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garas 01.09.20	As I promised, here it is.
Bedex 01.09.20	Already had my eye on 8, nice Would maybe be cool to have your ratings up there as well? Nice DS promoting work as always my garasdude
Lord(e)Po)))ts 01.09.20	Ew
garas 01.09.20	Alright, I added my ratings too. Thanks Bedex!! I didn't expect you here, Pots.
ReiniEden 01.09.20	Finally a list I can get behind.
ScuroFantasma 01.10.20	Useful list, I'll be following
dedex 01.10.20	Feature this already you cowards Thank you for this list garasbro ! The one and only Sputnik Resident Dungeon Synth Maester
Bedex 01.10.20	I love the art on 1 btw, would be perfect for some obscure noise/drone tape DS art is pretty awesome in general to be fair
garas 01.10.20	"Feature this already you cowards" This doesn't contain any Brand New or indie rock so it will never happen hahahaha! Also I feel honored, not sure if I deserve that title :] "DS art is pretty awesome in general to be fair" [2] Absolutely. Partly the reason why I'm so much into DS!
dedex 01.10.20	You never know, it's a great idea of a list, and it's focused on a genre not a lot of peeps listen to. You're basically my go-to-guy in terms of DS, so except if another user pulls out as many recs from the genre you're deserving of that title.
Bedex 01.10.20	get a room
dedex 01.10.20	lemme be nice to people you insensitive prick
Bedex 01.10.20	^ gollum and smeagol personas
garas 01.10.20	"gollum and smeagol personas" I LOL'd so hard on this! Thanks dedex, I'm happy you're interested. (Also, if sput would really care about exploring genres, then the front page would look certainly far more exciting and this list would be probably featured, imo.)
Bedex 01.10.20	of course the dungeon maester digs the LOTR joke hah! Incidentally, 8 rips. Very solid release
dedex 01.11.20	AND IT'S FEATURED
garas 01.11.20	HOLY SHITE!!!!!!!! (Omg, I hope it didn't happen because my little complaint, haha!)
ScuroFantasma 01.11.20	Well I've got the ability, may as well use it on a ds list ¯_(ツ)_/¯ Now you're obligated to keep updating it sorry those are the rules.
ScuroFantasma 01.11.20	Also if 8 is better than Cain's Child of Cold which us my current vote for best winter synth, I'll be very pleased.
garas 01.11.20	Ooooooh, I'm honored!! ⚔️ And I'll try my very best to do that so, Scuro! ;]
garas 01.11.20	"Child of Cold" is also a fantastic album, for sure - but personally I enjoyed 8 so far the most. They're very different though: "Frostland" is a rather slow and simple record, which mostly builds on atmosphere. It is frosty, but not harsh: calm like a majestic snowy mountainscape~
0xME 01.11.20	hell yes
Nocte 01.14.20	Gonna check some of these, might as well start with the higher garas ratings and work from there.
neekafat 01.15.20	Finally jammed the new malfet and goddamn... might have to check a few here!
garas 01.15.20	Welcome aboard! :] I hope you guys will enjoy some of these. We've barely stepped into this year and I already have like a dozen of albums on the list, haha! This going to be a big year, I feel it.
garas 01.27.20	Bump. 🎹
dedex 01.27.20	new Chaucerian aight
ScuroFantasma 01.29.20	New Gnoll though, awesome
0xME 01.29.20	is the new inoriand actually good? I liked his previous stuff well enough, but there was never anything that stood out to me
garas 01.29.20	The new Inoriand is really good. At least, I found myself totally on the same frequency with it. I'm not saying it is perfect, but I really enjoyed it.
garas 02.05.20	Intended bump. 🎹 I just wanted to notify you about the great news: the lost Thangorodrim album is available to listen on YouTube!!
dedex 02.05.20	yooooo nice imma listen to it asap
Bedex 02.06.20	I need to catch up on this list
garas 03.25.20	Intended bump. 🎹 Another creation of Thangorodrim is now on the list, wow.
manosg 03.25.20	Thangorodrim cannot disappoint. Very cool list, need to check a few of your picks. If you're up for some barbaric ds, check Barbarian King.
dedex 03.25.20	Cool, thanks for the heads-up garasbro
garas 03.25.20	The artwork kinda scared me away from that one, hahaha, but I'll check it out. Thanks manosg! :] "thanks for the heads-up" I'm unstoppable! B]
Bedex 03.25.20	man I'm behind on this, haven't even heard the Burzum record yet also my last comment on this list said the exact same thing oops
dedex 06.12.20	garas my man I need some DS, which one would you rec to me?
garas 06.12.20	Hmmm. I think you'd dig 31, 41, 42 and 46.
dedex 06.12.20	Niiiice, thanks m'dude! I think I'll start with Murgrind
garas 06.15.20	50!
