11 Albums That Got Me Through Dark Times

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[@TheArtofGuitar]

A few honorable mentions I left off so the video wasn’t too long: Wildflowers by Tom Petty, The Crow Soundtrack, and Pearl Jam Vitology.

[@aaroncrynock7992]

Wildflowers is a great album

[@PC85X]

I struggle to listen to Autum Twilight by Cathedral due to a breakdown I was having where this was a daily play for me. Also the album Stories from the city stories from the sea by PJ Harvey. Also Bloody Kisses is probably my all time fav album.

[@lynncampbell962]

Good lord, that sounds like my tape deck in '94. Throw in the Singles soundtrack and it's an exact replica. God bless teenage angst and sadness.

[@Marten_Broadcloak]

We have some serious overlap. Winter has the same effect on me.

[@t_bone12571]

"The Crow" soundtrack jams from top to bottom, great compilation of songs on that soundtrack album.

[@labcabincaliforniasblacksunday]

Jar Of Flies is a masterpiece. My grandma just died recently, and listening to it makes me feel some comfort. Without that album, I don’t know where I’d be

[@solarwinds5114]

I'm sorry about your loss. Hang in there my friend

[@patmckeownmusic6478]

Sorry for your loss bro

[@StrattyThomas]

Nutshell is such a beautifully sad written song that can still make me feel at piece with myself when listening to it RIP Layne🖤

[@lonironi3754]

I have obviously missed out on song of his masterpieces. Thank you Lord for our Prince 💜💜💜

[@666Havers]

we used to get high and listen to jar flies/SAP in the dark..it was great

[@StrattyThomas]

@@666Havers Just letting go of life for a bit and letting the music take you🤘🏻

[@Br00tz966]

My "comfort" album is Far Beyond Driven from PanterA. I never struggled romantically, but that record has such a "fuck you" energy, and that really helped me in a time I had a stepdad who was a massive douche, specifically the track "25 years," because it described my scenario so perfectly. I was never the guy to mope, Im the guy to get angry and lash out, and that record did an amazing job of getting that feel.

[@mdomine245]

Far beyond driven and Great Southern Trendkill have been saviors for me for last 25 years

[@jeremyortlepp8000]

AIC is a huge influence more than people usually admit

[@mike04574]

Rated band

[@operatieNL]

Alice in chains usually keeps me sad but gives me a place to put that sadness. I love their self titled album the most. Jar of flies definetly hits though

[@nighthoodlupin3500]

Alice in Chains has gotten me through life. Everything they've made. I've never even done drugs or personally known anyone who has, their songs can apply to any kind of pain, I find. Layne, Jerry, and the gang, they kept it real, and not enough people in the world do that.

[@lukehampson8195]

I remember watching an interview with Layne about Dirt, and the question was in response to people calling the album mopey, sad, etc., but the band saw it as an uplifting album bc it showed the audience that they weren’t alone in struggles and shared common problems in life

[@lordgluten7248]

Jar of Flies was a lifesaver for me and many others! Same with Disintegration by the Cure

[@jasonlieberman4606]

Lol I've so rarely seen anyone abbreviate his name as MJK that when i first saw your comment, before i actually read the whole thing, for a split i thought it was about Machine Gun Kelly 🙃

[@KillaCityKid427]

“It’s like your hanging out with someone being sad together”….nailed it. That’s the only time I seem to listen to that is when I want somebody to sulk with me, but nobody may be available. 🙏🏼

[@sabanis]

@4:00 "his dog would come and check up on me every once in a while, so that was kinda cool." that statement made me feel so warm inside.

[@tythompson4794]

Bleeding me and the rest of load is a masterpiece in my opinion. It got me through a lot of stuff….I connect with you on that one.

