Was going through piles of various black metal demo tapes lately and happened to put
Malefica "Black Magic" tape to tape deck. Wasn't sure what its going to be, but of course could see it's hand numbered #72 copies from 2007, with connection to Eskil Blix of Mare/Kaos Ritual etc.
While I have strong love/hate relationship with all sorts of projects one could lump loosely to
"black metal intro music", once in a while it feels like it works out. This Malefica tape consist handful of songs, where slow floor-tom bounding, eerie keyboard melodies, chanting vocals and such rather expected elements, still manage to create rather good atmosphere. Perhaps thanks to tape format as well as semi-lo-fi cavernous sound quality, it manages to be well above the usual level of software addicted iMac occultists.
Deverills Nexion is another unit I have recently been listening some. I was never too fond of his previous works, but this one has achieved something quite different. It's never noise, not too obvious black metal side-project flaws. LP on AJNA is more of eccentric music than "industrial" or "ambient". Some of the keyboard works of the band is almost like Les Joyax De La Princesse transforming into sinister magick, instead of historical documents.
Such as:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D91-NeMqryk
More gloomy ritualistic chanting:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EOgtDtGvu34
While ago was writing:
Quote from: FreakAnimalFinland on August 12, 2015, 06:50:20 PM
N.A.O.S. "Iron Youth" 7"
Devilish Music Propaganda
Greek black metal fame with his martial/"neo classical" project on Membrum Debile Propaganda side label. Combine Mortiis, Blood Axis and Laibach and you got N.A.O.S., hah... So plenty of keyboard cheese, but also low-pitch male voice, proto-fascist/satanic lyrics and overall 90's industrial vibe. I remember I didn't care much for this when it came out, but now when I think how many of this type of bands are out there, it's decent for at least nostalgic reasons.
It makes me think there should be topic of such stuff.
Not stuff what is integral part of industrial movement, such as
Korpses Katatonik, Zero Kama kind of material. But material what appears to come from outside the genre.
I always admire old days of dark underground of Poland. Bands like
Perunwit for example:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g5iok2JRWoE
Usually it irritates when purely metal band comes up with "ambient" record. But in the other hand, I may appreciate the simplicity of conceptual elements of works like
HATE FOREST "The Gates" LP. Fire crackling. Wind whistling. Next side comes some instrumental distorted BM riffing and eventually sinks into dull minimalist beat.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tFnbbznKGqA
If I'm not mistaken, in Noise Receptor magazine, editor used term Dark Dungen Music (which of course refers to label of Mortiis) to describe "BM originated" keyboard music. To my taste perhaps too close to
Mortiis to use widely. Perhaps also that I don't really like any Mortiis.
VOND appeals a bit more. Especially Green Eyed Demon isn't that bombastic keyboard music, but closer to sound one could associate even with death industrial. Not far from MEGAPTERA or such!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FVOi3-8CRec
Quote from: FreakAnimalFinland on January 06, 2016, 11:09:20 AM
If I'm not mistaken, in Noise Receptor magazine, editor used term Dark Dungen Music (which of course refers to label of Mortiis) to describe "BM originated" keyboard music. To my taste perhaps too close to Mortiis to use widely. Perhaps also that I don't really like any Mortiis. VOND appeals a bit more. Especially Green Eyed Demon isn't that bombastic keyboard music, but closer to sound one could associate even with death industrial. Not far from MEGAPTERA or such!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FVOi3-8CRec
Mikko - this is review I think you are referring to: https://noisereceptor.wordpress.com/2013/08/29/aeva-%e2%80%8e-%E2%88%9E/
Anyway essentially Mortiis self described his work as 'dark dungeon music' around the time of his demo, which then became the name of his label. The 'mortiis' keyboard approach has then become know as 'dungeon synth' music in BM and related circles, which quite a few projects using the descriptor to carry the torch so to speak.
Today I still like the first 3 Mortiis albums, but mostly for nostalgia and collectible sakes. Vond on the other hand has held up far better and I agree that 'Green Eyed Demon' certainly stands apart in Vond (and Mortiis' catalogue for the matter) as a good, rough death industrial type record.
Burzum - Hlidskjalf is one of the best albums of this genre.
VOND
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s5T6i6QNgdI
I would say Semilanceata fits this theme very well. It's a sort of Ritual / Ambient project by Wagner Ödegard aka Kumulonimbus of Wulkanaz and Tomhet. Started exploring the project due to my interest in the aforementioned Black Metal bands, but ended up liking Semilanceata most of all. At times, very ritualistic and accoustic, maybe comparable to some Arktau Eos material and more based in Ambient, Drone and more "disturbing" frequencies at others. The sounds are always very juicy and alive, no matter what style is emphasised, and the atmosphere is always brilliant. Each album has a very distinct character. I think the concepts mostly deal with psychoactive substances in occult contexts and Dark Germanic Heathenism. Certainly so much more than some clumsy "ambient" intro to a Black Metal album!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sc1yF5PeMKg (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sc1yF5PeMKg)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fonh64fUJ5E (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fonh64fUJ5E)
The "dungeon" motif might be the cheesiest music in my library. That isn't to say it isn't without merit, without a role, or garbage. I find it laughable in much the same way as the fun, goofy characters of Sturmpercht or Arkanum. Was Mortiis the first to create a character and use prosthetics? One of its endearing qualities is that is so poorly played and crude, sort of like so much early punk. Like children stepping to their first keyboard at X-mas morning. It's just awful, but fun. I would say that some of the worst ambient I've ever heard has come out of black metal (ie Ildjarn). I'd be game for the total shitshow of a result of Steve Roach or Vidna Obmana teaming up with Mortiis or Burzum.
