U svojevrsnoj anatomiji tame teškog zvuka našli su se Paradise Lost, Type O Negative, Cult of Luna, Draconian, The Ocean, Swallow the Sun, Dreadful Shadows, Mgla, Tool.
Dark metal se nije ustoličio kao poseban žanr teškog zvuka iako ga Metal Archives, najveća enciklopedija metala, smatra legitimnim podžanrom. Prema enciklopediji, postoji skoro 500 bendova na svetu koji sviraju dark metal. Ipak, taj broj se iz godine u godinu smanjuje jer moderatori ipak traže konkretniji pravac.
Dark metal je više spojnica koja horizontalno spaja različite žanrove metal muzike, ponajviše doom, gothic i black metal i njihove satelite. Bez daljeg ulaženja u raspravu o postojanju dark metala, Plejer je izabrao 50 najboljih pesama teškog zvuka u kojima vlada beskrajna i duboka atmosfera bede, mraka i bezdana. Uživajte u muzici!
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Dark Metal: TOP 50
1. Paradise Lost, Forever Failure (1995)
2. Type O Negative, Love You to Death (1996)
3. My Dying Bride, For You (1996)
4. Anathema, Sleepless (1993)
5. Tiamat, Gaia (1994)
6. A Perfect Circle, Orestes (2000)
7. Amorphis, Alone (2001)
8. Moonspell, Nocturna (2001)
9. Seigmen, Metropolis (1995)
10. Katatonia, Deadhouse (1998)
11. Cult of Luna, What I Leave Behind (2021)
12. Isis, The Beginning and the End (2002)
13. Alcest, Sapphire (2019)
14. Les Discrets, L’échappée (2010)
15. Harakiri For the Sky, Thanatos (2016)
16. Deafheaven, Glint (2018)
17. Draconian, Sleepwalkers (2020)
18. Candlemass, Tot (1999)
19. Celtic Frost, Obscured (2006)
20. The Ocean, Firmament (2010)
21. Swallow the Sun, Firelights (2019)
22. Insomnium, While We Sleep (2014)
23. Ghost Brigade, My Heart Is a Tomb (2013)
24. Hanging Garden, Borrowed Eyes (2015)
25. Daylight Dies, Dismantling Devotion (2006)
26. Before the Dawn, Deadsong (2007)
27. Amenra, A Solitary Reign (2017)
28. Agalloch, You Were but A Ghost in My Arms (2002)
29. Dark Tranquillity, Misery’s Crown (2007)
30. In Flames, Moonshield (1996)
31. Opeth, Windowpane (2003)
32. Ihsahn, Monolith (2008)
33. Leprous, The Price (2015)
34. Ulver, So Falls the World (2017)
35. Riverside, Vale of Tears (2018)
36. Ghost, Cirice (2015)
37. Khoma, Army of One (2010)
38. Som, Youth // Decay (2021)
39. Sentenced, Nepenthe (1995)
40. HIM, When Love and Death Embrace (1991)
41. Dreadful Shadows, Futility (2013)
42. Behemoth, Bartzabel (2018)
43. Mgla, Age of Excuse III (2019)
44. Hypocrisy, Apocalypse (1994)
45. Nightfall, Giants of Anger (2021)
46. In the Woods…, Empty Streets (2018)
47. Bathory, A Fine Day to Die (1988)
48. Satyricon, Mother North (1996)
49. Dimmu Borgir, In Death’s Embrace (1997)
50. Tool, Sober (1993)