[@LostSoulNo301281]

Some of my "tough to listen to"/"help me through" albums date back to my late teens and early 20s. Metallica - S&M - something I got into shortly before I started a night shift when I was 18. I first made a mix tape of my favourite songs from this double album, but then put the whole thing on a single mini disc when I got my first portable MD player. Kittie - Spit - I was lent a copy on cassette around the time I first started the same night shift job and something about the album really clicked. Even when I listen to it now it takes me back to early 2000. Alanis Morissette - Jagged Little Pill - This was an album that I started listening to when I was about 15, right before I really started getting into rock music. It reminds me of my last couple of years at school. Cradle of Filth - Cruelty and the Beast - I started listening to CoF around early 1999 and it's another album that takes me back to when I was 17 and working at Toys R Us. AC/DC - Live - This is the live album from the Razors Edge tour, and AC/DC were the second or third rock band that I got into(after GnR). I used to make mix tapes to listen to while going to work when I first left school(I've always listened to music while going anywhere) and a few songs from this album made it on to some of my earliest mix tapes. It's actually pretty hard to pin point individual albums because I used to make up so many mix tapes back in the day, and they consisted of albums/best of's from the bands I was just getting into, like GnR, AC/DC, Aerosmith, Iron Maiden, Van Halen, Metallica. I've recently rediscovered old play lists I'd written down for my old mix tapes and recreated them in iTunes. The nostalgia is real.

[@bludeguilherme]

I just love "The Queen is Dead", by The Smiths. It has a very special atmosphere of sad comfort, or something, I never heard anything like it. Also Alice in Chains is one of my favorite band of all time, so...

[@alberto5312]

absolutely agree with you. Jar of flies has the power of giving you hope and serenity even if it's a dark album, with some of Staley's saddest lyrics

[@dwboutit795]

RIP the Vampire, Type O forever 💚🖤 RIP Layne and Mike, AIC forever ⛓

[@v0id-g0st]

i was hoping to see some Type o here agree 110% forever underrated

[@Danny-fw1ts]

thats maybe kind of strange but i like to play your videos while im feeling lonley or sth. its uplifting for me to grab my guitar and play some licks with you or just listen to your stories like this one. Thanks for doing this, man

[@SZbooyaka]

I lost my friend almost a decade ago close to Christmas. T.ON.’s October Rust has that sense of grieving, emptiness, and anticipation of the holiday season all mixed together. But somehow there’s a sense of “getting through this” that I can’t explain. I play the entire album from front to back in a single play, it’s a journey. October Rust is the sad Christmas album you never knew about!

[@checkmate8955]

Great video love it! Elliott Smith’s self titled album is perfect for those long empty days staring at your bedroom wall. I don’t know if it helps get you through dark times. But it’s definitely the soundtrack to my blues.

[@winter166]

Thanks for sharing your personal experience about how to tame the dark time. For me, learning playing guitar became one of my therapies. I'm learning how by watching many KZbin videos, and your online session became my essential tool for my lesson. It's not easy to learn electric gitar (or any instrument) when you are mid 50's. But I practice and practice slowly at my own pace. Your lesson allows me to do that. So thank you. 🙂

[@thedimitrije384]

Type O Negative - Dead Again. Beatiful album i listen to everytime i feel sadness and sorrow. RIP Peter Steele 1962-2010

[@patstuker]

Nice video Mike! You inspired me to make my own "dark times" album list... 1. Tom Petty - Long After Dark (1982) 2. Tone-Loc - Loc-ed After Dark (1989) 3. Danielle Dax - Dark Adapted Eye (1988) 4. The Grateful Dead - In The Dark (1987) 5. Metal Church - The Dark (1986) 6. Ray Parker Jr. - After Dark (1987) 7. Greg Amov - The Dark Within The Dark (2001) 8. The Dark - The Best Of The Dark (1995) 9. Dyan Diamond - In The Dark (1978) 10. Roy Ayers - In The Dark (1984) 11. Pink Floyd - The Dark Side Of The Moon (1973) Yep, some pretty heavy albums right here...

[@bobbysteurer]

Radiohead's 'OK Computer' helped me through one of the most intensely miserable years of my life. There's such a range of emotions on that album. Still hits me in a big way today.

