Dungeon Synth All December /dsd/

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Mortiis - Ånden som gjorde oppror

another classic of the genre

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RSGkfMjQT5w

>>69596506
Just ordered this on vinyl as well as four new cassettes. I love how focussed on physical media this genre is.

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Dark Ages - Twilight of Europe
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zYJ9AdsvAgk

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Burzum

Hliðskjálf
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4a7a28NifQc

I'm really liking Abandoned Places, Mystic Towers, Skarpseian, and Chaucerian Myth.

Any more really good recent DS?

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>>69597083
Pretty much every modern DS artist is on bandcamp so I would start going through the tag on that.

Check out Thangorodrim, Erdstall and Erang.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fes0FRnaVpg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cBXGDbhdsZY

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rse22LXgZTM

>>69597112
Thanks, mate.
I reckon I'll be sitting on recent DS for a while, then dig into the early, and lo-fi shit.

I think I like the idea of this genre more than the music itself.

these are comfy thread though

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nothing like listening to DS on a snowy day

>>69597239
>I think I like the idea of this genre more than the music itself.
I also share this feeling.
I'm yet to hear a dungeon synth album that got everything right. They never reach their full potential. Also, many seem to be trying too hard sometimes.

But despite all this it's still a great genre.

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I'm dicking around with my VSTs in dorian mode trying to come up with epic melodies but it all just kind of falls flat.

I don't understand that. Apparently most DS artists write in dorian mode and yet their stuff sounds a lot more powerful.

So far all I come up with is church choir kind of stuff.

>>69597722
You should S some D to that tune this morning.

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post kvlt visuals

>>69598291
Depends what you look for in the music. I just want some comfy lo-if ambient which puts me in a castle on top of a snowy mountain.

>>69597083
Good taste.

>>69597112
Seconding Erdstall; I just ordered it the other day.

>>69598378
already did with my bf

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Dungeon synth chart please?

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>>69599019
I have 3. Posting flowchart first.

>>69599004
Homo or grill?

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1HXJ3HzRvx0

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>>69599057
>>69599019

Essentials chart.

What's the difference between dungeon synth and darkwave?

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>>69599019
>>69599076
And another essentials chart.

>>69599083
DS is more medieval.

Is the archive down for anyone else?

>>69599086
>>69599076
>>69599057

thanks

>>69599106
A lot of classic darkwave stuff is medieval tinged though https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yKgeD0C0BsI

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>DS album isn't free
not cool

also this is the worst DS album Ive heard. They have a terrible sense of pitch and generally just don't add anything to the songs.

>using authentic fifths instead of diminished
how bad can you get

https://orcburz.bandcamp.com/album/tribute-to-burzum

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https://hedgewizard.bandcamp.com/album/more-true-than-time-thought

>>69599410
I wonder if that cassette will ever be back in stock.

lost most of my dungeon synth because i accidentally deleted half of my music library, kill me please

>>69599410
this is a great album

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>>69596506
>The music is purposely made with old synths and based on medieval music.

Yeah, those dudes back in the 1000 AD had some crappy Casio keyboards.
Wasn't until the Enlightenment and they came up with FM synthesis that shit started to get good.

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>tfw at work

Hard to stay trve when you've listened to the same Micheal Bublé songs on repeat for hours. The only thing keeping me going is that I'll get to be comfy with snow outside and listen to Dungeon Synth. What are some super cheesy and medieval tapes, similar to Middle Ages?

>>69599789
if it was actual medieval music is would be monophonic and polyphonic chanting

>>69600013
Every time I hear this kind of story, I get more glad that I work from home.

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Mark Morgan - Fallout Music

Dark ambient. Sister genre to dungeon synth.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_cLRP-QQxn4

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>>69600013
Jim Kirkwood – Tales From A Melnibone Tavern
Utred - Citadel
Norfaragell-Thul - Splendorius

Also you seem to put a great emphasis on snow every time you post, are you aware of the dungeon synth subgenre known as Winter Synth? Try to listen to Voronmrak if you're curious, he's a great WS artist

>>69598392
Was there a big board game culture back then or was it just D&D

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ElixiR - Queen of the silver stone (2016)

a French release that is just a few days old

https://elixir-dungeon-synth.bandcamp.com/album/queen-of-the-silver-stone

this shit is garbage.

