the twentyninth video is hurt by nine inch nails. another very sad, very depressing song. and one often covered; the version by johnny cash is also very good. i saw the song first with this video, which unfortunately is not available on youtube. the lyrics can be found here.

this is very slow and depressing rock. you can try it if you’re not feeling too bad.

edit: this one neither works. looks like it is one of the songs you just cannot embed. here‘s the video on youtube. if you want, you can also download the version i saw first (choose ftp.de.scene.org or some other mirror near to you).

i like it because… the song manages to express so well the thoughts of someone who hurt a loved one.

the twentyeighth video is everything dies by type o negative. a very depressive song, from their darkest album, world coming down. the lyrics can be found here.

this is gothic/doom metal. try it if you like metal.

edit: another one which cannot be embedded, in no way apparently. the video is here. i’m sorry, again.

i like it because… it’s hard to say, i just like it. together with everyone i love is dead, these are two songs about dying friends, dying family members, of staying back alone.

r.i.p., pete.

the twentyseventh video is coin-operated boy by the dresden dolls. the lyrics can be found here.

this is punk cabaret. you can listen to it.

i like it because… it’s such a fresh, intelligent, somewhat ironic and cute story, put into a nice punk cabaret song. just so beautiful! i learned about this from a gothic sampler. this was one of the best tracks on that album. it was only later when i saw the video, but that made the song even better.

the twentysixth video is wünsch dir was von die toten hosen. the lyrics can be found here.

this is punk rock. and it was on the radio as well. so you can try it.

i like it because… another song from my youth which i still like.

the twentyfifth video is path by apocalyptica. featuring four amplified cellos, nothing more. this is one of the songs which got me into apocalyptica.

this is cello rock. with just amplified cellos: no drums, no lyrics, nothing else. try it if you want.

i like it because… it’s powerful, dark, melodic, intensive, beautiful. and played only by cellos. i fell in love with it when i first heard it, and i still love it.
the first time i saw the video was when putting together this series. i must say that the video is as good as the song itself. and interesting interplay between shadows and reality, in black and white. really fantastic.
(which reminds me, i haven’t seen them live for some time. what a pitty…)

the twentyfourth video is winter wind sings by the black league. the lyrics can be found here.

this is doom metal. try it if you like darker, heavier stuff.

i like it because… it’s a dark and heavy earworm, sung by taneli jarva in his typical dark voice.
another song on the same album, ichor, is an interpretation of the sonnet ozymandias by percy bysshe shelley. if it would come with a video, it would be the main feature of this post.

the twentythird video is lumessakahlaajat (german: schneewanderer) by the finnish band timo rautiainen & trio niskalaukaus. it is about the finnish-russian war (though i also read that it is about the yugoslavian war, and the video seems to back this up), when many finnish people had to leave their towns behind and flee into the forests, leaving them with the only two choices of dying or leaving their heimat. a really depressing song. the finnish lyrics can be found here, and the german lyrics here. the video here is the finnish version; in case you want to prefer german: the german version can be found here.

this is metal. you might like it.

i like it because… it is a very sad, very moving story, about the dark side of wars, about the endless suffering of the civilians. i think this is really well delivered by the rather plain, but intensive style of the band.
the band usually makes finnish songs, but they have two german albums, with translated songs. the results are very remarkable, and sometimes pretty strange, especially the first album, “in frostigen tälern”. schneewanderer can be found on the second album, “hartes land”.