I am a fan of Occulto Mortualia which would probably fall under this description. Good music and good packages. You can probably still find some releases available from distros around the globe.
http://ekladata.com/1T5zXUQMQEFSWe0MxnBBiZf0eXI.jpg
http://41.media.tumblr.com/dca2604f4b8aa447466ec0592629e3bd/tumblr_ng0lnsrznx1tdyqk1o1_500.jpg
"black metal intro music" made me LOL hard... so true... what is the first BM project (or side project) to do an "ambient" bm album?? anyone know?
Vinterriket maybe?
I usually hate Black Metal intro stuff. I think the ambient bits of Striborg work pretty well, on their own and as part of the overall albums. But for the most part I skip the intros and get straight into the rock.
This Galactic Reich stuff is awesome. Thanks for the hint. I didnt knew the label either.
Wolfmangler ?
https://auroraborealisrecordings.bandcamp.com/album/dwelling-in-a-dead-raven-for-the-glory-of-crucified-wolves
not a fan myself though.
Quote from: Zeno Marx on January 06, 2016, 11:14:27 PM
The "dungeon" motif might be the cheesiest music in my library.
http://youtu.be/9QvhxWfslfc
Quote from: totalabuse on January 07, 2016, 01:28:46 AM
"black metal intro music" made me LOL hard...
It's not necessary derogatory remark.. more like.. well fact?
While black metal intro music generally serves purpose, what goes beyond the "musical value", it is certainly quite slippery route to try stretch that purpose from 1-3 minute interlude to actual album what should fulfill some artistic purpose as well.
I was today listening
SIRPALEET / OCCULT SUFFERINGS split tape. Probably around 8-10 years old release. I got quite a pile from Occult Sufferings, but it is, at least used to be, sort of "secret project". Whole label what put out possibly dozens and dozens, if not hundreds of tapes is barely known. Perhaps people know mostly the ultra limited vinyl editions they did from black metal bands. Sirpaleet side is pretty much dungeron music / ambient noise fusion for about half of the side, until suddenly drums hit in. Suddenly it changes to almost Aluk Todolo/Urfaust type of stuff, but only sloppier. There is actually good stuff on this side and while musical part is ok, I'd have preferred entire side being with drums. Occult Sufferings I got lots of tapes. As said, hardly acknowledged project from Finland for reason that it was never intended for "audience". Stuff was never publicly sold, but label could be reached by devotees. This is sort of clumsy keyboard-Burzum / Mortiis kind, but perhaps leaning also to horror soundtrack themes? Processed vocals here and there, everything manually played to analogue tape instead of sequencers and computer loops. It makes everything little bit clumsy, yet
dark, instead of being too mechanical. Probably have to spin some more tapes of these.. Also should maybe write about other experimental tapes of the label. It's never noise per se. I would suspect influences were from Abruptum, Burzum and various Black Legions experimental projects.
"Temple Forest" forever!
Always a favorite - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qNk9EuodGDw
Quote from: Leewar on January 08, 2016, 01:52:40 PM
Always a favorite - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qNk9EuodGDw
They were awsome band!! I like everything by them.
They always sounded a lot more earthy and genuine than most.
some of my fave occult/ritualistic projects... there are surely more:
obviously all early PTV
current 93: dog blood rising
zero kama: The Secret Eye of L.A.Y.L.A.H
radio werewolf: The Fiery Summons
sleep chamber: Satanic sanctions
rosemary's baby: Love Songs
ain soph: everything, but especially ars regia.
capricorni pneumatici: Al-Azif
I can recommend HEXENTANZ "Nekrocrafte". Strong material.
https://fossildungeon.bandcamp.com/album/nekrocrafte (https://fossildungeon.bandcamp.com/album/nekrocrafte)
Quote from: deathcamp on January 11, 2016, 06:13:31 PM
I can recommend HEXENTANZ "Nekrocrafte". Strong material.
https://fossildungeon.bandcamp.com/album/nekrocrafte (https://fossildungeon.bandcamp.com/album/nekrocrafte)
Didnt know that but the Hexentanz – The Sabbat Comes Softly EP is quite good as well.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=89hG4f74YMc
Cintecele Diavolui
Mortiis side project
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vvCIFngILEA
I want recommend 2 tapes i recently got. Both come clearly from a BM background
but offer finest "blackend drone ambient" (i just made this up, dont worry).
Real nice stuff.
OLD OAK - Spells & Starlight (Tape)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TnOtPK6DHTI
ORDER OF THE LIGHT - Ancestral Knowledge (Tape)
Not to be found on YouTube (yet).