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Tyrannus - Kingdom


https://pagodamast.bandcamp.com/album/kingdom

>>69602537
I personally like some of it. There isn't too many great artists who have done it so obviously not everything is professional. Some of us like the lo-fi amateur qualities.

>>69600013
I'll check my library when I get home but nothing has come close to the cheesy medieval sound as middle ages has

you guys should post mega links with all these (if you have them). I've been wanting to expand my collection of dungeon synth but i cant. or if there are other dl sites, links are much appreciated

>>69602716
you got to order the cassettes like the rest of us.

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>>69600923
Wow I'll have to check those out, I love Die Festung from Paysage d'Hiver which I think probably counts as winter synth. Thank you for all the artists to check out!

Also you're right I love snow, I took this pic a couple days ago on a winter walk.

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>>69603265
Nice picture man! Where do you live?

Forgot to tell in my last message but it wouldn't hurt to check Treasures From The Dungeon (Vol. 1 & 2) by Arath, it's one of the best dungeon synth album out there

>>69598392
Does old broadside count as kvlt?

>>69603265
First real snowfall of the year where I live, it's pretty comfy. It's thick enough that I can only see about 100 yards around my house.

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>>69598392

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>>69598392

>>69603870
Very nice! Thick snowfalls are always comfy.
>>69603758
I'm at interior British Colombia, can be pretty kvlt at times. I'm excited to listen to all these recs, they all seem great so thank you.

how do you pronounce kvlt

>>69604266
I'm in southern Ontario, no wilderness where I am. I go up to a cottage every year though, and that's in the middle of fucking nowhere. Kvlt vibes to spare.

>>69599228
Usually we share the artists we DO like

>>69602558
Hey that's me! Did I post that?

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The Mourning Shadows of a Dark Age - Darguun

https://darguundungeon.bandcamp.com/album/the-mourning-shadows-of-a-dark-age

More dark amb than dungeon synth but I loved it

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>>69604799
I remember I heard this from that project and it was good

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>>69598392

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>>69598392

Maximus, thanks for the soundfonts my dude.

>>69606711
He's a nice, reliable poster

It's that time of the thread when someone prompts everyone to post their DS woo

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>>69598392
theodor kittelsen is GOAT

>>69606711
You're welcome.

>>69606945
Thanks.

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>>69596506
oh shit, this is fucking lit. thanks for bringing this to my attention man

>>69608294
How do you not hear of the most popular release in a genre? Or were you unaware of the genre? Either way I'm glad you're enjoying it

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>>69608602
You won't be glad when normies latch onto it.

>>69608614
Is that something that would conceivably happen?

>>69608614
what will brodungeon sound like?

>>69608660
I was envisioning what life would be like if youth culture was dominated by imagery of medieval warriors instead of parties and street life...I don't know what to think

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>>69608660
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZxXsbbs0teI
???????

>>69608614
>>69608633

I can't wait for a semi-attractive female to see the potential and latch on, getting an instant fanbase. Should I produce for my girlfriend and have her be the Alice Glass of dungeon synth?

>>69599468
hopefully anon, hopefully

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>>69597083
https://ephemerallandscapes.bandcamp.com/releases

i like this one

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>>69596506
I just recently started to get into this genre and there's literally nothing comfier/more conducive to creative thought
Thanks for posting, now I have more to listen to while I'm sick

>>69608602
>>69608614
>>69608633
>>69608660
>>69608725
>>69609077
If dungeon synth ever became mainstream, people would just create a new derivative that was less accessible.

dungeon synth would never become mainstream lol wtf

Off topic, but how stoked is /dsd/ for the necromancer returning in D3? Messing around with my witch doctor bumping some DS to get pumped.

>>69610807
You'd think so, but all it took was an album like Sunbather for people to start wearing Burzum shirts and listening to black metal to seem interesting. Dungeon Synth is definitely something people would hop onto if they say others doing it.

