8. Has theme of consumerism and inability for us to communicate with each other and leave the viewers with an air of hopelessness that the situation won't improve.
Fits in Heavy's pocket!
6. There's angst, but it doesn't go into detail. There's no swearing, no violence, nothing much actually objectionable.
The last thing you hear before an unstoppable juggernaut bisects you with a minigun.
8. I get the references to drugs and cutting based on this, for sure.
There's nothing really explicit about this as the lyrics' generally aggressive tone would imply, apart from a few cuss words here and there, which is not enough to put it past 7 or 8.
Spiral out, keep going.
It's a 6 or 7. The singer mentions being deceived by someone or something. It's a little too cryptic to make out.
Living Colour-Open Letter To A Landlord
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RwKjbxTzFLc
Here's the lyrics
https://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/livingcolour/openlettertoalandlord.html
6 - Agreeable content, somewhat sappy delivery, plays it a little too close to the sentiment even if it is on the nose about the issue.
9. Gory, disturbing and explicit mention of death.
Hints at some bad things suffered from the person the POV is talking about, but they are all in the past, 6.
Chelsea Wolfe - Virginia Woolf Underwater
9/10. Heavy angst and explicit mention of suicide.
7 at least, possibly an 8. A pretty dark tale of a mutually destructive relationship.
Panopticon - Resident (You can rate the whole Concept Album if you want.)
edited 24th Jan '18 10:14:46 AM by Iampureevil
I'm barely there, I'm everywhere
An 8 or 9. Pretty messed up stuff.
Steely Dan-Do It Again
6.5 - Highly poetic and impeccably well phrased but more melancholic than it is intense.
Order From Chaos - Stillbirth Machine
edited 25th Jan '18 10:22:18 PM by StillbornMachine
8, I guess, maybe 9. 'Tis pretty dark.
Deathspell Omega - The Shrine of Mad Laughter
The overall theme of despair and meaninglessness of life is clearly evident but it's delivered in an eloquent laundry list of negatives way, softening the blow, 8.
Spiral out, keep going.
5.5 - Tinged with bitterness at its edges but unwilling to explore beyond a few quiet implications.
Pretty dark and decrepit. 9.
Between a 6 and 7. It's dark but it's not as dark as it wants to be.
Zao-American sheets on The Deathbed
Lyrics
https://genius.com/Zao-american-sheets-on-the-deathbed-lyrics
Song
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Du1lwCG7lU
edited 1st Feb '18 5:23:49 AM by pointless233
Sadness and apathy without the hope of getting away from it, 6.
Blind Guardian - Harvest of Sorrow
Fits in Heavy's pocket!
8. We've got sadness and angst here. Someone certainly feels hopeless and appears to be in mourning.
The last thing you hear before an unstoppable juggernaut bisects you with a minigun.
6.5 - Powerfully described disillusionment but from one who has made peace with his past and his sense of listlessness with life. Softens the blow somewhat.
9. The song is dedicated to make listeners to enter a world with no hope and filled with pain and madness.
Lauren Alaina - "Same Day, Different Bottles"
7. It's about someone wishing someone else would give up drinking and be happy.
Girl in Amber - Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
When he's not in his "Stagger Lee" mode, Nick Cave's lyrics are surprisingly subtle yet convey the dark mood and the message with perfect clarity. It's hard to keep this song from its Reality Subtext, but even without knowing of his son's death, the grief in the lyrics is apparent, 8.
Grave Pleasures - Joy through Death
This is war-themed, definitely, but the lyrics' overblown Purple Prose veers straight into Meaningless Meaningful Words territory, softening the blow, 7
The Sound of Silence.
Spiral out, keep going.