Quote from: Zeno Marx on January 06, 2016, 11:14:27 PM
The "dungeon" motif might be the cheesiest music in my library. That isn't to say it isn't without merit, without a role, or garbage. I find it laughable in much the same way as the fun, goofy characters of Sturmpercht or Arkanum. Was Mortiis the first to create a character and use prosthetics? One of its endearing qualities is that is so poorly played and crude, sort of like so much early punk. Like children stepping to their first keyboard at X-mas morning. It's just awful, but fun. I would say that some of the worst ambient I've ever heard has come out of black metal (ie Ildjarn). I'd be game for the total shitshow of a result of Steve Roach or Vidna Obmana teaming up with Mortiis or Burzum.
Wouldn't the northaunt & Vinterriket splits count?. because I've read reviews saying how weak Vinterriket is and how far better northaunt is.
Cemetery of Scream - Deeppression
Nice intros and outros of the lo fi keyboard nature.
Otherwise excellent "depressive" etc black metal.
Velehentor has this vibe with dark ambient, I think.
Speaking of BM artists that actually make good ambient, this one has excellent ambient tracks between songs. Dhampyr - https://www.discogs.com/Dhampyr-White-Fire-Laudanum/release/4660889
Havohej seems to do this dungeon keyboard stuff at times, as well as straight black metal, but I am liking the sort of industrial dungeon mess that tracks like these are:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_-VQrOG8dU4
I have been lately enjoying this type of "stoner group voodoo chant" stuff for a limited time. It doesn't seem genuine, but it's kind of preferable to some Native American authentic ritual, at least to me.
https://centipedefarm.bandcamp.com/album/fucking-with-spirits-2
Quote from: Staalwaart on January 27, 2016, 05:33:29 AM
OLD OAK - Spells & Starlight (Tape)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TnOtPK6DHTI
I highly recommend this. One of the best black metal related ambient tapes I have ever heard.
Quote from: F_c_O on February 03, 2016, 01:15:02 PM
Quote from: Staalwaart on January 27, 2016, 05:33:29 AM
OLD OAK - Spells & Starlight (Tape)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TnOtPK6DHTI
I highly recommend this. One of the best black metal related ambient tapes I have ever heard.
It is a really good example for stuff which is done right. No chessy something in it. I totally dig it and looking
deeper to find more such gems.
The Hidden Congregation "Missa Rubra Carrosiana" tape
hand made package in form of neat cardboard box, hand numbered 49 copies.
Label says: "Missa Rubra Carcosiana represents the live recording of The Hidden Congregation, a project created by members of Semai and Stor, from a gig in Bratislava club A4, 20. 2. 2015. For this evening The Hidden Congregation has prepared a special set inspired by the mythology of H. P. Lovecraft and Robert W. Chambers. Sonically, it is occult themed drone/noise with an insinuated black metal feeling, whose main lines roll on through continuous development of central frequencies and musical leitmotifs."
I don't find particularly black metal feeling. More it fits into simply realms of drone/noise/ritual, sometimes even hints of euro heavy electronics! Especially being dubbed all-on-red-all-the-time, is perhaps element what adds nice rumbling and blurry element to this mix, in genre what often suffers from slightly too polished productions. Once in a while it seems surprisingly good, that I even start to wonder how I have not seen this name mentioned anywhere? I just notice it was for sale in Tower Transmissions and traded this for couple Grunt tapes.
STOR "Forgotten Sewers" tape
Czech dark ambient industrial power electronics project what one could say almost the same as about the tape above. I guess it was also related projects? This one, small cardboard box ltd 39 copies. "Demons from the past are reborn as horrors of the future. Potential of the human mind is endless. The rest is noise." One got to appreciate any industrial-noise-ambient tape with bold statements/manifestos printed in insert.
Gwydion Sagelinge did some Ambient/Synth music under the names Grimoirum Verum (that was together with someone else) and Lingedal. It's been years since I listened to this stuff and I can't exactly remember what I thought of Grimoirum Verum, but I remember quite liking Lingedal.
So kinda related, though definitely infinitely stranger. A friend/coworker told me he heard of this band called Shevalreq from Vancouver Canada and just how utterly fucking confusing it was. His description was a medieval cd-rom video game having a stroke while someone does black metal vocals on top. So I listened and it cast this total what the fuck expression across my face for the rest of the day. From what I can find out there was a short lived label named Hekaloth that put out this stuff from 07-08. The cover art is amazing and the music seems to be all Casio sampler based with occasional guitar solos (the albums all seem to tell one large story)... It is def in the spectrum of the ritual genre of black metal but from a total left field approach.
I can't say I it blows me away but it utterly confused me, so I keep listening to see if there is something there.
I'm curious if anyone else has come across this stuff? It's obviously not for everyone, maybe not for anyone but it is bizarre.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=hi-07FGN1VE
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=KczF2lXSszo
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=dZrYb6EFaQc
No one mentioned anything by Sigilum S?
This song may be what you're looking for
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ULRkiuJAulY
or more intensely....
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rkm6nkDrPb4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dJfUr5cGZWI
Fuck yeah. Takes me back.
Also....
this one may seem a bit obvious, and it more of a "BM-esque" vibe than those posted above, also with drone-y, industrial, ritual and dark dungeon / mental asylum vibe....
