Dark Progressive Rock bands
 

I want some really dark prog rock music. I don't want any prog metal. Evil sounding stuff would be preferable. Mysterious sounding stuff is good. I just am getting tired of the happy image that prog has been producing in my mind lately. Mellotron stuff is good, like early King Crimson. I guess that is more what I want. Do any other bands produce that feeling you get when you listen to the darker songs of the early King Crimson records?

EDIT: Oh, and I do not want stuff like Tool.

You need some Van der Graaf Generator. Now.

Comus

Comus is my favorite prog band. As for Van der Graaf Generator, what album should I start with?

Ambeon
Audience
Eldritch
Lake Of Tears

I would start with Pawn Hearts.

Also try these:

Änglagård - Hybris
Arachnoid - Arachnoid
Il Balletto di Bronzo - Ys
Morte Macabre - Symphonic Holocaust
Museo Rosenbach - Zarathustra
Ripaille - La vieille que l'on brûla
Schicke, Führs & Fröhling - Symphonic Pictures

Epilog is pretty good too.
Both great albums though.

Yeah I like both, just wanted to recommend one to start.

It's not Progressive but Mount Eerie's latest is sombre, reflective with a hint of Black Metal but it isn't Black Metal. Just listen to the damn thing.
http://www.brooklynvegan.com/img/mus...spoemcover.jpg