List of concept albums

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  • 2112 by Rush is about a future world where music is forbidden.
  • 2050 by Blokkmonsta & Schwartz is an apocalyptic future vision for the year 2050
  • 8 Deadly Sins by Manticora is about a man on his death bed who, in retrospect, sees his life as marked by eight sins, although he always avoided committing the Christian deadly sins .
  • a.Ura und das Schnecken.Haus von Samsa's dream tells an " Alice in Wonderland -esque" fantasy story (can also be interpreted as 23 individual stories), which serves as a complex metaphor for the lead singer's semi-autobiographical love story.
  • Abigail 1 & 2 from King Diamond are about the multiple births of an incarnation of evil in the form of a girl.
  • Abydos by Andy Kuntz , the singer of the band Vanden Plas , tells the story of a boy who lost his father. He and his two friends dive into the intermediate world of Egyptian mythology.
  • Abyss of the hardcore punk band Shipwreck AD tells the story of the crew members and various objects of the fictional sunken ship Abyss.
  • Along Came a Spider by Alice Cooper is about a serial killer named "Spider".
  • An Eye for an Eye by the Dezperadoz tells a story from the Wild West of a man named Hank who practices blood vengeance for the murder of his girlfriend and is sentenced to death for it.
  • Antichrist Superstar by Marilyn Manson .
  • Arthur (Or The Decline and Fall of the British Empire) by The Kinks tells the story of an English petty bourgeois who realizes the futility of his life, doubts Winston Churchill and dreams of fleeing to Australia .
  • Days of Rising Doom by Sascha Peath, Robert Hunecke-Rizzo, Amanda Somerville and Miro is a " Metal - Opera " which takes place in a fantasy world.
  • Avantasia by Tobias Sammet tells of a young monk during the time of the witch hunt , who travels to a fantastic world to save his stepsister.
  • Babysteps by Henning Pauly tells the story of a former top athlete who is dependent on a wheelchair due to an accident.
  • Berlin by Lou Reed has as protagonists a loving, drug-addicted couple.
  • The Black Parade by My Chemical Romance is about a to cancer sufferers who thinks about his ending within a few weeks of life.
  • Black Hand Inn of Running Wild reported by a former pirate who is gifted clairvoyant and fights for good in the history of mankind.
  • Blood on Ice by Bathory is about an orphan who one day of a einäugen stranger learns that he by the Asen was chosen to fight a battle for them and is trained by him and with magic items ( Tyrfing u. A.), Skills ( divination among others) and companions ( Sleipnir , Hugin and Munin among others).
  • Brave von Marillion tells the story of a young woman who falls from a bridge in a flashback.
  • Carpathia - A Dramatic Poem by The Vision Bleak tells of a businessman who travels to the Carpathian Mountains to take on his inheritance. The narrative is heavily based on the literature by HP Lovecraft .
  • Conspiracy of King Diamond is about a pact with spirits, which ends in tragedy. This is the continuation of the previous album Them
  • Crack the Skye by Mastodon is about a paraplegic child whogoes onan out-of-body journeythroughtime and after an encounter with the Chlysten sect in 17th century Russia is finally placed as a soul in Rasputin's body.
  • WASP's The Crimson Idol tells the story of a teenager Jonathan Steel, disliked by his parents, who leaves home to become a famous rock star. He achieves this goal, but does not succeed in gaining the love and acceptance of his parents, which is his real pursuit. The story ends with theprotagonist's suicide .
  • Cry Baby by Melanie Martinez is about the life of the fictional character Cry Baby, who represents the singer's alter ego .
  • Danger Days: The True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys of My Chemical Romance is about the life of the Fabulous Killjoys , a group of outlaws who are struggling in a post-apocalyptic California in 2019 against the evil company Better Living Industries.
  • De-Loused in the Comatorium by The Mars Volta deals with astory writtenby singer Bixler-Zavala , in which the protagonist Cerpin Taxt injects himself with morphine to take his own life, then falls into a coma in which he and his self is confronted with his past only to take his own life after waking up from the coma. The story is based on real events.