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V0FLkjZqCNc
Been listening to The Curfew Recordings which has a very occult feeling to it. Beautiful natural acoustics and haunting flute sound (actually coming from a bone, I believe). Its a really nice change from the digital keyboard music, where plugins and effects pedals are replaced with natural sounds and scrapping percussion.
Quote from: Duality on April 14, 2016, 03:31:51 PM
Been listening to The Curfew Recordings which has a very occult feeling to it. Beautiful natural acoustics and haunting flute sound (actually coming from a bone, I believe). Its a really nice change from the digital keyboard music, where plugins and effects pedals are replaced with natural sounds and scrapping percussion.
Very good recommendation, thanks. Fans of this style would be advised to look into Metgumbnerbone's Liegeliahorn, which was possibly recorded in and around the same place at the same time, and also the Newcastle UK, 27-3-1984 bootleg, re- "This is a bootleg including material recorded at a disused industrial site in Newcastle. These recordings (in different form, along with other material recorded at the same location) appear on 'The Curfew Recordings' CD (Harbinger Sound)".
Perhaps of secondary interest, Asmus Tietchens' Seuchengebiete, which was apparently produced in response to Liegeliahorn, of which Tietchens was extremely critical- apparently, he thought (soon-to-be A-Mission Records label-mates) Metgumbnerbone were a pack of pretentious twats. (He reserved the descriptor "childish theater", which is kind of how I initially felt about this thread; though I must say we have, in the best traditions of SI, redeemed ourselves!) Since then, Tietchens has gone on to release Seuchengebiete 2 and 3, and other work in the vein, all in a numbered series entitled "Hydrophonie", also appears on Formen Letzter Hausmusik and the split-collab with Vidna Obmana. All essential- though it does not pain me to say I'd probably still take any of the better Metgumber over it...
Edit
Someone put together a nice "montage" of most all existent Hydrophonie recordings:
http://youtu.be/MswDZo5GhaA
Quote from: Bloated Slutbag on April 27, 2016, 10:23:12 AM
(He reserved the descriptor "childish theater", which is kind of how I initially felt about this thread; though I must say we have, in the best traditions of SI, redeemed ourselves!)
Anything involving the occult will always come off a little childish or cheesy, including music, but I think there is definitely room for occult ambient, because to me, it seems like a natural blending of theme and sound. At its best, Occult ambient or whatever you want to call it has a natural, hypnotic sound, and at its worst, its just bad keyboard synths with artificial reverb.
Quote from: FreakAnimalFinland on January 06, 2016, 11:09:20 AM
Deverills Nexion is another unit I have recently been listening some. I was never too fond of his previous works, but this one has achieved something quite different. It's never noise, not too obvious black metal side-project flaws. LP on AJNA is more of eccentric music than "industrial" or "ambient". Some of the keyboard works of the band is almost like Les Joyax De La Princesse transforming into sinister magick, instead of historical documents.
The Sinister Tarot was if not my favorite album released last year at least definitely one of the most often played for me. Not intending to do the usual 'internet gossiping' thing but I can't help but get the impression that this is maybe the individual behind Emit/Hammemit as there is distinct similarities between the projects that I won't get into...the ONA connection obviously being one of them though. But more importantly, musically, the thread is there with the utterly haunting, dreamy otherworldliness that surrounds the album along with the other Deverill's Nexion recordings really reminds me of Hammemit, especially reminiscent of Morthwork which is one of my favorite recordings of all time. Just perfect music for being alone in the middle of the night walking through the woods or empty neighborhoods, some of the most meditative music for me personally that I've ever heard.
In relation to the Dungeon Synth part of the thread, I discovered Mortiis as a teenager when he was in the heart of his ambient sound and Crypt of the Wizard and Song of a Long Forgotten Ghost still get regular plays on the turn table. Something about this music..like Wongraven and Trollman av Ildtoppberg which I also absolutely love.
really have to be in the mood for this stuff, but some that haven't been mentioned...
AGHAST - Hexerei Im Zwielicht Der Finsternis - in my mind this is a classic album, really surprised it hasn't been mentioned as this is exactly what Occult/Ritual/Satanic/pagan/BM-esque/dark dungeon music is! icey cold minimal ambient from Sweden, recorded mid-90's in Darkthrone's studio by two females, supposed witches. haunting, chilling, frightening satanic atmosphere. has been re-issued several times since the original cd on CMI went out of print. https://www.discogs.com/artist/42620-Aghast
T.G.V.T - Rinde Humano - i actually found this in a used bin at a record store for $5. intrigued by the track on the "ant-hology" compilation on Ant-Zen i decided this was a good pick. unique sound. weird. https://www.discogs.com/Third-Global-Vagina-Torture-TGVT-Rinde-Humano/release/253421
Cintecele Diavolui - The Devi's Songs - this one is definitely corny, but classic. i don't know why i like this but is essential album for this topic for sure! i love how you can tell it was recorded live from the little fuck ups on the keyboard... https://www.discogs.com/Cintecele-Diavolui-The-Devils-Songs/release/244138
i know Mortiis is cheesy as fuck but when i'm in the mood for it anything he did from '93-'99 is perfect.
