The Receiving End of Sirens. - All of their songs were like rock anthem/operas. I recently learned that this was the initial band that later became The Dear Hunter.

Much

Weirdly, nothing comes to mind atm but yours is too true, I can't top that.

The Funeral or The Great Salt Lake - Band of Horses

It's okay to not like an artist for any reason but I know that ten years ago there were a lot of online people who were oddly upset that Lana Del rey wasn't her real name (the horror) and that she came from something other than abject poverty.

I wasn't sold on her at first b/c i didn't think the "woe is me I'm so beautiful yet so unhappy boo hoo" thing had legs but I think she's proven herself to be far more than that.

Led Zeppelin - The Song Remains the Same

Live - Throwing Copper. Oh wait…

Any Rammstein live album.

Grace- Diamond Force Time Machine

Do you have a top ten track list? I’ll toss it on Spotify and give it a try.

Theeeeeese are the giiiiiiiiirls

And thanks for dropping that ear-worm back into my head!

The Killers at The Royal Albert Hall

Rain dogs, blue valentines both by Tom Waits

Of Montreal - The Past is a Grotesque Animal

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Thin Lizzy Live and Dangerous.

Neil Young - Tonight's The Night

Is a kind of tribute album for two of Neil Young's friends that died from drug related issues. It is a very sad album and Neil Young basically seems to be singing drunk the whole album

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Lots of great suggestions here, but my go-to is Moby - Play

PPP by Beach House

Rush, All The World's A Stage

Sounds like someone had a bad case of summertime sadness.

Off the top of my head

RHCP - Live at Hyde Park, Live at Slane Castle or Live at Chorzow.

Fleetwood Mac - The Dance

Led Zeppelin - The song remains the same

Pink Floyd - Pulse

Peter Frampton - Frampton Comes Alive

Antichrist Superstar by Marilyn Manson was written and recording over a several month period where all of the members were CONSTANTLY doing a buttload of cocaine, hydrocodone, drinking themselves stupid every night, self harm, and physically fighting eachother. The founding guitarist, Daisy Berkowitz, was fired from the band halfway through recording sessions.

Another good one is Iowa by Slipknot. Same shit as Antichrist Superstar, all of the members were sick of eachother, all were doing a shitload of drugs constantly, and Corey Taylor was in a deep spiraling alcoholic depression. Listen to the last song, the namesake “Iowa”. It’s 15 minutes long, but super dark and disturbing. When Corey went in to record vocals, he was black out drunk, puking on himself, and cutting himself in the booth - the result is that song. Shit is dark af