Artist Database
UNDER CONSTRUCTION
This list is incomplete. Use it as a starting point. The number of new artists shot up exponentially during the 2010s revival. From that point onward the focus is on bigger-name artists and any influential projects.
*** Artists are categorized based on the year of their first dungeon synth-ish release ***
1980s (DIY Fantasy)
- Andy Shapiro (80s, United States)
- Dream Waves (80s, United States)
- Emerald Web (70s-90s, United States)
- Frank Lentz (80s, Denmark)
- George Garside (80s, United Kingdom)
- J D Emmanuel (80s-90s, 10s-20s, United States)
- Jim Oliver (80s-90s, United States)
- Kevin O'Neill (80s-90s, United States)
- Lambert (80s-90s, 10s-20s, Germany)
- Mark Griffiths (80s-present, United Kingdom)
- Martin Kornberger & Volker Kuhn (80s, United Kingdom)
- Mike Brooks (80s-90s, United Kingdom)
- Mike Rowland (80s-00s, United Kingdom)
- Nightcrawlers (80s-90s, 10s, United States)
- Ojas (70s-80s, United States)
- Paul Nagle (80s-10s, United Kingdom)
- Ron Berry (80s-10s, United Kingdom)
- Sky Douglas (80s, United States)
- Synco (80s-90s, Germany)
- Tim Clark (70s-90s, United States)
- Tim Stebbing (80s-90s, 20s, United Kingdom)
- Will Vukin (80s, United States)
1990s (Classics)
- Aardia (90s-10s, Sweden)
- Abaddon (90s, Brazil)
- Aeternum Maleficium (90s, Brazil)
- Akhenaton (90s, France)
- Alchem (90s, Poland)
- Alpheratz (90s, Mexico)
- Ammit (90s-10s, Chile)
- Annwn (90s, Portugal)
- Apeiron (90s, Austria)
- Arcane Liturgia (90s, 10s-present, Italy)
- Arden (90s, France, see also: Maelifell)
- Ars Poetica (90s, Poland)
- Arthame (90s, Finland)
- Ashmadai (90s, Portugal)
- Ashmedi (90s, Israel, see also: Melechesh)
- Asmorod (90s-00s, France)
- Atropos (90s, Italy)
- Avalist (90s, 10s, Germany)
- Avox (90s, Italy)
- Bachus (90s-00s, Belarus)
- Balam (90s, France)
- Barzabel (90s, Germany)
- Black Wailing (90s, Greece)
- Blackcount Baalberith (90s, Czechia)
- Blutaxt (90s, Germany)
- Caduceus (90s, Lithuania)
- Cain (90s, Russia)
- Casket of Dreams (90s, 20s, Canada)
- Cedamus (90s, Poland)
- Cemetery Fading (90s, Finland)
- Cernunnos Woods (90s-present, United States)
- Cintecele Diavolui (90s, Norway, see also: Fata Morgana, Mortiis, Vond)
- Conjured to Baphometh (90s, Sweden)
- Conscientia Peccati (90s-20s, Germany)
- Corvus Neblus (90s-00s, Greece)
- Daoine Sidhe (90s, France)
- Darkness Enshroud (90s-10s, United States)
- December’s Fire (90s, Poland)
- Depressive Silence (90s, Germany, see also: Gothmog, Solanum)
- Dianom (90s, Finland)
- Die Verbannten Kinder Evas (90s-00s, Austria, see also: Summoning)
- Dies Irae (90s, Norway)
- Dolch (90s, 20s, Germany)
- Dragonwynd (90s, United States, see also: This Soil Bleeds Black)
- Drunemeton (90s, France)
- Drusus (90s, Romania)
- Elffor (90s-present, Spain)
- Emglev (90s, France)
- Empire of the Moon (90s, 10s-present, Greece)
- Endoki Forest (90s, United States, see also: Dracul Order of the Dragon)
- Endvra (90s, United Kingdom)
- Enid (90s-10s, Germany)
- Ensis et Carnis (90s, Germany)
- Equitant (90s-00s, United States, see also: Absu)
- Erevos (90s, Greece)
- Essoupi (90s, Denmark, see also: Hugin)
- Eternal Fear (90s, Poland)
- Ethodius (90s-00s, United States)
- Evol (90s-00s, Italy)
- Fata Morgana (90s, Norway, see also: Cintecele Diavolui, Mortiis, Vond)
- Fjelltrone (90s-10s, Sweden)
- Floral of Forever (90s, Brunei, see also: The Mystickal East)
- Forgotten Pathways (90s, 10s, Germany)
- Forgotten Temples (90s, Greece)
- Gerald Jay Markoe (90s-00s, United States)