  • God's love of Samsa's dream is about a war between the inhabitants of heaven , that of God fallen archangel Gabriel and his followers and Lucifer with his demons. The focal point of the story / conflict are the lovers Lilith and Samuel and the love of God .
  • Djindustrie von Caputt is about the fact that an intelligent but bad person finds a magic lamp. To get more than three wishes, he wants a wonder lamp factory, the Djindustrie . Ultimately, he destroys humanity with his wishes.
  • The Downward Spiral by the Nine Inch Nails is about someone who tries to break away from the control of religion and society
  • Dreaming Neon Black by Nevermore is about a man, his lover disappears and culminates in the breakdown and suicide of the main character.
  • Electra Heart by Marina and the Diamonds is about the love life of the fictional character Electra Heart.
  • The Emerald Sword Saga on Rhapsody's first five albums describes the struggle between humans and demons. The hero has to find the magical weapon that can win the war, but which is stolen by the demons. In the end, people still win, with the help of their gods.
  • Harvest in autumn by Fjoergyn describes nature's revenge on people.
  • Fate Is Calling (Pt I) of the heavy metal project Dawnrider with many guest musicians.
  • The Final Experiment by Ayreon tells the story of a blind minstrel in the Middle Ages who, in his dreams, receives messages and visions of the end of the world that are sent to him by people from the future.
  • Frances the Mute of The Mars Volta is said to be based on a diary the band found in his possession after the death of their effects member Jeremy Ward. The book was about a young man's search for his birth parents. Since it wasn't finished when Ward found it in the back seat of a car, he completed it himself. The song titles are based on the names of the people in the book.
  • Freak out! by The Mothers of Invention is considered the first concept album in rock music. It portrays the Los Angeles underground scene from the perspective of a "freak".
  • The Great Fall of Narnia is about a soldier who seeks refuge from his past in religion and goes on a pilgrimage to Jerusalem , but becomes skeptical when witnessing a suicide bombing and asks about the justice of his God.
  • The Great Stone War by the deathcore band Winds of Plague is about the collapse of civilization, from which an apocalyptic religious war results.
  • Hooverphonic presents Jackie Cane from Hooverphonic describes the rise and fall of a singer.
  • Hospice by The Antlers describes a difficult love affair between a hospice worker and a terminally ill woman who dies at the end of the album.
  • Liod by Helium Vola deals with the life of a woman in the Middle Ages.
  • House of God of King Diamond describes a love and horror story in the church of Rennes-le-Château .
  • Give Me Your Soul… Please by King Diamond is about a little boy who was wrongly locked in hell and his sister, who is looking for a soul to trade as a ghost.
  • King Diamond's The Graveyard is about a madman who has been imprisoned to protect the mayor's incest secret, breaks out and takes revenge.
  • The Human Equation by Ayreon is about the inner struggle of a coma patient with his feelings
  • Thirteenth Step by A Perfect Circle feel after the fight of a person with drug addiction.
  • Imaginaerum by Nightwish tells the story of a dying man who reflects on his life within a fantasy world he has dreamed of.
  • Imaginos from Blue Öyster Cult is about Haitian voodoo ghosts ("Les Invisibles").
  • In Search of Space by Hawkwind the fictional story of a Spaceship Hawkwind .
  • Sorte Diaboli by Dimmu Borgir is about a priest in the Middle Ages who doubts his faith and turns away from the Christian faith and finally becomes an antichrist.
  • Interview by Gentle Giant consists of a fictitious interview about the music business.
  • Into the Electric Castle by Ayreon is about a group of people from different ages who want to solve the mystery of the Electric Castle together .
  • Invisible Circles by After Forever tells the story of a young couple who accidentally have a child, the parents' problems with each other and with the child, as well as social incompetence and the child's flight from reality.
  • Seasons of Nargaroth describes the Weltschmerz , self-hatred and madness of a first-person narrator in the respective season ; the narrator often makes contradicting statements ("I don't want to be lonely and long for loneliness"). The album is divided into five songs ( prologue , spring , summer , autumn and winter .)
