50 Dungeon Synth styles with examples

Here are 50 Dungeon Synth styles. Take it with a grain of salt ;)
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All bandcamp links are down below:
Royaume des Brumes - lilastarless.bandcamp.com/alb...
Kyūketsuki - kyuketsuki.bandcamp.com/album...
Fogweaver - thefogweaver.bandcamp.com/alb...
Grandmas cottage: grandmascottage.bandcamp.com/...
Skhemty - skhemty.bandcamp.com/
Charnel Oubliette - charneloubliette.bandcamp.com...
Chestnut Brown - chestnutbrown.bandcamp.com/al...
An old sad ghost - anoldsadghost.bandcamp.com/al...
SVART TORN - svartnoisemusic.bandcamp.com/...
Mithril Axe - lordbakartia.bandcamp.com/alb...
Ur Pale - darkageproductions.bandcamp.c...
Spellbound Mire - spellboundmire.bandcamp.com/r...
Elminster - ithildintapeproduction.bandca...
Ausum - ausum.bandcamp.com/album/the-...
Execration Chamber - gondolinrecords.bandcamp.com/...
Mammoth Master - mammothmaster.bandcamp.com/re...
MEGAFOLIVORA - megafolivora.bandcamp.com/rel...
Cursed Pumpkin - swallowedkeyproductions.bandc...
Keymage - medwegya.bandcamp.com/album/t...
Ulk - ulkmusic.bandcamp.com/album/t...
Interstellar Transmission - interstellartransmission.band...
Toad Sage - hammerandflailrecordings.band...
Goryō - goryokai.bandcamp.com/album/s...
Gelure - gelure.bandcamp.com/album/the...
KLETtTERMAX - personaluschirecords.bandcamp...
feth - feth.bandcamp.com/releases
Bronzen Oath - gondolinrecords.bandcamp.com/...
Ziggurath - unrealestaterecords.bandcamp....
Armsman Cpmmander - swallowedkeyproductions.bandc...
Lurk - lurkmusick.bandcamp.com/album...
Vanishing Amulet - vanishingamulet.bandcamp.com/...
Ethereal Journeys - nokturniis.bandcamp.com/album...
王蜘蛛 - cursedtapes.bandcamp.com/albu...
Tomb Snail - tombsnail.bandcamp.com/album/...
Mycologia - mycologia.bandcamp.com/releases
Elyvilon - dungeonsdeeprecords.bandcamp....
Wyrd Gnome - wyrdgnome.bandcamp.com/album/...
Cave Troll - cavetroll.bandcamp.com/releases
Delmak-O - delmak-o.bandcamp.com/album/c...
Loitommas - loitommas.bandcamp.com/album/...
Drochtuarach - drochtuarach.bandcamp.com/alb...
BOGWITCH - bogwitchds.bandcamp.com/album...
Windtower - windtower.bandcamp.com/album/...
Firienholt - firienholt.bandcamp.com/
L A N D S R A A D - landsraad.bandcamp.com/album/...
Ashkahn - ashkahn.bandcamp.com/album/as...
Aura Merlin - auramerlin.bandcamp.com/releases
Westhex - westhex.bandcamp.com/album/al...
Ulfberht - ulfberht.bandcamp.com/releases
Diplodocus - diplodocus.bandcamp.com/album...

[@BlackFlameOfHatred]

1. Old school Dungeon Synth 0:00 2. Kabuki Dungeon Synth 0:21 3. Fantasy Synth 0:43 4. Comfy Synth 1:03 5. Egyptian Synth 1:24 6. Funeral Synth 1:45 7. Plant Synth 2:06 8. Outsider Dungeon Synth 2:27 9. Cacophonous Dungeon Synth 2:48 10. Dwarven Synth 3:09 11. Pirate Synth 3:30 12. Nature Synth 3:51 13. Epic Dungeon Synth 4:09 14. Dark Dungeon Synth 4:33 15. Apocalyptic Dungeon Synth 4:54 16. Mammoth Synth 5:15 17. Prehistoric Sloth Synth 5:36 18. Pumpkin Synth 5:57 19. Keller Synth 6:18 20. Forest Synth 6:38 21. Alien Synth 7:00 22. Sea Synth 7:21 23. Japanese Synth 7:42 24. Medieval Dungeon Synth 8:03 25. Food Synth 8:24 26. Uncomfy Synth 8:45 27. Barbaric Dungeon Synth 9:06 28.Dessert Synth 9:27 29. War Synth 9:48 30. Lovecraft Inspired Synth 10:09 31. Romantic Dungeon Synth 10:30 32. Dream Synth 10:51 33. Samurai Synth 11:12 34. Raw Dungeon Synth 11:33 35. Mushroom Synth 11:53 36. Troll Synth 12:15 37. Gnome Synth 12:36 38. Cave Synth 12:57 39. Sci-Fi Synth 13:18 40. Depressive Dungeon Synth 13:39 41. Space Dungeon Synth 14:00 42. Swamp Synth 14:20 43. Orchestral Dungeon Synth 14:42 44. Epic Medieval Synth15:03 45. Cosmic Synth 15:24 46. Morrowind Inspired Dungeon Synth 15:45 47. Winter Synth 16:06 48. Hexen Synth 16:27 49. Viking Synth 16:48 50.Dino Synth 17:09

