Sufjan Stevens - Carrie & Lowell . The whole record deals with the relationship he had/has with his parents, loss, death and love.

100%. I played it quite a bit when I lost my grandma.

nutshell - Alice in chains

This song gets me every time. Idk how anyone can listen to it and not just feel their own mortality.

This is the one for me. Especially the live acoustic version.

I'm sorry for your loss. Death Cab for Cutie's "What Sarah said" always gets me.

I thought about this one as a suggestion, but opted out b/c I didn’t want anyone to get hurt haha. Kidding obv, but confirmed 100% the saddest song ever made.

Tool/Perfect Circle had a couple of songs about his mum

I loved being my mother's son - Purple Mountains

oh damn this is a good one

Man.. this simple ass song is absolutely fucking me up.

Hear you me - jimmy eat world

Was coming to say this. It gets me. Every. Freaking. Time. 😢

Never heard of this song before. Thank you for the sobbing mess on the floor. Seriously Thank you I needed that

Tried really hard to read along to the lyrics but water kept getting in the way... For real though... Thanks. I ignored all the replies for a couple days until tonight.. thanks..

This is a good one. Fuck...

Well I Wonder by The Smiths

Lateralus...the entire slbum...by Tool.

Shalom

If you’re trying to get there, And it sounds like you are…

Fuck yea

Sonny - A New Found Glory

Adagio for Strings - Samuel Barber

Lost my mom in 2020, & absolutely sobbed over "Supermarket Flowers"!! Then he released "Visiting Hours", & sobbed again!! Both are so good & honestly made me feel better after the cry. My favorite line in "Supermarket Flowers" is "Oh I'm in pieces, it's tearing me up but I know. A heart that's broke, is a heart that's been loved." That just reminds me of my mom so much, because she had so much love for everyone, so it really hit hard when she unexpectedly passed.

Leave Out All the Rest - Linkin Park

Sorry for your loss. It’s hard to process and takes a very long time. What helps is talking about it and having folks be there for you. Happy to be an ear for you. I went through this in 2003. The sevendust album, animosity, saved my life. I’ll explain.

Sevendust - The Wait as well

Morning Dew -Grateful Dead, Europe ‘72

Never heard it but will give it a listen. Thank you

I would add: He Was A Friend of Mine and Death Don’t Have No Mercy Both can be found by searching Grateful Dead or Jerry Garcia

Fix You by Coldplay is one I turn to. Love those chords.

That’s love though, not loss

Release - pearl Jam

The whole Temple of the Dog album does it for me.

Not long after I lost my sister I discovered the first. The second she introduced me to back in the day. The others are known tearjerkers. I hope you find some solace.

Watch a few Pixar / Disney movies. Coco if you really want to ugly cry. So sorry about your loss.

I'm so sorry to hear of your loss.

Not like offspring but very emotional powerful: The Flashbulb - soundtrack to a vacant life.

So Far Away by Avenged Sevenfold and Desert Song by My Chemical Romance. Sorry for your loss. The Avenged Sevenfold song reminds me a lot of my dad who passed when I was nine.

Absolutely the entire record Eels-electroshock blues. The entire record is about his sister's death and his mother's cancer. But it ends on a more optimistic note. Absolutely essential listening for this situation.

Came here to say that.

Lazarus - Porcupine Tree

Lightning Crashes - Live

Came here to suggest this. This is most definitely the winner.

Say hello to heaven - Temple of the Dog

Nas "dance"

Tool 10000 days/wings for Marie

Fade In/Fade Out by Nothing More. So sorry for your loss

Great song

“Disappear” by Dream Theater. The lyrics tear at my heart. My personal one is “Hello It’s Me” by Todd Rundgren. I always get this vibe of “if I only had just five minutes more…” I share your sorrows for such a profound void. Be strong.

Came here to say Disappear as well.

“So Far Away” - Staind “Epiphany” - Staind

Great song.. thank you

REM - Everybody Hurts

Do you realize??- the flaming lips

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"Crying" - Roy Orbison

“In Dreams” too.

Hey Mama by Kanye West gets me choked up everytime I hear it. I’m so sorry for your loss.

Changes - Charles Bradley

I Will Follow You into the Dark by Death Can for Cutie

What Sarah Said is a good one also

Wings for Marie parts 1&2 by Tool. Read the lyrics while you listen. Also Horizons by puscifer. Condolences friend, hang in there and find comfort in the music.

Do you like country? I have some country songs that will absolutely wreck you. Also, sorry for your loss. Reddit loves you!

Country was my mom's favorite. I like it too but it's been hard to listen to since, but I guess that's the point tonight

“Moment of Forever” by Willie Nelson. Something about Willie’s heart and honesty that comes through.