- Gnome (90s, Japan)
- Gothmog (90s, Germany, see also: Depressive Silence)
- Grabesmond (90s, Austria, see also: Die Verbannten Kinder Evas, Pazuzu, Summoning)
- Grim (90s, Sweden)
- Haron (90s, Bulgaria)
- Heimkehr (90s, Ukraine)
- Hugin (90s, Denmark)
- Hypnos (90s, Greece)
- Ilmarin (90s, 10s, United Kingdom)
- Imperivm Satanas (90s, Germany)
- Infamis (90s-00s, Poland)
- Jääportit (90s-present, Finland)
- Jim Kirkwood (90s-present, United Kingdom)
- Kadotus 609 (90s, Finland, see also: Thergothon)
- Kharadrai (90s, Finland)
- Kirke Aske (90s, France)
- Laïlheb (90s, France)
- Long Lost Realm (90s, Portugal)
- Lord Abaddon (90s, Germany)
- Lord Wolf (90s, Greece)
- Lunar Womb (90s, Finland, see also: Moonsorrow)
- Machina Coeli (90s, 10s, Italy)
- Maelifell (90s-00s, France, see also: Arden, The Summerlands)
- Medwyn Goodall (80s-present, United Kingdom)
- Mictian (90s, Germany)
- Midnight Syndicate (90s-10s, United States, see also: Nox Arcana)
- Mimir (90s, Germany)
- Mirai (90s, Japan)
- Monastery (90s, New Zealand, see also: Taur Nu Fuin, Undiscovered Moons of Saturn)
- Moonlight (90s, Russia)
- Moonlight (90s, Russia)
- Mortiis (90s-present, Norway, see also: Cintecele Diavolui, Fata Morgana, Vond)
- Mortland (90s, Belarus)
- Mournlord (90s, Sweden)
- Musa (90s, Italy)
- The Mystickal East (90s, Brunei, see also: Floral of Forever)
- Nazgûl (90s, Germany)
- Necrophorus (90s-10s, Sweden)
- Nemesis (90s, Finland)
- Nirnaeth (90s, 20s, Poland)
- Nocturnal Funeral (90s, Greece)
- Northland (90s, Poland)
- Old Monks' Saga (90s-00s, Ukraine)
- Olgerd (90s, Slovakia)
- Oneiros (90s, United States)
- Onoskelis (90s, 20s-present, Brazil)
- Paysage d'Hiver (90s-present, Switzerland)
- Pazuzu (90s, Austria, see also: Die Verbannten Kinder Evas, Grabesmond, Summoning)
- Puissance (90s-10s, Sweden)
- Rex Infernus (90s, Greece)
- Runes Order (90s-10s, Italy)
- Sabbathan (90s, Mexico)
- Sagenhaft (90s-20s, Italy)
- Satanis Nocturne (90s, United States)
- Secret Stairways (90s, United States)
- Shadowcaster (90s, United States)
- Словиша [Slovisha] (90s, Russia)
- Solanum (90s, 20s-present, Germany, see also: Depressive Silence)
- Sopor Aeternus & The Ensemble of Shadows (90s-present, Germany)
- Sorg (90s, Germany)
- Spawn (90s, Italy)
- The Summerlands (90s, France, see also: Arden, Maelifell)
- Summoning (90s-present, Austria, see also: Die Verbannten Kinder Evas, Grabesmond, Pazuzu)
- Susurrus Inanis (90s, United States, see also: Agalloch)
- Tanquam (90s-00s, Russia)
- This Soil Bleeds Black (90s-present, United States, see also: Dragonwynd)
- Thou Ask Divinity (90s, Italy)
- Trollrath (90s-10s, Belgium)
- Trolltjern (90s, Norway)
- Ukrivolsa (90s, Poland)
- Valar (90s, Finland)
- Vale of Pnath (90s, United States)
- Valor (90s, Finland)
- Vedymini (90s, 10s, Poland)
- Verised Naised (90s-10s, Estonia)
- Vindalv (90s, Sweden)
- Viscol (90s, Moldova)
- Voices of Winds (90s, Finland)
- Vond (90s, Norway, see also: Cintecele Diavolui, Fata Morgana, Mortiis)
- Warhagan (90s, Poland)
- Wejdas (90s-10s, Lithuania)
- Wind (90s, Finland, see also: Varjosielu)
- Winds of Garden (90s, Poland)
- Winter Moon (90s, Sweden)
- Witchlord (90s, Germany)
- Wizard Projects (80s-90s, Netherlands)
- Wongraven (90s, Norway)
- Woodland Choir (90s-10s, Hungary)
2000s (Neoclassical Lull)
- Abnocto (00s, Sweden, see also: Atrium Carceri, Mountain Realm, Za Frûmi, Cryo Chamber, Cryo Crypt)
- Aeons (00s, Russia)
- Aldaron (00s, Greece)
- Altus (00s-present, Canada)
- Ancient Tundra (00s-10s, Canada)
