History Main / SurprisinglyGentleSong

* ''Louder Than Thunder'' by TheDevilWearsPrada.
* After a few minutes of ultra-heavy DeathMetal, ''Mordecai'' by BetweenTheBuriedAndMe becomes a ''very'' surprisingly gentle song.

* The Red Hot Chili Peppers have quite a few of these, for example: "If", "Porcelain" "Dosed", "I could have lied" and "Breaking the girl"

* The Dillinger Escape Plan have included a few more accessible songs off their more recent albums. They are still very experimental and innovative but make better use of their singer's clean vocal range (something there first singer didn't have.) Tracks like Unretrofied, Black Bubblegum & Milk Lizard sound akin to something a more agressive FaithNoMore might write.
* "Come Away Melinda" on Uriah Heep's first album. Especially since the rest of the album is Very 'Eavy (and very 'umble). It's also this song that made them become Uriah Heeep (having gone into the studio as a band called 'Spice' and using a session keyboardist on the track made them realise they needed a permanent keyboadist, which led to them changing their name to Uriah Heep)

* Kyuss has "[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N-PqRgmL4Xg Space Cadet]]" on the ''Welcome to Sky Valley'' album, where it comes between the much heavier "[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9lnfyMGBi6w 100]]" and "[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aLdOlzIRCdk Demon Cleaner]]", though Demon Cleaner's still a tad lighter than the rest of the album.

* "[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7CPz5tpZpQ4 Good Riddance (Time of Your Life)]]" by Green Day.

* {{Danzig}}'s [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r_kehhT_qQU Sistinas]]. While it's technically credited to Glenn Danzig & The Power Fury Orchestra, there's also [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F6EieqgGA-8 "You And Me"]], a Roy Orbison-influenced ballad from the soundtrack to ''Less Than Zero''.

* Glenn {{Danzig}}'s [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F6EieqgGA-8 "You And Me"]], a Roy Orbison-influenced ballad from the soundtrack to ''Less Than Zero''.

* Glenn {{Danzig}}'s [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F6EieqgGA-8 "You And Me"]], a RoyOrbinson-influenced ballad from the soundtrack to ''Less Than Zero''.

** The original band leader pulls this off the best with her final song[[spoiler: before she disappears]] with a ballad played on an acoustic guitar, instead of her normal electric. [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HV6WkcMKLFw& My Song]]

* {{Slipknot}}'s "[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yiGtN-dplYk Vermillion, Prt. 2]]".

* The Velvet Underground pulled an entire album of this with ''The Velvet Underground''.
* Similarly, The Jesus and Mary Chain, famous for ear-splitting feedback and concerts that ended in violence, did this with the albums ''Darklands'' and ''Stoned and Dethroned''.

* Pantera's cover of "Planet Caravan" by Black Sabbath - enough so that the ''Far Beyond Driven'' liner notes include a short message from Phil Anselmo explaining to fans (who might not be familiar with the original) that they're just covering a song they like, not attempting to have a pop hit.

* Opeth's "Benighted".

* Flyleaf, while not a loud band at all, has had a few songs that are dramatically more calmer and quiet then their usual songs. Mostly in their first studio album.

* LadyGaga: "Brown Eyes" and "Speechless"
** "Nothing Else I Can Say" is much calmer than her normal style.

** Pantera themselves are not immune to writing gentler songs, "Cemetary Gates" is Pantera's attempt at a Power Ballad and Suicide Note Part 1 is extremley subdued and depressing.

* Lady Gaga: "Brown Eyes" and "Speechless"

* TheWho, normally known as "The World's Loudest Rock Band," have the touching ode to the AntiVillain known as "Behind Blue Eyes."

** Pantera themselves are not immune to writing gentler songs, "Cemetary Gates" is Pantera's attempt at a Power Ballad and Suicide Note Part 1 is extremley subdued and depressing.