List of concept albums
Concept albums are listed here sorted by topic:
Events from history
- Albedo 0.39 by Vangelis is about the moon landing in 1969.
- Amused to Death by Roger Waters contains his criticism of the Second Gulf War and the mass media and describes how the television society amuses itself to death.
- Beneath The Waves by Compendium refers to a legend based on a real event. A man is hit by a wave on an Irish beach and dragged into the sea.
- Between the Wars by Al Stewart together with Laurence Juber covers the period between the First and Second World Wars .
- Between Today and Yesterday by Alan Price deals with the Great Depression of the 1930s from the perspective of a teenager.
- CALIGVLA by Ex Deo deals with events in Roman history such as the battle in the Teutoburg Forest or the Third Slave War
- Captain Lockheed & The Starfighters of Robert Calvert discusses the satirical way Starfighter affair .
- Carolus Rex by Sabaton is about the history of Sweden between 1611 and 1719 .
- Casablanca von City tells the life of Berlin children after the war around the topic of cinema and film.
- Charlemagne: By the Sword and the Cross by Christopher Lee deals with the Saxon Wars of Charlemagne (772-804) with special reference to the blood judgment of Verden (772).
- Chavez Ravine by Ry Cooder describes the events surrounding the evacuation of a small Californian suburb near Los Angeles that had to give way to a well-known baseball stadium.
- Coat of Arms by Sabaton deals with individual aspects of World War II , such as the Warsaw Uprising , the Holocaust or the Greco-Italian War .
- Curly's Airships of Chris Judge Smith is about the catastrophic crash of the British airship R101 in 1930th
- Dead Winter Dead by Savatage is about the civil war in Yugoslavia .
- Hastings 1066 by Thy Majesty revolves around the Battle of Hastings in 1066 , as the title suggests .
- Helium Vola by Helium Vola deals with the sinking of the nuclear submarine K-141 Kursk with largely medieval texts and news samples .
- Helvetios von Eluveitie is about the Gallic War from the perspective of the Helvetii .
- Heroes by Sabaton deals with individuals or groups in World War II who are seen as war heroes , such as Witold Pilecki , Audie Murphy or the night witches .
- Homo erraticus of Ian Anderson describes various eras of British history, from the Stone Age in Doggerland
- K2: Tales of Triumph and Tragedy by Don Airey deals with the death of mountaineer Julie Tullis while descending from K2 in 1986.
- Knights of the Cross by Grave Digger deals with the Knights Templar and the Crusades .
- Last Supper by Grave Digger is about the passion of the Christ
- Let me tell you from the old days ... von Odroerir deals with events from the history of Thuringia in antiquity and in the early Middle Ages.
- Latviesu Strelnički from Skyforger examines the role of Latvian soldiers in World War I.
- M-16 from Sodom discussed the Vietnam War .
- Dowry - Murder Stories by Subway to Sally is about real murders from history
- NATO by the Slovenian band Laibach is a pure cover album, but the lyrics and titles of the song have been modified to make a reference to the Yugoslav wars.
- … Of Frost And War by Hail of Bullets deals with the events on the Eastern Front during World War II .
- On Divine Winds by Hail of Bullets is about the Pacific War from the attack on Pearl Harbor .
- One Hour by the Concrete Lake by Pain of Salvation is about Lake Karachay in Siberia , which is so radioactive that it had to be covered with a layer of concrete to protect the environment.
- Past, Present, Future by Al Stewart is a critical examination of recent American and European history .
- Poetry: Friedrich's story of Samsa's dream tells of the systematic murder of people with mental and physical disabilities in the Third Reich from the perspective of the victims and perpetrators.
- Primo Victoria and Attero Dominatus by Sabaton are about various modern wars, including a. from World War II , D-Day and the Six Day War in the Middle East.
- Proletenpassion is a political oratorio by the Austrian political rock band Butterflies from 1976/77. It deals with the history of the labor movement and other social revolutionary movements from the peasant wars in German-speaking countries to the present.
