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That Moment In Music pt.2

Based off this: http://www.sputnikmusic.com/list.php?listid=124666&memberid=436113 Thought I'd add some of my own moments I deemed worthy. Each link has the time embedded into it rather than writing out what part of the song I'm referring to.
1The Ocean
Pelagial


Mesopelagic: https://youtu.be/ba7y1ZYFODw?t=40 - A lesson for anything and everything related to build up before the main riff. For about half a minute it's amazing how every element in this part of the song holds its own, from the clean guitar, to the wailing motif and that cello... All leading up to that riff but this part is honestly beautiful in its own way. And just for contrast, a later song reuses this riff and jumps straight into it unlike this and it's inferior and lacklustre in every way imaginable in comparison.
2Opeth
Blackwater Park


Bleak: https://youtu.be/1zzqI_jHWK0?t=400 - Similarly to The Ocean, this is just a part where everything fits together so well, from the wailing guitar to the calm bassline that accompanies it to the prog guitar breaks in between... Definitely one of the best atmospheres Opeth have been able to create.
3FKA Twigs
LP1


Pendulum: https://youtu.be/7yk-o5TGvXE?t=109 - "You forgot how we fell in love" sung in a cracking voice with so much emotion and it's heartbreaking and beautiful all at once. Also, I want to point out the prechorus, just as twigs sings 'trying' and how she fluctuates her voice seamlessly into the chorus and it's that moment that earns her a spot here. It's emotive, sensual, depressing and beautiful all in one.
4Damien Rice
My Favourite Faded Fantasy


Title track: https://youtu.be/Rh1C8qpODZs?t=327 - It's how the track wraps itself up which makes it. The spontaneity, the sporadic guitar, the wailing by Damien in the background and the vocal loops are so damn powerful and ending masterfully by ending in such a concise fashion.
5The Antlers
Hospice


Kettering: https://youtu.be/8We0FVflGaU?t=158 - Could have chosen many moments from this album but it's the fluttering electronics that stand the highest, with it just bringing so much to the table. I tend to imagine the chopped up sound of ECG monitor or the jittered, agitated shaking of a hand, all of which adds an extra layer of imagery to the plot of the album.
6Bjork
Vulnicura


Lionsong: https://youtu.be/koYozb8y9gA?t=201 - It's an odd combination, the dark electronic beat with bjork's soulful mourning and dissonant harmonies but it's just that - the contrast between the two that was rather unexpected and took me back upon first listen and in a good way too.
7Tribulation
The Children of the Night


Strange Gateways Beckon: https://youtu.be/OFc3zyZrJEk?t=144 - It's a pop song. Everything about it is a pop song but and it's just so damn epic. That micro pause before hitting the guitar again just as the second verse starts is something I've heard a million times before yet... it just brings a grin to my face when it's this song in particular. Indescribable, really.
8Venetian Snares
Rossz Csillag Allat Szuletett


Ketsarku Mozgalom: https://youtu.be/NEm6oq69voU?t=177 - "I used to understand happy, i know that i used to be happy, i was really happy
I'm unhappy now and i can't remember what it's like to be happy, i only remember...i don't remember...
I remember being happy only comparison to not being happy just what i am now...". Yeah this vocal sample along with the violin is astonishingly haunting and feels mildly insane. It's so easy to get lost in this brief organic moment V.Snares provides before lashing out in breakcore insanity but it's difficult to distinguish as to which part is more insane than the other.
9Gorguts
Colored Sands


Le Toit du Monde: https://youtu.be/7LQd0IoJ25M?t=286 - Crushing is the only word I can use to describe this song and the album as a whole but the final quarter, when the outro creeps in and the mist clears to bring forth those 4 notes played repeatedly is silence inducing in just how well this atmosphere was pulled off.
10Gazpacho
Demon


I've Been Walking part 2: https://youtu.be/DtRfazKdka8?t=416 - I thought the part 1 did a perfect job in itself with the lonesome piano part but part 2 amazingly topped it with just the simplest addition of a violin. Haunting and breathtaking to say the least.
11Everything Everything
Get To Heaven


Blast Doors: https://youtu.be/nph9IW5KGbc?t=156 - "BUT YOU DON'T HAVE ANY TIIIIIME". Falsetto perfection. No more words needed.
12Casualties of Cool
Casualties of Cool


Forgive Me: https://youtu.be/QNlLqvZPfI8?t=251 - Never considered myself a fan of country music but the outro is absolutely flawless. Everything amalgamates amazingly, with the occasional twangs and simple yet so good plucked strings and Che's distant vocal sample being dispersed like an echo travelling in the wind. Please don't let this be the only Casualties of Cool album, Devin.
13The Great Old Ones
Tekeli-Li


Antarctica: https://youtu.be/L-J_iCrjW0U?t=263 - Whenever I hear anyone say "chug" in a musical sense, I'm met by silent groans internally at how awful chugging is most of the time and how poorly it's used. But then again, I had never heard chugging with soaring tremolos and a huge atmosphere to accompany it and I love everything about the chugging done in this song, especially that one paused note hidden in the mix. It's times like these which make you redefine what you like and look for in music that is truly 'that moment in music'.
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