I have tried getting into some Dark Ambient projects but I'm disappointed most of the time. I feel the darkness is forced as in contemporary commercial goth or indus bands, the sound lazy, minor drone with samples going in and out... I don't mind playing it in the background while I'm doing reading for instance, but I don't take it very seriouslt to be honest.
Sorry if this has been mentioned, but to me the ultimate Dark AND Ambient release would have to be
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Les Joyaux De La Princesse - Aux Petits Enfants De France - LJDLP - 1989
Dark drones with very interesting gritty textures far in the background, bleak spoken words from the Vichy state during France's occupation by the German army. It provides me with a rich palette of emotions, all darkened.