[@fjjwiKwnhshs]

You're list is wonderful, and I completely relate with Alice in Chains, although my list is a tad different. I would say that there were a handful of albums that helped me (and even hindered me) during my worst times. First off was Alice in Chains' "Jar of Flies" for the same reasons stated in the video. Next, I would have to say "The Downward Spiral" by Nine Inch Nails. Maybe an album screaming about self-desteuction and filled with disturbing sounds, like a screaming crowd, industrial scraping, or even a child falling down may not be the ideal thing to connect to, but I related to the anger, self-destruction, and even addiction in the album. So, in a way the album showed me a path that I did not want to go down, and it made me sort of fix myself. Thanks NIN! Next up, I would say Smashing Pumpkins' "Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness," "Adore," and "Siamese Dream." These 3 albums are my all time favorite albums, but I really related to every song on each album; songs like Mayonnaise, Perfect, Soma, Today, Bodies, To Forgive, and so many more were so relatable, and in terms of romantic feelings and loneliness, everything on the albums spoke for me on such a deep level, like Love, Tonight Tonight, Luna, Ava Adore, By Starlight, Zero, etc. These albums may be the reason why I'm still here today, and I'm infinitely grateful to the Pumpkins for their work. Next up, I would have to say Pink Floyd's "The Wall" and "Wish You Were Here" albums. These were such lonely albums that sort of outlined my life in a way. With the exception of the big rockstar aspect of Pink's life, The Wall basically highlighted the story of my life - absent father, psychotic mother, shitty relations with women, affiliation with drugs, loneliness, unintentional self-destruction, etc. And Wish You Were Here resonated with me because of the sheer loneliness and longing of it; I could still sob just thinking about the moment at the end of the titular track, Wish You Were Here, where the main riff ends, and then it repeats again, with it slowly fading out into a lonely wind. Beautiful. After that, I would say that Nirvana's "In Utero" got me through some tough times. It's the same as NIN, but less pounding metal and more screeching guitarist. I really resonated with some of the "nonsensical" lyrics. Because the alvum was made to be somewhat intentionally nonsensical, like Radio Friendly Unit Shifter and Tourette's, I found my own personal meanings in the artistic lyrics, and they had wuite a profound impact on me. After that, I would say Radiohead's "Ok Computer" and "The Bends" really helped me. I related so much to the sort of hopeful hopelessness of both albums, like with Karma Police, Fake Plastic Trees, and Let Down. Let Down sings of how life is so much more disappointing than it initially seemed, with life being a let down that will just leave you disappointed and defeated. Despite this apparent hopelessness, Yorke sings about how he'll grow wings one day and fly away to a distant land where he can finally be happy. He retains a glimmer of hope in the midst pf hopelessness, and it's tragically beautiful. This hopeful hopelessness really helped me; like Smashing Pumpkins, it is one of the reasons why I didn't overdose or hang myself somewhere. Finally, as slightly embarrassing it is, Weezer's "Pinkerton" album helped me A TON. To be honest, I was a creep and a stalker - a disgusting person, and the album is a personal look into Cuomo's head at the time, which was filled with creepy, perverted, desparate obsession, and I related to that; I related to the obsessions over women and girls, and like NIN and Nirvana, it showed me what I was becoming - it showed me that I was a creep, and I needed to fix things, so I did. Thanks to all of these albums, I'm still here, and I'm genuinely happy now. I'm clean of drugs, I'm in a band, I'm in a wonderful relationship with my girlfriend, and I'm just over all happy. Some people need therapy to make it out of hard times - I just needed a bunch of 90's grunge bands and lots of music.

[@cozm8]

Amen brother! Grunge came out when we all needed it...

[@lueysixty-six7300]

Dude, you listed my Downward Spiral... it was a beautiful, horrific dive!

