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Space Metal!

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R'Vannith
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June 25, 2011
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***Currently working through suggestions and adding some spacey non-metal things when they cross my mind***
As a lover of all things sci-fi I find metal to be the most accommodating of genres when it comes to themes of space/aliens. This is a list of those albums which use this theme and/or evoke an overall 'spacey' atmosphere and which I find particularly intriguing and enjoyable. No order for now and a work in progress (recommendations most welcome) Last Updated: 9th April 2014
148.
1.
Atoma - Skylight
Genre: Atmospheric/Post
148.
2.
Ayreon - The Universal Migrator Part I: The Dream Sequencer
Genre: Progressive
148.
3.
Dol Ammad - Star Tales
Genre: Progressive/Electronic/Symphonic
148.
4.
Star One - Space Metal
Genre: Progressive
148.
5.
Pagan's Mind - Enigmatic : Calling
Genre: Progressive Power
148.
6.
Slough Feg - Traveller
Genre: Heavy
148.
7.
Vintersorg - Cosmic Genesis
Genre: Progressive
148.
8.
Oranssi Pazuzu - Valonielu
Genre: Psychedelic Black
148.
9.
Angst Skvadron - Flukt
Genre: Avantgarde
148.
10.
Devin Townsend - Ziltoid The Omniscient
Genre: Industrial Progressive
148.
11.
148.
12.
---Black---
148.
13.
Alrakis - Alpha Eri
Genre: Ambient Black
148.
14.
Apocynthion - Sidereus Nuncius
Genre: Post Black/Blackgaze
148.
15.
Bal-Sagoth - The Power Cosmic
Genre: Symphonic Black/ Power
148.
16.
Darkspace - III
Genre: Ambient Black
148.
17.
Emperor - In The Nightside Eclipse
Genre: Black
148.
18.
Midnight Odyssey - Funerals From The Astral Sphere
Genre: Ambient Black
148.
19.
Murmuüre - Murmuüre
Genre: Nintendo Martian Black (Psychedelic Ambient Black)
148.
20.
Obsidian Gate - The Nightspectral Voyage
Genre: Symphonic Black
148.
21.
Oranssi Pazuzu - Muukalainen Puhuu
Genre: Psychedelic Black
148.
22.
Oranssi Pazuzu - Kosmonument
Genre: Psychedelic Black
148.
23.
Progenie Terrestre Pura - U​.​M​.​A.
Genre: Atmospheric/Progressive Black
148.
24.
The Kovenant - Nexus Polaris
Genre: Melodic Black
148.
25.
148.
26.
---Death---
148.
27.
Hypocrisy - Virus
Genre: Melodic Death
148.
28.
Hypocrisy - The Arrival
Genre: Melodic Death
148.
29.
Lunarsea - Hundred Light Years
Genre: Melodic Death
148.
30.
Nightfall - Astron Black And The Thirty Tyrants
Genre: Melodic Death
148.
31.
Nightfall - Cassiopeia
Genre: Melodic Death
148.
32.
Nocturnus - The Key
Genre: Atmospheric Death
148.
33.
Obscura - Cosmogenesis
Genre: Technical Death
148.
34.
Obscura - Omnivium
Genre: Technical Death
148.
35.
Scar Symmetry - Holographic Universe
Genre: Melodic Death
148.
36.
The Faceless - Planetary Duality
Genre: Technical Death
148.
37.
Tiamat - The Astral Sleep
Genre: Gothic/Death
148.
38.
148.
39.
---Doom---
148.
40.
Dolorian - Voidwards
Genre: Doom
148.
41.
Enshine - Origin
Genre: Atmospheric/Melodic Doom
148.
42.
Ixion - To The Void
Genre: Atmospheric Doom
148.
43.
Monolithe - Monolithe II
Genre: Funeral Doom
148.
44.
Monolithe - Monolithe III
Genre: Funeral Doom
148.
45.
148.
46.
---Gothic---
148.
47.
Darkseed - Astral Adventures
Genre: Gothic
148.
48.
148.
49.
---Hard Rock---
148.
50.
Joe Satriani - Surfing With The Alien
Genre: Instrumental/Hard Rock
148.
51.
148.
52.
---Heavy---
148.
53.
Atomkraft - Future Warriors
Genre: NWOBHM
148.
54.
Iron Maiden - Brave New World
Genre: Heavy
148.
55.
Sacred Blade - Of The Sun + Moon
Genre: Progressive/Heavy
148.
56.
Slough Feg - Hardworlder
Genre: Heavy
148.
57.
Steelwing - Zone Of Alienation
Genre: Heavy
148.
58.
148.
59.
---Industrial---
148.
60.
Bloodstar - Anytime Anywhere
Genre: Industrial/Thrash/Doom
148.
61.
Blood Stain Child - εpsilon
Genre: Melodic Death/Trance
148.
62.
Combat Astronomy - Kundalini Apocalypse
Genre: Djent/Industrial
148.
63.
Frederik Thordendal's Special Defects - Sol Niger Within
Genre: Industrial/Thrash
148.
64.
Mechina - Empyrean
Genre: Symphonic/Industrial/Death
148.
65.
Screams Of Chaos - Genetic War
Genre: Viking Cyber (I kid you not, that's what they called it)
148.
66.
Waltari - Space Avenue
Genre: Industrial/Crossover
148.
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148.
68.
---Post---
148.
69.
Rosetta - The Galilean Satellites
Genre: Sludge/Post-Rock
148.
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148.
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---Power---
148.
72.
Dragonland - Astronomy
Genre: Symphonic Power
148.
73.
Edenbridge - Aphelion
Genre: Symphonic Power
148.
74.
Edenbridge - Arcana
Genre: Symphonic Power
148.
75.
Gamma Ray - Somewhere Out In Space
Genre: Power
148.
76.
Iron Fire - Voyage Of The Damned
Genre: Power
148.
77.
Iron Savior - Unification
Genre: Power