>>69610908
>for people to start wearing Burzum shirts and listening to black metal to seem interesting

that doesn't make it mainstream though. i've only ever met one or two other people irl who listen to black metal, or even who know what black metal is. deafheavan may have popularized it a little bit within the general music community, but it's not like normies are listening to sunbather on their beats or anything like that

>>69604504
kvlt

>>69610865
i'm pretty hyped for this too.

>>69604504
cult

>>69596506
wow this is totally a real genre now just because someone said so!

fucking seriously if you want to operate off an idea for a sound that's fine if you do it right but don't fucking act like it's an existing genre

>>69611694
https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/Dungeon+Synth/
Don't be such a retarded faggot. This has been a thing

>>69611694
its been a thing since like the 90s you simpleton

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>>69611694
I'll fucking end you.

>>69611694
It's been around since the 1990s, but back then I don't remember anybody calling it *anything* really. It was just floating around in the black metal scene and we called it "medieval themed ambient" or maybe "dark ambient". I didn't pay too much attention, but I enjoyed poking fun at Mortiis' getup.

>>69611816
I do remember it was called "fantasy music" for a time, by the rym community at least

>>69610865

Not trying to be a pretentious video game douche, but I just don't really like D3 at all. I've been playing D2 with my lady for the past few weeks, and we're both necromancers, though. I'm full skele and she's full bone spear.

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this one is decent. It's not very medieval and uses pretty contemporary rhythmic structure but it feels like dwarf music

I just started playing arcanum. Not sure if it's a great dungeon synth game to play, what with all the themes of industrialization and the very string-oriented soundtrack and all that. However the sort of old school feel is pretty nice and it's scratching a certain rpg itch

>>69611899
Necromancer was my first real legit character as a kid in Diablo 2, roommate has 3 so have been playing it a lot lately. I do love that the witch doctor is a swamp necromancer

>>69612031
>choot dat bogadile, he gettin in'da boat!

>>69611790

Never mess with dungeon synth heads

- They will end (You)

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>>69612409
You got that right pal.

>>69608660
trap beats

they'd just put trap beats and mumble rap over it

>>69611899
(Unironically) friendly reminder that "pretentious" means "using pretense." Though many elitists use pretense in their elitism, it is not a necessity. Additionally, not liking Diablo 3 does not necessitate elitism anyway.

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How's it going friends? You having a /comfy/ Sunday?

>listening to Mortiis "Crypt of the Wizard"
>next up I'm going to listen to Taur-nu-Fuin for the first time
>covered in blanket, wearing Hliðskjálf shirt, and drinking tea
>playing OSRS, but might play Daggerfall later

I'm finally happy.

what are some cool books/comics/manga to read while listening to DS?

>>69611816
Only decent response to my comment, thanks

>xasthur

>>69597083
>Chaucerian Myth
Mon negroid

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>walks in tavern
>slaps m'ladies bum
What do?

>>69613023
Xasthur has some of the best interludes in black metal that could be considered Dungeon Synth. They have a medieval feel to them, while also being so evil and dark. I wish he made a 100% ambient/dungeon synth record instead of Leviathan or Striborg.
>>69613873
>having a lady

That's not very kvlt.

Holy fuck /mu/

So I had always seen this dungeon synth threads but kinda dismissed it as dark ambient. I listened to a couple albums today and wasn't that into it but finally checked out the burzum classics (heard his BM stuff but never listened to the DS). I'm listening to Der Tod Wuotans right now and it's fucking beautiful. I feel like I'm legit in a dungeon right now. Wonderful vibes. Merry christmas

>he doesn't play Chivalry: Medieval Warfare while listening to ds

>>69614190
>he doesn't play Mount and Blade while listening to DS

>>69614190
>>69614208
Computer died, waiting on parts, is Morrowind on Xbox /dsd/ approved?

>>69614154
>not adventuring and plundering dungeons for gold and wenches
Not very kvlt

>>69614258
Only if you play it in a stone cellar

Since there's a huge crossover between here and /fa/, what is some (wearable/practical) dungeon synth inspired clothing?