- Romulus from Ex Deo is about Roman history (especially events during Gaius Julius Caesar's life).
- Scarlet's Walk of Tori Amos is the minutes of a journey through the United States after the terrorist attacks on September 11 2,001th
- Softsword by Rick Wakeman is an album about the English King John Ohneland and the Magna Charta he signed .
- Somewhere in Afrika by Manfred Mann's Earth Band deals with apartheid in South Africa
- Spartacus von Triumvirat addresses the gladiator and slave revolt against Rome in the years 73–71 BC. Chr.
- Taskasago Army (高 砂 軍) from Chthonic (閃靈 樂團) describes Taiwan under Japanese rule in 1940–1945. The title refers to the indigenous peoples of Taiwan who served in the Imperial Japanese Army .
- The Divinity of Oceans by Ahab is about the whaling ship Essex
- The Final Cut - A Requiem for the Post War Dream by Pink Floyd thematizes and criticizes the politics of Great Britain and the whole world at the time of the Falklands War .
- The Glorious Burden by Iced Earth is about historical wars and battles , in particular the American War of Independence and the Battle of Gettysburg .
- The Immortal Wars by Ex Deo is about the Second Punic War .
- The Nightfly by Donald Fagen dealt with events and the zeitgeist of the late 50s and early 60s .
- The Varangian Way by Turisas reports on the journey that the Varangians undertook in the early Middle Ages from the Baltic Sea across Russia to Constantinople . The follow- up album Stand up and Fight continues this story and is about the Varägergarde .
- To Our Children's Children's Children by The Moody Blues flies through space and time on the occasion of the moon landing in 1969.
- Tunes of War by Grave Digger deals with chapters of Scottish history , such as William Wallace , Robert the Bruce , Mary Queen of Scots and the Jacobite rebellion .
- Under the Black Cross by Pentacle deals with Operation Chariot during World War II .
- Under the Sign of the Iron Cross and Passiondale by God Dethroned are about the First World War .
- Warnaments by Torchbearer deals with the naval battles of the First World War , in particular the Skagerrak Battle .
- White gold from Stern-Combo Meißen deals with the invention of porcelain in Dresden.
- White Mansions by Paul Kennerley (musically performed by Waylon Jennings , Eric Clapton and others) tells of the Civil War .
- Yersinia pestis (named after the pathogen of the same name ) by Torchbearer describes the outgrowths of the great plague epidemic in the Middle Ages.
Real people
- III The Rommel Chronicles by Hail of Bullets is about Erwin Rommel .
- And Thou Shalt Trust… The Seer and Awaking the Centuries by Haggard are about Nostradamus .
- Babbacombe Lee from Fairport Convention tells the story of the “man they couldn't hang” John Babbacombe Lee .
- Beat by King Crimson is a musical homage to the writers of the beat generation . Reference is made explicitly to Neal Cassady , Jack Kerouac and Allen Ginsberg .
- Beethoven's Last Night by the Trans-Siberian Orchestra tells a fictional story about Beethoven's life and work.
- Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy chronologically and autobiographically describes the initial difficulties of the composer Elton John and his lyricist Bernie Taupin in the years 1967 to 1969 in London at the beginning of their joint careers.
- Charlemagne: By the Sword and the Cross and Charlemagne: The Omens of Death by Christopher Lee are about the life of Charlemagne and the consequences of his death.
- Cruelty and the Beast by Cradle of Filth is about the life of Elisabeth Báthory .
- Dahmer von Macabre tells the life story of serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer ("The Milwaukee Monster").
- Dead Man's Hand by the Dezperadoz is about the player and gunslinger Wild Bill Hickock , whose murder during a poker game gave the eponymous Dead Man's Hand its name.
- Desperado of the Eagles draws parallels between the infamous Doolin / Dalton gang from the American Midwest and the existence of a rock star.
