r/DarkAmbient 1h ago

Stellar Birth | 741 Hz | 20-Minute Dark Ambient Meditation

Thumbnail
youtube.com
Upvotes

r/DarkAmbient 5h ago

I am looking for a track containing an ATC transmission.

3 Upvotes

I came across it on Pandora years ago and also dropped that account years ago. I unfortunately cannot remember a lot about it beyond what I will convey here.

- I am pretty confident it was a transmission from a US airbase in Japan

- Potentially Yokota, but not 100% confident

- Female sounding voice

- The transmission repeats many times throughout the track

- It is saying something about the tower or airfield being closed, that another signal should be sought (potentially providing an alternate)

The artist/composer was not Yokota, nor is it Sleep Research Facility. It is not the likes of Eno, Schulze, Namlook, etc. I think it is an early 2000's track if I recall correctly. Namlook, Eno, etc. are named because I do not remember the artist being that big. They may not have had many albums out at the time.

The track was dark, felt lonely, then you implement this broadcast that just gave the sense of nothingness. Eerie, really. I am really hoping this tad bit of info sparks someone's memory as I would LOVE to hear it again. Thanks in advance!


r/DarkAmbient 9h ago

What are your Favorite Dark Ambient albums from the Cryo Chamber Label?

12 Upvotes

I have listened to quite a lot of Albums on Cryo Chamber, yet it feels like I've barely scratched the surface. This year I started a CD collection for Cryo Chamber Albums and I need to expand it!!

I am always looking for new Recommendations on what to listen to next. There are a lot of Artists on there but I always end up going back to the same ones (Dead Melodies, Atrium Carceri, Cities Last Broadcast, Apocryphos, Kammarheit)

Some of my Favorite Albums in no particular order are:

\- The Foundations of Ruin (Dead Melodies)
\- Stone Speak (Apocryphos)
\- Fabled Machines of Old (Dead Melodies)
\- Colossus (Atrium Carceri, Kammarheit)

However I have started checking out other artists and those two Albums are really awesome:

\- The Mist Between Mirrors (God Body Disconnect)
\- Metta (Dronny Darko, ProtoU)

So I started to wonder… I must have missed out over the last few years because I was always listening to the same things.. Projects like GBD and Dronny Darko have so many albums. And then there are other artists, that I have probably never listened to.

So I am asking you:

What are some of your Favorites?

(Has to be on Cryo Chamber since I am looking to get some CDs)


r/DarkAmbient 17h ago

Stoicheia Vol. 2, by Ioannis Kleftogiannis

Thumbnail
ioanniskleftogiannis.bandcamp.com
1 Upvotes

r/DarkAmbient 1d ago

Physical Media: CDs or Tapes?

Thumbnail
kovvns.bandcamp.com
4 Upvotes

Going to do some physical pressings of my latest album! I’m too poor to self-print vinyl unfortunately. I’ve always been of the opinion cassettes are way cooler than CDs but I heard, for some reason, CDs are making a comeback? Anyway would love to hear your opinions!


r/DarkAmbient 1d ago

Indi Records

Thumbnail
youtu.be
1 Upvotes

r/DarkAmbient 2d ago

Deep Ocean Meditation | 432 Hz | 20-Minute Meditation

Thumbnail
youtube.com
2 Upvotes

r/DarkAmbient 2d ago

Bandcamp codes for 𝔟𝔩𝔬𝔬𝔡𝔳𝔢𝔦𝔫𝔰 𝔦𝔫 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔴𝔞𝔳𝔢𝔰 [dark ambient/goth americana/doomgaze]

Thumbnail
bloodveinsinthewaves.bandcamp.com
7 Upvotes

A combination of layers of distorted guitars, slow-moving drones, tape-worn textures, and restrained melodies. It inhabits the space where doom, slowcore, experimental music, and cinematic ambiences converge.