>>69614279
>not owning the dungeon and capturing all the foolish bikini barbarians who bumble in hoping to loot your riches, so that you can then feed them to your pet slugsharks.

>>69614377
Shit you got me there, dubs confirm.

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>>69614376
stay the fuck away from streetwear (except hoodies I guess) and anything a wigger would wear

Honestly I think some elements of the gothninja trend fit very well with the dungeon aesthetic, but only if they're compatible with a regular BM fit. Like, not the "ninja" part, just the hoodies and scarves and ample clothes.

>>69596506
>Think Runescape music
say no more senpai
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O7vKZRG0k9s

>>69614440
>tfw want to dress in comfy rags and sit outside listening to dungeon and drinking cider but winter lasts about a week and a half where I live and then it's back to 85°-105°F the rest of the year
Feels torturous

>>69614493
at least you live in a place where you could feel comfy doing that.

Personally I just can't find a place that's isolated enough for me to just chill out and listen to DS. There's always signs of modern civilization nearby and even the woods aren't kvlt enough.

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>>69614467
*vomits*

>>69614548
>woods
>not kvlt
lelwut?!

>>69614583
not where I live

they're crisscrossed by large paths where joggers and kids fuck around all day and night

>>69614596
Ah, I see. Are you NEET? If so, you could get up and go down there at like 3-4am and I'm sure it'd be quiet there.
Alternatively, just sit against a tree and wear ratty clothes while listening to music, and do this daily for like a month. By the end of the month people should avoid you.

>>69614467
Hurr look at all my dollar bills. So many. And my shitty apartment. I bought a counter for my dollars. I can't count them all

>>69614631
I'm not NEET, the problem isn't whether I actually meet people or not, it's whether I might conceivably meet them or not.
I don't want signs of modern civilization.

>>69599076
I can barely read the text on this chart fuck.
is there a higher res version?

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>>69596506
This album is fucking grand. I'm upset I didn't know about this type of music before.

Thank you for sharing by starting this thread, Anon. I'll be sure to check out some of the other albums in this thread later

>>69612883
I love OSRS

Here's my collection, anyone rec me some more lo-fi ds?

>>69614376
Sack-cloth robes and a loin cloth.

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>>69596597
>put it on
>Terminator theme starts playing

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>>69615107
Forgot pic

>>69602716
you just have to use google anon
[spoiler]I found a blogspot that has a whole archive of DS without much searching[/spoiler]

>>69615164
fuck I forgot spoilers don't work on this board

>>69615107
>>69615118
What's your favorite album you've listened to so far.

Might as well get all the early Mortiis and Depressive Silence albums since they're all good.
Cadeceus - Middle Ages
Daoine Sidhe - s/t
Arthame - Fiendish Symphonies

most of this shit just sounds like nintendo 64 music

>>69615305
Thanks for the recs. My favourite albums would probably be Depressive Silence, Die Festung and Fullmoon Over Faerhaven.

Not the biggest Mortiis fan actually, but haven't heard of Arthame so will check that out.

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>>69596506
bumperoni

>>69614258
Daggerfall would be even better.

>>69602959
>buying music

fag

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>>69615945
You're missing out. Black metal and Dungeon Synth are the most rewarding to own a physical collection.

>>69616003
This, there's literally nothing comfier than spooling through your ds cassette collection.

>>69615723
Would rather be doing that honestly, but doing what I can with what I got for the time being.

>>69615708
no reddit slang, please

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RAV6MGtBBVI

lord lovidicus is sick

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>>69616149
I hope he gets well soon

>>69616292
me too

This band gets my top recommendation for DS listeners:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0gUFVefSrn4

Also, they don't fit they "dungeon synth" tag, but for really creepy atmospheric music that sits well along side DS, listen to Moevot. None of the music on pootube but worth finding a download.
http://www.metal-archives.com/albums/Mo%C3%ABv%C3%B6t/Abgzvoryathre/27188

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>>69616398
Moevot is really cool, but my favorite from LLN has to be Aäkon Këëtrëh. Again, it's not really dungeon synth, but it has the most depressing atmosphere I've ever heard.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ELnsd9blhhU

>>69616413
My nigga. Good choice on Aäkon Këëtrëh. Those guitar melodies are at once depressing and beautiful.

