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Ritual, dark ambient and noise music



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Posted by , 18.08.2006 - 10:36
I would like to open this topic to the noise/ambient genre, feel free to recommend bands. To begin with, I'll list a small summary of some of the genres which I think come under this category.

Death Industrial
Noise (I would argue traditional noise is quite alien from the more black noise works of Abruptum for example)
Black Noise
Power Electronics
Dark ambient
Ritual Ambient
Feel free to add more if you wish. Here are some bands I can recommend.

Black Seas of Infinity: Death Industrial/ritual noise project from the US.

Kaniba: A favorite of mine, minimalist ritual ambient formerly known as Terrorgoat of Finland

Raison d'etre: Dark ambient, all ive heard of them is the outro they did for Abyssic Hate's fulllength but I should have something of theirs in the near future.

Ugegi Aoiveae a Ser: Minimalist, kind of 'magical' dark ambient, Ive only heard one song, and that was from the split with Black Seas of Infinity/Kaniba, but it showed excellent promise.

Emit: Quite closely related to the blackmetal scene in comparison with the others, electronic black noise, quite frightening while still retaining some similarities to other, more blackmetal based projects.

At this stage the only distro I can recommend for purchasing some of the more obscure material on the list is Autumn Wind Productions, but I would like to hear some more sites which specialise in this field.
24.10.2007 - 23:49
jupitreas
hi-fi / lo-life
well, lets advertise your stuff a little more then
http://www.metalstorm.ee/pub/review.php?review_id=2358
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26.03.2008 - 00:45
Empty Spaces
Unburied At Dusk
I recomend Nostalgia (dark ambient from USA), that's the project of the guy who has joined Xasthur. http://www.myspace.com/nostalgicfuneral

Also Aghast from Norway. (project from the ex-wives of Samoth and Fenriz) http://www.myspace.com/hexereiimzwielichtderfinsternis
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02.07.2008 - 03:48
Wintermute

I'm a bit fan of dark ambient sounds, but I also enjoy experimentations with dissonant noise: drones etc.

Still relatively new to the ambient scene, though.

Anyone care to mention some bands to listen to?

I'm aware that some of these bands have been mentioned previous in the post, but I honestly don't have the patience to look through, seeing as I'm currently in Ancient History class at school and the teacher is absolutely raging at me.
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02.07.2008 - 09:29
Hamird
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Written by Wintermute on 02.07.2008 at 03:48

I'm a bit fan of dark ambient sounds, but I also enjoy experimentations with dissonant noise: drones etc.

Still relatively new to the ambient scene, though.

Anyone care to mention some bands to listen to?

I'm aware that some of these bands have been mentioned previous in the post, but I honestly don't have the patience to look through, seeing as I'm currently in Ancient History class at school and the teacher is absolutely raging at me.


For Dark Ambient I just recommend you to get some "Coph Nia" specially their last album released in 2007!! This band is my favorite band in this genre!
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02.07.2008 - 10:22
Wintermute

Written by Hamird on 02.07.2008 at 09:29

Written by Wintermute on 02.07.2008 at 03:48

I'm a bit fan of dark ambient sounds, but I also enjoy experimentations with dissonant noise: drones etc.

Still relatively new to the ambient scene, though.

Anyone care to mention some bands to listen to?

I'm aware that some of these bands have been mentioned previous in the post, but I honestly don't have the patience to look through, seeing as I'm currently in Ancient History class at school and the teacher is absolutely raging at me.


For Dark Ambient I just recommend you to get some "Coph Nia" specially their last album released in 2007!! This band is my favorite band in this genre!


Thanks a lot, I'll make sure to check them out as soon as I can.
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03.09.2008 - 03:22
Piro

I listen to some dark ambient, but create far more of it than I listen to it. I think its a great genre for experimentation, but a terrible genre to listen to regularly. I personally listen to it late at night before sleeping, and generally when I'm recording/making it is either late at night or early morning. I like how the genre has little limitations, it certainly provides for some very moody and unusual music.
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17.11.2008 - 07:09
mortjoyeux