Devils G and Fiends – Even Devils Have A Past - got this tape in a trade, was interested as it is a compilation of projects from Devis Granziera of Teatro Satanico. the vibe is occult/ritual but a lot of the music in the beginning of the tape just doesn't seem to match for me, and pretty much ruins the good parts since i am not one to fast-forward through tapes... B-side should've been the A-side in my opinion. weird atmospheric long/drawn out synth music/tinkering from the early 90's... rather minimal... at points in middle of the tape music turns into hypnotic ritual ambient vibe that is actually pretty good, but then back to synth wanking techno attempts before and after the good stuff... a shorter/edited down/more coherent collection would'v been much better... that is just my opinion though, fans of this topic may be interested in it all.. https://www.discogs.com/Devils-G-and-Fiends-Even-Devils-Have-A-Past/release/5701008
Quote from: collapsedhole on April 29, 2016, 02:31:26 AM
really have to be in the mood for this stuff, but some that haven't been mentioned...
AGHAST - Hexerei Im Zwielicht Der Finsternis - in my mind this is a classic album, really surprised it hasn't been mentioned as this is exactly what Occult/Ritual/Satanic/pagan/BM-esque/dark dungeon music is! icey cold minimal ambient from Sweden, recorded mid-90's in Darkthrone's studio by two females, supposed witches. haunting, chilling, frightening satanic atmosphere. has been re-issued several times since the original cd on CMI went out of print. https://www.discogs.com/artist/42620-Aghast
You're definitely right, surprised I forgot this classic album and for so many reasons. I remember the supposed witches rumor in the 90's when it came out also before everyone knew this was Samoth and Fenriz's ex-wives, who now apparently disavow the album. I love the pictures that came in the booklet of the release which fits the atmosphere of the recording perfectly. Haunting, chilling, and frightening definitely suitable descriptions especially the last song with the violin..
Agreed- it is a classic album. First exposed to it on the CMI sampler "And Even Wolves Hid Their Teeth", for me that CD pretty much is the pinnacle of what this thread is about.
Quote from: Fluid Fetish on April 30, 2016, 04:28:42 AM
Quote from: collapsedhole on April 29, 2016, 02:31:26 AM
really have to be in the mood for this stuff, but some that haven't been mentioned...
AGHAST - Hexerei Im Zwielicht Der Finsternis - in my mind this is a classic album, really surprised it hasn't been mentioned as this is exactly what Occult/Ritual/Satanic/pagan/BM-esque/dark dungeon music is! icey cold minimal ambient from Sweden, recorded mid-90's in Darkthrone's studio by two females, supposed witches. haunting, chilling, frightening satanic atmosphere. has been re-issued several times since the original cd on CMI went out of print. https://www.discogs.com/artist/42620-Aghast
You're definitely right, surprised I forgot this classic album and for so many reasons. I remember the supposed witches rumor in the 90's when it came out also before everyone knew this was Samoth and Fenriz's ex-wives, who now apparently disavow the album. I love the pictures that came in the booklet of the release which fits the atmosphere of the recording perfectly. Haunting, chilling, and frightening definitely suitable descriptions especially the last song with the violin..
damn great album!
minimal, essential, intense
tanya (I think it was her name), did Burzum's Daudi baldr artwork, that was amazing-
US tape label Dark Age Productions published some fantastic occult/experimental stuff, with nice packaging to boot. I love almost all of it. There is a cheese factor, but that does nothing to detract from the experience. My view may be skewered because of nostalgia, but I think I would love Cernunnos Woods, early Equitant and Akrabu even if I heard them for the first time today.
Furthermore: for a brief, beautiful time I seemed to be the only one to think this, so I bought a number of tapes dirt cheap. Now the market seems to have caught up, and if I'd like to proceed it would cost me at least 50 Euro/tape.
https://www.discogs.com/artist/434469-Utarm
might fit the bill - not necessarily cheesy dungeon music but this is what would likely play in certain dungeons...
Let's ressurect this old husk of an topic since I happened to listen to this stuff today and find two albums I really enjoy.
Old Tower - The Rise Of The Specter and Thangorodrim - Taur-nu-Fuin. Not much to say. Cheesy, cheap synth stuff. Sounds like black metal intros extended into 30 - 40 minute albums. Good stuff.
Pierre of Ames Sanglantes/Akitsa does a great project along these lines, called Vilains Bonshommes. It's unfortunately not on YouTube or anything but there are track samples on the Boomkat store page for it: https://boomkat.com/products/l-eternite-retrouvee
Daudi Baldrs and Hliðskjálf by Burzum are good examples of this style too. Never got into Mortiis, but Varg's work along these lines is good for how primitive and cheap it sounds
I guess this: https://blackeneddeath.bandcamp.com/album/true-nw-black-metal has an introductory feel through out (at least the first track). Sounds a bit like the noisier elements in Khanate's first album. Not exactly typical BM that's for sure. Interesting stuff!!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wp9pzKbENQk (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wp9pzKbENQk) Old Sorcery From Lahti finland. Dungeons and dragons-players stuff, crazy good.
Also of potential interest is the German label Voldsom Tapes, specifically the project Til Det Bergens Skyggene. Some of it is classic sounding dungeon synth, and some is BM intro\interlude acoustic or even some very weird tracks with accordion or something. But for sure worth checking out.
