There's a decent post-rock album out this year from the band Ancients, called Star Showers On The Euphrates. It both sounds spacey and deals with space in its song titles.

Written by IronAngel on 11.09.2012 at 19:58

There's a decent post-rock album out this year from the band Ancients, called Star Showers On The Euphrates. It both sounds spacey and deals with space in its song titles.

On it, thanks Iron.

Written by R'Vannith on 11.09.2012 at 19:35

Written by Jiexun on 11.09.2012 at 19:25

How about "Long Distance Calling" , I think it's even better than Atoma.

I remember hearing their latest one, didn't think much of it to be honest. But I'll reconsider it in terms of "Spaciness" Would you recommend any of their other albums?

Luca Turilli's "Prophet of the Last Eclipse" then.

For me (really) there is only one "space metal" band...

Written by Paz on 13.09.2012 at 14:36

For me (really) there is only one "space metal" band...

Yeah Darkspace sound great to me, I've only heard their 3rd album (which is already up there). And they easily qualify, one of the most "spacey" atmospheres on this list.

Indeed, it is here... I missed it because you have wrong album title, also the band's name spelled differently I must admit that careless looked at this list, but caught up

Written by Paz on 14.09.2012 at 23:02

Indeed, it is here... I missed it because you have wrong album title, also the band's name spelled differently I must admit that careless looked at this list, but caught up

So I do Fixed that, should be Darkspace rather than Dark Space. And I should give their other albums a listen, I'm sure they won't be too dissimilar.

Written by R'Vannith on 15.09.2012 at 16:28

And I should give their other albums a listen, I'm sure they won't be too dissimilar.

You're right. By the way, it's difficult to find a weak release in their discography.

Written by Karamunin on 06.01.2012 at 02:14

Great list! I'm always in need of more spacey metal haha. One album I could recomend to you is the album "To The Void" by Ixion. It's very atmospheric and space themed, so hope you'll enjoy it.

No idea how I managed to overlook your suggestion for so long, I've given it a few listens and added it now. Definitely fits in the list!

Orbeth - The Way
a very overlooked release from this year that deserves more recognition / attention.
Be sure to check out Mithras as well if you like that

Written by Ag Fox on 19.12.2012 at 20:48

Orbeth - The Way
a very overlooked release from this year that deserves more recognition / attention.
Be sure to check out Mithras as well if you like that

Thanks Ag, I'll look into them.

This is a brilliant list! Loads of things to check out to play while reading some scifi stuff. Thanks for putting it together.

Written by josuu on 12.01.2013 at 13:06

This is a brilliant list! Loads of things to check out to play while reading some scifi stuff. Thanks for putting it together.

You're most welcome, glad you found something to enjoy.

Entire Arjen's discography should be on this kind of lists. I am just blown away with the background stories that this guy comes up with.

Written by Stormlord on 01.02.2013 at 14:18

Entire Arjen's discography should be on this kind of lists. I am just blown away with the background stories that this guy comes up with.

He is the go-to-guy for a good sci-fi theme/story. Figured I shouldn't flood the list with his work, so I just put the ones which perhaps depend more heavily on the whole space theme.

How about Mechina? I don't think I see them in this list.

Written by CyberSymphony on 01.02.2013 at 20:10

How about Mechina? I don't think I see them in this list.

Definitely worth a mention, I've only heard their latest one at the moment though.

Surprised not to see Steelwing's latest, Zone Of Alienation here, futuristic, spacey heavy/speed metal.

Great list, have not listened to anywhere near enough of this stuff

Written by Druss on 05.02.2013 at 15:27

Surprised not to see Steelwing's latest, Zone Of Alienation here, futuristic, spacey heavy/speed metal.

Great list, have not listened to anywhere near enough of this stuff

Ah thanks Druss, I'd forgotten about that one, added it now. A fun album as far as I recall.
Should be something here for you to satisfy that sci-fi craving.

Arcturus +1.

Superb list! The Power Cosmic & Ziltoid are among my favorite albums of all time. Check out Sol Niger Within by Fredrik Thordendal's Special Defects too, it has a great spacey feel to it.

Written by Rognvaldr on 16.03.2013 at 04:14

Superb list! The Power Cosmic & Ziltoid are among my favorite albums of all time. Check out Sol Niger Within by Fredrik Thordendal's Special Defects too, it has a great spacey feel to it.

Thanks! I'll give that one a go but I can't promise I'll like it though, not too fond of Meshuggah really. Is it very djenty?

Written by R'Vannith on 16.03.2013 at 05:50

Thanks! I'll give that one a go but I can't promise I'll like it though, not too fond of Meshuggah really. Is it very djenty?

Depends on how you think about "djent". Being that Sol Niger Within predates "djent" by like a decade (Sol Niger Within was released in 1997) one could argue that it is not "djent-y" at all, but since it was written by Fredrik Thordendal (of Meshuggah) using a 7 string guitar it does have that really thick, chunky early Meshuggah tone to it and since Fredrik writes a good deal of Meshuggah's music it is very obviously a Meshuggah side project.

