heavy, hypnotic, emotionally intense music

[FrostFern]

Most falls under some category related to post-rock or post-metal but I'm more looking for specific kind of mood progression and hypnotic build up of tension. Dark epic walls of sound with a hint of sorrow. Think of icebergs falling into the sea. Some vocals are okay but I prefer instrumental.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0uYUwZ8pdEE

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_2HfFg-zyYM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dh_wnykggWM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sJ-8umEo8YU

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wnijxVBQ1A4

http://www.youtube.com/watch?&v=OpGl7saUSig

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WwIuNjyjc7k

 

[Hadoblado]

I liked the first two a lot, but whether the mood passed, or there was some actual difference in the music, I did not enjoy what came after.

Doom metal - (Keywords: sorrow, buildup, mood progression, wall-of-sound).

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YkTMxRhQN5k

 

[FrostFern]

Sorry. It says the video you posted isn't available in my country.

The stuff I posted after the first two require a bit of patience. You really have to hear the whole thing to appreciate it because the progression is rather slow. If you're not in the mood I can see how they might sound tedious. For me 10-20 minute epic instrumentals are good for a long car ride or if I'm bored in bed having trouble getting to sleep.

Some of what I posted is funeral/doom or stoner/sludge metal but I have a really hard time separating the wheat from the chafe when it comes to metal genres. YOB only really has the one song I posted that I like. Their other stuff is kinda meh. Same goes of a lot of doom metal bands. I find an interesting track mixed in here and there with a lot of boring stuff that all sounds the same to me.

I think Ufomammut is awesome but they take a lot of patience. It is meditative metal. Walls of concrete noise that slowly suck you into it.

 

[EyeSeeCold]

My personal favorite is Cult of Luna / Salvation.



This guy on YT has a great collection of post-metal:
https://www.youtube.com/user/AstronautJ/videos?view=1

 

[soupymess]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iaKrnjY8LiY

 

[Polaris]

Tool - Right in Two

Spoiler

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gzB9XCrwvMk

 

[redbaron]

Tool - Right in Two

Yes!

Tool - Rosetta Stoned. Sorry to mention the same band twice, this is one of my favourite songs though

Spoiler

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uytWxYKSupI

 

[Polaris]

Spoiler

Oh Baron Rouge...our posts are touching again

 

[redbaron]

Harumph.

Well my post was bigger than yours.

So is this one.

 

[7even]

Check out Boards of Canada - An Eagle In Your Mind

Great band. Very hypnotic indeed, their album 'Geogaddi' will get you tripping.