dungeon synth

don't think that dungeon synth has a future, wasn't even aware that there were current releases, but here's one i've kept with me since my interest in black metal when i was younger: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0gUFVefSrn4

>>74122487
as far as magical properties go, i think that music in general can carry some kind of aura about it that lies dependent on how it was made, its intentions, genre, etc. .. even if it's just the ability to evoke a mood, its the same as any other artistic medium in that it can take you somewhere else mentally, which is a good definition of magical in the common sense.

for me, dungeon synth creates a very strong feeling of wanting to go somewhere that doesn't physically exist and is almost nostalgic to places i have never been

>>74121908
What is this album called?

>>74122487
yeah man that lamentation album is powerful

>>74122541
>for me, dungeon synth creates a very strong feeling of wanting to go somewhere that doesn't physically exist and is almost nostalgic to places i have never been
totally agree. i think it has a strong connection to fantasy and escapism so the idea of going to a different realm makes sense.

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>>74122813
it's not an album unfortunately, just a piece of artwork i used to bump the thread.

>>74121712
Ever play runescape?

Dungeon Synth is alive today and it will probably fade away as a meme but it will be around. It is also very much dead today since Mortiis stopped doing Dungeon Synth and started doing Bad Goth instead (also there is good Goth like Sisters of mercy and so on).

Also I think it is about to blow since there is bands like Chaucerian Myth who make it all NOT about trolls and upside down crosses. Also Blackmetal and all its subgenres is about war against the christian values of europe and the pride of the white nordic population and since there is all these hipsters doing blackmetal and dungeon synth saying they like Burzum but not the political views of Varg it is about to break off. I think this is good. it is not controversial battling the Christian values today. rather the controversial thing to do is to go with Christ.
Also there is so many interesting artist coming up today with the Dungeon Synth 8-bit music and dungeon noise and all that so there is a Dungeon Synth revolution going on. i think that is a good thing.
I would like to recommend reading tthe DS articles on ArchaicTriad.com if you are feeling down. Also how can DS die off then you have Fief, Moaning Shadows and all those?

And there is one more thing. I think that when Erang has made is last album he would have done as many as Muzlimgause did and there is a long time left until that day.

Also these:

https://dungeonsynthcompilation.bandcamp.com/music

>>74121712
downloading OP album hope its good

>>74124632
shit, no im not the only copy on slsk doesnt work. Does anyone have a working link to OPs album?

>>74124646

I do not think it is the OPs album. Is it?

here you go:
https://foolish-fire.bandcamp.com/

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So you think you know all about underground music?

>>74124858
what am I going to get myself into if I start listening to this

>>74124920
Oh it is just a gateway style to regular dungeon synth. I would start of with Alder Deep or Ransaur and go for a walk with your headphones. If you like more power in your noise you should go with Einhorn or Tyrannus. If you like Erdig you could try Digre who is the same artist.

>>74124920
Magic, the darkest magic, scattered across time...

someone give me witchs pointy hat pls

Cursed Kings by Soltri is my pick of 2017 so far. Classic style, but good production values.

And, if you haven't already, you've got to pick up the four classic albums sampled in this review:

http://www.toiletovhell.com/down-into-the-dungeon-with-masterlord/

Myrrdin
Erang
Lord Lovidicus
Abandoned Places

They're all well known by fans of the genre already but it's gotten so large in recent years that newcomers can miss them.

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>>74126878

>>74121712
I think it definitely does. Even just a few years ago "dungeon synth" wasn't even a term in circulation, people just regarded it as that weird thing Mortiis did and which a few other black metal-connected individuals did in imitation of Burzum's ambient tracks. In recent years it's truly taken off as its own thing and with new projects arising all the time I can only see it getting better and better.

>>74124920
nothing good. dungeon noise is basically just diet dungeon synth

>>74121712
I have that tape, it's good as fuck

>>74124530
are you Digre

>>74126878
no ur gay
>>74124920
like under half of that is actually good but I wouldn't call it "diet dungeon synth" exactly
>>74129088
eh

>>74127287
Svante the shitposter

>>74124530
>Also I think it is about to blow since there is bands like Chaucerian Myth
yeah i agree chaucerian myth has potential to spearhead a new movement that prioritizes composition (something that isn't very common in the genre) although i thought his last album was just okay.