- Through the Ice and Blood of Thrudvangar tells the life story of Erik the Red .
- Eppur Si Muove of Haggard is about Galileo Galilei .
- Freudiana by Eric Woolfson deals with the life and work of Sigmund Freud .
- From the Inside by Alice Cooper (in collaboration with Bernie Taupin ) is a biographical review of his time in a psychiatric institution where he was admitted because of his alcohol addiction. Each song deals with a story of people he met during his stay.
- Gaudi from The Alan Parsons Project and Gaudi's Legacy from Pyramid are about Antoni Gaudí .
- Godspeed on the Devil's Thunder by Cradle of Filth is dedicated to the life and crimes of Gilles de Rais .
- Gothic Kabbalah by Therion deals with the life and work of Johannes Bureus .
- Hermine (1988) by Udo Lindenberg is dedicated to his mother, for whom he partially re-recorded hits from the 20s, 30s and 40s. Two years later the album Gustav was released in memory of his father - with cover versions of entertainment classics from the 1930s to 1960s as well as new compositions.
- Hundred Year Flood of Magellan is about Jack Gardner, the older brother of the band members Trent and Wayne Gardner, who in the Vietnam War was killed.
- Is the Actor Happy? (1995) by Vic Chesnutt alludes to an artists' association to which Kurt Wagner ( Lambchop ) also belonged in addition to Chesnutt .
- Jesus of Snubnose expresses the effects of Jesus' encounterswith certain people and their living conditions.
- The Legend and the Truth by the Dezperadoz tells the life story of Wyatt Earp .
- Leaving Home von Fuchs tells the family history, on the father's side, of Hans-Jürgen Fuchs, in the period 1920–1945.
- Leonardo The Absolute Man tells the life story of Leonardo da Vinci .
- Music for Kings by Counter-World Experience covers various historical and mythical kings , e.g. B. Charlemagne , Gilgamesh or Beowulf .
- Nostradamus from Kayak describes the life of Nostradamus .
- Nostradamus by Judas Priest is about Nostradamus and his prophecies.
- Karma von Kamelot is about the life of Elisabeth Báthory .
- Poets and Madmen of Savatage is about Kevin Carter .
- Schispringerlieder and the follow-up albums Mehr Schispringerlieder and Schispringerlieder 3 by Christoph and Lollo are about ski jumpers.
- The Six Wives of Henry VIII by Rick Wakeman contains a song for each wife of Henry VIII.
- Songs for Drella by Lou Reed and John Cale pays homage to Andy Warhol .
- Songs from the Capeman by Paul Simon is the life story of the Puerto Rican Salvador Agrón , who narrowly escaped the death penalty as a convicted murderer.
- The Twenty Seven Club by Magenta tells about musicians who all died at the age of 27.
- Total Brutal and Double Brutal by Austrian Death Machine are dedicated to the acting work of Arnold Schwarzenegger .
- Dead Day by Klaus Schulze is about the last hours in the life of the Austrian poet Georg Trakl .
- Wish You Were Here by Pink Floyd treats the drug due to mental deterioration Syd Barrett and the pressure of record companies.
- X by Klaus Schulze dedicates every piece to the biography of a person who was influential on Schulze, specifically Friedrich Nietzsche , Georg Trakl , Frank Herbert , Wilhelm Friedemann Bach , Ludwig II of Bavaria and Heinrich von Kleist .
Existing templates
- 1. Outside - The Nathan Adler Diaries: A Hyper Cycle by David Bowie is based on the fictional diaries of the detective Nathan Adler, who tries to solve a murder.
- 1984 by Rick Wakeman set to music the novel of the same name by George Orwell .
- 666 by Aphrodite's Child is a musical interpretation of the Revelation of John .
- A Profound Path by Blank Manuscript sets a journey from the underworld to heaven based on the Divinia Comedia by Dante Alighieri .
- A-Lex by Sepultura tells the story of the novel or film A Clockwork Orange .
