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is a subgenre of dark ambient music that emerged in the late 1980s and early to mid 1990s. The genre employs aesthetics and themes typically associated with black metal and applies it to dreamier ambient songs. The style is often compared to video game music, as it is occasionally applied in those settings. The early pioneers of dungeon synth were mainly associated with the black metal scene, taking the latter genre's primitive, ethereal, and often medieval aesthetics and applying them to ambient soundscapes. Classic dungeon synth releases focus largely on recreating medieval musical styles and textures with synthesizers, while other strains draw upon choir-like changs or battle marches for inspiration. The genre also inspired lighter, fantasy-themed releases with more skeletal instrumentation akin to the MIDI soundtracks of video games from the 1980s and 1990s, though the genre's original ethos of foreboding eerieness remains an important foundation.

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Abandoned Places Caduceus Fåntratt Lamentation Quest Master   Uilos
Able Bodied Sailor Cain Fen Walker  Lookfar Ranseur Umbría
Acheulean Forest Casket of Dreams Fief Lord Lovidicus Rattenkonig Ungl'unl'rrlh'chchch
Aen Seidhe Castel Jaloux Floral of Forever Lord Orots Ravenkeeper Ur Pale
Akabxs Castle Zagyx Foglord Lord Wind Redhorn Gate Uruk-Hai
Akerius Cedamus Foolish Fire Loremaster Rhandir Utred
Alda Navaer Cernunnos Forest Of Yore lovi Rog Vagor
Alder Deep Cernunnos Woods Forest Shrine Lunar womb Roman Master Vale Minstrel
Algiz Dawn Chaucerian Myth Forgotten Pathways Lux Viridis Schemer Heer Vale of Pnath
Alloch Nathir Chris Tia Forklift Operator Macabre Omen secret stairways Valscharuhn
An Old Sad Ghost Corvus Neblus Forlorn Kingdom Mantar Sequestered Keep Vandalorum
Ancient Boreal Forest Count Shirintsu Forming Maradon Shogun's Castle Vangar
Ancient Voice Criptadel Fortress of Mystery Mari Lwyd Silentium Velvet Tears
Angst Sessions Daimon Funeral Requiem Mausoleum Wanderer Skyfar Verminaard
Anubis Dame Silú de Mordomoire FVRFVR Midnight Odyssey Sleep's Sister Vetraheimr
Apocryph Daoine Sidhe GALDUR Midnight Syndicate Slime Golem Vindalv
Arcana Liturgia Dark Ages Gargoylium Moonless Nights Snørte Vindkaldr
Arcane Cavern Dark Art   Morannon Solanum Wallachian Cobwebs
Archana Darken Wood Gates of Morheim Mørketsvind Spectral Kingdom Windrikje
Argonath Deathbard Gothmog Mortiis Sylfvr Witches Moon
Arsule Depressive Silence Grandma's Cottage Moukeprabbeli Synth Bard Witchsteel
Artesia Diablerie Grol the Goblin Mournful Moon Taramis Xenobioz
Arthuros Dianom Gueux Murgrind Tarkin Turfer Xivilai Sorcerer
Arvernien Digre Gullinbursti Myrrdin Taur Nu Fuin Xynfonica
Ashmadai DIM Haunted Realm Mystal Tree Terramist Yearner
Azag Diplodocus Hedge Wizard Nachtjäger Thangorodrim Za Frûmi
Azurah Dolch Hexelwir Nahadoth The Immanent Grove Βάκχεια Νεράϊδα [Bacchia Neraida]
Bannwald Druadan forest Hole Dweller Nameless King The Isolated Vale Лихо [Evil]
Barad-Dûr Dungeons of Irithyll Il Generale Inverno Nazgal Dracul The Wizard Murec Рабор
Barak Tor Earthencloak imbaru Nazgûl Til det Bergens Skyggene  
Barbarian King Effluvium Ingvarr Neanderthalensis Tiny Mouse  
Basic Dungeon Einhorn Inlustris Necrocachot Tir  
Black Wailing Elador Isenfeldt Nigrescent Titan  
Blood Tower Elfen Jääportit Nortfalke Torchlight  
Blutaxt ElixiR Jim Kirkwood Nox arcana Trova de Lid  
Bröckensbectrwm Emglev Kaarna Offermose    
Bronzen Oath Encloaked Kalameet Old Serpent's Lore    
Burzygóry Erang Kashmar Old tower    
  Erdstall Keys of Orthanc Old Sorcery    
  Erevos Khand Olgerd    
  Essoupi Kittenpuke Ontrothon    
  ESTOC Kmet Oremord    
  Eternal Fear Knights of Nvrul Örnatorpet    
  Ethereal Kingdom   Pafund    
      PatternShift    
      Phobos