List of dark ambient artists

The following is a list of notable artists who compose, or have composed, dark ambient music at some point in their careers.

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0010x0010 Resident Advisor. Retrieved 19 April 2023. SoundCloud. Retrieved 19 April 2023. SoundCloud. Retrieved 19 April 2023. SoundCloud. Retrieved 19 April 2023. 156 This Is Darkness. Retrieved 19 April 2023 The Sound Projector. Retrieved 19 April 2023 1476 Terra Relicta. Retrieved 19 April 2023 SPKR. Retrieved 19 April 2023. Θ (Theta) LOM. Retrieved 31 July 2020 Abu Lahab Actress BerlinArtLink. Retrieved 24 April 2023 EMPAC. Retrieved 24 April 2023 Telekom Electronic Beats. Retrieved 24 April 2023 Adonxs AeTopus AeTopus.com. Retrieved 10 March 2012 Retrieved 10 March 2012 Retrieved 10 March 2012 Agalloch AllMusic. Retrieved 16 November 2022 Sputnikmusic. Retrieved 20 April 2023 Giulio Aldinucci A Closer Listen. Retrieved 26 April 2023 SonofMarketing. Retrieved 26 April 2023 Cold Spring. Retrieved 26 April 2023. Alio Die Alio Die.com. Retrieved 26 April 2023 AllMusic. Retrieved 24 October 2022 All Hail the Transcending Ghost Cold Spring. Retrieved 21 October 2022. Altar of Plagues RVA Magazine. Retrieved 23 April 2023 Alva Noto AllMusic. Retrieved 30 January 2023 Headphone Commute. Retrieved 23 April 2023. Hybrid Magazine. Retrieved 23 April 2023. Amber Asylum PopMatters. Retrieved 23 April 2023 Blabbermouth.net. Retrieved 23 April 2023 Brave Words & Bloody Knuckles. Retrieved 23 April 2023 Kristian Eidnes Andersen Rue Morgue. Retrieved 23 April 2023 Cold Spring. Retrieved 30 January 2023. Martin Stig Andersen Peter Andersson :Rezension:. Retrieved 8 July 2010. Anenzephalia Disqus. Retrieved 24 April 2023 Antimatter Retrieved 21 October 2022. Retrieved 24 April 2023 Aphex Twin Apollon Last.fm. Retrieved 24 April 2023. Earth Monkey Productions; Internet Archive. Retrieved 24 April 2023. Arcana Arditi Chain D.L.K.. Retrieved 24 April 2023 Blogger. Retrieved 24 April 2023 Metal Temple. Retrieved 24 April 2023 Only Death Is Real. Retrieved 24 April 2023 Art Zoyd AllMusic. Retrieved 25 April 2023 AllMusic. Retrieved 25 April 2023 Ascension of the Watchers Kerrang!. Retrieved 25 April 2023 Ataraxia Sleaszy Rider Records. Retrieved 26 April 2023. Plastic Head. Retrieved 26 April 2023. aTelecine Atrium Carceri AllMusic. Retrieved 24 October 2022 Attrition The Cosmick View. Retrieved 27 April 2023 AllMusic. Retrieved 16 November 2022 Aube Austere Soundswim. Retrieved 27 April 2023. Autopsia Autumn Tears Daniel Avery PopMatters. Retrieved 27 April 2023 Novel. Retrieved 27 April 2023. The Analog Vault. Retrieved 27 April 2023. The Axis of Perdition Brave Words & Bloody Knuckles. Retrieved 27 April 2023 Retrieved 27 April 2023 Invisible Oranges. Retrieved 27 April 2023 Nigel Ayers Last.fm. Retrieved 28 April 2023.

