What is Dungeon Synth?

Pssst...Listen to some Hedge Wizard while you read.

Dungeon Synth is a style of at-home made fantasy synth. Despite its name and aesthetic being a modern incarnation, dungeon synth’s early history is rooted in the 1990’s black metal scene, when its members created ambient synth projects and circulated those releases through tapes. These black metal side projects laid the groundwork for dungeon synth’s atmosphere and ethos regarding aesthetics, production, and distribution. Today, dungeon synth has become a diverse genre and cottage industry with tape labels, forums, festivals, and an international fanbase devoted to its history and development.

Three classic albums to get you started:

• Depressive Silence - II (1996)
• Erang - Another World Another Time (2013)
• Fogweaver - Spellwind (2020)

Within these ancient scrolls you’ll learn more about the history of Dungeon Synth and the different Eras its been through. The music of the past faintly echoes from each long hallway, beckoning you to adventure deeper still. For the musical-inclined, secrets about artifacts and the creation process can be found. Gather your party and venture forth into the maw of imagination.