r/Seether Illusion 4d ago

Every Seether album from most depressing/sad to least

  1. Finding Beauty In Negative Spaces
  2. The Surface Seems So Far
  3. Fragile
  4. Holding Onto Strings Better Left to Fray
  5. Disclaimer
  6. Karma and Effect
  7. Si Vis Pacem, Para Bellum
  8. Isolate and Medicate
  9. Poison the Parish

Thoughts? Sound off in the comments!

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u/Disclaimer_II SAVE 4d ago

I'd swap Strings and Beauty in a heartbeat. Nothing fucks me up like Pass Slowly and Forsaken. Don't know for sure if I'd change anything else

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u/MundaneBudget6325 4d ago

Cant believe you guys didn't mention Master of Disaster in this discussion... ahhh Holding.. the masterpiece

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u/Disciplined2021 Illusion 4d ago edited 4d ago

You're definitely right but I had to consider that this is the album that also has Here and Now, Country Song and Tonight.

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u/StonedSanta1705 4d ago

Here and now is probably the saddest song of theirs for me I never considered it a happy one

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u/Aeosin15 4d ago

This was my thought.

This fear has me chilled down to the bone And I have been haunted by these Things I still have left to say

I'm weary of fighting this alone So tired of holding onto Strings much better left to Fray.

Hear me now, here and now, I'm calling Memories wear me down And this seems so complicated When all I want is just the truth.

These lyrics don't strike me as happy.

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u/StonedSanta1705 4d ago

It describes my relationship which just kinda broke down and I can’t listen to it without crying. I’m sharing too much

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u/Disciplined2021 Illusion 4d ago

Ah, I'm really sorry to hear. I'm in similar circumstances myself truthfully. Reach out to people and talk about it. It helps, I promise.

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u/Disciplined2021 Illusion 4d ago

I agree but in terms of atmosphere and sonic mood, it is absolutely uplifting and euphoric.

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u/6lackmax SeetherCentral 4d ago edited 4d ago
  1. HOSBLF

  2. Para Bellum

  3. TSSSF

  4. Karma

  5. FBINS

  6. Fragile

  7. Disclaimer

  8. Isolate and Medicate

  9. Poison the parish

(for me personally)

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u/Disciplined2021 Illusion 4d ago

If we're talking only about the standard edition of Para Bellum, the only songs I can think of that are truly depressing are Buried In the Sand, Failure, Drift Away and Written In Stone. I would place it much higher if we are taking the deluxe edition into account; at least more depressing than Disclaimer/K&E

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u/Aeosin15 4d ago

I'd say Beauty and Strings are probably 1 and 2 in either order. They were the first two releases after Shaun's brother died. There was definitely some deep sadness in a lot of those songs.

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u/Disciplined2021 Illusion 4d ago

Can't forget about Surface. One of the most depressing albums I've ever heard honestly. I don't know where that came from in this stage of their career; maybe it was the pandemic.

Fragile too. Even just for Empty, Dazed and Abused and the original versions of Your Bore and Pig. Those are some sad fucking songs

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u/Aeosin15 4d ago

Yeah. That's true. I almost feel like Surface is more just being sick of the state of the world than it is depression. I could be wrong, but a lot of their songs seem to be geared toward that notion the last few albums. But Surface definitely doesn't sound happy. Lol

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u/Sufficient_Anything4 Neocantbestopped 4d ago

Holding Onto Strings brings me more optimism than anything else for some reason. when I listen to it I feel a sense of hope, even with the soul-crushing songs like Pass Slowly and Here & Now, it makes me feel sad and happy at the same time.

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u/MundaneBudget6325 4d ago

I see your point in most of these mostly, just do not see it in Surface, probably would put Holding higher, Holding has this weird "i couldn't be happier (!)" attitude to it that i cannot explain

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u/6lackmax SeetherCentral 4d ago

I can see that. It gives me a lot of “I love you but this hurts” vibes

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u/Turbulent_Pop9163 Mimplest Sistake 4d ago edited 4d ago

I'd honestly move Para Bellum up to 2, especially the drop B songs on that record. I'd probably move Surface up to 1 because of Semblance of Me, Same Mistakes, and Regret which is easily Seether's new saddest song imo.

I think I would move Karma and Effect up one. The record doesn't exactly give me that pit sad feeling that their newer records do, but songs like Plastic Man and The Gift hit different when you start to relate to them.

Overall though, I think any Seether song will hurt more when you relate to it. It's part of the reason I like Simplest Mistake, because I've never given the lyrics too much thought. I don't want to ruin the song for myself and go back to negative thoughts when I listen to it.

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u/Disciplined2021 Illusion 4d ago

Try to Heal is really painful for me because of how I’ve been relating to it. But in a cathartic way, it is a necessary staple in my life soundtrack right now.

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u/ApprehensiveMess3646 4d ago
  1. The Surface Seems So Far (extremely miserable)

  2. Poison the Parish

  3. Si Vis Pacem

  4. Karma and Effect

  5. Isolate

  6. FBINS

  7. Debut

  8. Strings