ScuroFantasma: Scuro's Year in Dungeon Synth

ScuroFantasma 12.28.17	Everything a 2.5 and above pretty much.
sixdegrees 12.28.17	nice meme
ScuroFantasma 12.28.17	Ur mums a meme
Pon 12.28.17	deus vult
Dinosaur 12.28.17	a ds list. woohoo. I've only heard about half of these. Will check 2.
theBoneyKing 12.28.17	There's more than one dungeon synth album?
sixdegrees 12.28.17	check burzum- daddy baldrs
Astral Abortis 12.28.17	Nice list, that Old Tower album rocks. You should check out Mystic Towers’ albums from last year. One of my faves.
WatchItExplode 12.28.17	This is a genre? Where should I start?
Astral Abortis 12.28.17	Yeah, it’s basically just fantasy video game music from the 80s. Popularly picked up by white European teens in the 90s because they could make it out of their bedrooms. The kinda creme de la creme of the genre is Depressive Silence’s second demo - I highly recommend it.
Sevengill 12.28.17	okay but is dungeon synth any good
WatchItExplode 12.28.17	color me intrigued...and expecting to be disappointed
Astral Abortis 12.28.17	If my description didn’t sound fucking amazing to you then you’ll probably hate it. Personally it’s one of my favourite genres.
ScuroFantasma 12.28.17	@seven it won't be for eveyone but if lo-fi synth music trying to capture the feeling of decrepit castles and dank dungeons sounds appealing you might dig it. This list probably isn't a great Intro, though a few like Old Tower and Old Sorcery arent a bad place to begin. I'd also rec early Mortiis and concur with Astral that Depressive Silence are an awesome place to begin too. Also @Astral agreed Mystic Towers rule, if you dig that you might like Fortress of Mystery, same dude behind them both (unofficially) but they're quite different.
foxblood 12.28.17	siick
WatchItExplode 12.28.17	I could stand to add to some RPG background music to get me through my days, listening now.
WatchItExplode 12.28.17	definately makes me wish that was my background to gaming growing up but don't know if I could listen on a regular basis now...done with that whole studying thing which this would be perfect for
ScuroFantasma 12.28.17	Anyone interested in this stuff, I'll copy and paste a list I've sent to a few interested people with some good introductory projects. Don't get me wrong I dig the stuff on this list but a lot of it isn't very representative of the genre as a whole, lots of deviation from the more traditional sound. Mortiis: http://downloadmusic.mortiis.com/album/f-dt-til-herske-3 The grandfather of the genre, essential. Skarpseian: https://gv-sound.bandcamp.com/album/skygge-slottet My first DS experience and still one of my favourites. Old school style stuff from Russia. Depressive Silence: https://unbornprod.bandcamp.com/album/mourning This goes by a few names, like Demo II or III. Great Intro to the genre. Cain: https://cain999.bandcamp.com/releases More winter synth but it nails the cheap, lo-Fi aesthetic. Hedge Wizard: https://hedgewizard.bandcamp.com More modern sounding stuff that sticks to the genre's roots. Sysyphus: https://dungeonlorefoundation.bandcamp.com/album/auf-der-bergstra-e More Russian stuff (though the album title is German). Secret Stairways: https://secretstairways.bandcamp.com/album/turning-point Some OG shit from '97. Poor bloke committed suicide a few years ago, these have only just been put on Bandcamp. From the U.S. Sagenhaft: https://dungeonlorefoundation.bandcamp.com/album/the-legend-of-the-forgotten-reign More Russian stuff, '98 this time. Chaucerian Myth: https://chaucerianmyth.bandcamp.com/album/troilus-and-criseyde US guy makes pretty lengthy DS/dark ambient/kinda jazzy albums based on medieval/early English literature. Morketsvind: https://morketsvind.bandcamp.com Guy does the whole old school sound really well, recommend. Russian.
Astral Abortis 12.28.17	I use a lot of dungeon synth for D&D sessions.
Dinosaur 12.28.17	https://nasgul-music.bandcamp.com/album/ash-nazg-durbatul-k-1996 I'll just throw this out there. pre-Grimrik
ScuroFantasma 12.28.17	Nice had no idea he had it up on bandcamp
dbizzles 12.28.17	Fu cking book marked
Demon of the Fall 12.28.17	Cool list. I need more ambient music in my life & maybe this could work. I already listen to (separate) music when gaming so this appeals in that sense. I'll add Mortiis to my 2018 'to check' list as a genre introduction.
Flugmorph 12.28.17	papa ov is proud
AsleepInTheBack 12.28.17	Always a genre I've been meaning to check out. Bookmarked.
Dinosaur 12.28.17	wasn't familiar with Dungeon Lore Foundation. That's a crazy good deal for a full disco.
Deathconscious 12.28.17	Was never sure whether this was just a meme or an actual genre, i suppose i should check.
BallsToTheWall 12.28.17	Anubis's description has me giddy.
TheSpirit 12.28.17	Great list, I have a lot to check out it seems. Just recently started getting into DS myself. Some of my favs this year were Fief, Tyrannus and Ur Pale.
dbizzles 12.28.17	I need to dig more in too. Really liked Hedge Wizard, but only listened to it two or three times.
Gmork89 12.28.17	Check out Erang
hansoloshotfirst 12.28.17	sweet list, scuro.
soymilk13 12.28.17	theloserof08
ScuroFantasma 12.28.17	Thanks dudes. @Spirit I liked Fief's III but only jammed it once so it felt weird to put it on here, not a fan of Tyrannus though, dungeon noise isn't really my jam (hence alder deep being pretty low here, sorry Ov). The Ur Pale album is pretty great too, idk if I'd call it ds though so I didn't include it, kinda more new age than ds but either way I really dig the nautical theme. And to be fair there's a few albums on here that you could safely dismiss as not ds too.
hansoloshotfirst 12.28.17	did u listen to the latest Utred (not really "pvre" ds) release or the Barak Tor album ?
ScuroFantasma 12.29.17	Nah I missed both of those, any good?
BallsToTheWall 12.29.17	I nominate Scuro as user of the year. I'm voting for this beautiful son of a bitch net time the list comes along.
ScuroFantasma 12.29.17	Awww < 3
hansoloshotfirst 12.29.17	imo yes. Utred is more on the medieval - epic side (pretty short / short songs, which appears to be a russian thing). Barak Tor is more Basil Poledouris influenced. (polished, sounds, a bit like the last Murgrind). Also I've been digging Darken Wood - III a lot lately and I listened to the Krampusnacht album during the holiday season. Oh and no love for the new Thangorodrim?
ScuroFantasma 12.29.17	Oh damn I completely forgot about new Thangorodrim good shout. That album was really damn good but it slipped by me in all honesty, only jammed it a couple times after it was released and never returned. I'll make sure to check Utred and Barak Tor, I don't think I've ever jammed Utred and the only Barak I've jlistened to was the three-way split with Raev and Splendorius which was actually really good. I half expected Krampusnacht to be really gimmicky and poor but I played it during a walk with my dog one night and was pleasantly surprised, though when it comes to christmas synth this year I think you know which album reigns supreme for me ;).