I imagine that most of the metal I listen to isn't exactly up your alley, but you might enjoy Opeth's "Damnation" album. Their music is usually a blend of death metal and progressive rock, but that album consists only of progressive rock (it was actually intended as a counterpart to another, heavier album, entitled "Deliverance"). The lyrics are a certain amount of dark, but not terribly morbid or depressing, and not nearly so much as the title would suggest, at least in my opinion.
That said, their other albums could be of interest - they seem to one of the few bands of that sort which non-metal fans end up enjoying - but the heavier parts do feature growled vocals and such, which tend to be an acquired taste at best, so possibly not. There is a certain amount of violence and/or morbidity in the other albums, but its always tastefully handled, and used in order to tell a story, rather than to shock or appeal to the angsty teenbase.
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Date: 2008-11-29 01:11 am (UTC)That said, their other albums could be of interest - they seem to one of the few bands of that sort which non-metal fans end up enjoying - but the heavier parts do feature growled vocals and such, which tend to be an acquired taste at best, so possibly not. There is a certain amount of violence and/or morbidity in the other albums, but its always tastefully handled, and used in order to tell a story, rather than to shock or appeal to the angsty teenbase.