🐉Witches & Devils // Dungeon Synth🧹👿

I put together a dark dungeon synth playlist for late-night gaming and meditations. Dungeon Synth employs lo-fi productions with fuzzy and haunted synth work that sounds distinctively dark and medieval. It really needs to be heard to be understood.

Listen to the playlist

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#	spotify_id	Track	artist_meta	Buy on Bandcamp	Artist	Track	artist_spotify_id	album_spotify_id	playlist_id	wp_id	report	updated_at	id
1	4dXLbssU9REn9akceTUSBr	Vaikerruksen Portti	Old Sorcery - Vaikerruksen Portti	Support on Bandcamp	Old Sorcery	Vaikerruksen Portti	30SiUhbJL8LZLbO1FfVR22	26SEv2UKQeriTEJc4svwYL	1uwwJt3kDSOnauukIttkZQ	8,894	https://bottleimp.com/submit-bandcamp-link/?track_uri=30SiUhbJL8LZLbO1FfVR22&artist=Old Sorcery&track=Vaikerruksen Portti	22/07/2022 01:12 AM	592
2	1ep5Z5VPsVcDVlOi2C1Ria	Funeral March	Cernunnos Woods - Funeral March	Support on Bandcamp	Cernunnos Woods	Funeral March	39Rk2G4wTVmXPRI3OIoYak	5saWaYpWpH4ZtIIMnlZ4wQ	1uwwJt3kDSOnauukIttkZQ	8,894	https://bottleimp.com/submit-bandcamp-link/?track_uri=39Rk2G4wTVmXPRI3OIoYak&artist=Cernunnos Woods&track=Funeral March	22/07/2022 01:12 AM	593
3	5pa2KXvWECpmt8PmhkDcNR	Through the Woods	DRYADS - Through the Woods	Support on Bandcamp	DRYADS	Through the Woods	1d5LaVgTXABdxOO6XGUSu1	0AkNEdPoCZ8VjxV0Mf3pa4	1uwwJt3kDSOnauukIttkZQ	8,894	https://bottleimp.com/submit-bandcamp-link/?track_uri=1d5LaVgTXABdxOO6XGUSu1&artist=DRYADS&track=Through the Woods	22/07/2022 01:12 AM	594
4	2t1enQyq57GGs1KBuIkbVX	Black Death	Dark Ages - Black Death		Dark Ages	Black Death	3QEuVPVOrxRtmiCacd1UDy	313RAUC37RTJwq56GJ0RXJ	1uwwJt3kDSOnauukIttkZQ	8,894	https://bottleimp.com/submit-bandcamp-link/?track_uri=3QEuVPVOrxRtmiCacd1UDy&artist=Dark Ages&track=Black Death	22/07/2022 01:12 AM	595
5	1PM86WWm2IMAvFJV4D6n4V	Ancient Door	Mythril Spectre - Ancient Door		Mythril Spectre	Ancient Door	3ubofXMo1tEVKd7TmI8Tv3	5lPch5q94GRJbxocFi6pIb	1uwwJt3kDSOnauukIttkZQ	8,894	https://bottleimp.com/submit-bandcamp-link/?track_uri=3ubofXMo1tEVKd7TmI8Tv3&artist=Mythril Spectre&track=Ancient Door	22/07/2022 01:12 AM	596
6	3nibmBVF5lp8ldiajsJPnp	Night Falls over the Withering Wood	The Inquisitor - Night Falls over the Withering Wood	Support on Bandcamp	The Inquisitor	Night Falls over the Withering Wood	3YIGBoVizE2QfMedfv1iUN	4JtE81uofYXpvZLGTXAqGg	1uwwJt3kDSOnauukIttkZQ	8,894	https://bottleimp.com/submit-bandcamp-link/?track_uri=3YIGBoVizE2QfMedfv1iUN&artist=The Inquisitor&track=Night Falls over the Withering Wood	22/07/2022 01:12 AM	597
7	6u84u5ZEzmfSgCw6LhiGL1	Sign Your Name	Fiendish Imp - Sign Your Name	Support on Bandcamp	Fiendish Imp	Sign Your Name	4IgdBZz4RyWmF5jKZSpijX	6zM0FQ3zjW7jpcxprDtKHF	1uwwJt3kDSOnauukIttkZQ	8,894	https://bottleimp.com/submit-bandcamp-link/?track_uri=4IgdBZz4RyWmF5jKZSpijX&artist=Fiendish Imp&track=Sign Your Name	22/07/2022 01:12 AM	598
8	4TWd1WF4Q77R8ot9GSxnRJ	Necropolis - Instrumental Version	Penitent - Necropolis - Instrumental Version	Support on Bandcamp	Penitent	Necropolis - Instrumental Version	3Jqyjhj1it8AzlTpRv0tbv	063OEItegqlMjvlbETRAHF	1uwwJt3kDSOnauukIttkZQ	8,894	https://bottleimp.com/submit-bandcamp-link/?track_uri=3Jqyjhj1it8AzlTpRv0tbv&artist=Penitent&track=Necropolis - Instrumental Version	22/07/2022 01:12 AM	599
9	5xVKcckBfAV0Uuj4cSMdLS	Icy Death	Darksol - Icy Death	Support on Bandcamp	Darksol	Icy Death	02d9fUxkgh9vJclvnikpWF	7jIeA0eLztId4MJyDIZE8L	1uwwJt3kDSOnauukIttkZQ	8,894	https://bottleimp.com/submit-bandcamp-link/?track_uri=02d9fUxkgh9vJclvnikpWF&artist=Darksol&track=Icy Death	22/07/2022 01:12 AM	600
10	3VvuAEuDHEbmschvlLKRl8	Canto di sirene	Sidereal Fortress - Canto di sirene		Sidereal Fortress	Canto di sirene	3sielGpPbk7GP16747PHwX	6sXdRu84DD298oiv3E1FCW	1uwwJt3kDSOnauukIttkZQ	8,894	https://bottleimp.com/submit-bandcamp-link/?track_uri=3sielGpPbk7GP16747PHwX&artist=Sidereal Fortress&track=Canto di sirene	22/07/2022 01:12 AM	601

Dungeon Synth isn’t new

I listen to a lot of dark music. That isn’t new. One might even say dungeon synth isn’t new, with artists like Mortiis doing this style of music for decades. I’ve been listening to dark and obscure music for a long time and I had never heard of dungeon synth prior to a few years ago. But, this style has been around for some time.

I remember in 1990, a game came out on the Nintendo Entertainment System called The Immortal. This game was amazing. The mood was unforgettable and the themes of the game were dark. I think this was truly my first exposure to what would later be called Dungeon Synth. Now, if they weren’t limited to the 8-bit hardware they may not have intentionally gone for something so lo-fi. But here we are.

It later came out on the Sega Genesis and that version was even better: improved sound, graphics and the controls were much tighter. The game was still hard.

Dungeon Synth the music genre

At some point, this became a genre of music. I’m not even going to pretend to be a historian here. While the style of music feels like it has been around forever, Dungeon Synth isn’t a term I heard before a few years ago. Then I saw this style of music everywhere. There are a lot of artists, and you’ll find an even greater array of amazing albums on Bandcamp. Here are a few really good ones:

Recommended listening instructions

This is actually a playlist I built that works with either shuffle or no shuffle, but I still recommend turning off shuffle. Same with repeat play. What Spotify chooses at random after the playlist ends is pretty good, but I scrutinized the quality very heavily. It is fun to play with both!

I am definitely eager to hear more, so if you have recommendations on Spotify, leave a comment below and I’ll definitely give it a listen!