Dark ambient is the best.
The last two albums from Beherit have got a dark ambient sort of tone.
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18.11.2008 - 11:56
!J.O.O.E.!
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Lustmord, Desiderii Marginis and Atrium Carceri are pretty much the masters of the dark ambient genre. Check out the albums Metavoid, That Which Is Tragic and Timeless and Kapnobatai, respectively.
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14.12.2008 - 21:06
kanho
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Do u think wongraven is dark ambient??......i don´t know,maybe(extreme ambient or folk ambient)..but it is a amazing sound,a proyect of Satyr,Ihsahn and H.K.K Sorensen in 1995 fjelltronen album see the light,amazing,i recommend this,Tiden Er En Stenlagt Grav is a great song of this album.Anyway for example mirdautas vras from summoning have a lot of ambient(around of orcs..),singing in black languague of mordor..etc
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17.12.2008 - 17:26
Hamird
Lieutenant
I recently got the newest project of Attila Csihar and Stephen O'malley which is called 6F Skyquake. It's a very good album, it's included one 33minutes track. And I think it's much better than Sunn O))) and Grave Temple.
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20.12.2008 - 08:55
mortjoyeux

You want heavy, raw ritual ambient?
Inquisition is the fucking best for that feeeeling..more into the ritual type noise though haha.
so good
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23.09.2009 - 20:31
farmakon
Whispering Gloom
I can recommend you Halo Manash - finish band that plays ritual dark ambient. Their best albums are "Se Its En" and "SYoMA". Members play also in great doom metal band Dolorian.
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02.10.2009 - 16:14
Lucas
Mr. Noise
What are the opinions on Inade here? Does anybody know them?

I recently ordered "The Crackling Of The Anonymous" and "Aldebaran". I haven't received either of them, but I did receive "The Incarnations Of The Solar Architects" as the label I ordered from made a mistake. Haven't listened to it yet cause I'm keeping it in the plastic wrapping until they tell me what they're going to do about it, but I'm getting quite curious.
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20.04.2010 - 03:56
Alirezaser

Lustmord, Atrium Carceri, Necrophorus, Inade are masters ..
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23.04.2010 - 13:06
Twilight
IntepridTraveler
Suspended Memories is quite a great band featuring Suso Saiz, Steve Roach and Jorge Reyes:

Great atmospheric stuff!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l58mvx0S1KI
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23.04.2010 - 14:06
Zombie
Thrash'tillDeath
I believe there's a VAST difference between "noise" and "music" ... so, convince me how can there be "noise music" ?
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23.04.2010 - 17:32
Twilight
IntepridTraveler
I can try, but I think wikipedia explains it better than I could, here it comes!

"Noise music is a term used to describe varieties of avant-garde music and sound art that may use elements such as cacophony, dissonance, atonality, noise, indeterminacy, and repetition in their realization. Noise music can feature distortion, various types of acoustically or electronically generated noise, randomly produced electronic signals, and non-traditional musical instruments. Noise music may also incorporate manipulated recordings, static, hiss and hum, feedback, live machine sounds, custom noise software, circuit bent instruments, and non-musical vocal elements that push noise towards the ecstatic."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noise_music

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23.04.2010 - 18:05
Ellrohir
Heaven Knight
I believe Wardruna plays quite ambient music which shall be marked "ritual"
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24.04.2010 - 13:26
!J.O.O.E.!
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Noise is recorded onto albums using various instruments which people then listen to. I'd say that's music.
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26.04.2010 - 11:50
Twilight
IntepridTraveler
Written by Guest on 24.04.2010 at 13:26

Noise is recorded onto albums using various instruments which people then listen to. I'd say that's music.

But it depends wether the sound of these instruments combined are harmonic and not out of tune or these instruments don't even fit together at all and it's a complete cacophony of sounds that aren't really in tune with each other. The second is a good example of noise music.
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26.04.2010 - 12:07
!J.O.O.E.!
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Written by Twilight on 26.04.2010 at 11:50

Written by Guest on 24.04.2010 at 13:26

Noise is recorded onto albums using various instruments which people then listen to. I'd say that's music.

But it depends wether the sound of these instruments combined are harmonic and not out of tune or these instruments don't even fit together at all and it's a complete cacophony of sounds that aren't really in tune with each other. The second is a good example of noise music.