- Altro ed altrove - Parole d'amore dei popoli lontani by Angelo Branduardi consists of translated, modernized love songs from other cultures.
- Animals of Pink Floyd after the submission of Animal Farm by George Orwell , the company divided into three groups represented by dogs, pigs and sheep.
- Arcane Rain Fell by Draconian tells the story of Lucifer's rebellion from his point of view.
- The Art of War by Sabaton is about the book of the same name by Sunzi .
- Beyond Man and Time (2012) by RPWL is based on Also sprach Zarathustra by Friedrich Nietzsche .
- Black Moments (2002) by Klaus König consists of poems by Edgar Allan Poe .
- Book of Secrets by Balance of Power is based on the controversial book The Bible Code by Michael Drosnin .
- The Call of the Wretched Sea by Ahab sets the novel Moby-Dick to music .
- The Chronicles of the Black Sword by Hawkwind is set to music by Michael Moorcock's Elric von Melniboné cycle.
- Christ 0 (2006) by Vanden Plas is based on the novel The Count of Monte Christo by Alexandre Dumas .
- Contaminazione by Il Rovescio della Medaglia is based on the Well-Tempered Clavier by Johann Sebastian Bach .
- A little bit of horror show by the Toten Hosen tells the novel A Clockwork Orange .
- Damnation and a Day by Cradle of Filth tells the Old Testament from the perspective of the devil .
- The Dark Saga by Iced Earth is about the superhero spawn .
- Death Came Through a Phantom Ship by Carach Angren is about the saga of the flying Dutchman .
- The Deathship Has a New Captain by The Vision Bleak covers several horror films and books , including Mountains of Madness by HP Lovecraft and The Fog by John Carpenter .
- Dust and Dreams by Camel based on John Steinbeck's novel The Grapes of Wrath
- eMOTIVe by A Perfect Circle contains cover versions of famous peace and protest songs as well as two own songs.
- Epica and The Black Halo by Kamelot set Faust to music .
- Excalibur by Grave Digger tells the story of King Arthur and the Round Table .
- Faust by Randy Newman is a modernization of Goethe's Faust , u. a. with Linda Ronstadt , Don Henley , James Taylor and Bonnie Raitt .
- The First War of the World by Black Messiah is about the war between the Aesir and the Vanir in Norse mythology .
- For The Forest Seasons of Wintersun were The Four Seasons by Antonio Vivaldi thematic inspiration.
- From the Discworld by Dave Greenslade features songs based on various Discworld novels by Terry Pratchett ,
- Generation 13 of Saga characterizes with reference to the book “13th Generation” by William Strauss and Neil Howe the 13th generation since the declaration of independence of the USA .
- Genesis Suite (1945) is a community composition based on the prehistory of the Bible.
- The Giant by Ahab is set to music by Edgar Allan Poe's The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket .
- Gods of War by Manowar deals with Odin and Norse mythology .
- Gormenghast by Irmin Schmidt refers to the Gormenghast novels by Mervyn Peake .
- Götterlieder und Götterlieder II von Odroerir set parts of the Liederedda to music .
- The Grave Digger by Grave Digger is based on short stories by EA Poe
- The Hamlet Machine by Einstürzende Neubauten is a musical implementation of Heiner Müller 's piece of the same name .
- Horror Show by Iced Earth is about horror movies .
- Hyperion von Manticora sets the novel Hyperion by Dan Simmons to music .
- I, Robot by The Alan Parsons Project is based on Isaac Asimov's novel of the same name , but is not a retelling.
- In Search of Truth by Evergrey is about the abduction by aliens and is essentially based on the book Communion (Eng. Title: The Visitors ) by Whitley Strieber .
- Jeff Wayne's Musical Version of the War of the Worlds by Jeff Wayne tells the story of War of the Worlds .
- Journey to the Center of the Earth by Rick Wakeman based on the novel Journey to the Center of the Earth by Jules Verne
- The Juliet Letters by Elvis Costello contains settings of motifs from Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet .
