Warning: This may be a long post.
The European music scene has a unique blend of rock or folk with classical voices, chorus', and a very different ( and sometimes darker) view of life. It's called Goth Rock, and I've been listening for several years. The music may be dark, but it is beautiful, sometimes haunting, and very rarely depressing.
I would like to introduce some of the groups, and give some links.
Rammstein is named after a US Air Force Base in Germany
Rammstein Sonne complete - Snow White is the Sun?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mfHlA3fmJG0This group you may have heard.
Bring me to life by Evanescence - look at the lyrics
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UKer9hry-Gg&feature=relatedI'm particularly taken with a group called Nightwish, who did their own (Dark) Passion Play. Here are several links
Nightwish - Last of the Wilds - Beautiful Instrumental
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zLZ9FF-AzsQNightwish The Islander - CW should do this one
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hhV-SlJ-KMM&feature=relatedMeadows of heaven - Nightwish - a CW song in the future?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GlKv0HPobU0Nightwish - Amaranth - An Angel falls to the Earth
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GdZn7k5rZLQNightwish - Over the hills and far away - Modern Folk Song?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6UztEfwHt14Nightwish End of All Hope - Rock Anthem w/Chorus (think Mozart gone mad)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p6xaIPszwpoNightwish - Wishmaster (Pearl Habor) - Action from the movie
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G9mEIA_UMTQNightwish - While Your Lips Are Still Red - For Lovers of all ages
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3W9nAACkKasLyrics
Sweet little words made for silence
Not talk
Young heart for love
Not heartache
Dark hair for catching the wind
Not to veil the sight of a cold world
Kiss, while your lips are still red
While he's still silent
Rest, while bosom is still untouched, unveiled
Hold another hand
While the hand's still without a tool
Drown into eyes, while they're still blind
Love, while the night still hides
The withering dawn
First day of love never comes back
A passionate hour's never a wasted one
The violin, the poet's hand,
Every thawing heart plays your theme with care
Hope you found some that touched you.
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