  • Kamakiriad by Donald Fagen tells of the stops on a journey in the futuristic “Kamakiri” eco-car along the American east coast.
  • Kilroy Was Here by Styx is the story of the last rock 'n' roll star locked up for his music in a world where rock 'n' roll is forbidden.
  • L'histoire de Melody Nelson by Serge Gainsbourg tells of the love story of a young girl.
  • The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway by Genesis tells the story of the Puerto Rican petty criminal Rael, who lives in New York and tries in his subconscious on a journey through mythical and absurd locations to save his brother.
  • The Last Temptation by Alice Cooper revolves around a fictional character named Showman , who appears as an incarnation of evil and shows parallels to the person of the artist. There is a three-part comic for this album, drawn by Neil Gaiman , which additionally supports the story of the album and thus rounds off the concept.
  • Leitmotif from dredg tells the story of a man who experiences a ghostly apparition in a dream and then travels the whole world to find inner peace.
  • Liberatio by the German band Krypteria tells the love story between Erik and Melissa, who were separated by death, but whose love also overcomes this obstacle and gives light to distant worlds (original narration from the album).
  • Metropolis Pt. 2: Scenes from a Memory by Dream Theater tells the story of Nicholas who slips into his former life as Victoria during a hypnosis session. She stands between two warring brothers and finally dies a young death in a shootout, which must now be cleared up.
  • Midnattens Widunder from the folk metal band Finntroll tells in detail about a war between the troll king Rivfader and his people and human Christianity from the perspective of the trolls.
  • Music from “The Elder” by Kiss tells of a boy who is destined to become a knight against the evil that threatens the world.
  • Music Machine by Erik Norlander is about a superstar named Johnny America who was genetically engineered by the record company and whose lifespan was severely limited from the outset.
  • Mylo Xyloto by Coldplay is about the life of the character Xyloto. The framework story is vaguely based on 1984
  • Nadir's Big Chance by Peter Hammill is the story of Rikki Nadir, a young rock musician who played punk before his breakthrough.
  • The Ninth Wave by Kate Bush is the B-side of her album Hounds of Love and is about a woman who spends a night floating in the water after a shipwreck, where she experiences various visions and dreams.
  • Not as Good as the Book by The Tangent tells of a progressive rock fan who inadvertently brought about the end of the world with the Yes album Relayer , and further describes the efforts of scientists of the future to use individual remaining music albums to describe everyday life in the 20th century to reconstruct.
  • Nude von Camel tells the story of a World War II veteran who - cut off from his unit - lived on an island in the Pacific for thirty years and then returned home, but could no longer find his way around civilization.
  • Oceanic (2002) by Isis tells the story of a depressed, unhappily in love man who drowns himself.
  • OK Computer by Radiohead is about the fear and of being lost in a digital world.
  • Operation: Mindcrime and Operation: Mindcrime II by Queensrÿche are about a revolution against a totalitarian government.
  • Out of the Blue by Electric Light Orchestra describes the adventures of a spaceship crew in space.
  • Pills Against the Ageless Ills by Solefald tells the amusing story of the two brothers Pornographer Cain and Philosopher Fuck, each looking for redemption in their own way.
  • Posthumous Silence by Sylvan is about a father who reads his deceased daughter's diary .
  • Power and the Passion by Eloy is about a journey back in time to the Middle Ages ; the story continued on the Dawn album .
  • The Puppetmaster by King Diamond is about a puppeteer who makes his dolls from murdered people and brings them to life with their blood.
  • Qntal III by Qntal deals with the subject matter of Tristan and Isolde .
  • Quadrophenia by The Who tells the story of mod Jimmy in 1960s London.
  • The Rainbow Children by Prince tells of Rainbow Children who seek the Promised Land, shaped by Prince's spiritual interest in Jehovah's Witnesses .
  • The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars by David Bowie tells the story of Ziggy Stardust, the symbol of a sexually promiscuous rock star marked by drug excesses, whose concern for humanity, the proclamation of the message of love and peace, ultimately his dissolute lifestyle fails, which divides him from the fans and leads him into a personal abyss.