- Kadath Decoded by Payne's Gray is based on the novel The Dream Search for the Unknown Kadath by HP Lovecraft .
- Music Inspired by Lord of the Rings by Bo Hansson sets The Lord of the Rings by JRR Tolkien to music for the first time.
- La Masquerade Infernale by Arcturus is dedicated to fist fabric .
- La tragédie d ' Oreste et Électre by Cranes contains spoken texts from Jean-Paul Sartre's Les Mouches ( The Flies ).
- Legend I , Legend II , Legend III: I and Legend III: II by Savior Machine set apocalyptic passages of the Bible to music , especially the Revelation of John .
- Lemuria and Sirius B (originally released as a double album) by Therion dedicate each song to various myths, legends and people from the religious or esoteric field (including Lemuria , Prometheus , Dagān ) and historical people ( Rasputin , Swedenborg , Gurdjieff ).
- Leviathan von Mastodon is based on Herman Melville's novel Moby-Dick .
- Mabool: The Story of the Three Sons of Seven by Orphaned Land tells the story of "three sons of the seven", each standing for one of the three monotheistic world religions that want to warn sinful humanity of the coming flood . Their warnings are ignored and the country is inundated by a tidal wave.
- The Mission of Royal Hunt is about Ray Bradbury's novel The Mars Chronicles .
- Music for a Still Undone Movie Maybe Called "Suttree" by Buddy & the Huddle is an "audio film" based on the book Suttree (German: Lost ) by Cormac McCarthy .
- The Music of Erich Zann from Mekong Delta sets the eponymous story by HP Lovecraft to music .
- Myths and Legends of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table by Rick Wakeman is dedicated to the theme of the Arthurian legend .
- Nightfall in Middle-Earth by Blind Guardian tells The Silmarillion by JRR Tolkien.
- Ocean by Eloy addresses the fall of Atlantis .
- Paradise Lost by Symphony X is based on the work of the same name by John Milton .
- Pictures at an Exhibition by Emerson, Lake and Palmer is a rock version of Modest Mussorgski's Pictures at an Exhibition .
- Pictures at an Exhibition by Mekong Delta is a metal version of Modest Mussorgski's Pictures at an Exhibition .
- Pictors Metamorphoses of Anyone's Daughter is based on the fairy tale of the same name by Hermann Hesse
- Realm of Chaos by Bolt Thrower is based on the Games Workshop role-playing games Warhammer Fantasy and Warhammer 40,000 .
- Rheingold by Grave Digger is based on Richard Wagner's opera Der Ring des Nibelungen .
- The Snow Goose by Camel is based on the children's story of the same name by Paul Gallico .
- The Songs of Distant Earth by Mike Oldfield dubbed the novel of the same name The Songs of Distant Earth by Arthur C. Clarke .
- Soundchaser of Rage is based on the Cthulhu Mythos of HP Lovecraft .
- Space Metal and Victims of the Modern Age of Star One are collections of songs that various known science fiction broach films. Space Metal refers to films that are mostly set in space, whereas Victims of the Modern Age is mostly based on dystopias on earth.
- Strange Little Girls by Tori Amos contains covers of songs written by men about women, performed by a woman.
- Tales from Topographic Oceans by Yes is inspired by the four Shastras , the scriptures of India .
- Tales of Mystery and Imagination of Edgar Allan Poe from The Alan Parsons Project contains settings of short stories by the American writer.
- Tech-Noir by Brian Ellis is dedicated to the Terminator films.
- Thane to the Throne by Jag Panzer and Shakespeare's Macbeth - A Tragedy in Steel by Rebellion are about Shakespeare's Macbeth .
- Themes from William Blake's The Marriage of Heaven and Hell by Ulver is an experimental album in which The Marriage of Heaven and Hell by William Blake is set to music in full, word for word.
