I didn't really know here to put this, so i put it here.
Simple question, what do you believe to be the most chilling or atmospheric band in metal?
I'm listening to Shape of Despair atm, and it is chilling and atmospherically dark and beautiful.

Summoning and their "followers" (like Kinstrife & Blood)

Blatherskite are pretty atmospheric, especially in the longer songs.

http://www.myspace.com/blatherskite

For me, it would have to be Njiqahdda. There's no other band like them.

Opeth to me is quite the atmospheric metal band

Cult of Luna are pretty epic and atmospheric, especially the latest one, Eternal Kingdom I highly recommend.

Opeth, very atmoshpheric

Agalloch, The Sins Of Thy Beloved and Riverside.. And also Velvet Darkness of ToT.. They really travel you, hearing them u forget in which world u are

Opeth, Nightwish, Burzum and Tiamat for me. I can't choose between them. They all have something out of the ordinary which makes you feel their music in a special way.

Hmm, that's a tough question but I'll go with the ones (albums most noteably) I know and like.

Nachtmystium's Assassins qualifies. Dark brooding atmosphere with psychadelic elements.
The Conductor's Departure by Anata and When Landscapes Bled Backwards from Sickening Horror are also albums I consider to be quite atmospheric. Listen to songs like Cold Heart Forged in Hell and I Would Dream of Blood (Anata) as well as An Eerie Aspect of Us... Drowning and Filming Our Graves (Sickening Horror) and you'll get the concept.

There are so many though... I could go on forever.
Shining's V:Halmstad and Enslaved's Vertebrae also do it for me.

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Insineratehymn wrote:
For me, it would have to be Njiqahdda. There's no other band like them.

Whoaw?how can ppl like you listen to bands/music like that?
Anyways, is that even a band? Who we're talkin' 'bout here: Njiqahdda or Oaks Of Bethel?

Written by [user id=5630] on 27.03.2010 at 05:46

For me, it would have to be Njiqahdda. There's no other band like them.

Seeing their immense material output over just a few years, I'm tempted to say that it can't be any good...
Come on, creating music takes time.
4 full lengths in 2008, 4 full lengths in 2009, 3 in 2010 plus 18 EP's in 2 years... Assembly line production

Petrychor's Dryad album is fucking intense. Highly recommended.

Listen : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MUZtULEa8Ps

Basically, any album by any band can be mentioned here. "Atmospheric" means different things for different people:
Opeth, Nachtmystium, Agalloch, Riverside, Cult of Luna - 5 bands, 5 genres. And it's just a sample of what is mentioned in this thread.

Written by Daniell on 26.08.2010 at 13:13

Written by [user id=5630] on 27.03.2010 at 05:46

For me, it would have to be Njiqahdda. There's no other band like them.

Seeing their immense material output over just a few years, I'm tempted to say that it can't be any good...
Come on, creating music takes time.
4 full lengths in 2008, 4 full lengths in 2009, 3 in 2010 plus 18 EP's in 2 years... Assembly line production

That's what they would want you to believe. They want to keep the undesirables out, so they exploit the stereotype of "many releases over a short period of time = shitty band". But believe me, it's all an illusion.

Yeah, same deal with Raggradarh. Five years since formation, yet so many releases, all of which are at least passable, others decent to great.

Just listened to ColdWorld. Fucking amazing.

The most atmospheric band most be some that overdo it.

As I dont listen much to real atmospheric metal I would say my choice would go to Evergrey, there music always as a good impact on me and the atmoshphere in there music is good.

Summoning (apart from "Lugburz")

The 3rd and the Mortal comes to mind.

Written by VaronoZz on 02.04.2010 at 20:15

Riverside

I remember listening to their Reality Dream songs in a loop in 3AM, falling asleep sometime during the first song and waking up when that alarm sounds at the end of (I think) second part. Awesomeness. So yeah, they're quite atmosphere makers and I'll go with them.

One word. Agalloch.

Rosetta...all of their releases...buckle up!