[@galaxy_musicc]

Thanks man!

[@BlackFlameOfHatred]

@@galaxy_musicc no problem nice video by the way :)

[@johnd2446]

Misses #frog_synth (Frog Concert) and #turtle_synth (Ziggurath - Jungle Majesty)

[@rockerlalee]

I was sure there are many obscure subgenres, but ngl Prehistoric Sloth Synth caught me off guard.

[@Ner0mancer]

Same lol. Mammoth synth is wild too

[@Sanguinium_Light]

Lmao!

[@idiotkid2828]

😂 I love how it's basically just Harsh Noise Wall but with a different name

[@FelisInsanisCatfood]

Szóval innen jött a videóötlet! Valahogy éreztem, hogy itt valahol megtalállak.

[@GreenAndEpics]

aka any black metal subgenera known to man :]@@idiotkid2828

[@trommnorse]

Remember to listen to your dessert synth only after food synth.

[@mikeaquelarre6992]

many of these artists should be hired to make soundtracks for movies or series

[@nyarlathotep_the_faceless_god]

THE POINT IS TO MAKE MUSIC, NOT SOUNDTRACKS

[@pootisman4290]

Currently in the year long process of making the most in-depth d&d setting for a game I’ve ran. Gonna have cities, towns, and even individual shops have their own songs just for them and it’s all gonna be dungeon synth

[@galaxy_musicc]

Have fun!

[@ontolog5871]

Is it possible to share your playlist here when it is done ? I am really interested in such a project !

[@cameronf5893]

How did your plans end up working out? Was it worth the time?

[@tannerlebel5167]

Are you using full albums for areas or individual tracks?

[@pootisman4290]

@@ontolog5871 I plan when I’m done on typing up all my world notes and putting it all online for free along with songs and everything

[@melancholicspirit]

The Epic Medieval Synth has almost come full-circle back to the Black Metal roots of Dungeon Synth. Amazing!

[@BiggusD77]

While Firienholt certainly have some elements of Dungeon Synth in their music, they are a atmospheric/epic black metal band, not Dungeon Synth. They do have a longer synth track, though. "The Depth" out of the Beside the Roaring Sea EP: kzbin.info/www/bejne/gHuleHmIaZtgq9E

[@benjohnston3369]

"Classic Dungeon Synth" Me: Oh that's cool "Prehistoric Sloth Synth" Me: My life is changed

[@serpentinesecrets6771]

Mushroom synth will change the soul

[@stormsa-coming4315]

lmao

[@dansullivan9152]

yeah prehistoric sloth synth is Best In Show here

[@clairewithbanjo4992]

Dinosynth forever

[@balisong9942]

i dont rly care what subgenre it is but this format is very nice to find new stuff to listen to.

[@therottenspecter]

Thanks for including me as the example for sea synth! Fans of my work in that area should immediately check out Serpents Isle as that project was the main inspiration for a lot of my sea based work!!

[@galaxy_musicc]

You are creating great music dude! Keep it up!

[@balin411]

I see a lot of friends in this list. Pretty damn cool and it shows that there is more behind dungeon synth than it looks like, that is worth digging into...

[@dd-gs6oq]

the depressive, funeral, romantic, raw, dream, mushroom and dark are my favourite synths

[@CMAK_Midi_Maniac]

6:17 keller synth low-key kinda fire tho

[@eraserheadbaby25]

Keller Synth high key fire dawg

[@CMAK_Midi_Maniac]

@@eraserheadbaby25 i meant low-key since it's (saddly) a really underground genre

[@majkelsxxx6711]

it sounds like some dark trap beat

[@Atryon]

Then you have to listen to sigfrid, He invented it

[@Ziggurath]

It's great to see "Tales from Southern Realms" in your video! Thanks for including me!

[@galaxy_musicc]

Of course! Its an amazing Album! Sry for misspelling "desert synth" tho... But since you delivered the theme so good, I think everybody knows what its supposed to be!