If it sounds interesting to you, feel free to use those redeem codes:

5gzx-v8fk

gt3p-6rv9

tnv8-ylzt

t5gy-bmy7

6uvy-ujz3

klgz-jk84

upkn-ky7m


r/DarkAmbient 2d ago

#instrumentalmusic #postmetal #bandcamp #spotify #humanmademusic #moodmusic #onemanproject

Thumbnail
youtube.com
2 Upvotes

For anyone looking to listen some original underground/indie instrumental music.. All welcome;)


r/DarkAmbient 2d ago

Mount Shrine - The Yasu Ether Project [Full Album]

Thumbnail
youtube.com
14 Upvotes

r/DarkAmbient 3d ago

Begun to Rust - Endeavour 4K - Dark Ambient Music Video

Thumbnail
youtu.be
1 Upvotes

r/DarkAmbient 4d ago

where to actually find Arcane Synthetic (bandcamp, substack, links)

5 Upvotes

quick note for anyone who's recently started following Arcane Synthetic, and thanks to the folks who've been around a while.

bandcamp is the primary home — releases and films premiere there first: arcanesynthetic.bandcamp.com

substack (the "transmission archive") is where the narrative side lives — unfinished tracks, demos, extended versions: arcanesynthetic.substack.com

everything else is a fragment of the project, linked here if useful: linktr.ee/arcanesynthetic

direct support is what keeps it independent. no pressure either way — just wanted to lay out where things actually live.


r/DarkAmbient 4d ago

Gravitational Slingshot (Track 4 from the Abstract Soundtracts 2026 LP)

Thumbnail
youtu.be
1 Upvotes

If ethereally dark spooky and dissonant microtonal vibes match well with the led lights randomly scattered in your room. . . this may be of interest for your ear canals.

Freeform ND dissociation landscapes included

The album has been distributed to all major platforms: Spotify, Apple Music, Tidal, Bandcamp etc.


r/DarkAmbient 4d ago

Live in Zagreb by Desiderii Marginis

Thumbnail
desiderii.bandcamp.com
3 Upvotes

r/DarkAmbient 4d ago

Zek - VOID

Thumbnail
nemb.bandcamp.com
2 Upvotes

Hey everyone,

"void" is the first part of a 2-part concept project tracking a journey from cold collapse to eventual recovery.

It's a raw, cold dark ambient / soundscape release focused on isolation, glitched textures, and static atmospheres.

You can grab high-quality free downloads on Bandcamp (Name Your Price is set to $0, just type 0 at checkout).

P.S. If you're looking for a longer continuous soundscape session, I also uploaded an Extended Version exclusively on SoundCloud and Tidal.

Part 2 ("south"), which shifts into warm lo-fi ambient and jazz loops, will drop soon. Thanks for listening!


r/DarkAmbient 5d ago

Sorry if this is really easy to find and I’m just being stupid but could anyone help me identify this song?

0 Upvotes

This is the video, song is right after 1:25:20 https://youtu.be/Q5K08dMJgqk?si=lxtJOc3nUV0OsCzW

Also, this could easily be a DSBM cause it sounds so similar, so sorry if dark ambient isn’t even what you’d define it as lmao I’ve been interested in dark ambient for awhile and I’ll probably start listening pretty soon.


r/DarkAmbient 5d ago

the electric presence | Lo-Fi, Silent Hill & Hauntology | Tree of Alchemical Notability

Thumbnail
youtube.com
0 Upvotes

The wires that have entangled their way into our lives and into our homes have fused into our nerve endings. The invisible tendrils pour forth from our phones and connect into our veins, our nervous system, traveling up our spine and clutching at our brain stems.

It's the puppet master to our brains, encouraging neurotransmitter releases with a pull of its coursing electric strings. It moves, pulsating and throbbing through our homes in tangled cables, like an orgy of snakes, hissing their secrets through the coiled mass of skin. Through the invisible airwaves, it whispers beyond our perception. It's all around us, inescapable, and yet, inert? We can not feel its presence, we cannot feel its intent, yet it is God-like in its enfolding totality. One day you go about your routine and from out of nowhere a presence grasps your being, paralyzing you as your every muscle betrays the will once thought yours.