>rather the controversial thing to do is to go with Christ.
i don't agree with this at all. christianity is still the most widely practiced religion in the world.

>would like to recommend reading tthe DS articles on ArchaicTriad.com if you are feeling down
awesome, i will definitely check this out.

>Muzlimgause
what is Muzlimgause?

Guys, hit me with your Dungeon Synth 2017 AOTY

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>>74129321
Maybe this

>>74129321
see
>>74121712

that first track is just so beautiful and meditative, like the best ambient burzum tracks. the second song is a bit of a drop off, but it's still an interesting idea and it's good for self-reflection

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>>74129321
Maybe this tho

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>>74129369
Why do people not like track two dammit

>>74129384
well it's just that track one is a beautifully-composed piano/keyboard piece while track two is just a sample of some gregorian chant that has been looped for ten minutes.

it still sounds nice but i can't help but think of it as filler when he's obviously capable of making good compositions

>>74129356
easily the best

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>>74129321
There's always this

>>74129437
I guess that's fair, though in terms of atmosphere it's still really strong so I don't mind it.
>>74129440
Better than the 2nd one imo

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>>74129321

>>74129474
I never really got around to this because I think the cover sux but I should try it out

>>74129466
>though in terms of atmosphere it's still really strong so I don't mind it.
yeah that's true. have you tried reading the prayer that's supposed to go along with it on the rosary?

>>74129528
>I think the cover sux
that's funny, the reason why i was drawn to it in the first place was because of the cover. it's a good album though with some really beautiful moments

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>>74129551
I can barely read it so no...I think maybe I tried once but couldn't quite get the timing right

>>74129576
Listening to it, it's actually quite nice

I'm always sad stoned and lonely

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>>74129764
try listening to dungeon synth.

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>>74129800
B-but I am, and have been for a few years...I don't think it's working

>>74129825
>I don't think it's working
well that's a question of how you would define "working". it's definitely not going to make you happy outgoing chad. but it is good for escapism

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I enjoy showing this off here

>>74129852
Yeah it does help me escape fo sho...

>>74121712
Damn this album is fucking great. Love the second song too.

>>74124736

Examples for all of these? Some of those subgenres are intriguing.

>>74131627
All? No. Tell us which ones you're interested in

>discover genre full of so much free (or nearly free) music online
>tfw I become a geek about it
feelsgoodman.jpg

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Glenn Danzig's Black Aria came out a year before Mortiis' released his first solo recordings.
Glenn Danzig invented dungeon synth.

>>74132569
>tfw had no idea this existed
WTF this changes everything

>>74132569
Holy shit. How did i not know about this?

>>74129855
>DS
WHAT did he mean by that

>>74129294
Muslimgauze is a producer who did stuff since the 80s. Grew out of the industrial scene and made ethnic dub music. Mostly known for the amount of stuff he recorded until his untimely death. Sadly this contributes to a feeling of a lack of quality control and it does lead to very boring music. He does have some good stuff here and there, it is just stacked beneath dozens of mediocre albums. Notably albums like Return of Black September which has more of a dark ambient vibe. Personally while I enjoy some of his stuff I would like sort of what Muslimgauze was doing without all the middle eastern influence.

>>74133102
interesting. does he have any dungeon synth-ey stuff?

as long as DS is associated with black metal, I don't see it really going away, it'll always survive in some form from some guy noodling around with synths

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gqCdTCZ1z-E

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>>74132781
>>74132836
It was a fairly low-profile release put out by Glenn himself on his Plan 9 label, whereas the stuff Danzig(the band) was doing as the time came out on Def Jam and got a good deal of promotion.

>>74124530
I think DS has the potential to become the new black metal - to me it is basically the same thing minus the distortion.

i thought jim kirkwood invented dungeon synth

>>74133295
this is awesome.

dungeon synth is a dead genre and every artist now that does it is a total moron.

>>74133525
what makes you say that?