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Christoph de Babalon DJ Mag. Retrieved 29 April 2023 AllMusic. Retrieved 16 November 2022 Inverted Audio. Retrieved 29 April 2023 Angelo Badalamenti Resident Advisor. Retrieved 29 April 2023 Collider. Retrieved 29 April 2023 Bad Sector Last.fm. Retrieved 11 May 2023. Bad Sector. Retrieved 29 April 2023. Kelly Bailey Last.fm. Retrieved 11 May 2023. Vice. Retrieved 29 April 2023 Aidan Baker Last.fm. Retrieved 29 April 2023. Blixa Bargeld MediaMatch. Retrieved 1 May 2023 Crack. Retrieved 1 May 2023 Bark Psychosis Spectrum Culture. Retrieved 1 May 2023 Uncut. Retrieved 1 May 2023 Barn Owl Boomkat. Retrieved 1 May 2023. The Quietus. Retrieved 3 May 2023 PopMatters. Retrieved 3 May 2023 William Basinski Preview. Retrieved 2 May 2023 Brighton Source. Retrieved 2 May 2023 AllMusic. Retrieved 2 May 2023 Bass Communion Last.fm. Retrieved 11 May 2023. StevenWilsonHQ.com. Retrieved 2 May 2023 Bastard Noise Fukuoka Now. Retrieved 2 May 2023 Tyler Bates The Creative Independent. Retrieved 2 May 2023 Bobby Beausoleil Beequeen Last.fm. Retrieved 11 May 2023. Spectrum Culture. Retrieved 3 May 2023 Michael Begg Omnempathy. Retrieved 3 May 2023. Beherit Hessian Firm. Retrieved 3 May 2023 Soundohm. Retrieved 3 May 2023. Bell Witch MetalSucks. Retrieved 3 May 2023 The Sleeping Shaman. Retrieved 3 May 2023 Belong Pitchfork. Retrieved 3 May 2023 Pitchfork. Retrieved 3 May 2023 John Bergin Regen Magazine. Retrieved 3 May 2023 Last.fm. Retrieved 11 May 2023. Eraldo Bernocchi AllMusic. Retrieved 30 January 2023 Harry Bertoia KEF. Retrieved 22 April 2023 Maurizio Bianchi Last.fm. Retrieved 11 May 2023. Big City Orchestra Outsound New Music Summit. Retrieved 6 May 2023. Biosphere Spectrum Culture. Retrieved 6 May 2023 AllMusic. Retrieved 6 May 2023 AllMusic. Retrieved 6 May 2023 AllMusic. Retrieved 6 May 2023 Birchville Cat Motel Metal Storm. Retrieved 6 May 2023. Joseph Bishara Black Dice The Quietus. Retrieved 7 May 2023 Pitchfork. Retrieved 7 May 2023 The Black Dog Blackhouse Black Rain Last.fm. Retrieved 11 May 2023. The Moscow Times. Retrieved 9 May 2023 Pitchfork. Retrieved 9 May 2023 Black Tape for a Blue Girl The Big Takeover. Retrieved 9 May 2023 Blood Incantation AllMusic. Retrieved 16 November 2022 The Guardian. Retrieved 10 May 2023 Louder/Prog. Retrieved 10 May 2023 Bloodyminded Earsplit Compound. Retrieved 10 May 2023 Blut Aus Nord The Meyal Wanderlust. Retrieved 10 May 2023 CVLT Nation. Retrieved 10 May 2023 AllMusic. Retrieved 10 May 2023 Der Blutharsch Chain D.L.K.. Retrieved 10 May 2023 Peek-a-Boo Magazine. Retrieved 10 May 2023 The Body AllMusic. Retrieved 10 May 2023 The Body Lovers / The Body Haters Bohren & der Club of Gore Pitchfork. Retrieved 10 May 2023 Toilet ov Hell. Retrieved 10 May 2023 Regen Magazine. Retrieved 10 May 2023 Boris Disqus. Retrieved 10 May 2023 JoyZine. Retrieved 10 May 2023 IdiotEQ. Retrieved 10 May 2023 Brighter Death Now Last.fm. Retrieved 10 May 2023. Discipline Mag. Retrieved 10 May 2023 Eric Brosius Last.fm. Retrieved 10 May 2023. Burzum AllMusic. Retrieved 24 October 2022

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Cabaret Voltaire AllMusic. Retrieved 16 November 2022 Ethel Cain The Caretaker Kim Cascone Ben Chatwin AllMusic. Retrieved 16 November 2022 Cindytalk AllMusic. Retrieved 16 November 2022 Cisfinitum Cities Last Broadcast Coil AllMusic. Retrieved 22 October 2022 Continuum Controlled Bleeding AllMusic. Retrieved 24 October 2022 CTI Cultus Sabbati

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Deathprod AllMusic. Retrieved 24 October 2022 Decree Demdike Stare AllMusic. Retrieved 22 October 2022 Deutsch Nepal D2s1