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This is not DS but this defnitely has a DS vibe to it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RUR6G7qSbEQ

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Comus - First Utterance

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eFmqHiHMC1Q

>>69617478
Dude what the hell are you on, Comus isn't anything remotely approaching DS.

>>69617570
oh shit I read "medieval music" and thought it was one of those threads

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OrBtb4RkjG0

>>69611694
no genres are "real" but grouping things together based on their sonic themes makes searching for music a lot easier.

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Steve Reich (RIP 2017) - Music for 18 Musicians
Medieval Dungeon Synth composed with real instruments.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PMsYuFrKUQ8

>>69611618
this

>>69611655
not this

>>69619161
oh my bad

>>69618058
>Steve Reich (RIP 2017)
Hell be fine

>>69599057
where can I get these albums? I will support the artist, they need it, but I want to listen to it first.

>>69619968
some are free on bandcamp. soulseek for the rest

>>69619983
thanks

>>69618058
Stop posting this irrelevant nonsense.

Just fyi the Dungeon Synth Archive on (you)tube is a great resource for people just starting to get into the genre

>>69620397
I just figured it was related since its based on medieval compositions.

>>69619968
I have it all on Mega actually.

https://mega.nz/#!4EkFmZYK!iPE3VT7c5DYu55Ib5Qcvvgn6ddWnwKtSqHWbADxKckQ

Zip password is fuckyeahDS

>>69616145
"bumperoni" is reddit slang ?

>>69620915
Likewise I'd say follow the DS Facebook page, the guys who run that (Grimrik & Levi iirc) really know their stuff.

Yooo this stuff is tight its like what i wanted OPNs new album to be

This dungeon synth movement is so amazing. Very pleasant community, no memes, no insults, no bullshiting and shitposting, actual discussion...

Also, very non-pretentious :)

>>69604727
just downloaded your release man.

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Thoughts on Lunar Womb? I'm thinking about picking up the cassette.

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>>69623589
*swoops at you*

>>69623718
haha, is this... like.. a positive thing?


Also, is Hedge Wizard the ultimate DS musician?

>>69623672
Love it, ordered the cassette myself a few days ago. Very pleasant ds, definitely on the lo-fi, mysterious side of things than a lot of the more overproduced, 'epic' sounding DS we're getting nowadays.

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>>69599076
>>69599086

>>69623784
No, he's just made one decentish album.

>>69623624
Thanks! I'm glad you liked it. I'm putting out a third demo sometime towards the end of the year, hopefully

>>69624039
I think it's a very good album, but yeah he's not the ultimate DS musician.

>>69624283
looking forward to it.

>>69624303
Who is ;) ?

>>69624397
Right now I'd say Varg or Mortiis, someone with a slew of releases under their belts and other projects as well

>>69624500
Varg is a hack who stole all the good riffs

>>69624500
Thank you. Is Varg just completely insane? I'd like to read something about him but don't know where to start. I have read the wikipedia page.

>>69624533
maybe lord lovidicus, with that discography

>>69624546
Varg is just very opinionated. He's amusing though. I like his black metal a lot. Go watch his youtube videos

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>>69624533
>not hoarding all the good riffs for yourself

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Darksouls Themed lo-fi if anyone is inteested. Good shit.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lA10D0_9zko&feature=share

>>69624889
Thinking of getting dark souls on steam. Bad idea?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N_L2QCBKOeE

not sure it totally fits but I love this album

>>69624921
Best idea.

>>69624921
good idea

>>69624921
If you have a controller good idea, otherwise no.

>>69624921
For the love of got download DSfix. It fixes the horrible performance issues on the PC version

>>69624889
oooh
good shit

Where do you buy DS cassettes?

>>69625110
The store

>>69624587
Varg is the king.

>>69624546
No, just mildly eccentric

Just subscribe to Thulean perspective, his youtube channel

you'll get a healthy weekly dose of soviet car repairs, RPG explanations, conspiracy theories, history of European peoples, survivalist tips, Christian spook debunking, quaint political caricatures lifted from GIS, hyperactive kids shouting in the background, ambient synth soundscapes, and traditional vocal harmonies.