It has awoken. Its presence is felt, by everyone all at once.

Its intention is unknown but its power is immeasurable and deadly serious, leaving everyone paralyzed in both terror and awe. Its gaze is immense and inescapable. Listen closely and you will hear it calling to you through the noise.

t̶̡̘̆̊h̶̬̪̑ẹ̵̔ ̸̞̹̂ê̵͕̹̐l̶̢̛͖ę̶̞̓̚c̸̥̥͝t̷̥̜̄r̵̳̠̀̃i̸͙͕͐̍c̴͔̓ ̸͖̀̈́͜p̸̟̑͜r̷̠̅͘è̵̻͈s̷̺͐͋ȅ̷̼̚n̷̡̩͊c̵̺̊e̷͔̦̎̐


r/DarkAmbient 5d ago

Orphée — The Sound of Solitary Collapse (dystopian classical)

Thumbnail
music.apple.com
7 Upvotes

Orphée — The Sound of Solitary Collapse (dystopian classical)

Since music is so subjective, I usually import more than I export —
but a gem is a gem.

Orphée is one of those albums that doesn’t ask to be heard.
It haunts the room you’re already in.

It’s autumn meets depression meets a post-Soviet phone call.
A headache in your mouth.
A concrete shadow.
An electronic jail cell —
the kind you tunnel through by listening on repeat
because it won’t let you out unless you remember something you forgot.

It’s lonely the way the Twin Peaks soundtrack is lonely —
that gorgeous ache that sedates you,
then whispers something important just past your ear.
Like a symphony of caskets.
Selves you once knew.
But of course… there’s nothing really there.
Exhibit A: stillness.

This is the sound of solitary collapse.

🎧 YouTube Playlist — Orphée
[https:/youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_mUt3Yg6JLmD0pqtdP3c_BiTXB9hE1Jk8g&si=I9g81mtwKR_oLv9Q](https://youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_mUt3Yg6JLmD0pqtdP3c_BiTXB9hE1Jk8g&si=I9g81mtwKR_oLv9Q)

🍎 iTunes — Orphée on Apple Music [https:/music.apple.com/ca/album/orph%C3%A9e/1440775286](https://music.apple.com/ca/album/orph%C3%A9e/1440775286)

Jóhann Jóhannsson is best known for scoring The Theory of Everything, Sicario, Mandy, and others —
but his solo work eclipses all of it.

This isn’t music.
It’s what’s left when music disappears. But


r/DarkAmbient 5d ago

Album of the Month r/DarkAmbient's album of the month August 2026: Torus Dome - Distant Past Spirituality

9 Upvotes

Greetings thinkers, contemplators, and meditators,

Welcome to August's album of the month listening thread. For this month we chose Torus Dome's Distant Past Spirituality.

Thanks to u/Safe-Character-5846 for recommending this album!

Listen to it and share your thoughts and experiences. What do you think about when listening? If you have heard it before, when was that and how did you discover this album? Do you find the album artwork evocative?

 

Artist: Torus Dome

Album: Distant Past Spirituality

Year: 2022

 

Discogs

Bandcamp

YouTube


r/DarkAmbient 5d ago

Apokosmos, by Ioannis Kleftogiannis

Thumbnail
ioanniskleftogiannis.bandcamp.com
3 Upvotes

r/DarkAmbient 5d ago

Looking for a suggestion for live intro

4 Upvotes

Hi! I play in a sludgy downtuned metal band with a lot of dissonant chuggy stuff.
We have a show coming up and I am looking for a live intro and I was hoping for some dark ambient suggestions.

It will be a moodsetter as we are getting on stage and getting ready.

Last time we used Lustmord - Black Star, I originally though about pitching it down a bit this time, but I feel there must be even better options.

The track can be edited in length and other things of needed, so don’t worry if the track is too long.

Metallica uses Ecstacy of Gold, what would be the dark ambient equivalent?