[@thewitchcoven]

It's the turtle pope album people

[@k22kk22k]

As an ocarina player loving 90s fantasy RPG music, this video gave me tons of inspiration.

[@juckjolly]

check out Chestnut Brown (labelled plant synth here) for some RPG hometown music with plenty of ocarina

[@k22kk22k]

@@juckjolly Wow, you’re the best! Though that songs’ ocarina sounds synthesized, I got plenty to happily listen to.

[@rusty_562]

The amount of dedication to this is amazing! Keep it up!

[@fanta4897]

Cacophonous dungeon synth sounds like a perfect genre for noise marines from wh40k.

[@whatever0whatever0]

This is like if someone made a video called "50 subgenres of metal" that went like this: • Viking metal • Pagan metal • Folk metal • Epic metal • symphonic metal • goth metal etc. etc. etc.

[@MrLukasBaca]

For me it's all mostly Cacophonous metal. :D

[@joelebruno]

yes... your point being?

[@whatever0whatever0]

​@@joelebruno Point being I doubt these are actual subgenres of dungeon synth. What makes desert synth different from Egyptian synth? Or pirate synth from sea synth, or samurai synth from kabuki synth? All these distinctions just seem pretty arbitrary

[@joelebruno]

@@whatever0whatever0 but pagan, folk, viking, goth metal are all real subgenres.

[@whatever0whatever0]

@@joelebruno Viking isn't. And I'm not sure I'd consider pagan metal a subgenre, either

[@chr1sth074]

Wanna thank dungeon synth for getting me through my exam revision a while back.

[@nightmarishcompositions4536]

I love listening to this stuff while reading classic epic fantasy and sword & sorcery books. It even works good with classic cosmic horror and gothic horror literature as well.

[@dr.stringfellow2814]

You guys have forgotten all about 1970s physics documentary synth

[@comradecthulhu6052]

That’s just Boards of Canada.

[@giddycadet]

it's wonderful that there are so many people in this world to make the things i come across tangentially

[@loganmccurter]

Recently Weregnome records, the label that released my album “Primitive Baptist & The Oldest Time Traveler in the World” Said that my album was progressive dungeon synth which was very sweet of them 😂 I’m really proud of that little LP.

[@galaxy_musicc]

And it sounds really good! Keep it up!

[@loganmccurter]

@@galaxy_musicc haha thank you!!! I’m actually working on a follow up to that album as we speak!! This video ruled btw.

[@eraserheadbaby25]

Pumpkin, Keller, and Dino synth the best, Pumpkin Witch, Opiated Devilsperm, and Diplodocus go hard as hell

[@naeusrandomaccess777]

Cacophonous DS: 💣💥🌋⚡

[@kindtravelerrecords9422]

2:04 wow Plant Synth is so beautiful

[@Arca30]

Imma need a playlist with these

[@iusedtomakefandubswheniwas3052]

Memory box of Grandma Cottage is my favorite Comfy Synth álbum

[@issedefontanges979]

10:30 Vanishing amulet is really a masterpiece.

[@TheLadderman]

I find it hilarious the ridiculous degree to which people break up Dungeon Synth into subgenres. Like its to the point where a "subgenre" might only have a single album in it. Its very silly, and not in a bad way. Just the fact that "plant synth", "nature synth", and "forest synth" are separate things demonstrates the silliness pretty well. As well as "prehistoric sloth synth" lmfao.

[@skypramane]

Dungeon synths name began to appear everywhere. Good!

[@Edits_Panic0]

Dessert synth sounds delicious 😋

[@aleksanderolbrych9157]

"Dessert synth" is a seperate subgenre from "food synth", amazing (you misspelled "desert" :P )

[@galaxy_musicc]

Haha, you are right

[@pentalarclikesit822]

@@galaxy_musicc YEah, but it makes me want to actually create "dessert synth" so it's not all bad

[@Drochtuarach]

Thank you for including my music. 🤘🙌

[@galaxy_musicc]

Thank you for making it!

[@fieryalbino]

Fantastic sampler video! Thanks!

[@brandontadday6288]

Egyptian synth just straight up sounds like something out of a Prince of Persia OST

[@eythis]

perfect video before sleep

[@immortalgraveyard2099]

Wow, thank you very much for this list! Here are so many cool and interesting projects. I'm just so bored by everything I was listening, so dungeon synth is really like a breath of fresh air - something very unusual.

[@votten9238]

Nice vid, ended up supporting some of these

[@galaxy_musicc]

Love to hear that!!