The Sound of Silence cover by Disturbed and Through Glass by Stone Sour

Before the Beginning by John Frusciante. There are no words but the music tells the story you need to heard

Hey Jude - The Beatles

The Baby by Blake Shelton

I could live in hope or The curtain hits the cast - Low. not about death of a loved one but supremely sad and crushing stuff

I lost my mom 2 years ago. 10 years ago I first heard this song and I knew it would win day destroy me. Yup, it kicked my ass the first time I listened to it after her death. Still does, really.

Sorry for you loss OP

The Light in the fog - Buckethead (instrumental)

sorry for your loss,

Don't cling to life - The murder Capital covers your exact situation if I understand the song correctly.

See you again

If I leave this world alive - Flogging Molly Hurt- Johnny Cash Hate me- Papa roach

“Song For Someone” U2

I don't know if you're into foreign language songs but songs by amazarashi [Japanese rock] always help me cope with sadness and grief (or pretty much any negative emotion). My recommendations are:

Alter Bridge - "In loving Memory" . Written for your exact situation...

Lùnastal

Oasis - Stop Crying Your Heart Out

Right after I lost my mom, I heard “Two of Us” by Louis Tomlinson at the grocery store and wondered if I was bringing my own story to the lyrics. Looked it up and he wrote it about losing his mom. Sorry for your loss.

Boxes-The Goo Goo Dolls

Saudade, saudade by Portuguese musician Maro. She wrote it after her grandfather passed away. The meaning of the word saudade is beautiful.

Linger with pleasure by Ane Brun

Rare Americans "Mama bear". It's an happy, mother's dayish song though but its well crafted and gerne mashing of alt rock and rap.

Id recommend let it be, beatles

Fade in fade out by nothing more if you want to cry

Cat Power

Colombia - Local Natives

Bruno Major - On Our Own

Band: Wax on Radio Song: Dawn Architects

Think of me with kindness- gentle giant Too much love will kill you - queen Are we still friends - Tyler the creator Komm Susser tod/Come, sweet death- idk who but from evangelion soundtrack

Helena by mcr

Moments of Pleasure & A Coral Room by Kate Bush are beautiful songs that might resonate with you. My deepest condolences to you.

Simple man. The shinedown cover. I'm sorry for your loss mate.

United Cigar- Good Riddance

Oh man…”how does it feel” by “the green”

Florist - "Glowing Brightly"

Dead can Dance - Sanvean

Ed Sheeran - Supermarket Flowers

I'm sorry for your loss. I know plenty of tearjerker songs, but I take it you also want it to be more aggressive / angry? Maybe try Mutter and Mein Herz Brennt by Rammstein. Helps to know some German.

Black gives way to blue- Alice in Chains

Sweetness Follows - R.E.M.

Sorry for your loss.. wake me up when september ends by Green Day.

Marillion - Care (especially parts 3 & 4)

‘Watch Over Me’ by Bernard Fanning is my go to cry song for my dad.

2 years ago today I lost my mom, on the way home from the hospital "Beloved" by Mumford and Sons came on the radio and crushed me. Also, first time I heard "Wrecked" by Imagine Dragons I broke down as well. Hope this helps somehow.

Just Breathe-Willie Nelson

Alazka - Empty Throne (Acoustic)

The album “painting of a panic attack” by frightened rabbit

So sorry for your loss.

Just listened to Gone Away yesterday. Years later it still gives me goosebumps. I’m sorry for your loss.

Long, Long Time - Linda Ronstadt

Also, L.R plus Aaron Nevile - I Don't Know Much

Marmalade— Reflections of my Life

I'm sorry for your loss. I recorded a cover of gone away after I lost my Dad in the Covid pandemic. To be honest it's hard to find another song that his as hard as that I've does.

Labrinth - beneath your beautiful might do the trick

Sully Erna —Until Then

Supermarket flowers by Ed Sheeran.

Archie Shepp - Rest Enough (Song to Mother)

John Denver's cover of Let It Be, also Helpless by Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young. Those always helped get the tears flowing for me. As someone who was lucky that my mom is gonna beat breast cancer, I'm so sorry. I wish you didn't have to feel any of this.

Black Sabbath - Changes

Fade to Black - Metallica

God Went North by Nothing More. Written about his own mother’s passing from cancer.

Or "Gone" from their first album.

Fiddlehead - Springtime and Blind

Maybe not necessarily the genre your thinking of, but when my grandmother passed, I found “Somewhere Over the Rainbow” by Israel Kamakawiwoʻole to be extremely cathartic.

Drugs don’t work - the verve

I lost my son last April, and made a playlist for the same reason. It was harder to find than I expected. Some of the songs that really helped me weren't always about loss, but because they had a line or two that resonated with me. Over time, I removed some songs that became too much. Here are some of the songs I still have on it.

Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - Into My Arms

Not at all similar to the song mentioned. But this got me through the deaths of two best friends and the breakup of my first marriage. It is exquisite melancholy.

Far from heaven by Evanescence Brothers in arms by Dire Straits Killing Me by Luke Sital Singh Nothing compares to you, Sinead O'Connor

Hate me--Blue October

A few suggestions w/band-song:

Kanye West - 808's and Heartbreak. The whole album.

Julian baker

Wish you were here - Pink Floyd

I'm sorry for your loss. I've lost my mum too, so I can relate to your situation. I'm sending you all the love and strength.

tearjerker - rhcp

Alone again by Gilbert O’Sullivan

John Martyn. Hurt in your heart / Couldn't love you more.

Sam Tompkins - Bloodline

I’ll see you in my dreams - Joe Brown

Listen to the whole album. No lyrics only feels.

The River-Brian Bethke

Idk the song you posted but Bishop Briggs - High Water is about her pain losing her sister and it’s emotional.

The instrumental version of "Without You" by Yoshiki is amazing. It's a full piano arrangement, so it's over 17 minutes long. Very good, very cathartic.

“Everything Dies”-Type O Negative

I recommend Boyz II men. 90's newjack swing r&b. " A song for Mama" & "It's so hard to say goodbye to yesterday" .

I don't think it's explicitly about loss, but "Masterpiece" by Big Thief makes me weep for those I have lost.

The Devil and God are Raging Inside Me by Brand New. That album has every gut punch feel in the book.

Avenged Sevenfold - So Far Away

For Martha - Smashing Pumpkins

Thought you should know - morgan Wallen

try the album No Ghostless Place by Raised by Swans.

Only One by Kanye

Soundgarden - Tighter and Tighter

Im going to live for ever by billy joe shaver

Do you realize? —flaming Lips

Don’t Let the Kids Win - Julia Jacklin

instrumental piece by Frank Zappa:

Kite - U2

Sorry for your loss, hope you got to say goodbye. How can you mend a broken heart by the Bee Gees.

The Trapeze Swinger by Iron & Wine This song could bring be to tears no matter how high I’m flying. Devastating and beautiful. Just thinking over the lyrics has me choked up as I type this.

Sorry for your loss! It's not quite what you were hoping in terms of style, but the album Post Traumatic by Mike Shinoda might be exactly what you're looking for

Incubus Wish you were here; Frank Turner the queen is dead

Supermarket Flowers by Ed Sheeran. Gets me every time.

Pain

Well I can help with the crying part.

Sorry to hear that - I'm not sure how I'll handle it when the time comes.

Nick Cave albums : "ghosteen" , and: "skeleton tree" . Both about the loss of one of his children.

I lost my mom in November. She was my best friend and I miss her everyday, sometimes out of nowhere I have a good cry about it. Keep your chin up! You're not alone.

Good suggestions in here. A lot of heavier songs. Allow me to add a lighter one that's pretty sad & is a tear jerker: Alone Again, Naturally - by Gilbert O'Sullivan

Sorry for your loss. Try See you on the otherwise by Brian Fallon and redwood tree by cam.

Deadhead - Devin Townsend Project

Taylor Swift: “Soon You’ll Get Better” and “Marjorie.”

John Prine - Souvenirs

One More Light - Linkin Park

Not Even The Trees - Hootie and The Blowfish

Badflower "Promise me"Lea Michele "Tornado"

I lost my dad last year and a song that helped me was A long December by Counting Crows

Corey Taylor (Slipknot) - Snuff (Acoustic)

So very sorry for your loss. When I was on my way to the hospital to sit with my mom as they turned off my dad's life support the song "If I get there before you do" by Collin Raye was playing on the radio. I had to pull over because I was crying too much to drive safely. Ten years later, I still start to cry every time I hear the beginning of that song, haven't been able to listen to it all the way through since.

Sorry for your loss, man. I lost mine 28 years ago, but it still feels like yesterday whenever I get to think of her.

Mandolin Orange - Golden Embers Sufjan Stevens - Casimir Pulaski Day

Another night - Mac Miller

This might be too far away from the offspring for ya... but "Don't Let us Get Sick" by Warren Zevon.

Punch Brothers “Julep”. Idk if it’s like the offspring song, but this one really talks about the little moments in life, the mundane everyday things that are the real treasures in our memory.

JAR- Green Day

I've seen Alter Bridge mentioned already but not "Blackbird."

Sorry for your loss. I know this is late, but: I Grieve by Peter Gabriel is a touching song. I hope you start feeling better soon. All the best.