>>74133436
this actually makes sense considering the current renaissance of electronic self-produced music and the phasing out of rock.

not to say that black metal would stop (at least i hope not)

>been into dungeon since since the early 2000s
>hipsters find out about it because its the new obscure genre to exploit
>every other person has a Dungeon Synth bandcamp album now

>>74133607
>>74133436
ds isn't going to overtake the genre that in part birthed it lol, and said genre isn't going anywhere as long as the underground is keeping it alive

>>74129294

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bryn_Jones_discography

Muslimgauze is not ds. It is some kind of triphop electronic ambient. You should check it out.
Well I do like the troll and blackcape stuff too when it is good and I think it is most of the time but I do dislike when this satan stuff is just a cheep gimmick andmost of the time it is. But as I said blackmetal ist krieg and I have no intention to change that.. Dungeon Synth as aBlackmetal sub-genre is still this but DS do also stands by itself with all this innovation and experimentation developments. I love it.


>>74129273
Jag har din dator.

>>74129148
Yes yes I am.

>>74133082
Depressive Silence you cuck

>>74133607
nahh Black Metal is here to stay.
As for the DS, now it establishes itself as its own genre, and then it will undergo the standard cycle of music.
I probably get flag for saying this, but check out the track Fanfare from Liturgy's (yeah yeah I know) The Ark Work. I really do like this track as it kind of shows that a lot of territory of medieval musical ideas/sounds/hybrids have been left unexplored.

>>74133579
dude i made dungeon synth and got nothing out of it, only criticism about my musical taste and total ignorance.

>>74133629
>>every other person has a Dungeon Synth bandcamp album now
if you actually liked dungeon synth you would think this is a good thing. it means more music for you to listen to. sure a lot of it is shit, but there's way more good dungeon synth available today then there was in the early 2000s

>>74133837
It makes it less unique. boring, since its an old trick now. If they are actually talented they would make something worth listening to but it just isn't happening

>>74133827
>only criticism about my musical taste and total ignorance
from who? you can't show your dungeon synth project to normies who don't know what dungeon synth is. of course you would get that kind of reaction from them.

>>74133827
do you want to show off some stuff?
I would be interested to listen to it.

>>74133883
fuck off i discovered dungeon synth in 2008, Mortiis to be exact, the only reason I put it on Bandcamp is for others to hear it.

I'm not a neckbeard, I'm not a hipster, I'm just trying to create my own stuff.

>>74133899

https://soundcloud.com/haemolacria/vlad-draculas-incarnate

I'm not doing anymore of this music, I've pretty much ran out of ideas for it.

>>74133896
I use to get more appreciation when they had groups on SoundCloud I could post to, but they're now an abandoned feature unfortunately.

>>74133883
>If they are actually talented they would make something worth listening to but it just isn't happening
try listening to these
https://foolish-fire.bandcamp.com/
https://ephemerallandscapes.bandcamp.com/releases
https://chaucerianmyth.bandcamp.com/album/troilus-and-criseyde

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>>74124736
>NSBS

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>spent hundreds of hours as a teenager getting drunk in parents' basement and fucking around with a laptop and a few cheap synths with no particular purpose, had no interest whatsoever in black metal/black metal intros/dungeon synth at the time; most of my influences came from movie soundtracks and i and mostly did this because i wanted to learn how to use synths and some DAWs
>finished shitloads of tracks of morose, vaguely medieval-feeling, often melodic and often very cheesy dark synth music; i would later learn that this was an actual genre called dungeon synth
>would usually hand over whatever finished tracks I had at the time to a buddy of mine who would then remix those tracks with his own contributions in the form of industrial and noise flourishes produced on an entirely analog production setup
>the material that we produced was vastly superior to the majority of the shit coming out of this recent 2010s dungeon synth resurgence
>I lost all my copies of the material when I moved house and misplaced the CD-Rs
>he lost all his copies of the material in a hard drive crash
>neither one of us was particularly upset about it at the time because we just treated the whole thing as a hobby and had no intention of even attempting to get any of the music published
>tfw we could have been the most important band in modern dungeon synth if we just held onto the stuff that we recorded for 4-5 more years

I could have been a superstar right now.