[@yallaaAIC]

Jesus, nice essay dude

[@miguelcarmopereira3273]

For me, Man on the moon: The end of the day, was a true lifesaver. I was feeling really depressed due to quarantine, but that album, even though the lyrics were depressing, I feel as if it just perfectly encapsulated what I was feeling at the time. It made me feel that no matter how bad things were, it made me feel I would never be alone.I think it was to me what Jar of flies might've been for you I guess. Also, not really an album, but there is this portuguese rap group called Dealema, whose songs i'd listen to non stop when i was a kid going through puberty, and teen angst was hitting me in full swing. Not that their songs are angsty per se, but they were also a bit depressing, and showed a darker side of life, which was something that I just really enjoyed at the time, for some reason

[@ridleysomeliana-lauer5814]

I’ve been reeling from losing my father last month, and this video really helped. Between the albums chosen and the songs played as examples, these all were among my father’s favorites and hearing someone else say they helped them is making me handle this a lot easier. Thank you, man.

[@seeyouatsunset]

Parachutes is a fucking masterpiece bro. Trouble gives me chills and Sparks is so soothing. Shiver is fun and bubby, and the piano intro to Everythings Not Lost is just…wow.

[@LaurenceNoonan]

‘Parachutes’ is such a great album! ‘Spies’ is an amazing song, among with the whole record!!!

[@TonyDixonPhotography]

Jar of Flies is an amazing album. Something I Can Never Have holds a very special meaning to me too. One album that has helped me a lot through the years is River Runs Red by Life of Agony, musically it helps get your anger out, lyrically it let's you know you're not alone.

[@danielblake1537]

I can feel you on the Load album and during that time period you were in a down place....everytime I hear "Until It Sleeps" it instantly brings me right back to my childhood right when I moved at 7yrs old to where we still live today and meeting all these new neighborhood kids that I never had where I originally lived but it also brings up sorta the bad or sad things aswell so everytime I hear that song it takes me right back to when I first heard the song because my bestfriend at the time who lived just 2 houses down from me....he was like 6yrs older than me and he also had an older brother who was a few years older than him so luckily I got influenced by Metallica before I probably normally would myself because of how young I was at that time, and I can remember this mystery for awhile....what do the guys in Metallica look like? Because I had heard their older stuff before i ever seen any pictures or videos of them but by the time Enter Sandman came out it was on MTV obsessively like Smells like Teen Spirit was too

[@dwalks637]

I've suddenly been transported back to my teens. Sooo many memories. Excellent video man. Nice work🤘

[@cozm8]

Videos like this is why I love your channel Mike! For me - Radiohead's In Rainbows came at the perfect time in my life, and still reminds me there's a pot of gold around the bend, just need to hang on... Some say their music is depressing or whatnot but for me...its reflective and cathartic.

[@chafdawg2000]

Perfect description of Jar of Flies. Very great and powerful album. What got me through tough times was live metallica videos! Their energy brought me back to life!

[@PC85X]

This channel helps keep me upbeat. Always enjoy your honest approach to music and love seeing a new upload. Getting divorced after 11 years of marriage and struggling to balance prison officer job and an unsettled life is brought up a little brighter with channels like yours. Thanks! 👍

[@anthonymartinez8190]

I just love content like this! For my darkest times, I had three sources that helped me stay "afloat". Starcraft:BroodWar , excercise and Rollins Band "Weight" and "Come in and Burn". IMHO, the best Rollins Band lineup. Such groove and power! So many good songs! This helped me through a very sad breakup waaay back in 98'.

[@digiNanok]

I remember after a failed relationship when I was deeply into stoner rock I was just listening to the songs "Golden Town" by Brutus and "Ode to Ganymede" by Lowrider on repeat.. Not really because they were very depressing or sad songs or anything (altough they may actually be.. I can't really tell because I just connect them with sadness immediately) but because I just discovered them and basically just loved to listen to them as musical masterpieces.. And now every time I hear them I just get that feeling I had back then again... It's less the songs themselves then what I experienced when they ran in the background.. But sometimes I still like to sit down and give them a listen.. Just to remember

[@jamesnewton485]

Unnamed feeling off St Anger is a song that helps me a lot. I deal with chronic pain and with it comes depression and anxiety and this song connects with me.

