100. The Great Depression - Defiance Ohio



This is simply a fantastic album. It's acoustic punk at its finest, with a feel to it that makes it sound like punk fused with the great depression of the US. The songs, in lyrical terms, go from historical to political to depressing songs about growing up to songs about childhood. Violin abounds alongside upbeat acoustic guitar and simple drum beats, creating some heavy sounding music. The male and female singers work together perfectly, with both having a somewhat harsh sounding punk voice.

Best Songs: Petty Problems, Calling Old Friends, Lambs at the Slaughter

99. The Other Side of the Looking Glass - Alias



Some marvelous underground hip hop nothing like anything else I've ever heard. This album is an introspective journey into the life of Brendon Whitney and what made him who he is today. He raps over some gloomy ambient soundscapes all about himself and his experiences, and the album also includes a few instrumentals. This is a very dark album; not your typical hip hop by any means. Definitely something to check out if you're interested in underground hip hop.

Best Songs: Jovial Costume, Angel of Solitude, Watching Water

98. Amateur Girlfriends Go Proskirt Agents - Xploding Plastix



A perfect blend of jazz and electronica. Amateur Girlfriends has songs that are reminiscent of jazz classics with very little extras included, especially in the sense of drums and bass, but most songs add very interesting electronic synthesizer sounds overtop. An album for jazz, electronica, and experimental music alike.

Best Songs: Behind the Eightball; Happy **** Girls; Treat Me Mean, I need the Reputation

97. Blackwater Park - Opeth



This album is Opeth at it's absolute best. It combines their beautiful, dark, bittersweet non distorted, and sometimes even acoustic, songs with heavy, brutal metal. With songs that change from lonely, slow, sad dirges to massively distorted complicated guitar with the singers deep heavy growls, the album has a constant sense of foreboding and gloom leaving the listener absolutely unsure of what to expect. A very diverse album, and certainly not your typical death metal by any means. Reminiscent of their earlier work, but much better; clearly the whole band has improved immensely, taking the sound in a more dark jazzy direction.

Best Songs: Leper Affinity, Harvest, The Funeral Portrait

Originally Posted by music_phantom13 [CENTER]100. The Great Depression - Defiance Ohio This is simply a fantastic album. It's acoustic punk at its finest, with a feel to it that makes it sound like punk fused with the great depression of the US. The songs, in lyrical terms, go from historical to political to depressing songs about growing up to songs about childhood. Violin abounds alongside upbeat acoustic guitar and simple drum beats, creating some heavy sounding music. The male and female singers work together perfectly, with both having a somewhat harsh sounding punk voice. Best Songs: Petty Problems, Calling Old Friends, Lambs at the Slaughter

Originally Posted by sidewinder The Alias is pretty good...though I prefer his instrumental stuff. Muted is a fantastic album.

Originally Posted by music_phantom13 Yeah, his instrumental stuff is really cool; Muted was great and I liked All Things Fixable a lot too. I just really like the dark sounding hip hop he writes, and it's a really interesting album to listen to lyrically. Probably because I really like underground hip-hop and rap that does something new; you'll definitely notice that through the course of this list.

Originally Posted by sweet_nothing Glad seeing the Misfits get some love around here.

99. The Other Side of the Looking Glass - Alias Some marvelous underground hip hop nothing like anything else I've ever heard. This album is an introspective journey into the life of Brendon Whitney and what made him who he is today. He raps over some gloomy ambient soundscapes all about himself and his experiences, and the album also includes a few instrumentals. This is a very dark album; not your typical hip hop by any means. Definitely something to check out if you're interested in underground hip hop. 97. Opeth - Blackwater Park This album is Opeth at it's absolute best. It combines their beautiful, dark, bittersweet non distorted, and sometimes even acoustic, songs with heavy, brutal metal. With songs that change from lonely, slow, sad dirges to massively distorted complicated guitar with the singers deep heavy growls, the album has a constant sense of foreboding and gloom leaving the listener absolutely unsure of what to expect. A very diverse album, and certainly not your typical death metal by any means. Reminiscent of their earlier work, but much better; clearly the whole band has improved immensely, taking the sound in a more dark jazzy direction. Best Songs: Leper Affinity, Harvest, The Funeral Portrait

Originally Posted by crazymenrunningback Holy crap I didnt know about either of these Bands, I love them!! Im deffinitly gona own those albums some day. Alias sounded like a better cLOUDDEAD that was more intresting. Opeth Sounded like some of the best black metal since i Heard At The Gates. Ill Keep a eye one this thread

Originally Posted by music_phantom13 Yep I agree about the Alias thing. They both come from the anticon. label, which is a label owned by a collaboration of 7 bands that describes it's musical style as the hip-hop equivalent of post rock. If you haven't heard of it before, you should definitely check it out. cLOUDDEAD is a collaboration of Why?, Doseone, and Odd Nosdam, three of the seven artists on there. Opeth is one of the few surviving bands of my metal phase where I listened to a lot of metal. There really unique; I love how they add in a dark jazz sound with a lot of their death metal songs. If you want either of these, let me know and I'll get it done after work. Especially Blackwater Park, cuz I'm already uploading that one.