One Song Albums
Albums with only one song on them. Albums with bonus tracks not included. Suggestions welcome and encouraged. This is a toned down list taken from my account on RYM, which has over 200 entries. If you are interested in that list, search for 'renkls' on RYM. A lot cannot be found on here. |
| 30 |  | Fauna
The Hunt
Originally released as one 79:59 minute track - the longest a CD can possibly fit. |
| 29 |  | Rorcal
Heliogabalus
A 70 (!) minute funeral/sludge metal epic, slow as molasses and heavy as heavy gets. |
| 28 |  | Black Boned Angel
Verdun
probably the most full bodied release of drone doom metal by these new zealanders, but not their only one track release. Check all of them out. |
| 27 |  | Fantomas
Delirium Cordia
74 minute single track album for surgery - a wonderful listen for atmosphere. the last 20 minutes don't really count as they're just vinyl noise. |
| 26 |  | Boris
Absolutego
The original release was one solid hour of difficult drone doom metal. The rerelease doesn't count due to a bonus track. |
| 25 |  | Devil Doll
The Sacrilege of Fatal Arms
A 79 minute track may sound arduous, but if it's Devil Doll we're talking about, expect a masterpiece - and you will receive one. Best thing they ever did in my opinion. |
| 24 |  | Devil Doll
Sacrilegium
The first version of this album at 58 minutes is very difficult to say the least, and in my opinion, pales against their next effort. |
| 23 |  | Devil Doll
The Girl Who Was... Death
66:06 reads the album length, but it's really 40 minutes with silence hiding a hidden ending. The vocals are an acquired taste, but you may grow to love them. |
| 22 |  | Ea
Ea
A 47 minute funeral doom album with lyrics spoken in a dead language. Cool stuff. |
| 21 |  | Wyrd
Heathen
Pagan Black Metal that is actually quite fantastic, even if I don't listen to the genre much. 51 minutes. |
| 20 |  | Monolithe
Monolithe II
The smaller sibling of Monolithe I at 50 minutes. |
| 19 |  | Monolithe
Monolithe I
A 52 minute funeral doom song. Epic stuff. |
| 18 |  | Orthrelm
OV
It's likely you won't make 10 minutes into this 45:43 song, but patience is a virtue. I personally love it. |
| 17 | | Keiji Haino
C'est Parfait
Probably the maddest album Keiji Haino has made, a 44 minute drum fest with crazy as vocals. His discography features many other one track albums, none of which are on here. |
| 16 |  | The Atomic Bitchwax
The Local Fuzz
42 minute instrumental jamming. Good stuff. |
| 15 |  | Corrupted
Paso Inferior
Another simplistic, but powerfully brutal album in the sludge metal vein, pulverising the same riff onwards to eternity (or 42 minutes). |
| 14 |  | Shit and Shine
Ladybird
One riff, 42 minutes. Surprisingly, is catchy as. |
| 13 |  | Saw Throat
Inde$troy
Although not as 'together' a piece as other one track albums, it is pressed as one 41 minute track of industrial/experimental metal. |
| 12 |  | U.S. Christmas
The Valley Path
A 38 minute meditation fused metal album. |
| 11 | | Jim O'Rourke
The Visitor
A 38 minute song that is for the intent listener. Quiet, peaceful stuff. |
| 10 |  | Ogre
Plague of the Planet
Heavy metal band fuelled on gasoline and roadrage deliver a 37 minute final statement of their career. |
| 9 |  | Green Carnation
Light of Day, Day of Darkness
A 60 minute progressive metal epic, considered by some to be a potential classic. |
| 8 |  | Ictus
Imperivm
Another favorite - a massive 39 minute crust punk epic that never feels a second overlong. |
| 7 |  | .crrust
Pain Is A Mere Sensation
An experimental post-hardcore band that put out a challenging 43 minute mix of mathcore, jazz fusion, industrial and metal. |
| 6 |  | Richard Buckner
The Hill
An album based on 19th century poetry that runs 34 minutes. Hard to describe if you haven't heard it. |
| 5 | | Naked City
Leng Tch'e
No one probably expected a drone doom metal album from experimental artists Naked City, but they got a very powerful 31 minute one. |
| 4 |  | X Japan
Art of Life
29 minute magnum opus from the japanese band. |
| 3 |  | Sabbat (Jpn)
The Dwelling
A black metal epic that runs 59:48. Low-fi sound doesn't stop it being awesome. |
| 2 |  | Echolyn
Mei
A 50 minute prog rock epic that is one of my favorite albums of all time. |
| 1 |  | Edge of Sanity
Crimson
The obvious entry around these parts, a 40 minute death metal epic. |
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