- Tick Tock by Gazpacho dubbed the travelogue Wind, Sand and Stars by Antoine de Saint-Exupery .
- Tour de France Soundtracks from Kraftwerk for the 100th anniversary of the Tour de France .
- Traveler by The Lord Weird Slough Feg is based on the science fiction RPG Traveler .
- Veronica Decides to Die by Saturnus deals with the novel of the same name by Paulo Coelho .
- Voyage 34 by Porcupine Tree focuses on the LSD work of Dr. Timothy Leary .
- Warrior on the Edge of Time by Hawkwind based on Michael Moorcock's novel The Eternal Hero (The Eternal Champion).
Fictional people or actions
- 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.
Objects or activities
- A Grand Don't Come for Free by The Streets tells of losing £ 1,000 and trying to find the money.
- Catch Without Arms by Dredg represents another contrast in each song.
- The City by Vangelis sets concepts of urban life to music.
- Computer World by Kraftwerk describes technical, social and economic aspects of computer technology and global telecommunications .
- Days of Future Passed by The Moody Blues is a coherent work about the daily routine
- The Dark Third by Pure Reason Revolution is a coherent work about the “dark third of the day”: dreams
- Down in the Cellar by Al Stewart deals with the subject of wine .
- Eigenuran by Chefdenker is about canned beer .
- El Cielo by Dredg is about lucid dreams .
- In 50 Words for Snow by Kate Bush , a basic winter theme connects different stories about snow.
- Flossenengel by Novalis is about a whale that is first caught and then released from its aquarium.
- Free So Free of J Mascis is supposedly a concept album about the skydiving was, but as a commentary on 9-11 understood.
- Mistress of the Rain of Nargaroth is about rain and the emotions that go with it.
- Heaven's Isle by Oliver Wakeman is dedicated to Lundy Island .
- Le hairstyle from Die Ärzte is all about hair .
- Le Parc by Tangerine Dream tries to capture the mood of different parks around the globe
- After Hamburg by Hannes Wader focuses on experiences and memories in and around Hamburg .
- Oxygène by Jean-Michel Jarre treats oxygen.
- Paradise Theater by Styx covers the history of the theater of the same name in Chicago .
- Power Games from Headstone Epitaph is about computer games .
- Radio activity of power plant refers in part to nuclear power , partly to radio technology and linked the two issues on the eponymous play on words with each other.
- The Pros and Cons of Hitch Hiking by Roger Waters is about a hitchhiking tour
- Red Queen to Gryphon Three by Gryphon is about a game of chess .
- The Sistine Madonna by Electra is dedicated to the eponymous painting by Raphael , which is exhibited in the Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister in Dresden .
- Terria of Devin Townsend is a concept album about the country Canada .
- Tour de France - Soundtracks by Kraftwerk reinterprets its old title Tour de France and deals with elements of cycling .
- Trans Europe Express by Kraftwerk covers various aspects of traveling .
- White gold from the star combo Meißen describes the history and importance of porcelain .
- The wonder world of technology by Welle: Erdball deals with technical achievements that have a certain history and mysticism attached.
Ethics, morals and society
- American Idiot by Green Day describes the everyday small town life in the US.
- Armed Forces by Elvis Costello deals with the social role of the military and violence.
- Be from Pain of Salvation is about the relationship between God and humans.
- Bind, Torture, Kill by Suicide Commando deals with serial killers.
- Bitter Tears of Johnny Cash refers to the oppression of Indians in the United States .
- The Black Parade by My Chemical Romance is about aman sufferingfrom cancer, The Patient , who has about two weeks to live and thinks back to his life.
- Brutal Planet and DragonTown by Alice Cooper are about the grievances on earth.
- Century Child by Nightwish covers the topics of innocence and loss thereof.
- Chaos Total von Welle: Erdball is primarily concerned with mathematical and social chaos in various facets.