Hello, one of the most powerful recordings into dark occult/ritual is with no doubt: Akhkharu "Nos Noctium Dominarium" tape out on Dark Age Prod. in the late nineties, what a masterpiece!
Quote from: nada88pe on October 28, 2017, 07:54:10 AM
Hello, one of the most powerful recordings into dark occult/ritual is with no doubt: Akhkharu "Nos Noctium Dominarium" tape out on Dark Age Prod. in the late nineties, what a masterpiece!
* https://darkageproductions.bandcamp.com/album/nos-noctium-dominarium
Recently discovered Salac who I rather enjoy. Ritual bass seance field recordings and noise.
https://avonterrorcorps.bandcamp.com/album/sacred-movements
[Self promo plug: Interview forthcoming in SnareRush Zine issue 7 due Jan 2020)
In fact, everything on the Avon Terror Corps label is gold in my eyes.
Kind of surprising to me that in 4 pages, Lord Wind hasn't been mentioned. The early stuff (Forgotten Songs/split with Mysterial) is some of my favorite "extended BM intro" material. Here's the aforementioned Mysterial, which sounds like a draft for Lord Wind: https://youtu.be/_szCefGa-Nk
Early Equimanthorn is definitely on the better end of this too, much more atmospheric than the majority of dungeon synth, which often gets too gay/new agey for my tastes:
https://youtu.be/Y5YPHcHLuIU
Amaka Hahina is worth a mention as well, falls in with the sounds of most of the LLN ambient/BM projects:
https://youtu.be/iFpccqBlyrI
Helel Dalkiel is minimal "black industrial" type stuff from the 90's, worth checking out if you can find the tape.
https://www.discogs.com/Dhampyr-White-Fire-Laudanum/release/4660889
Dhampyr does this very well on the Prison Tatt CD, excellent dark ambient comprising half of the CD or so, while the other half is excellent black metal. Dhampyr has done some more noise-oriented tapes that are also worth noting.
AND... It's a little too obvious, but worth noting because this is still some of my favorite of the genre:
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I don't listen to dark ambient too much but I've been really into Werwolfsblut lately. Mostly while drawing or making collages.
https://werwolfsblut.bandcamp.com/album/dungeon-dirges
Quote from: collapsedhole on April 29, 2016, 02:31:26 AM
T.G.V.T - Rinde Humano - i actually found this in a used bin at a record store for $5. intrigued by the track on the "ant-hology" compilation on Ant-Zen i decided this was a good pick. unique sound. weird. https://www.discogs.com/Third-Global-Vagina-Torture-TGVT-Rinde-Humano/release/253421
Hadn't listened to this in a long time. A little darker than Zoviet France, but if you like one, ZF might be of interest. Also Tam Quam Tabula Rasa, Temps Perdu?, Hybryds, and maybe even Life Garden and W. David Oliphant's world. TGVT is maybe more industrial in the sense and place of the early 90s. Most of the tracks are around four minutes, so lots of ideas well explored on Rinde Humano. I forget about this album, but I always really enjoy it when I get around to it.
https://youtu.be/kN043zbw9C4
https://ragdun.bandcamp.com/music
https://wdavidoliphant.bandcamp.com/
A couple of recent(ish) releases that I think avoid the cliches of the genre and might appeal to noise/industrial fans:
https://twotowerstapes.bandcamp.com/album/fron
https://blackcasketrecords.bandcamp.com/album/vered-yeriho-compillation-2020
Both are by artists I can't find much of anything about online.
ONOSKELIS Discography LP is out now:
https://galafoice.bandcamp.com/album/golden-prophecies (https://galafoice.bandcamp.com/album/golden-prophecies)
I always liked the Neptune Towers record.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eOQS0nrcBuw
Quote from: Johann on March 05, 2016, 08:04:06 PM
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=hi-07FGN1VE
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=KczF2lXSszo
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=dZrYb6EFaQc
Replying to ancient post I know but these are all amazing!
I should mention my own 'dungeon synth' project here... https://disgustingcathedral.bandcamp.com/... part of the concept was to record my idea of what dungeon synth - or more to the point 'dungeon noise' - should sound like, before I really listened to much. Tho I had heard some when I started out and too much by now. Main impetus was my annoyance at the fact that 'dungeon noise' was becoming a subgenre but a lot of it wasn't even Noise, just normal DS but played and recorded even more ineptly than usual.
Sorry if already posted
https://ciels-blancs.blogspot.com
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Congrès du Monde "Un dimanche d'exécutions" (tape)
Primitive synthetic folk / sound collage & field recordings with spoken words
10 €
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Congrès du Monde "Bunker blues" (tape)
New wave / ambient / electronic music
10 €
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Maelifell "Demo 96" (tape, 1996)
French rural synth / primitive medieval synth
Copied from the ORIGINAL master tape
10 €
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Maelifell "The Summerlands" (tape, 1999)
Dark medieval / synthetic neofolk
Copied from the ORIGINAL master tape
10 €
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Maelifell "La Peste" (tape, 2002)
Dark medieval / Industrial
10 €
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Maelifell "Rois d'Ici-bas" (tape, 2000)
Synthetic neofolk / neoclassical / new wave
10 €
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Materia Aurora "Winterglow" (tape, 2008)
Cold Winter Ambient / Drone
10 €
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Anamnèse "Glorification de la Maladresse" (tape, 1998)
French raw black metal intertwined with proto-dungeon synth, baroque and medieval keyboard pieces.