- And the Oceans Dream Eternal (00s, United States)
- Ars Moriendi (00s-20s, France)
- Asgar (00s, Norway)
- Askhem (00s, 20s-present Italy)
- Astral Rune Bastards (00s, United Kingdom)
- Aura (00s, Spain)
- Azar (00s, Algeria)
- Beqanatas (00s-20s, Chile)
- Blakagir (00s-10s, Poland)
- Бранібор [Branibor] (00s, Ukraine)
- Château Sombre (00s, France)
- Chivalra (00s, Canada)
- Czarci Świt (00s, Poland)
- Dark Tales (00s, Canada)
- Darkstroll (00s-20s, Russia)
- Дом Вдовы Dom Vdovy (00s-20s, Russia)
- Dracul Order of the Dragon (00s, United States, see also: Endoki Forest)
- Draumar (00s-10s, Germany)
- Duvet du Diable (00s-10s, Canada)
- Elivagar (00s, Russia)
- Ellylldan (00s-10s, United Kingdom)
- Erdenstern (00s-20s, Germany)
- Eschato Logic (00s-present, Russia)
- Forgotten Land (00s, United States, see also: Bespin Moons, Displodocus, Grandma’s Cottage, Wallachian Cobwebs, Dungeons Deep Records)
- Finntroll (00s-present, Finland)
- Fjellelv (00s, United States)
- Funeral Dusk (00s, Colombia)
- Funeral Mystic (00s, El Salvador)
- Gallia Fornax (00s, France)
- Glacier (00s, Greece)
- Gluttony (00s, Unknown)
- Gromoslaw (00s, Russia)
- Gustavo Jobim (00s-present, Brazil)
- Ildra (00s-10s, United Kingdom)
- Khand (00s, Italy)
- Kirst (00s-10s, Estonia)
- Kuldahar (00s, Poland)
- La Caruta di li Dei (90s-10s, Italy)
- Ледяной Гром [Ledyanoy Grom] (00s-10s, Russia)
- Lord Lovidicus (00s-20s, United States)
- Lugburz (00s-10s, Spain)
- Lustre (00s-present, Sweden)
- Malus Lupus (00s, Finland)
- Mannaz (00s, Russia)
- Mantle of Dust (00s-present, Bulgaria)
- Marblebog (00s-20s, Hungary)
- Medieval Necrolatry (00s, 20s, Bulgaria)
- Mitternacht (00s-10s, Argentina)
- Mittwinter (00s, Austria)
- Mordraaneth (00s, United Kingdom, see also: Trollmann av Ildtoppberg)
- Myrrdin (00s-10s, United Kingdom)
- Nattefrost (00s-20s, Denmark)
- Nebel Torvum (00s-10s, Canada)
- Nest (00s-present, Finland)
- Neptunell (00s, Finland)
- Neumond (00s, Germany)
- Nihilum (00s, Sweden)
- Nox Arcana (00s-present, United States)
- Old Land of Darkness (00s, Ukraine)
- Old Oak (00s, United States)
- Phantasmagoria (00s, Netherlands)
- Rikket (00s, Russia)
- Saltvind (00s, Russia)
- Shevalreq (00s, Canada)
- Silence of Graveyard (00s, Russia)
- Sinfonica Notte (00s, Italy)
- Skuty Lodem (00s, Poland)
- Skymning (00s-present, Sweden)
- Snaga (00s, Belgium)
- Sole Occidente (00s, Ukraine)
- Stanica (00s, Poland)
- Старасвет [Starasvet] (00s-10s, Belarus)
- Suphina's Little Beasts (00s-10s, Ukraine)
- Symbiosis (00s-20s, Italy)
- Talvi (00s, 20s-present, Finland)
- Taur Nu Fuin (00s-present, New Zealand, see also: Monastery, Undiscovered Moons of Saturn)
- Thursar (00s, Canada)
- Trollmann av Ildtoppberg (00s, United Kingdom, see also: Mordraaneth)
- Tronul Ascuns (00s, Romania)
- Undiscovered Moons of Saturn (00s-10s, New Zealand, see also: Monastery, Taur Nu Fuin)
- Uruk-Hai (00s-present, Austria)
- Vacrolith (00s, Greece)
- Valscharuhn (00s-10s, United States, see also: Dungeon Synth blog)
- Varjosielu (00s, Finland, see also: Wind)
- Vervamon (00s, Netherlands)
- Vindensång (00s-10s, United States)
- Vinterriket (00s-present, Switzerland)
- Vornoff (00s-20s, Denmark)
- Воронмрак [Voronmrak] (00s-20s, Russia)
- Wednes (00s-10s, Canada)
- Windrikje (00s, Germany)
- Winternacht (00s, Canada)
- Xaaron (00s, Russia)
- Xynfonica (00s, Canada)
- Za Frûmi (00s, Sweden, see also: Abnocto, Atrium Carceri, Mountain Realm, Cryo Chamber, Cryo Crypt)
2010s (Revival)
- TBD
2020s (Modern & Expansion)
- TBD