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>>69624921
DS isn't DS
get King's Field instead

>>69625127
Please...

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>>69596506
Where has this been all my life?
Thank you OP for giving me a new genre to get stuck into.

>>69625172
and occasionally he will turn the lights out and talk about Euronymous

>>69625197
king's field 1/2/3/4 actually have a good dungeon synthy soundtrack which is the most enjoyable part of those games for me
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MDapXvnjAhI

>>69625232
it's been there for longer than you've been alive
you'd know about DS if you knew about black metal in the first place you poser

>>69625197
I'm gonna just play arcanum a bit more until I get bored of that I suppose...I do want a game with stronger dungeon synth vibes though

>>69625024
Why is every chart small?

>>69614376
Dress like a black metaller but wear DS shirts. You'll find most of the people who make this stuff are BM fans and musicians often.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cmv4unRga40

>>69625270
Its been called Dark Ambient ever since the 2012 Hedge Wizard release Dungeon Synth.

i really like the aesthetic and feel of ds but even as someone whose exposure to classical is limited, I just really haven't been impressed by the compositions. It's like chiptune but takes itself more seriously and somehow has even less dynamic range. if i wanted to listen to reverb fuckery there's vaporwave.

https://iamjustapupil.bandcamp.com/track/legacy-ode-to-nothing

>>69625543
Dark ambient and dungeon synth are not the same thing btw

>>69625569
You autists who view everything as a matter of skill are really annoying. DS is about the atmosphere

>>69625569
You're not supposed to be impressed by the composition you dumb autist.
>if i wanted to listen to reverb fuckery there's vaporwave.
then do that and get the fuck back to the bandcamp thread

>>69625270
Never said into black metal mate.
However as I'm into ambient, folk and synth this ticks a lot of boxes for me, so I hopped into this thread.

>>69625197
Another couple of FromSoft games, Shadow Tower and Shadow Tower Abyss, have pretty good OSTs.

>>69625613
i mean i wasnt implying that it doesnt take skill i just havent really been impressed by anything i've heard so far

>>69625613
atmoshit

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0cG7TM4G1e0

>>69625662
See >>69625653
If you're looking to be "impressed" then certainly look elsewhere

>>69625690
DS is a type of ambient, let's not forget

>>69625662
again: it's not about the composition
the inventiveness or virtuosity of the composition is fucking irrelevant

>>69625655
>reading comprehension
He was saying if you DID listen to black metal then you would know DS

>>69625662
It's supposed to be more ambient based and most of these are amateur bandcamp musicians. I'm hoping more exposure leads to someone actually doing a good job of it.

>>69625769
what are you talking about, of course it is.

>>69625774
Ah thanks, my bad.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Aws_j9lsImE

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>>69625863
I'm talking about dungeon synth
you're talking about some hypothetical bullshit avant-garde folktronica based partially on medieval modes and partially on modern classical composition, aka wank.

>>69625905
Dungeon Synth wouldn't be dungeon synth if they played notes at random

>>69625927
precisely

>>69625927
>if they're not using advanced theory they're playing notes at random

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Some of the best ever right here

>>69626037
yeah thats kind of how music works.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2cpXpgjUT2k

NASA - Planet Sounds (1962)

>>69626146
It's kind of not at all how music works

crawl the fuck back into /classical/ or someshit you tiny memeboy

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>>69626146
You appear to have stumbled to the wrong dungeon, anon

>>69626309
>>69626174
go ahead and try to make music without knowing anything about theory and see how far you get. these musicians obviously know things like chord inversions

>>69614970
>>69624035
I got those from the wiki. Idk if they exist in a larger size.

I'm sorry I've been posting so sporadically lately, I've been having some personal problems.

>>69626644
it's alright man

>>69596597
Is this the unreleased Silent Hill OST leftovers?

>>69625323
Because we like things lo-fi here.