[@jolu1621]

Same situation and album. Jar of flies. I play Dont Follow at the end of every practice session. Love this song ♥️

[@jamesdaly1971]

Gary Moore - Still got the blues - my first true love split with me and Gary moved from rock to blues. He somehow made his guitar cry during the solos of the title song and like everyone else, I connected with it and used it to share my (hidden) sorrow. Sadly I discovered that she has passed away (a couple of years ago) and will always be in my heart.

[@danielblake1537]

I'll tell you what blew me away is when Alice in Chains did MTV Unplugged....it really showed a different side of their talents and honestly I like those versions better than the album versions of the songs they covered unplugged....same thing with Nirvana who did MTV Unplugged like 2 years earlier in 94' I felt the same way about their performance both were sullen but beautiful and it was both towards the end of both frontmens lives....unfortunately but you could feel their pain when listening to those albums

[@sunburstshredder]

My dark times album is two EPs, Yvette Young's Acoustics 1 and 2. Especially the song "Blossom", which really resonated with me because I was going through a lot of self doubt/low self esteem. It felt like that song was tailor made for me. Even now I tear up when I listen to it

[@bentierney5315]

Music is everything. It brings people together and separated many people also. I have never learned the final solo in fade to black because I just want to enjoy it as a fan. Dark days are common among musicians, many of my friends from cr tend to be better memories than enduring the years as current friends. Glad to see that you are still playing. You are an amazingly talented guy, with many great qualities. Keep going! Dark albums for me.... Cinderella Long Cold Winter, and Pink Floyd The Wall.

[@HannahCope88]

Love this. I've got most of these albums (just bought the 3 I don't have yet 🙂) Would definitely recommend getting them if you haven't already. Raining in Baltimore from August and Everything After always makes me cry. Mark Mallman's Red Bedroom is such a good album. I actually had to listen to Alice in Chains Unplugged album the other day as I was feeling pretty bummed, felt so much better afterwards.

[@enriquepastor3626]

I get what you mean with feeling sad but sad with other person so you feel better because you're not alone and ''there's someone who understands you and sings to you''... Happens to me with AiC... But the perfect and most powerful example of that feeling to me is no doubts Nirvana

[@adamavila9169]

The one album that was there for me was “Famous Monsters” by the Misfits. I remember my ex girlfriend started seeing someone I had considered my best friend not long after we broke up, and I remember sitting in my bathroom at 3 am and crying to the song “Living Hell”.

[@ScottMcdonaldMusic]

Audioslave’s first album and Velvet Revolvers first album take me to a time in my early 20’s that I was lost. 2 really good bands that I can’t listen to anymore. Chris Cornell’s voice was soothing to a troubled soul. Our taste overlap quite a bit.

[@loganstone1]

The End of Silence by Rollins Band got me through tough times. Particularly the tracks “Tearing” and “You Didn’t Need,” which I found cathartic. Made me feel better knowing I wasn’t alone in my misery.

[@SombraPiloto]

“Tearing” rocks. I met Henry at the gym a few weeks ago and told him how much I liked that album. He was very cool.

[@grungeunion3451]

Great video! Gonna go check out each of these albums in full now

[@dangiampietro6606]

Couldn't agree more about Jar of Flies as a whole. I challenge anyone to listen to rotten apple and nutshell back to back and not feel at least a little depressed. Specifically about Rotten Apple, the bass instantly sets the mood, and grabs your inner sadness and starts pulling you in. The talkbox leads are really like cries of anguish, pain and loneliness. Then the main guitar part kicks in, with such warmth and ambiance, and it's just this instant wash of comforting misery, just completely envelops you. Finally the haunting choir of dissonance and despair that is Layne's heavily layered vocals just completely knocks your dreams into a pit of despond, and ultimately, at that moment, you're okay with it.

