Harrowing albums.
 

There are a couple of albums that I don't really listen to...I just kinda experience them. The First Throwing Muses album, and "Heavens to Betsy's Calculated" album. I am just now getting into Xiu Xiu, and they are pretty intense.
Any more recommendations? The more intense the pain the better.

you want pain?Take more drugs.

Hijokaidan. Jandek. Diamanda Galas. Bits of Throbbing Gristle (Hamburger Lady/ Weeping/ Slug Bait). Borbetomagus. Other things. Someone else will have a more comprehensive list I'm sure.

Whitehouse. 'nuff said.

A certain type of Merzbow can suffocate you
Early Death In June
Metallica's 'And Justice For All'

Ewww. DIJ? Ewww. C93, yes. DIJ are just a bit poo. Non, anyone?

Current 93's music can certainly be harrowing but not all the time.Early Death In June are not my thing but i find them really harrowing.

Yes to Non.

Tony Conrad - Four Violins
Carmagnon - s/t
Die Tödliche Doris - 1st lp

Les Voyageus de la Princesse

this is pretty scary.

john lennon singing my mum is dead is about one of the hardest things i have ever heard.

johnny cash doing his version of hurt is also a hard listen.

comets on fire

Sunn O)))
Wolf Eyes
Coil

yeah sunn o))) is quite hard sometimes.

earth 2 is also one that i really have to be in the mood for.

early swans
khanate

Oh yes, Swans, of course.

Anything by Daniel Johnston. Bad Moon Rising (SY). I can't think of any others.

syr 3

The Holy Bible by Manic Street Preachers is lyrically heavy. And ive read it described as Joy Division Meets Big Black. So dig in.

Johnny Cashs 'A hundred highways' is a fucking hard listen. I agree with the Daniel Johnston one too.

Massive Attacks 'Mezzanine' album is a pretty bleak offering.

sunn o))) / boris- altar
nurse with wound- whatever album you care to grab
liars- drums not dead (i think its fairly dark and brooding)
wolf eyes- burned mind, not human animal cuz that sucks.....
axolotl- anything
earth- anything
the cure- pornography ("doesnt matter if we all die....")
sonic youth- bad moon rising

im sure there is more

i'd say the walkmen have a harrowing kind of beauty and boundlessness

Arnold Shoenberg (don't think ive spelt it correctly), Anton Webern, Sonic Youth's Confusion is Sex, Lou Reed's Metal Machine Music etc
Just a few items that come to mind...

prurient - shipwrecker's diary

follow the directions, turn it up to ten. its worth it for the ending..

Are you talking about the same walkmen that i'm thinking of?

"Asylum" by the Legendary Pink Dots
"Nature Unveiled" and "Dogs Blood Rising" by Current 93
"Cop" by Swans
"First Utterance" by Comus

You're such a Goth.

Edit: Sorry, post-goth.

Edit - Sorry,Past-Goth.

LPD are not goth. Just because goth types like them does not mean they aren't a weirdo psychedelic band.

I think a lot of the time they sound an awful lot like Gong.

Comus are a fucking folk group from the 60s, for god's sake.

To Clone:
Do you have a strict dress code for your Barbecues?

Barbecue is gross.

Sacrifices?

sorry i got the word wrong.

Oh yeah, of course.
Dudes - robes
Ladies - naked

There's a name for it.Wait...........

To Clone:
Do you know Paul Chain?

That name is new to me, I'm afraid.

Steve, the drummer out of Comus.

And as if that's not enough -

Terrance, Drummer out of the Legendary Pink Dots

And look what else I found!

Simon, the second keyboardist for Salamander.

Whoaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaarrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrg ggggggggggggggggggg!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Does that make Salamander tranny-psych?