r/DarkAmbient

13K archived posts · May 2012 – Sep 2026

Dark Ambient

r/DarkAmbient

Dark ambient is a genre of music that features foreboding, ominous, or discordant overtones. The style is heavily inspired by elements of ambient music and often consists of low frequencies and evolving dissonant harmonies of drones and resonances.

Created Sep 25, 2009

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Guidelines to posting:

Avoid posting music that includes high elements of rhythm and/or harsh noise. Please find respective subreddits for these styles below.
If possible provide high quality music sources such as Bandcamp or Soundcloud. Use Youtube only if it doesn't exist in a better version. Avoid posting Spotify playlists as these require creation of an account in order to listen.
Original content is allowed.
Discussion posts about dark ambient music and/or related topics are encouraged!

New to dark ambient? Check out the wiki: https://www.reddit.com//r/DarkAmbient/wiki/wheretostart

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