seems whenever people make/post in 40k music related threads its always the same tired old mainstream music that has little to no cinematic value or "grimdark" feeling that suits any of the 40k armies, so I thought id make a list of my own recomendations of music I feel DOES fit 40k. To do this I felt about the aspects of each army and related them to music styles or artists that suited them, regardless of yep, personal taste. And yes, you'd be correct in assuming I have too much time on my hands.
Imperial Guard :
[url]http://www.myspace.com/triariiheadquarters[/url]
[url]http://www.myspace.com/inslaughternativesofficial[/url]
[url]http://www.myspace.com/karjalansissit[/url]
[url]http://www.myspace.com/infestationquebec[/url]
What else but the dark military sounds of Martial bands. Theres nothing like the sound of feet stomping, explosions, gunshots and war noise put to dark orchestral symphonies and heavy as hell march type drums. Perfectly grimdark.
Necrons :
[url]http://www.myspace.com/cyberwarfarerecords[/url]
[url]http://www.myspace.com/carnivoreadaption[/url]
[url]http://www.myspace.com/tombmeridian[/url]
[url]http://www.myspace.com/soldieroflight[/url]
[url]http://www.myspace.com/voiddragonwithin[/url]
[url]http://www.myspace.com/curseoflife[/url]
as posted a bazillion times, its a whole genre inspired and influenced by Necrons. Its overwhelming, dark, brutal and insanely mechanical, and kicks the living hell out of any ***** metal tripe. The vocals will crush your ears apart, crazy daemonic-robot sound. I love it.
Space Marines :
[url]http://www.myspace.com/alliedvision[/url]
[url]http://www.myspace.com/dutiescalling[/url] (shameless plug, sue me)
[url]http://www.myspace.com/christmeister[/url]
[url]http://www.myspace.com/evaonline[/url]
[url]http://www.myspace.com/cbcycloneb[/url]
So their like cyborg super-soldiers right ? well what music sounds like sci-fi war music with cyborg vocals ? oh yeah thats right, the more multi-layered styles of electro-industrial music.
Chaos :
[url]http://www.myspace.com/wraiths[/url] (perfect for nurgle, and they even have an album alled Plaguebearer)
[url]http://www.myspace.com/devourallstars[/url] (duh)
[url]http://www.myspace.com/susanlawly[/url] (harsh noise with sick perverted lyrics ? sounds like Slaanesh!)
[url]http://www.myspace.com/brighterdeathnow[/url]
Like the name, chaos as in chaotic as in without structure or limitation with no order. Well it should sound dark and twisted too right ? well the only thing I can think of is death-ambient and noise. Might not be music to most, but then most would go insane if they felt the hand of chaos in reality too.
Dark Eldar :
[url]http://www.myspace.com/acylum[/url]
[url]http://www.myspace.com/dmemory[/url]
[url]http://www.myspace.com/xentrifuge[/url]
[url]http://www.myspace.com/xfusion[/url]
[url]http://www.myspace.com/thirteenthexile[/url]
This was a tough one, but high-tech synthetic evil sounding music like Terror-EBM seems to be apt. Most of it has hellraiser samples and dark gothic melodies that are thematically dark eldar esque. The vocals sound inhumanly eldar-esque too I guess. I could totally imagine this stuff being the anthems of Commoragh.
Adeptus Mechanicus :
[url]http://www.myspace.com/scrapedxmusic[/url]
[url]http://www.myspace.com/terrorfakt[/url]
[url]http://www.myspace.com/sulphuricsaliva[/url]
Powernoise of course. noisey beats and archaic mechanical noises seem to be perfect for the priors of Mars.
The Inquisition :
[url]http://www.myspace.com/decreemomentofsilence[/url]
[url]http://www.myspace.com/nkvdmusic[/url]
[url]http://www.myspace.com/wordfleshstone[/url]
pretty easy this one, first band I thought of was Decree then went for similar acts. Strong cinematic sounds, fire and brimstone and JUDGEMENT. Unfortuantly I couldnt find a band doing this kind of stuff with a female singer for Sisters of battle, sorry Mellisia!
Orks :
[url]http://www.myspace.com/babylandmusic[/url]
[url]http://www.myspace.com/leechwomannoise[/url]
[url]http://www.myspace.com/bigblac[/url]
[url]http://www.myspace.com/testdepartment[/url]
What else but junk-punk and really low-fi type stuff. Lots of metallic/junk percussion and low production value sounds suitably "orky" to me.
well thats it, maybe you might expand your music horizons and find something you like to play for your army. Sorry I couldnt find anything for Tau or Eldar (assuming you even care) - but ill keep looking for something of cinematic value that suits both.