10 €
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Anamnèse "Les Brumes du Passé Renaîtront Hors du Temps" (tape, 1999)
French Medieval / Baroque keyboard pieces with a few real instruments.
10 €
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Terres de Légendes (tape, 1999)
A French Dark Medieval Compilation (1995-1999)
10 €
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Musalla records "Compilation" (tape, 2020)
Cold rural ambient with kosmische musik influences, from a localist artistic community
10 €
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Ciemna Burza "Demo 99" (tape, 1999)
Pagan folk in the vein of Lord Wind, Perunwit...
10 €
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Chapelle du Nord / Le Sombre Calvaire "Split tape" (1997)
Dark occult music
10 €
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Othilia "Sonnenzeit" (tape, 2009)
A mix of technoish ambient and homemade samples & field recordings, close to the atmosphere of the german project GAS
CURRENTLY UNAVAILABLE
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Les Campagnes Hallucinées "S/T" (REUSED tape)
Pure noise made only with saturated natural sounds and rural field-recordings
5 €
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Westwyler "Holzgötzen" (tape)
Ur-germanische Kosmische Musik
CURRENTLY UNAVAILABLE
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Vetzem "Réclusion" (tape, 2002)
Black Ambient with a strong rural and depressive feel and a very raw homemade sound
CURRENTLY UNAVAILABLE
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Arden "A Journey through darkness" (tape, 1997)
Dark atmospheric / Nocturnal neoclassical music
Copied from the ORIGINAL master tape
10 €
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Fervex "Machines" (tape)
Primitive electro-industrial / noisy 8bit music
10 €
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KABBAL KARMA "In Crepuscular Philosophy of Inner Accomplishment" (tape, 1996)
Occult & ritual industrial ambient feat. Alastrelle from DEAD SOULS RISING - Reedition of the original 1996 tape with its several pages A4 booklet
10 €
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Ghostcity 57 "Communiqué" (tape)
Compilation of that french electro-industrial project of the earlies 2000's with old-school EBM influences
10 €
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Maelifell "The original MIDI files"
The original MIDI files of the most ancient tracks of Maelifell, on a floppy disc with a short bio + pictures
10 €
Way too wide description and including too many different things (basically everything from Nekrophile Rekords tapes to Vinterriket coming across Burzum ambient records, Mortiis, etc..), but still interesting macro-container of evil black metal inspired music, not played with metal equipment though.
I didn´t see them named in this topic so I throw my 2 cents on the table with some French projects which came out for black metal labels around 15 years ago like Dapnom, Nommam Erytz, Taog Susej etc..minimal satanic death industrial with a lot of creepy, disturbing and evil atmospheres.
Quote from: re:evolution on January 06, 2016, 01:11:56 PMQuote from: FreakAnimalFinland on January 06, 2016, 11:09:20 AMIf I'm not mistaken, in Noise Receptor magazine, editor used term Dark Dungen Music (which of course refers to label of Mortiis) to describe "BM originated" keyboard music. To my taste perhaps too close to Mortiis to use widely. Perhaps also that I don't really like any Mortiis. VOND appeals a bit more. Especially Green Eyed Demon isn't that bombastic keyboard music, but closer to sound one could associate even with death industrial. Not far from MEGAPTERA or such!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FVOi3-8CRec
Mikko - this is review I think you are referring to: https://noisereceptor.wordpress.com/2013/08/29/aeva-%e2%80%8e-%E2%88%9E/
Anyway essentially Mortiis self described his work as 'dark dungeon music' around the time of his demo, which then became the name of his label. The 'mortiis' keyboard approach has then become know as 'dungeon synth' music in BM and related circles, which quite a few projects using the descriptor to carry the torch so to speak.
Today I still like the first 3 Mortiis albums, but mostly for nostalgia and collectible sakes. Vond on the other hand has held up far better and I agree that 'Green Eyed Demon' certainly stands apart in Vond (and Mortiis' catalogue for the matter) as a good, rough death industrial type record.
I think those first early Mortiis releases are essential and great! He's created an atmosphere and world all of his own. Also think the only good things coming out the band Emperor, we're only good because Mortiis wrote a lot of it, after Mortiis left Emperor, you can see where it starts going down hill. I think Mortiis is important as we wouldn't have great thing like Old Tower today or other great dungeon snyth and or ambient things right now that have been quite decent. I love Vond and I kind of like that it doesn't differ a whole lot from Mortiis, that was kind of the mindset when I created my own dungeon synth/dark ambient project Breaking Wheel and Black Sun Sorcery, very minor differences between, I thought it was cool that Hårvard made all these different side projects, but all kind of sounded the same, but dealt with different subject matter and by subject matter...the titles and aesthetics, not the music so much.
Quote from: Into_The_Void on August 26, 2022, 08:41:21 PMI didn´t see them named in this topic so I throw my 2 cents on the table with some French projects which came out for black metal labels around 15 years ago like Dapnom, Nommam Erytz, Taog Susej etc..minimal satanic death industrial with a lot of creepy, disturbing and evil atmospheres.