  • River Runs Red by Life of Agony is about the last days of a young man who ends up killing himself in the song “Friday”.
  • Roar of Love by 2nd Chapter of Acts tells the story The King of Narnia by CS Lewis .
  • Rockpommel's Land von Grobschnitt tells of a little boy who runs away from home and experiences adventures in an enchanted land.
  • Safe by Dan Bull tells the story of a young man who tries to take his own life during a global thermonuclear holocaust and awakes in a dubious nirvana.
  • The Scroll of Stone by Magica is about Princess Alma, whose soul was stolen by a demon. In order to break the curse that weighs on her, she goes in search of the "Scroll of the Stone".
  • The cycle of the Black Butterfly by ASP , consisting of the five albums Did you miss me? : Duet , Weltunter , Aus der Tief and Requiembryo , is about a person with multiple personalities, whose personalities fight against each other for supremacy. The protagonist named Asp represents the good side and the black butterfly the bad side of a person.
  • The Second Stage Turbine Blade , In Keeping Secrets of Silent Earth: 3 and Good Apollo, I'm Burning Star IV, Volume One: From Fear in the Eyes of Madness by Coheed and Cambria are parts of the tetralogy devised by the singer Claudio Sanchez The Bag Online Adventures of Coheed and Cambria , which is about the Coheed and Cambria couple, their children and a virus in a science fiction universe.
  • Trench of Twenty One Pilots describes a story about the depression of the founding member Tyler Joseph .
  • Iron Maiden's Seventh Son of a Seventh Son is aboutthe visionary abilities supposedly inherent in the seventh son of a seventh son.
  • SF Sorrow from The Pretty Things is a short story set to music by singer Phil May , in which the life story of the title character is told.
  • The album Srontgorrth by Nagelfar deals with the career of a warrior; there is a recurring leitmotif in all five songs, some of which are overly long .
  • Streets - A Rock Opera by Savatage is about a drug dealer in New York City who made a career as a rock star before becoming addicted and crashing himself.
  • Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band from the Beatles is considered to be one of the first concept albums in rock history. It tells of the performance of the fictional band of the same name. The album encouraged many groups to release concept albums as well, e.g. B. the Rolling Stones , the Kinks and The Who . The Beatles themselves wereinspiredby the Beach Boys album Pet Sounds .
  • Snow by Spock's Beard is about an albino who can see into the past and future of the people he touched.
  • Spliff Radio Show by Spliff tells the story of a career singer with a socially critical appeal.
  • Still Life by Opeth tells the story of a young man who is banished from his village for rejecting religion. He secretly returns to see his lover, Melinda, again and to bring her back, who has become a nun during his absence. In the end, the protagonists are united in death.
  • Subterranea by IQ tells the story of a man who falls into the revolution against a surveillance state through love for a woman, but ultimately fails with both because of his conformism and lethargy.
  • Swingin 'with Raymond from Chumbawamba is half about love and half about hate.
  • Tales of the Coffin Born by The Grotesquery tells of a father who makes a pact with dark gods for the life of his stillborn son and has to sacrifice a human life for each year of his son's life. Over the years, however, through the influence of this dark magic, the son develops into a monstrosity that can no longer show itself to humanity.
  • Tarkus from Emerson, Lake and Palmer describes the unsuccessful fight of a mythical creature called Tarkus - half tank , half armadillo - against the monster Manticore .
  • The Tenth Dimension by Blaze is about a fictional quantum physicist who goes in search of the tenth dimension in order to prevent all scientific knowledge from being misused for deadly weapons. The story is inspired by the life of J. Robert Oppenheimer .
  • Thick as a Brick by Jethro Tull describes the scandalous circumstances of the disqualification of Gerald (Little Milton) Bostock, the only eight-year-old winner of a BBC literary competition, and out of solidarity sets his poem Thick as a Brick tomusic, which after numerous spectator protests an “extremely unhealthy attitude towards life, God and fatherland ”. The young author is advised to seek psychiatric treatment, which he must commence immediately.
  • Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge of My Chemical Romance is about a man who a league with the devil closes to be united across the border between life and death again with his mistress.
  • Three Friends by Gentle Giant tells the different lives of three school friends.
  • Them by King Diamond is about a house that is occupied by evil spirits that use the grandmother of the family occupy the house for himself.
  • Time from the Electric Light Orchestra describes the adventures of a man from the 1980s who is transported into the future.
  • Tineoidea or the consequences of a night - a gothic opera in blood minor of Samsa's dream tells how Lilith is impregnated by Samuel and is then persecuted by the martyrs' brigades, with Maximilian as leader, Eva and other mostly biblical characters, the power over that want to acquire unborn child.
  • Tommy from The Who describes the story of the deaf, mute and blind Tommy Walker, who becomes a kind of messiah through pinball games and subsequent healing.
  • Tougher Than Leather by Willie Nelson is about the rebirth of a cowboy in the present.
  • Ulvers Trilogie (re-released collectively as The Trilogy - Three Journeyes Through the Norwegian Netherworlde ) is about the sinister aspects of Norwegian folklore. The debut album Bergtatt - Et Eeventyr i 5 Capitler by Ulver tells the story of a girl who gets lost in the forest, is lured into the mountains by trolls and is never seen again. The successor Kveldssanger is mostly instrumental, the third album Nattens Madrigal - Aatte Hymne Til Ulven i Manden is about a man who is blessed by the devil and turned into a wolf. After a serious conflict in his soul, he gives himself completely to his lonely fate.
  • Truth Decay by Hypnogaja describes the scenario of an apocalyptic end of the world , whereby the album contains a lot of science fiction . For each song on the album, a part of a short story appeared on the homepage, which exactly describes the scenario. You can see this on the homepage.
  • Tyranny of Shadow Gallery is about remorse of an employee in the arms industry , its action against his former employer and the difficulties he prepares it.
  • The Universal Migrator by Ayreon (consisting of the separately published parts The Dream Sequencer and Flight of the Migrator ) tells on the one hand the Dream Sequencer journey of a Mars colonialist through the (partly fictional) history of mankind and on the other hand the emergence of the universe and its creation of life through a kind of world soul (migrator). After an accident with the Dream Sequencer , which cost the colonists their lives, his soul finally becomes one with that of the migrant .
  • V - The New Mythology Suite by Symphony X is about Ma'at, an Egyptian girl sent to earth to restore balance.
  • The rock opera Victor by Manuel Rigoni and Richard Schönherz is the fictional tale of suffering of the boy Victor who grows up in a circus.
  • King Diamond's Voodoo is about voodoo rites trying to evict a family from their property.
  • We Have The Facts, And We're Voting Yes by Death Cab for Cutie is a concept album from indie rock . It tells the story of a doomed affair, the escape of the protagonist who cannot come to terms with his loss until the end.
  • Christmas in the Ivory Tower by Dexter & Morlockk Dilemma is about a person who jumps from a skyscraper on Christmas Eve and can look through the windows into the lives of the residents. He meets u. a. on dealers, messies and prostitutes.
  • Wretched and Divine: The Story of the Wild Ones of Black Veil Brides is a rock opera is about a group of rebels.
  • Year Zero by Nine Inch Nails offers a grim view of the world in 2022.
  • Zaubererbruder - The Krabat song cycle by ASP sets Otfried Preussler's Krabat to music. Whereby only about half of the story follows the book and then suggests an alternative storyline in which Krabat successfully escapes the mill and returns after years to finally destroy it with a stranger. In the end he is finally haunted by the godfather .
  • Zen Arcade by Hüsker Dü is about a boy who leaves his parents' house and is confronted with a hard and merciless world.
  • From the perspective of a young man, the decay of freezing rain describes the gruesome course of the plague in his city in the Middle Ages.
  • Ziltoid the Omniscient by Devin Townsend is about an invasion of the earth by aliens, which can only be averted by brewing the "ultimate cup of coffee" for the title villain, which gives him the ability to travel back in time.

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