Pho3nix 09.05.20	Jesus christ, I need to check Synthosaurus ASAP I am recommending this release for 2020: https://bespinmoons.bandcamp.com/album/a-binding-force
Dewinged 09.05.20	After my candid incursions into the genre I would like to hear more of this. Rec me away, garasbro.
Voivod 09.05.20	52 is eerie af
Egarran 09.05.20	But is there an acoustic dungeon genre?
Pho3nix 09.05.20	@Egarran To me medieval dungeon synth (like Fief for example) could be seen as acoustic. Fief is a good starting point at least! I love the DS community and the music itself obviously, but a disturbingly large number of artists have at least one song titled "Mirkwood" in their discography haha
Egarran 09.05.20	Nice thanks, getting right on it. A bit too computer-gameish so far. And not dungeony at all!
BallsToTheWall 09.05.20	I am about this.
Pho3nix 09.05.20	@Egarran This release is quite "dungeony": https://oldsorcery.bandcamp.com/album/realms-of-magickal-sorrow
garas 09.05.20	I welcome y'all 🤍 "is there an acoustic dungeon genre?" Hmmmm, not really. Fief has an acoustic-ish sound, but well yeah, it's medieval ambient. (Good rec though, Pho3nix!) Maybe try Borg from the list. And just ignore Doof's or neeka's disgusting ratings. And if you want to hear something with really dungeony feel, try Criptadel (12). For Dewi: try the Isegrimm / Ornatorpet split (56)!
0xME 09.05.20	Jim Kirkwood is back? wtf, since when? I remember looking for his stuff 2 years ago, it was pretty difficult to find since he purged all of it from his website. Nice to see he actually made all of it available again!
0xME 09.05.20	and I agree, a lot of the time he overdoes it with some ridiculous runtimes
0xME 09.05.20	@Dewinged - for me it doesn't get much better than Secret Stairways, Old Sorcery and Thangorodrim, I also have a soft spot for Lunar Womb
garas 10.08.20	Obviously I had to add the new Malfet to the list.
Pho3nix 10.13.20	Recommending: https://aindulmedir.bandcamp.com/album/the-lunar-lexicon (released last year)
garas 10.14.20	Thanks Pho3nix, I've heard that one. For me it was just a boring Vindkaldr wannabe :\
Pho3nix 10.14.20	I like both!
Pho3nix 10.19.20	Also, for someone just getting into this genre I would (in addition to Fief) also recommend: https://chaucerianmyth.bandcamp.com/album/the-canterbury-tales It is a good introduction since it contains quite a few different styles.
garas 10.29.20	Let's update this~
Pikazilla 10.29.20	YES
Pho3nix 11.06.20	How about some Monastery? https://monasteryhymns.bandcamp.com/album/peculiar-storms
EphemeralEternity 11.06.20	surely this will be the year of DS...actually I think this was the one scene that was not effected whatsoever by the pandemic
garas 11.06.20	Monastery seems promising, will check! (At first I thought it's comfy synth... in that case I'd skip) > was not effected whatsoever by the pandemic I disagree a bit, because I think the pandemic had a big impact on the scene...but in the positive way! More people found free time to write music, so it is impossible now to follow every release and such.
EphemeralEternity 11.06.20	yeah I should've rephrased it as the only scene that wasn't negatively effected...but that's not true either really, a solid portion of musicians would've benefited from this downtime. Although I'm not sure if it was always conducive to being in the most creative headspace. ..especially if they're worrying about their livelihood and with all the unpredictability.
garas 11.06.20	You are right my dude, it's not a "black and white" situation - but the core thing is: dungeon synth has a great year.
Pho3nix 11.23.20	Should probably make my own DS list at this point... but decided to post here again! Great samurai-synth for anyone who is interested: https://shogunscastle.bandcamp.com/album/the-eight-noble-virtues-of-a-samurai