148.
78.
Keldian - Journey Of Souls
Genre: Symphonic Power
148.
79.
Pagan's Mind - Celestial Entrance
Genre: Progressive Power
148.
80.
Pagan's Mind - Infinity Divine
Genre: Progressive Power
148.
81.
Pathfinder - Fifth Element
Genre: Symphonic Power
148.
82.
Primal Fear - Black Sun
Genre: Power
148.
83.
Scanner - Hypertrace
Genre: Power
148.
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148.
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---Progressive/Avantgarde---
148.
86.
Alchemist - Austral Alien
Genre: Progressive
148.
87.
Andromeda - Extension Of The Wish
Genre: Progressive
148.
88.
Arcturus - The Sham Mirrors
Genre: Avantgarde Black
148.
89.
Arcturus - Sideshow Symphonies
Genre: Avantgarde Black
148.
90.
Ayreon - The Human Equation
Genre: Progressive
148.
91.
Ayreon - The Universal Migrator Part 2: Flight Of The Migrator
Genre: Progressive
148.
92.
Ayreon - Into The Electric Castle
Genre: Progressive
148.
93.
Ayreon - 01011001
Genre: Progressive
148.
94.
Between The Buried And Me - The Parallax II: Future Sequence
Genre: Progressive/Metalcore
148.
95.
Cave In - Jupiter
Genre: Alternative/Avantgarde
148.
96.
Dan Swanö - Moontower
Genre: Progressive Death
148.
97.
Dol Ammad - Cosmic Gods: Episode I - Hyperspeed
Genre: Progressive/Symphonic/Electronic
148.
98.
Dol Ammad - Ocean Dynamics
Genre: Progressive/Electronic/Symphonic
148.
99.
Evergrey - Solitude, Dominance, Tragedy
Genre: Progressive
148.
100.
Gojira - From Mars To Sirius
Genre: Progressive Death
148.
101.
Jupiter Society - First Contact//Last Warning
Genre: Progressive
148.
102.
Jupiter Society - Terraform
Genre: Progressive
148.
103.
Odd Dimension - Symmetrical
Genre: Progressive
148.
104.
OSI - Fire Make Thunder
Genre: Progressive
148.
105.
Oxiplegatz - Sidereal Journey
Genre: Avantgarde
148.
106.
Planet X - MoonBabies
Genre: Instrumental/Progressive
148.
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Planet X - Quantum
Genre: Instrumental/Progressive
148.
108.
Planet X - Universe
Genre: Instrumental/Progressive
148.
109.
Psychotic Waltz - Into The Everflow
Genre: Progressive
148.
110.
Star One - Victims Of The Modern Age
Genre: Progressive
148.
111.
Threshold - Critical Mass
Genre: Progressive
148.
112.
Transcending Bizarre? - The Serpent's Manifolds
Genre: Avantgarde/Symphonic Black
148.
113.
Transcending Bizarre? - The Misanthrope's Fable
Genre: Avantgarde/Symphonic Black
148.
114.
Voivod - The Outer Limits
Genre: Avantgarde
148.
115.
Zero Hour - The Towers Of Avarice
Genre: Progressive
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117.
---Sludge---
148.
118.
Bison B.C. - Quiet Earth
Genre: Sludge
148.
119.
Sunpocrisy - Samaroid Dioramas
Genre: Post/Sludge
148.
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---Stoner---
148.
122.
Beastwars - Blood Becomes Fire
Genre: Sludge/Stoner
148.
123.
Mastodon - Crack The Skye
Genre: Stoner
148.
124.
Nebula - Apollo
Genre: Stoner
148.
125.
New Keepers Of The Water Towers - The Cosmic Child
Genre: Progressive/Stoner
148.
126.
The Sword - Warp Riders
Genre: Stoner
148.
127.
Ufomammut - Idolum
Genre: Psychedelic/Stoner
148.
128.
Ufomammut - Oro - Opus Primum
Genre: Psychedelic/Stoner
148.
129.
Ufomammut - Oro - Opus Alter
Genre: Psychedelic/Stoner
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---Thrash---
148.
132.
Agent Steel - Alienigma
Genre: Speed/Thrash
148.
133.
Children - Hard Times Hanging At The End Of The World
Genre: Psychedelic Thrash
148.
134.
Target - Master Project Genesis
Genre: Progressive/Technical Thrash
148.
135.
Vektor - Black Future
Genre: Thrash
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136.
Vektor - Outer Isolation
Genre: Thrash
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---Non-metal---
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139.
Pyramids - Pyramids
Genre: wtf Ambient
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140.
Solaris - Marsbéli Krónikák (The Martian Chronicles)
Genre: Symphonic Progressive Rock
148.
141.
Jaïa - Blue Energy
Genre: Psytrance/Psybient
148.
142.
Klaus Schulze - Timewind
Genre: Ambient/Electronic
148.
143.
Tangerine Dream - Phaedra
Genre: Ambient/Electronic
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Sonar - Celluloid
Genre: Post-Rock
148.
145.
Eloy - Silent Cries And Mighty Echoes
Genre: Progressive/Space Rock
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146.
Hawkwind - Warrior On The Edge Of Time
Genre: Psychedelic/Space Rock
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147.
Ozric Tentacles - Swirly Termination
Genre: Psychedelic/Space Rock
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Hidria Spacefolk - Symbiosis
Genre: Psychedelic/Space Rock
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Written by R'Vannith on 24.07.2014 at 03:41