Although I personally wouldn't call it "djent-y" because it doesn't really have that infamous sound for which the onomatopoeia "djent" is coined from but it is very obviously played on an extended range guitar. The actual "djent" tone in their guitars didn't really come about though until 2002's Nothing release when they decided to start using 8 strings guitars; Nothing though was actually written and recorded with 7 string guitars that were tuned like 8 string guitars since the company [Nevborn] who was building their 8 string guitars hadn't actually finished building the 8 string guitars by the time of Nothing's recording.

Hey man, you have some black metal there. Enjoy these spacey stuff for your list:
Alrakis - Alpha Eri
Extremely beautiful ambient black. Review here.
Murmuüre - Murmuüre
UNIQUE (can't stress enough how unique this is) black metal. Psychedelic, noisy, just plain alien-sounding music. Review here.

Written by psykometal on 16.03.2013 at 07:12

Written by R'Vannith on 16.03.2013 at 05:50

Thanks! I'll give that one a go but I can't promise I'll like it though, not too fond of Meshuggah really. Is it very djenty?

Depends on how you think about "djent". Being that Sol Niger Within predates "djent" by like a decade (Sol Niger Within was released in 1997) one could argue that it is not "djent-y" at all, but since it was written by Fredrik Thordendal (of Meshuggah) using a 7 string guitar it does have that really thick, chunky early Meshuggah tone to it and since Fredrik writes a good deal of Meshuggah's music it is very obviously a Meshuggah side project.

Although I personally wouldn't call it "djent-y" because it doesn't really have that infamous sound for which the onomatopoeia "djent" is coined from but it is very obviously played on an extended range guitar. The actual "djent" tone in their guitars didn't really come about though until 2002's Nothing release when they decided to start using 8 strings guitars; Nothing though was actually written and recorded with 7 string guitars that were tuned like 8 string guitars since the company [Nevborn] who was building their 8 string guitars hadn't actually finished building the 8 string guitars by the time of Nothing's recording.

I think that answers my question! From what you're saying I'll be more likely to enjoy it if it isn't as firmly rooted in that djent sound which I often find really monotonous. You might call it ... pre-djent? Or at least in Fredrik's earlier style, before the djent thing takes hold.

Main priority for me though; it sounds spacey!

Written by X-Ray Rod on 16.03.2013 at 17:36

Hey man, you have some black metal there. Enjoy these spacey stuff for your list:
Alrakis - Alpha Eri
Extremely beautiful ambient black. Review here.
Murmuüre - Murmuüre
UNIQUE (can't stress enough how unique this is) black metal. Psychedelic, noisy, just plain alien-sounding music. Review here.

Hey thanks for those, more often than not spacey sounding black metal gets my attention. That Murmuure one in particular...really very interesting sound, can't say I've heard anything quite like it before. Hehe, I like Lucas' image of Nintendo martian black metal.

Alrakis is some good shit. I have it.

Nice list, I didn't know there were so many space metal albums You didn't like Star One - Victims Of The Modern Age and Arcturus - Sideshow Symphonies? I think those were good albums too. Also Thy Catafalque's lyrics, although in Hungarian, usually deal with space and travel, and the music has a spacey feel too.

Written by Guest on 18.03.2013 at 16:27

Nice list, I didn't know there were so many space metal albums You didn't like Star One - Victims Of The Modern Age and Arcturus - Sideshow Symphonies? I think those were good albums too. Also Thy Catafalque's lyrics, although in Hungarian, usually deal with space and travel, and the music has a spacey feel too.

Thanks, and some good suggestions. Initially I had planned to have only a few albums at most per band.. but looking back up at the list now and don't see why I shouldn't put them all in there really. Especially if they're all fitting. Added the first two, and I'll have to look into Thy Catafalque some more, I remember that their latest was really pleasant listening, I've still got a vivid impression of the track "Ko Koppan." It's one of those songs I can hear over and over again on a loop it's just that captivating.

Written by R'Vannith on 19.03.2013 at 04:32

Written by Guest on 18.03.2013 at 16:27

Nice list, I didn't know there were so many space metal albums You didn't like Star One - Victims Of The Modern Age and Arcturus - Sideshow Symphonies? I think those were good albums too. Also Thy Catafalque's lyrics, although in Hungarian, usually deal with space and travel, and the music has a spacey feel too.

Thanks, and some good suggestions. Initially I had planned to have only a few albums at most per band.. but looking back up at the list now and don't see why I shouldn't put them all in there really. Especially if they're all fitting. Added the first two, and I'll have to look into Thy Catafalque some more, I remember that their latest was really pleasant listening, I've still got a vivid impression of the track "Ko Koppan." It's one of those songs I can hear over and over again on a loop it's just that captivating.

Glad you liked them! I also wanted to suggest Transcending Bizarre?, a good avantgarde/symphonic black metal band, maybe you already know them. I especially like their songs "A New Saturn!" and "The Music Of The Spheres".