There are many forms of harmony, many of which include "disharmony" (which feature in a variety of black metal bands) but music doesn't exclusively have to be about harmony to be music; noise and ambient are about texture rather than structure. The fact people are actually listening to (myself included) would override any notions of it not being music in my opinion. If noise isn't music then what would you call it?
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26.04.2010 - 12:52
Twilight
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Written by Guest on 26.04.2010 at 12:07

Written by Twilight on 26.04.2010 at 11:50

Written by Guest on 24.04.2010 at 13:26

Noise is recorded onto albums using various instruments which people then listen to. I'd say that's music.

But it depends wether the sound of these instruments combined are harmonic and not out of tune or these instruments don't even fit together at all and it's a complete cacophony of sounds that aren't really in tune with each other. The second is a good example of noise music.

There are many forms of harmony, many of which include "disharmony" (which feature in a variety of black metal bands) but music doesn't exclusively have to be about harmony to be music; noise and ambient are about texture rather than structure. The fact people are actually listening to (myself included) would override any notions of it not being music in my opinion. If noise isn't music then what would you call it?

I'm not saying it isn't music, note my quoted description about it some posts earlier.
I was just trying to point out what the biggest differences between noise music and 'normal' music might be.
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26.04.2010 - 12:58
!J.O.O.E.!
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Written by Twilight on 26.04.2010 at 12:52

Written by Guest on 26.04.2010 at 12:07

Written by Twilight on 26.04.2010 at 11:50

Written by Guest on 24.04.2010 at 13:26

Noise is recorded onto albums using various instruments which people then listen to. I'd say that's music.

But it depends wether the sound of these instruments combined are harmonic and not out of tune or these instruments don't even fit together at all and it's a complete cacophony of sounds that aren't really in tune with each other. The second is a good example of noise music.

There are many forms of harmony, many of which include "disharmony" (which feature in a variety of black metal bands) but music doesn't exclusively have to be about harmony to be music; noise and ambient are about texture rather than structure. The fact people are actually listening to (myself included) would override any notions of it not being music in my opinion. If noise isn't music then what would you call it?

I'm not saying it isn't music, note my quoted description about it some posts earlier.
I was just trying to point out what the biggest differences between noise music and 'normal' music might be.

Ah fair enough. For me the difference will always be structure, if it's definable then it's normal no matter how intricate, fast or technical it is.
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24.11.2011 - 03:05
spirit_inblack
harshhead
My first attempt at noise (I encourage laughing at it):

http://soundcloud.com/stiny_in_black/untitled-noise-i/s-wLJbB

A word of caution: Don't have your volume cranked up excessively high if you're using headphones.
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24.11.2011 - 03:48
Troy Killjoy
perfunctionist
I'll listen and laugh asap.
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27.11.2011 - 16:34
Sophist

Most albums of Ain Soph (the Italian one, not the Japanese) can be labeled as ritual or dark ambient.

Nox Arcana is a pretty nice dark ambient group as well.
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23.11.2012 - 22:13
Void Eater
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Reviving this thread because I am very slightly interested in Noise music lately. This track/song/whatever you call a noise track in particular is really good. Noisy and chaotic, but with a nice marching rhythm to it.


It actually goes in the micro genre death industrial, but there's absolutely no sense of melody/traditional instrumentation/anything to do with normal music, so I'd still call it noise.
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23.11.2012 - 22:29
!J.O.O.E.!
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Written by Guest on 23.11.2012 at 22:13

Reviving this thread because I am very slightly interested in Noise music lately. This track/song/whatever you call a noise track in particular is really good. Noisy and chaotic, but with a nice marching rhythm to it.

It actually goes in the micro genre death industrial, but there's absolutely no sense of melody/traditional instrumentation/anything to do with normal music, so I'd still call it noise.

Yeah death industial is the subdivision of noise, even further down the road from power electronics, that often sounds like its taking influence from dark ambient. Lots of low, pulsating, bassy frequencies. Great stuff.

I'd recommend an artist called Propergol who more or less float beween power electronics and death industrial. Really varied, interesting music that's not as hard to swallow as some of the genre.

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24.11.2012 - 04:04
Edmund Fogg

The same friend behind I beheaded The Cosmos tackled the Noise field of the music. Pretty intense stuff!

Haute-Cimes - Khmaer Krahom

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22.10.2013 - 17:53
angel.
Evil Butterfly
I highly recommend it for dark ambient, personally I love the whole album
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