[@icare6316]

I love this channel man. You give great guitar tips, but also just great life advice for a young guitarist like me. Just wanna let you know to keep up the great work.

[@Chord_The_Seeker]

I can’t fall asleep to music. Music keeps me awake, because as a musician my mind pays very close attention to music whenever it’s playing.

[@Darkhalo314]

Here's a few albums that got me through dark times a few years ago after my girlfriend became abusive and manipulative and eventually dumped me. - Korn - Issues (this album has an overwhelming sense of depression) - Korn - Serenity of Suffering - Avenged Sevenfold - Nightmare - Metallica - ...And Justice For All (great album for those days you feel angry. To Live Is To Die is perfection and that interlude is amazing for a soul that is lacerated)

[@nintendonut100]

Tim Buckley's Starsailor, and Lorca albums, as well as Priscilla Ahn's A Good Day helped get me through one of the worst periods of depression I've ever faced. Grateful Dead's American beauty got me through my grandparents' dying. There have been others, but those spring to mind first

[@ChrisRash]

I loved the Mirage. I saw Pantera there back in 91. That's my #1 favorite concert.

[@jaeden2806]

Jar of Flies is so personal and relatable. Masteprice of an album. Helped me through a lot, only gets better each time you listen.

[@seank.2589]

8:30 We call that cathartic. Great feeling.

[@ThePurpleAlien]

Most recently: Set Me Free by Avenged Sevenfold. I had just had my third child and my life had fallen apart at the same time. Lyrics about holding a newborn close and hearing children's laughter while being on a painful journey with dark skies hits home every time.

[@josiahlovelace8811]

Vessel and Trench by Twenty One Pilots, Under Soil and Dirt by The Story So Far, Killing With A Smile by Parkway Drive and The Valley by Whitechapel are my big 5 that have got me through the worst times of my life. I have others that have helped me through during hard, but less hard times (ironically still by the same bands for the most part), but those 5 albums and bands got me through the worst part of my life. I'll always be grateful to those bands and those albums. They never get old.

[@nathanswap1618]

I share similar feelings about some of these, especially Freedy Johnstons Do You Want Me Now, '94 was such a Big year for me and this song came along when things were rough and uncertain. Mazzy Star Fade Into You is another somber one for that same year that still gets me to this day.

[@alfie9393]

My main lullaby album during my teens were Anna Ternheim's Somebody Outside. Her voice still make me cry.

[@Ticonderous1]

Albums That Got Me Through Dark Times Alice in Chains .... Dirt Nirvana ... Nevermind Pearl Jam ... Ten Stone Temple Pilots ... Core In the early 90s I was in some dark spaces and for some unknown reason these albums seemed to pull me through .... Glad I am still here ..

[@harrypsihoyos]

Dear Mike, Load, Pretty Hate Machine and Jar of Flies are also some albums that accompanied and help me in tough times. Pretty Hate Machine for the same reasons as yours, Load and Jar of Flies for totally different, though. Jar of Flies has this unique essence of filling your space with warmness and tenderness. Personally, I consider this EP as my favourite 90's record.

[@dustyjoe71]

Wiseblood - Corrosion of Conformity The Division Bell - Pink Floyd Screamager - Therapy? Load - Metallica October Rust - Type O Negative Damnation - Opeth Desperado - Eagles The Isolation Tapes - Kadavar Hold Your Fire - Rush Nothingface - Voivod

[@decemberstragicdrive]

Sunny Day Real Estate’s first record helped me out when it seemed as if everything was falling apart.

[@skeeter197140]

I was managing a record store when the Counting Crows' August and Everything After came out. It was on our rotation of CDs we would play, and it grew on me pretty quick. It still takes me back to that time.

[@pabloducoin944]

Oh Mike, this video came really on time. I'm going through tough times lately and of course music is always making me company. I guess there are some album that can trigger some mood on me but not from start to finish. Although I feel some AIC albums will the day I'll buy them and hear them. I just know a bunch of songs from each album but I don't wanna hear it all until I buy it, 'cause it would be like a "spoiler" somehow haha. Instead I have a playlist of songs I repeat every day. Songs from AIC, Nirvana, Soundgarden, STP, Screaming Trees, Mad Season, Pearl Jam, Chris Cornell, etc. Great video Mike !