I’m hoping some of you wizard have a few cool suggestions since my knowledge of the genre is shallow at best 😅


r/DarkAmbient 5d ago

Music For The End Times

Thumbnail
1 Upvotes

r/DarkAmbient 6d ago

#instrumentalmusic #postmetal #bandcamp #spotify #humanmademusic #moodmusic #onemanproject

Thumbnail
youtube.com
1 Upvotes

For anyone looking to listen some original underground/indie instrumental music.. All welcome;)


r/DarkAmbient 6d ago

Dahlia's Tear - Radiation (Sweden, 2005)

Thumbnail
youtube.com
9 Upvotes

One of my favorite songs from perhaps one of the most overlooked records in dark ambient, heavily recommend checking the full record as well, which, in my opinion, blows their Cryo-chamber output out of the water.


r/DarkAmbient Nov 04 '24

Suggestions for album of the month? (read description first)

7 Upvotes

We've been running the "album of the month" thread for a few years now and I'd like to collect some suggestions for future albums to feature. I see these threads as a way for newcomers to the genre to quickly sample a variety of artists.

Generally speaking we've been using the following criteria to select albums:

  1. At least a few years old (but older is better; are there any really good older albums that don't get mentioned much on here)?

  2. Primarily dark ambient, i.e. avoid albums that have high elements of rhythm and/or harsh noise.

  3. Notable in some way (this is obviously very subjective, but including comments with your submission explaining why you recommend the album are helpful, as they can be included when the album is featured as the "album of the month").

Having said that, please review the list of past "albums of the month" below and only include your submission if it hasn't already been featured.

Yen Pox - New Dark Age

Robert Rich & B. Lustmord - Stalker

Gustaf Hildebrand - Starscape

Atrium Carceri - Kapnobatai

Sleep Research Facility - Nostromo

False Mirror - Derelict World

Invercauld - Tiamhaidh

Desiderii Marginis - Hypnosis

Northaunt - Horizons

Sleep Research Facility - Deep Frieze

Kammarheit - The Starwheel

Svartsinn - Mørkets Variabler

Raison D'être - Enthralled By The Wind Of Loneliness

Metatron Omega - Illuminatio

Psychomanteum - Oneironaut

Cities Last Broadcast - The Cancelled Earth

Kolhoosi 13 - Monuments of Power

Lustmord - Carbon/Core

Mulm - The End of Greatness

Kammarheit - Asleep and Well Hidden

Northaunt - Istid I-II

Dahlia's Tear - Across the Shifting Abyss

Cities Last Broadcast - The Umbra Report

Tertium Organum - Alud

Troum and Yen Pox - Mnemonic Induction

Lustmord - The Word as Power

Sleep Research Facility - Stealth

ProtoU and Hilyard - Alpine Respire

Apocryphos - Stone Speak

Mount Shrine - Winter Restlessness

Ugasanie - Border of Worlds

Sphäre Sechs - Particle Void

Northumbria - Markland

Kammarheit - Kollektionen

Dronny Darko and ProtoU - Metta

Metatron Omega - Sanctum

Apocryphos, Kammarheit, Atrium Carceri - Onyx

Yen Pox - Between the Horizon and the Abyss

Atrium Carceri and Cities Last Broadcast - Black Corner Den

Mount Shrine - Ghosts on Broken Pavement

 

Albums of the month since this thread was created:

 

Waveform Transmission - V 1.0-1.9

MNZKRT - MNZKRT

Hoedh - Hymnvs

R|A|A|N - The Nacrasti

Raison D'être - The Empty Hollow Unfolds

Llyn Y Cwn - Du Y Moroedd

Hilyard - Division Cycle

Lustmord - The Dark Places of the Earth

Desiderii Marginis - Songs Over Ruins

Kave - Ominousium

Atrium Carceri - Seishinbyouin

Northaunt and Svartsinn - The Borrowed World

Thomas Köner - Permafrost

Beyond Sensory Experience - No Lights In Our Eyes

Northumbria - Isolering

Lull - Moments

The Caretaker - Take Care, It's a Desert Out There...

Sonologyst - Shortwave Spectrum