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this album is lofi black metal, its some hardcore early early burzum worship but it pulls it off better than most. Would recommend it to someone looking for lofi shrieks

>>69626644
You're a good poster mane dont worry

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Anyone else just straight up listen to the RuneScape soundtrack? I found all the songs alphabetized.

https://www.mediafire.com/?ndw54e3899j5m

>>69604655
I spent November up in an Ontarian cottage listening to black metal under the full moon. It was K V L T

What is the most dungeon synth game on steam? It'd be even more DS if i could play it with a controller in my.

>>69627334
I got some dungeon synth vibes from Barony but you could also try The Quest

>>69627334
silent hill 2 is pretty dungeon synthy
theres pretty much just fog everywhere, its pretty atmusphuric. but that game has its own good soundtrack

>>69626146
You are fucking retarded. There's a middle ground that employs simple melodies you play by ear. Don't be a fucking idiot

>>69627334
Football Manager

>>69626567
I don't know theory and I made dungeon synth that has been posted itt

>>69627500
which one was it anon

>>69627529
Lmao it'll probably be pretty evident that I don't know theory since it was this: >>69602558
But I've gotten several downloads and you'll be able to concede it's definitely nonrandom. I intend to make something with a bit more going on in the future but still

>>69627604
>>69627529
And that aside I'm surely not the only one who just plays it by ear

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some even older stuff by me
https://adhurim.bandcamp.com/album/untitled-i-iv

>>69627633
>>69626567
I make dungeon synth without knowing very much about musical theory either. As with most 'ambient' genres people are expected to take more time developing the sound and timbre of their instruments then they are developing melodies or anything like that.

It's not that weird. If you listen to a lot of music you can pick things up relatively easily.

Additionally, I personally prefer the more lo-fi dungeon synth artists who make their music with a bare minimum of changes over the course of the song, and who stick to maybe one or two melodies that they repeat. The better and more well-composed it sounds to me the more likely I am to give it a pass.

Also I liked your Tyrannus album. I've been following your music for a while and downloaded your whole discography at this point I think.

>>69627866
Thank you! I'm flattered. I'd love to hear your work or some work you recommend in that minimalistic style of DS

>>69627334
Probably old-school isometric rpgs like Ultima, Bladrurs Gate, Icewind Dale, Darklands, etc. As their music influenced the genre heavily.

Also, Dark Souls fits the atmosphere perfectly imo.

>>69627942
Yeah after I grow weary of arcanum I'm thinking baldur's gate

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>>69627909

This is my album.

https://illusorygames.bandcamp.com/album/the-thanes-hammer

As far as other recommendations goes. I think my personal favourite lesser-known DS album is Alviss - Fafnir.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rgwdGSlrLxE

There is something magical to me in the small, minimal soundscapes of people trying to create fantasies out of poor equipment or poor ability.

>>69627969
Good choice, I'm currently playing Arcanum too, but Baldur's Gate is like a plain masterpiece.

>>69626103
Nice, those raw DS tape rips usually have the best atmosphere.

Check out Volsdom tapes on bandcamp, some brilliant stuff and very similar.

>>69626924
Thank, downloading right now.

How much DS do you guys have? I have about 40 albums, looking to grow my library.

>>69628494

I've got a lot, but I don't have it tagged or organised in a way that makes it easy for me to figure out exactly how much is a lot.

I am downloading like 40 gigs of Jim Kirkwood albums right now though lmao

>>69627334
I was thinking of playing oblivion or morrowind while listening to some DS later.

>>69596506
This genre exists solely because they only let varg play a shitty casio or something in prison, right/

>>69627994
I will check this out!

>>69628875
and old video game nostalgia

>>69628779
don't those games have a DS soundtrack of their own? I played daggerfall for the soundtrack, its pretty great

>>69628875

Somewhat, yeah. There were a handful of precursors to that though.

>>69627994
Yeah I mean I love DS for the same reasons I love black metal and noise i.e. the low skill level required to make awesome expressive shit, if you put in the time

>>69628959
Oblivion probably has some tracks but it's more orchestra and not as ambient or dark.

>>69629014
Arcanum has that issue where the soundtrack isn't really DS but I don't know whether to mute it and play DS or listen to the pretty strings

>>69627994
Man this is rad

>>69628494
I'm pretty new to it, so only a few.