- Christmas Eve and Other Stories , The Christmas Attic and The Lost Christmas Eve by Trans-Siberian Orchestra explore the social and religious meaning of Christmas .
- According to the band, Clutching at Straws by Marillion represents the way in which many musicians indulged in drugs , especially alcohol ,in the 80s.
- Criminal Record by Rick Wakeman covers justice, crime and crimes.
- Damaged by Black Flag focuses on the desolate and depressing everyday life of the American suburban youth and their flight to violence, alcohol and drugs.
- The Dark Side of the Moon by Pink Floyd addresses the dark side of life and, as a consequence, the mental illness of an individual under the constraints of society.
- Days of Future Passed by The Moody Blues describes the course of a day from waking up in the morning to the busy day to evening rest and sleep.
- Eve from The Alan Parsons Project addresses the role of women in society.
- Eye in the Sky by The Alan Parsons Project is about the loss of individuality in the modern world.
- Fear of a Blank Planet by Porcupine Tree is about the decline of society and was inspired by Bret Easton Ellis' novel Lunar Park .
- God Damn War and WARPED by Chris Caffery address the motivations, effects and receptions of wars , especially the Iraq war .
- In Search of the Lost Chord by The Moody Blues, the history of civilization searches for lost harmony and umbilical cord.
- In Search of Truth of Evergrey is about a man who is paranoid because he believes to have been abducted by aliens.
- The Inner Circle by Evergrey is about religion .
- Jul von XIV Dark Centuries is about the Yule Festival .
- me by Mekons deals with the selfishness of the 1990s.
- Kodama of Alcest describes the conflict between the natural and the man-made world. One of the sources of inspiration was the anime film Princess Mononoke by Hayao Miyazaki .
- Misplaced Childhood by Marillion involves a collection of thoughts, memories, and feelings, mostly related to childhood .
- Never Mind the Ballots from Chumbawamba is directed against parliamentary democracy.
- One by Neal Morse describes the relationship between humanity and God from a Christian perspective.
- The Perfect Element Part I and Scarsick by Pain of Salvation are about growing up and the difficulties of finding a place in society.
- Philistines by Phillip Boa deals with death.
- Phobos of Voivod is about different kinds of fear.
- Recreation Day of Evergrey is about child abuse.
- The Remedy Lane by Pain of Salvation is about a couple who get to know and love each other at a young age, but then drift apart (also due to a miscarriage).
- On Say Hello to Hell , Bernd Begemann talks about the joys and problems of everyday life as a young adult. He himself sees them as “big city songs” that represent an “expedition into the familiar”.
- Sings Reign Rebuilder from the experimental post-rock band Set Fire to Flames covers topics such as gentrification and social change .
- Smile by Brian Wilson consists of three sets . The first deals critically with the American Dream , while the second deals with hope and the cycle of life. The third movement deals in sections with one of the four elements plus an additional spiritual element ( Good Vibrations ).
- Stormwatch by Jethro Tull deals with maritime topics, but also deals with the then current environmental protection topic.
- The Story of Janus Stark by Evenless is about guilt, atonement and selfishness.
- Too Old to Rock 'n' Roll: Too Young to Die! by Jethro Tull is about an aging rock musician who revolts against current trends.
- The Turn of a Friendly Card by The Alan Parsons Project deals with gambling (addiction) and belief in miracles.
- The Village Green Preservation Society by the Kinks is a nostalgic homage to the tranquil English country life.
- The Wake of Magellan by Savatage tells in three partly real stories ( Veronica Guerin , Maersk Dubai ), two of which are linked, of the fulfillment of duty at risk of death as a possible meaning of life.
- The Wall by Pink Floyd tells of the increasing loneliness of a rock musician. The first part isto be understoodas Roger Waters ' autobiographical account of his childhood, in the second part he caricatures the risks of the star hype.
Individual evidence
- ↑ rp-online
- ↑ freshnut.co.uk
- ↑ Bernd Begemann: Say hello to hell ( memento of the original from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. .