Toag Susej was a project of a guy who is still active in harsh noise scene last time I checked. Great project, and Nommam Erytz was alright too.
Good that this thread was resurrected. Some new titles suggested here I was not familiar with.
No mentions for Italian 1996 Avox - Desolate Land yet. "Ancient PC soundcard alchemy" Very good! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VpjvrmKDT3Q
Quote from: Manhog_84 on December 10, 2023, 04:18:01 PMGood that this thread was resurrected. Some new titles suggested here I was not familiar with.
No mentions for Italian 1996 Avox - Desolate Land yet. "Ancient PC soundcard alchemy" Very good! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VpjvrmKDT3Q
Indeed a very good album! I was just listening to Avox the other day. Definitely a gem in the rough and predating most dungeon synth.
The first that comes to mind is the one I grew up hearing as a little boy, the original Runescape OST
Runescape created a whole generation of pagan-romantic kids - not an exaggeration
Also there's absolutely no way Ian Taylor did not hear Varg's prison synth records when he created, quite possibly, the best videogame soundtrack of all time
His stuff triumphs over the vast majority of copy-paste dungeon synth out there;
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dwa-81884m8
Quote from: juliandonkeyboy on December 28, 2023, 01:04:15 AMThe first that comes to mind is the one I grew up hearing as a little boy, the original Runescape OST
Runescape created a whole generation of pagan-romantic kids - not an exaggeration
Also there's absolutely no way Ian Taylor did not hear Varg's prison synth records when he created, quite possibly, the best videogame soundtrack of all time
His stuff triumphs over the vast majority of copy-paste dungeon synth out there;
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dwa-81884m8
I kind of feel like all dungeon synth/dark ambient music is all very subjective in the core of it all and everyone's got their own feelings and opinions as to what and why they like what they like in this particular type of music, which often I feel like these types of music are very different from one another to the next and since this genre often lacks in any lyrics/vocals to give more clarity on topic, it just makes it all the more subjective in nature. For you Runescape is routed in a bit of childhood nostalgia, so therefore you might be more partial to it, which is of course fine, whereth the next person like me who's never even played Runescape has no interest in the OST sample you provide via YouTube. Perhaps, I'm not "getting" the entire scope by not playing the game. I'd argue the OST for Doom tramples all others, but then again that might be coming from my own bias where those tunes stuck in my head from childhood, maybe sounds like absolute shite to some kid today, but those were hymns of satanic atmospheres to me and I still hold those pieces of quickly put together OST tracks near and dear.
Not so purely ambient/ dungeon synth, but I think my coming Absolute Key album "Kevään muoto" will fit this topic quite well: some sort of a BM-esque ritual tribal forest music with drums, occasional guitars and other/underworldly synths and noise. The whole album will be out soon but here is a taster:
https://youtu.be/6pn8CZlYQwU?si=lXecVVXZAjpZ4qG_
Also Wagner Ödegard has done many dark and obscure releases, for example this one has been in active spinning here: https://regainrecords.bandcamp.com/album/ki-pter-2
I have lots of Wagner Ödegard stuff, and especially the more experimental stuff good plus the lo-fi piano works and such. His metal is good too, but despite rawness, some stuff is little too neat and tight compared to ideal BM where I prefer other qualities. Can't name any specific Wagner Ödegard album I'd be big fan of, but the overall feel is very good.
Quote from: AJK on December 28, 2023, 08:14:10 AMNot so purely ambient/ dungeon synth, but I think my coming Absolute Key album "Kevään muoto" will fit this topic quite well: some sort of a BM-esque ritual tribal forest music with drums, occasional guitars and other/underworldly synths and noise. The whole album will be out soon but here is a taster:
https://youtu.be/6pn8CZlYQwU?si=lXecVVXZAjpZ4qG_
Also Wagner Ödegard has done many dark and obscure releases, for example this one has been in active spinning here: https://regainrecords.bandcamp.com/album/ki-pter-2
Checked out the sampler/youtube video for new Absolute Key stuff and sounds like it's going to be one of the best Absolute Key releases yet. I'm excited to pick this one up!
Quote from: Cranial Blast on January 06, 2024, 02:38:23 AMChecked out the sampler/youtube video for new Absolute Key stuff and sounds like it's going to be one of the best Absolute Key releases yet. I'm excited to pick this one up!
Good to hear! The whole album is now out ( https://absolutekey.bandcamp.com/album/kev-n-muoto ) but already sold out from Under The Dark Soil. I will get my copies next week and I'm sure you can find this from several distros too.
Quote from: AJK on January 06, 2024, 09:29:39 AMQuote from: Cranial Blast on January 06, 2024, 02:38:23 AMChecked out the sampler/youtube video for new Absolute Key stuff and sounds like it's going to be one of the best Absolute Key releases yet. I'm excited to pick this one up!
Good to hear! The whole album is now out ( https://absolutekey.bandcamp.com/album/kev-n-muoto ) but already sold out from Under The Dark Soil. I will get my copies next week and I'm sure you can find this from several distros too.
I'll keep eyes open and be on the lookout for it. Thanks for letting me know!