>>74133673
true.
But give it time it will get there.
There will be - I don't know -
southern country funeral cornfield DS
with +1 twang and raving snake-handlin priests

right now's just the "true"-phase

>>74134069
>2010s dungeon synth revival
What fucking revival? It's a dying genre that's been slowly dying since the mid 90's, there's a reason artists like Mortiis changed genre.

>>74131627
hear hear

>>74133903
It is ok. We probably liked what you posted.

Well look at any music. There is so many rap-albums but only 4 or so is worth listening to. Same with trip hop, grunge, screw, euro dance, dark ambient and so on. The funny thing with DS is that more than half of it is pretty good if you like this kind of music. And if you know how to spot what is honest and pure mist of it is good I think.

This thread sucks, dungeon synth is boring, you should all go kys.

>>74134069
you could remake the thing on fruity loops in a couple hours if you really cared that much

>>74134186
what kind of music do you like?

>>74134168
Ty.

>>74134211
nu metal, rap, deathcore why?

Yeah where is all the NSDS and DSAC?

>>74134271
haha

>>74134279
>DSAC
?

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>>74134271
>>74134211
That guy wasn't me. I don't listen to crap.

My chart. Take notes.

>>74134193
I really couldn't. The crudeness and inexperience of my methods at the time was what gave the whole thing much of its appeal. It all had a wonderful DIY, cassette culture patina to it. Plus I haven't talked to the other dude in years.

>>74134299
Dungeon Synth Against Communism

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>>74134279
Dungeon Synth composers are largely Marxist. Right boys?

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>>74134348
Fuck that. I only make Dungeon Synth for Communists. My music is not for fascists

>>74134348
I'm a Marxist Socialist, so.

>>74134279
>>74134348
>>74134365
>>74134400
oh boy..

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>>74134365
No.

>>74134400
>>74134405
t. cuckolds

>>74134499
How does it feel to be on the wrong side of history?

what's the best way to get that classic dungeon synth sound without owning an old keyboard?

are there any go-to VSTs or anything like that?

>>74134566
Check out these. Some of them are from the 90s
http://www.synthfont.com/links_to_soundfonts.html

>>74129825
gib pointy hat

>>74134615
awesome, thanks m8

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>>74134548
History will absolve me.

>>74123802
>>74131251
>>74129474
what are the names

>>74134791
The first one is an illustration from Divine Comedy. Gustav Dore drawings seem to be common for dungeon synth. Even Varg used one.

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French Dungeon Synth > Every other kind

>>74134791
the last one is this>>74134059
>https://ephemerallandscapes.bandcamp.com/releases

Now that Dungeon Synth has been perfected whats next? Aquatic Synth? Orient Synth? Desert Synth? Minimal Synth?

>>74135515
wat

>>74134846
are you actually a women?

>>74132316
Yeah I'm loving this shit
>>74132569
Wasn't that more neoclassical darkwave?
>>74133082
Yeah it's depressive silence goofball
>>74133436
DS with distortion is the future
>>74133446
He's closer than Danzig, IMO
>>74133525
?
>>74133629
It's not every other person, please
>>74133807
I actually liked a lot of the synthy stuff on the ark work
>>74134069
Is this a pasta? I've read this before
>>74134118
It's kinda "popular" these days
>>74134566
Owning a shit keyboard isn't hard, get the cheapest one they sell at guitar center
>>74134641
No dude

>>74137227
>Wasn't that more neoclassical darkwave?
whats the difference?

>>74137584
Oh Lordy honey they have similarities but they're pretty different. They have very different roots, darkwave versus black metal, and this manifests itself in different ways. I guess listening to some artists you could say the differences are superficial but I guess that's up for debate. However I think it's like analogous structures in evolutionary biology: similar features emerged in species coming from different lineages

>>74138864
I think dungeon synth tended to be more lo-fi and solo versus many darkwave bands. Neoclassical darkwave also features vocals more prominently. If you listen to DVKE or Dargaard you can hear strong overlap with DS. But it's backgrounds of really post-punk versus black metal

>>74137584
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=rdjqIBZoIEY
I mean this isn't dungeon synth