[@riffer9665]

Thankyou for this, I'm currently going through a tough time. Thanks, I needed this.

[@rockytrail3893]

The Little River Band album always spoke to me. It let me know there was nothing wrong with being a loner and being alone had its own place of comfort.

[@zero28ism]

Unironically, St. Anger really helped me go through dark times. Not because of mainly listening, but because since I knew how to play most of the songs on the drums, playing through most of the album on drums when I was either frustrated, or depressed or angry, really helped me to unload all the shit inside my mind. I would ocassionally cry while playing, and that was just me letting everything out

[@danielblake1537]

One album for me that was a big part of my teen years was 2001's Deftones album "White Pony" it took a little bit to grow on me but I grew to love that album the atmospheres on each song makes you feel like your in this weird dream....and unfortunately was the last album I enjoyed by them before I stopped listening to their newer stuff it just wasn't the same as Adrenaline, Around The Fur & White Pony

[@stogz284]

Thanks for this video. Your comments about JoF were spot on. Its like someone being next to you and being sad with you. This album has been my rock for the last year through tough times and it’s cool to know that it provides the same comfort for others.

[@ali965]

jar of flies is definitely up there for me. an album that saved me really

[@trickpeso]

For me, when I hear Nutshell from the unplugged it's always hard. I instantly get thrilled by his voice. He's like a friend. Like you said. He helps me staying in that dark place but in a good way

[@ridleysomeliana-lauer5814]

Christian Woman was my father’s favorite song. He passed about a month ago, and I’ve been relistening to the album daily to help cope.

[@jaminwhitehead514]

Great video mike, I totally understand what you mean with jar of fly’s. For me Slipknot 1999 was huge, I had just started up 10th grade when I found it and it’s angry sound helped me blow off steam at school when I couldn’t play guitar.

[@ral0958]

DEEP PURPLE - Purpendicular DEEP PURPLE - Abondon My father passed away two years ago and deep purple was is favorite band. This albuns just send me back

[@jasonm3602]

We share two "Dark times" albums - August and Everything After and Little Earthquakes. There's a bright side to feeling sad; a lot of amazing and creative thoughts come from there.

[@Dieselpower994]

Type o negative, man brining me back to my dark teenage years. Good choices btw and great video! Also Load, I know you said it’s hard to listen to but it’s an amazing album, bleeding me and outlaw torn are 2 of my favorite Metallica songs

[@Novotny72]

Funny for me that this video shows up today. I've been going through a very dark time recently, and today I remembered that though I was thinking I was as low as I could be, I've been here before. And I got out of it. Lows happen. I'm totally looking forward to moving on up and peeps, you can and will ascend from any dip you experience. Rock on! edit:: oo I didn't mention any albums. Revolver & Abbey Road. 2nd side of Abbey Road never fails to make me cry, but it's pretty uplifting too. If you're determined to stay totally annoyed at the world, The Wall is brutal. And Animals too for that matter. Thanks Rodger you cheery git.

[@TheRockingTotodile]

Before I even watch a second, thank you for posting this. Hope you have good holidays bro. Thank you

[@isaacmorrow7077]

Iowa by slipknot and Master of Puppets by Metallica are my go to's for when I'm down.

[@hamesjetfield2442]

For me it was Iowa and kill em all

[@pjlcarpexpeditions]

A great album for me that came out was Sum 41 '13 Voices'. It was released just at a point that I was coming out of a pretty dark time and things were getting better. It was a big boost to have such a great album to listen too and kept my mood more positive that negative. I highly recommend this album to anyone.