[@chimeneanisperera7573]

Nice job, thank u so much for this 💚

[@artsydragon4874]

I would love to see a video game with a Dungeon Synth soundtrack. Just add some pixel art graphics and good gameplay and I would play it in a heartbeat.

[@abdulmajeedahm644]

loved this, well done

[@roldyclark]

Brb gonna download every one of these tapes

[@TheDolphinTuna]

9:27 Yum! Delicious dessert synth!

[@Fernt]

Love that you used cursed pumpkin instead of pumpkin witch, threw me a bit I a curveball there

[@josemanuelfernandez9883]

Food synth feels like a night of bad dreams and stomach ache.

[@gm08351]

1:46 that's that good shit

[@dansullivan9152]

5:36 10:50 11:11 11:32 13:38 15:24

[@flaerds8234]

That was really cool, DS has come a long way. I'd be curious to know what genre I've been doing.

[@greyaltaer8788]

Loved this 🥹

[@wrathredoran]

just found out about dungeon synth, loving it.

[@galaxy_musicc]

Yes, its amazing!

[@Alonoda]

Just found out about food synth tho

[@RPRsChannel]

*_Surely, there MUST be DRAGON SYNTH??_*

[@bigopus6384]

spellbound mire was one of my absolute favorites from last year

[@LinuxUnderwear]

Very informative, thank you.

[@drunkenryabchik]

gold

[@madspeterrommedahl4679]

I've always known "Epic Dungeon Synth" as "Age of Wonders music" because it sounds exactly like the soundtrack to AoW 1. God that game had a great soundtrack...

[@carloscastro1192]

Didn’t know there were this many styles of dungeon synth

[@baronvonshekel7323]

There aren't, for this to have any halfway official meaning, there would need to be more entrys for the categories and the projects talk about their style in detail (which doesn't happen) Now go and find a top 3 album list of "Plant Synth" and what makes a DS album trve kvlt Plant Synth,a good timewaster but nothing that will have success as its more made up than Supernatural X Dr. Who fanfics. Reading "uncomfy synth" should make you chuckle but calling Ziggurath "Dessert Synth" really takes the cake home

[@galaxy_musicc]

Ahhhh the Typo-Police. Jokes aside haha I dont think anyone can decide how a artist wants to call the style of his project. If the artist wants to bring a certain idea, motivation or feeling across by naming their music, for example "desert synth", then thats completly fine. I think in most of the Projects in this list, you can clearly hear the direction they wanted to go and naming it a certain way just helps people to find, remember or even create it. Of course there are some streches and jokes in here, but to say its all just made up is wrong.

[@baronvonshekel7323]

@@galaxy_musicc don't get me wrong,if an artist releases an album with a certain theme (like using instruments and tunes you'd associate with a desert for example) and slaps "prehistoric/dino synth" on it,its his choice and valid in that regard but thats not the same as creating a whole sub-genre as no one follows trough and walks in the same direction.

[@galaxy_musicc]

you may be right when it comes to subgenres. But Carlos asked about styles and I think there is a big difference between a "style" and a full blown subgenre. You probably could put all of these examples in 5-6 subgenres. But they still have different styles or themes. The Artists just decided to name them.

[@TheSquareOnes]

@@galaxy_musicc That's actually a really interesting perspective. I'm on the side that says a subgenre should be well populated to be meaningfully useful, but even within genres artists can have very distinct styles and I could see value in putting a name to them (although I'd still want the greater subgenre given as well, since that's what will allow people to find related artists more easily). This especially makes sense as an approach to something like dungeon synth which is typically trying to evoke very specific imagery in a fairly minimalist way.

[@thejoker5958]

Came for Dessert Synth, but all I was served was Desert.

[@dangatang0]

Ok I challenge this guy to find 10 songs for each of these genres… Some of these have got to be one offs haha

[@commodore-lk1lv]

Outsider Dungeon Synth sounds like the soundtrack of the PS1's classic _Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver_

[@TV---kn2rl]

I'm so happy there's "winter synth," I have a playlist of songs that sound winter-y

[@galaxy_musicc]

This is also my favorite on the list!

[@MilkshakeMoney]

very helpful thank you

[@RottenWeaselTV]

Amazing video

[@NetherworldBibliotek]

This video just reaffirms to me that I like synth.

[@amiralikhosrovaan]

My soul

[@abyssflayed8476]

Prehistoric sloth synth reminds me of noisy sludge.

