Not so much of an idea as need of help...

MAS PRODUCTIONS · Post by **MAS PRODUCTIONS** » Thu Mar 13, 2003 11:31 am

I am about to start a new amv and I was wondering if you guys know of any songs that are dark and action packed. I am basically doing the amv to a dark and action packed anime so I need a song to match. I have looked into:

Korn
Godhead
Marilyn Manson
Rob Zombie
.....and a few others

If you guys can help, please do.

BishounenStalker · Post by **BishounenStalker** » Thu Mar 13, 2003 12:29 pm

Try looking up Trans-Siberian Orchestra. They have some really good dark stuff. Heck, anyone who can make Christmas carols sound creepy has talent indeed

kthulhu · Post by **kthulhu** » Fri Mar 14, 2003 2:00 am

"Witch Hunter" by Destroyer 666 might be what you're looking for. Perhaps "NWO" by Ministry, too. "Brute" by KMFDM is good and sinister, if potentially used a fair amount. And maybe "Hell On Earth" by Hocico.

FATTY_VM · Post by **FATTY_VM** » Fri Mar 14, 2003 2:40 am

Well ... Black Sabbith ... Master of insanity ?.. always wanted to see a vid made from that song.

FATTY_VM · Post by **FATTY_VM** » Fri Mar 14, 2003 2:43 am

U2 - Sunday bloody sunday ... look into ANything from Union Underground? ... what type of music u looking for? and how dark? any examples that are considered close to what you want?

Rozard · Post by **Rozard** » Sat Mar 15, 2003 11:12 pm

Cinder - Soul Creation?

Argentumfeles · Post by **Argentumfeles** » Tue Mar 18, 2003 12:00 pm

Try symphonic black metal. Dimmu Borgir is agressive, dark and most songs have a lot of musical difference 'it's not one roaring blast'. Song: Kings of the carnival creation. Same goes for the top of the genre, cradle of filth.

You might even wanna try Evergrey (don't confuse this with evergreen). Songs: the dark discovery, december 26th, damnation

Giton · Post by **Giton** » Tue Mar 18, 2003 3:21 pm

Cradle of Filth top of the genre? Haha make me laugh...

@MAS:

Maybe these bands may be of help:

Betray My Secrets
Amorphis
Type O Negative (very dark but normally slow - look for exceptions)
Theatre of Tragedy (newer songs very action packed, but not as dark as the old ones)
In the Woods (maybe too slow for your purpose, but always worth a look)

Standard gothic metal - I don't list the bands since there are so many of them (and most of the songs sound very similar, so it may be easy to find a song one could use)

And how about Apocalyptica?

Argentumfeles · Post by **Argentumfeles** » Wed Mar 19, 2003 7:00 am

Giton wrote:Cradle of Filth top of the genre? Haha make me laugh...

Gee, I meant by <b>RECORD SALES</b> so it's easy available, I'm not saying that's the band of the century. *_* But they have improved on Damnation and a day.

Kai Stromler · Post by **Kai Stromler** » Wed Mar 19, 2003 10:44 am

If you'd mention the anime you're using, I could probably be of more help. As just a general reccomendation, if you want real dark, real hard-hitting music, you might want to take a spin around either of Hypocrisy's last two CDs, _Into The Abyss_ and _Catch-22_. A lot of the time extreme metal rhythmics are simply unvideographable (what the hell are you going to do with a blastbeat?), but Hypocrisy sets up a very hardcore death metal sound on a rhythm groove that you can actually do something with.

Hypocrisy records on Nuclear Blast, which is distributed in the US by Century Media. You should be able to find them in any decent CD store, and perhaps in Best Buy or other more general outlets.

--K

and oh yeah, check the sig. The Haunted might be a good choice as well.