[@touristygull2059]

I think I stay away is my favorite off of jar of flies. Just that first lyric “I wanna travel south this year” makes me want to be free

[@Trebor65142]

That Freedy Johnston album is so good, I love singing Bad Reputation at karaoke. Toad the Wet Sprocket is one of my absolute favorite artists ever, "I Will Not Take These Things For Granted" is a beautiful & haunting track. PHM is one of the best albums ever recorded. Tori Amos & Alice In Chains, nuff said!!

[@morko5150]

Same with aic, but in my case it was dirt. Also the black album(also fade to black and sanitarium), rust in peace and (I know it's not an album) gnr love trilogy.

[@josephpriest4925]

Frogstomp by Silverchair definitely pushed me through some times

[@ArtOfShredYT]

Oh man I had the Jar of Flies cd-rom version. It was so cool to pop it into the computer and watch the vids back in the days when videos weren't easily accessible. And Type O Negative! Such a great band. October Rust is a Halloween time tradition.

[@haydenisaac3030]

When I am feeling down listening to certain songs can give me a kind of solace. For me it's Soundgarden (or anything with Chris Cornell), NIN and the song No Rain by Blind Melon. It's comforting to know that someone else has had these feelings before and I'm not alone. One of my friends was really into Blind Melon and was tragically killed in an earthquake (Christchurch NZ) so it was hard to listen to that song for a few years afterwards.

[@rossw73]

All of these selections resonate with me as well

[@sciomancy6]

Silverchair - Neon Ballroom Oasis - Morning Glory When you talk about going to sleep to albums during the dark times, those were the two for me. It's cool to me to see all of us still here who made it and still make it through the dark times. Glad y'all are here

[@joeljezequel]

me: "winter ? I can't remember what song it is". Tori Amos video starts I stop it immediately "Ouch, this one" it's a so extraordinary song, it's really hard to handle

[@tudorburlacu15]

The albums that got me through dark times: 1. Bullet for My Valentine - The Poison 2. Korn - Issues 3. A Perfect Circle - Mer de Noms 4. Mudvayne - The End of all things to come 5. Three Days Grace - One-X

[@jjbooker65]

Def..Jar of Flies, The Cure Disintegration, XTC Skylarking, Singles Soundtrack with Mother Love Bone Chloe...Pink Floyd The Final cut

[@hurdygurdy27]

So glad to see NIN on here, and Tori too. Same, brother.

[@Pipdoodle33]

Anthony Greens "would you still be live" from 2019 almost makes me cry everytime.

[@AdamsMusicandFun]

Freedy Johnston is amazing. Evie's Tears, Can't Sink this Town, etc. They're all great. Nice to see you mention him here.

[@treesurgeon2441]

Dragging a Dead Deer up a hill by Grouper has been a go to for a few years now.

[@Skrammelcaster]

This video really gave me something new to listen to, thank you so much

[@cornflakesyuh3235]

The Bends by Radiohead is my sad lonely album that is perfect

[@connor2294]

Mellon and the Infinite Sadness was big for me. Covers pretty much every emotion a person goes through lol. Jar of Flies was one too.

[@xliquidflames]

The Smashing Pumpkins released a box set called _The Aeroplane Flies High_ that had 5 CDs with 5-8 songs each. The white CD in that box set which was the "Tonight, Tonight" CD was the one that I listened to when I was super depressed. It has a solo acoustic version of "Tonight, Tonight" with just Billy Corgan and a guitar. It also has a lot of their lesser known balad-y kind of songs like "Rotten Apples" that got me though tough times. Edit: I just went and listened to the track list from this CD for the first time in 20 years and I actually started to tear up at Jupiter's Lament because I remember someone close to me had died right around that time when I was discovering this album and this song ...well, heres an excerpt from the lyrics. "Gone, long gone We can all be gone, gone, gone Leave this world all wrong, wrong, wrong Leave it far behind And although my secret's gone I'll try to carry on If I must, I'll get along without you Gone, long gone Leave this world all wrong, wrong, wrong Beyond the pale and dawn Free these mortal bonds" Hearing that again for the first time in two decades brought back all my memories of that friend I lost back then. :'( /sigh