Dark Ambient
13,475works
38,832pressings
1974first year
Works per year
Pressed in
Formats
Format by decade
| Format | 1970s | 1980s | 1990s | 2000s | 2010s | 2020s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| File | · | · | · | 20% | 55% | 51% |
| CD | · | 9% | 46% | 35% | 12% | 10% |
| Cassette | 25% | 55% | 33% | 6% | 11% | 16% |
| Vinyl | 75% | 36% | 15% | 10% | 11% | 14% |
| CDr | · | · | 4% | 24% | 9% | 5% |
Sounds like
DroneExperimentalIndustrialDungeon SynthAmbientNoiseAbstractPower ElectronicsWitch HouseDarkwaveModern ClassicalNeofolkRhythmic NoiseMusique Concrète
Most-pressed works
| Title | Artist | Year | Pressings |
|---|---|---|---|
| Within The Realm Of A Dying Sun | Dead Can Dance | 1987 | 87 |
| Hvis Lyset Tar Oss | Burzum | 1994 | 76 |
| Det Som Engang Var | Burzum | 1993 | 74 |
| The Song Of A Long Forgotten Ghost | Mortiis | 1993 | 59 |
| Burzum / Aske | Burzum | 1995 | 57 |
| Ånden Som Gjorde Opprør | Mortiis | 1995 | 48 |
| Hliðskjálf | Burzum | 1999 | 41 |
| Burzum | Burzum | 1992 | 40 |
| Crossing The Fiery Path | Necromantia | 1993 | 33 |
| 阿姐鼓 = Sister Drum | Dadawa | 1995 | 32 |
| Quake | Nine Inch Nails | 1997 | 31 |
| Black One | Sunn O))) | 2005 | 29 |
| Batman Returns (Music From The Motion Picture) | Danny Elfman | 1992 | 27 |
| Nordland | Apoptose | 2000 | 27 |
| Lost Themes | John Carpenter | 2015 | 27 |
| Ithyphallic | Nile (2) | 2007 | 26 |
| Ambient | Moby | 1993 | 24 |
| Selvmord | Vond | 1994 | 23 |
| All Bitches Die | Lingua Ignota | 2017 | 23 |
| Herbstleyd | Nargaroth | 22 | |
| The Darkened Empires | Depressive Silence | 1995 | 22 |
| Eating The Dust | Reutoff | 2018 | 22 |
| Only True Believers | Armagedda | 2003 | 21 |
| White Flames Fading In Spectral Aura | Execration Chamber | 2019 | 21 |
| Spanners | The Black Dog | 1995 | 20 |
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Built from the Discogs monthly data dumps (CC0), snapshot 2026-09-01. Counts are of catalogued works and pressings, not of listening.