[@hellothere9407]

15:14 this is literally atmospheric black metal at this point lmao

[@iusedtomakefandubswheniwas3052]

For me, Each album is its own genre

[@TrveHoarfrosT]

I've only been getting into dungeon synth very recently. I explored just about all types of metal music, everything from thrash to goregrind to warnoise, so I decided to look for something new. I'd been slightly exposed to dungeon synth through black metal but I hadn't checked it out proper. So far I'm absolutely adoring it. I love how it sounds so futuristic yet so pre-modern. It makes me feel the same way I felt when I first discovered atmospheric BM.

[@JaviEveryRock]

Hermoso!!

[@SlyHikari03]

Kabuki synth is pretty cool.

[@Divuar]

Prehistoric Sloth Synth is my identity.

[@felixberger5316]

The one that I know and is missing is Tropical Synth

[@Fred_L.]

Think declaring everything its own subgenre is a bit overkill. Meanwhile just started hearing Diplodocus (Dino Synth).

[@Kevintj]

Very useful.

[@gabrymail]

thanks a lot

[@Alonoda]

Dream synth = 70's prog concept album midsong pause

[@JesterOfDestiny]

Now I want to get back to doing dungeon synth.

[@itsartorias951]

Yed

[@itsartorias951]

Do it

[@grizzerotwofour7858]

My theory of every dungeon synth album being its on genre seems to be true

[@UFOCULTVHS1]

ishkur's guide to dungeon synth

[@brukernavn3409]

9:36 But what about Dinner synth?

[@thelefteyeproductions]

God I love dungeon synth

[@serpentinesecrets6771]

I knew a few of these examples

[@somngreu4800]

Wallachian Cobwebs , vampiric dungeon synth.

[@bradschumacher419]

That Lurk tho... whew

[@BxCx666]

Food synth is real.

[@Gberdex2099]

I love this video but….. No Secret Stairways, Shadow Dungeon, Fief, Mortiis (OLD), Quest Master… Or even a Tolkien DS category?

[@MrLukasBaca]

Secret Stairways is the best DS there is. And Fief and Quest Master are legendary and the top class of DS! Fief especially. And Tolkien Synth really should be a category. If you think of Jim Kirkwood, all the Hole Dweller albums or stuff like Thangorodrim or Keys of Orthanc, I think Tolkien synth is by far the biggest of all the DS categories.

[@gw298]

❤

[@platoquemado]

Food synth sounds like Mort Garsons Plantasia 🌱🍀🍄

[@madspeterrommedahl4679]

It's funny... I just came from a video which argued that NSBM and RABM are subgenres of black metal distinguished solely by their lyrics. I feel like it's in a similar way with dungeon synth, only the subgenres are instead defined solely by their aesthetics. As if the band name and cover art defines the subgenre far more than the actual sound of the music. It's wonderfully anarchic and I love it.

[@wsobnie1544]

Right

[@egreltheblindelf.]

Looking The proyect "Egrel the blind elf" Dungeon Scene Synth Tolkien inspired and more.

[@suicideistheanswer369]

Neat.

[@stinkbug1365]

what is the one for depressive dungeon synth? cannot find it anywhere

[@romanlinkov]

I've never thought I'd say this, but. Could we suppose that dwarf synth and gnome synth are the same? ;)) Thanks for the great job and a lot of new and interesting artisits I've just found out about

[@romanlinkov]

Dino Synth!

[@DeadJDona]

WUT‽

[@ReclusiveArts]

im shocked mortiis is not on any of these.

[@nyarlathotep_the_faceless_god]

Because author of this video is not educated enough! He also should've put Zigfrid in "keller synth" because this guy literally Invented the genre.

[@walls_of_skulls6061]

God that first one almost sounds like the orchestral version of rocket jump waltz.

[@oliverjackson5070]

Dwafen Synth is giving me heavy Rammstein vibes.

[@jodielane6785]

what is Outsider Synth characterized by?

[@anoldsadghost]

As the one who appears in this video under this tag i can tell you with all confidence: It doesn't mean sh*t. I just hammer (as other artists doing that probably too) beside the usual tags (Dungeon Synth / Dark Ambient / New Age etc.) some made up shit under various releases which maybe fit so i can maximize the tag system bandcamp offers. So Outsider Synth simply does not mean anything and was just used as a gap filler.

[@joelebruno]

@@anoldsadghost wack

[@nyarlathotep_the_faceless_god]

Hexen synth and keller are the same genre btw

[@evaplavalaguna]

On his bandcamp, the guy called 'Kytketsuki' pretends that he paints with his blood...

[@BT-ic2qs]

I mean his paintings look like blood, and age like blood would, seems to point at the fact he does paint with blood

[@floridianwolf1029]

Can't say I'm surprised that the Depressive Synth happens to come from Finland.