, but... well anyway, I think it's worth trying the opening song, called Falling Dream, which represents the album fairly well. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wi2XH1G2x6Y

Finally, in extreme metal, Moonspell is amazing. There are both growls and clean (though fairly low, baritone) vocals, and their discography is quite varied, but as the starting point I'd recommend the album Antidote.