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I recommend this if you enjoy classic Dungeon Synth https://hedgewizard.bandcamp.com/

>>69629090

Thank you!

>>69625613
this. the best DS is made by an inexperienced amateur musician with nothing but old soundfonts and going by ear

>>69602558
Where can I get it on cassette?

>>69629260
Sadly there are no cassettes, although the way I cropped it you'd think there would be...as with my other audio endeavors I do hope to make physical media eventually

>>69629233

This is true for DS and it's true for so many other kinds of music as well.

In one of my favourite songs in any genre, in the middle of a really shitty fumbling guitar solo, you can actually hear the guitarist kind of unplug his guitar by accident, and then just plug it in and keep going. That kind of shit warms my heart.

>>69629297
This is why I love striborg and other one man bm. Very lo-fi and unprofessional and real

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Death in June - But what End when the Symbols Shatter

Acoustic Dungeon Synth

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=--7bemJNeG4

>>69627334

Darklands, but why use Steam to play games you can get on GOG?

>>69629430
That's neo-folk, but still good, and relevant.

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I haven't read through the thread, but here's a cool album released recently. Originally recorded in the 90s sometime. By one of the dudes in Finntroll and Moonsorrow.

https://worldoftrollhorn.bandcamp.com/album/the-sleeping-green

Tour de Garde have put out quite a few other dungeon synth releases. Might be worth your time to check them out.

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Fever Ray - Demo

Swedish Dungeon Synth

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zzmQ0VeQcs0

>>69630244
Not exactly.................................

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Radiohead (alter ego of Mortiis) - Demo III

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0tLOdzw9Ueo

Shameless self-plug.

I only have two songs right now, and only one is worth listening to, but it's relevant and I hope you like it.

https://soundcloud.com/mordstreich

DS is cool in concept but the only artist I really like is Hedge Wizard. Where do I go from there?
>>69599057
tried both paths from HW. neither lived up to it

>>69630546
No

>>69627494
explain

>>69625585
dungeon synth is just dark ambient with gregorian scales

>>69623784
I don't know what would make him the ultimate. he just makes textbook DS

>>69615945
sorry I meant making cassette rips

>>69631146
of DS recorded off youtube with a phone

>>69626853
I want to check this out just based on the art. Black metal/ Dungeon Synth has the coolest aesthetic

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wanted to work on my DS album but then I started listening to Pet Sounds and now I'm tired. I still got the rest of december though.

Is Brian Kvlt? He should start working on a DS album

are any of Kanyes tracks Dungeon Synth?

>>69631638
Egads, yon shitposters are invading. Back, ye knaves!

>>69631783
they have started to conspire against us in some of the threads

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Some of this shit is really hard to find expecially after the What.cd dungeon synth community died.

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is this mortisis wife?

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What are some good VSTs to make dungeon synth with?

>>69631897
>they have started to conspire against us

god dammit. why do people need to ruin things?

This our second thread to break 300 posts; worthy of celebration I think!

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>>69626781

>>69608725
listen to Garden of Delete by Oneohtrix Point Never if you haven't already

is varg's latest output dungeon synth? i haven't listened to anything past fallen

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>tfw love ds and ambient but do not enjoy any type of metal
It's weird brehs

>>69632996

No.

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>inb4 This Exists makes a video on Dungeon Synth and spreads misinformation, just like he does about everything.

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>>69633848
listen to this

>>69617118
fuck yes, love this album. prog as fuck synths

I think, because we've got a lot of people here working on dungeon synth albums, that for the final week or so we should add them into the OP. Maybe, just an idea.

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>>69635327
>tfw listening to filosofem and watching my roommate wander around lost in the undercity of gta

DS-makers, what exactly is your setup? Just a midi keyboard plugged into your computer? What about software, DAWs, soundfonts etc.? I know a lot about the genre but next to nothing about how it's usually made nowadays. Might want to try my hand at some point.

>>69627838
Shit dude, this album is whack. You thought about physical distribution?

New thread here chaps
>>69636736