Written by Wukk on 23.07.2014 at 16:38

...Could Tangerine Dream fit in the non-metal category?

Very snugly indeed. I have Phaedra up there at the moment, but did you have another one in mind?

Phaedra was exactly what I was thinking of, unless you already had it there and I'm blind.

I've got Cosmic Ground playing at the moment, it's really nice. Thanks
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Written by R'Vannith on 24.07.2014 at 03:53

I will need some time to accommodate this kind of stuff to my palate. Very interesting sounds. Also very fitting for the list, I think. "zeroG"; I like the descriptor.

Nice to hear I didn't just misunderstand what you meant by "spacey". I have more where that came from.
But yeah, "zeroG" is the only word I found to describe that Amon Tobin track. Will use it more from now on.
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Written by R'Vannith on 24.07.2014 at 03:49

I have thought about it, but I'm as stubborn as a mule. To weasel my way out of your question, no band has albums like Ayreon >:[

It seems you are. Well, just know that THE doesn't actually belong here since it's no space metal, no matter how great or special the album is.
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In case you're not convinced of thy catafalque
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Here are a few suggestions for your list:

Emeth - Aethyr
In Flames - Lunar Strain
Aeon Zen - Ephemera
Anup Sastry - Titan [EP]
Creation's End - Metaphysical
Nierty - Shadowstar Cenotaph
Empire Auriga - Ascending The Solarthrone
Mithras - Worlds Beyond the Veil
Augury - Fragmentary Evidence
Luca Turilli - Prophet of the Last Eclipse
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12.10.2014 - 22:53

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Mare Cognitum - Phobos Monolith should definitely be on this list.
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Although one of the non metal artists, check out Stellardrone. Spacy ambient / electronica, sometimes trance.

Some of the best within it's genre !
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