E Einstürzende Neubauten PopMatters. Retrieved 1 May 2023 Endura HEXA: Lawrence English and Jamie Stewart AllMusic. Retrieved 22 April 2023 Brian Eno Esoteric

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Jeffrey Fayman Dominick Fernow Fever Ray Final Robert Fripp AllMusic. Retrieved 22 April 2023 AllMusic. Retrieved 22 April 2023 Peter Frohmader AllMusic. Retrieved 17 November 2022 Ben Frost

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Roopam Garg Guitar World, Retrieved 22 October 2022 Gnaw Their Tongues Godspeed You! Black Emperor Martin Grech Jeff Greinke AllMusic. Retrieved 22 October 2022

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Paul Haslinger AllMusic. Retrieved 17 February 2023 Jon Hassell The Haxan Cloak Retrieved 24 October 2022 Simon Heath Tim Hecker Hecq Peek-a-Boo Magazine. Retrieved 10 May 2023 AllMusic. Retrieved 10 May 2023 Headphone Commute. Retrieved 10 May 2023. Aubrey Hodges MusicBrainz. Retrieved 24 October 2022. Hwyl Nofio

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David Jackman AllMusic. Retrieved 25 October 2022 Jarboe AllMusic. Retrieved 3 May 2023 Jóhann Jóhannsson

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Edward Ka-Spel AllMusic. Retrieved 6 February 2010. Kammarheit The Knife AllMusic. Retrieved 17 November 2022 Thomas Köner The Quietus. Retrieved 24 October 2022 Kreng AllMusic. Retrieved 24 October 2022 David Kristian AllMusic. Retrieved 22 April 2023

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Lab ReportThompson, Dave (1994) The Industrial Revolution, LA CA, Cleopatra Pub, pg. 61, . Lifelover AllMusic. Retrieved 24 October 2022 Andrew Liles AllMusic. Retrieved 17 November 2022 Love Spirals Downwards Lull AllMusic. Retrieved 22 April 2023 AllMusic. Retrieved 24 October 2022 Lustmord The Guardian. Retrieved 22 April 2023 AllMusic. Retrieved 24 October 2022 Lycia AllMusic. Retrieved 17 November 2022 David Lynch AllMusic. Retrieved 17 November 2022

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Main AllMusic. Retrieved 24 October 2022 Daniel Menche Merzbow Mesektet Midnight Syndicate AllMusic. Retrieved 31 January 2024 Mortiis AllMusic. Retrieved 22 April 2023 Murcof AllMusic. Retrieved 16 November 2022 Mz.412

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Nadja Natural Snow Buildings Nebulon Old Europa Cafe. Retrieved 22 April 2023. Neptune Towers Fact. Retrieved 26 October 2022. Phill Niblock Second Inversion. Retrieved 26 October 2022. Nine Inch Nails AllMusic. Retrieved 16 November 2022 Nocturnal EmissionsNicolas Ballet, Forward, ELECTRONIC RESISTANCE, Amaya Publishing (Oakland, CA) hardcover, , pp. 5-7 Noisegate AllMusic. Retrieved 26 October 2022 NON AllMusic. Retrieved 16 November 2022 NordvargrMarking, Lasse (2006) "Sizzling Bacon", The Wire, Volumes 263–268 Not Your Average Hippy Last.fm. Retrieved 26 October 2022. Nox Arcana AllMusic. Retrieved 26 October 2022 Nurse with Wound AllMusic. Retrieved 26 October 2022

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Pauline Oliveros Oranssi Pazuzu O Yuki Conjugate AllMusic. Retrieved 25 October 2022

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Painkiller AllMusic. Retrieved 27 October 2022 Charlemagne Palestine Pan American AllMusic. Retrieved 22 April 2023 Pantha du Prince AllMusic. Retrieved 27 October 2022 Sandro Perri AllMusic. Retrieved 27 October 2022 PGR AllMusic. Retrieved 22 April 2023 James Plotkin AllMusic. Retrieved 27 October 2022 Popol Vuh AllMusic. Retrieved 16 November 2022 Portal Noisey. Retrieved 27 October 2022. Psychick Warriors ov Gaia AllMusic. Retrieved 16 November 2022 Fatima Al Qadiri AllMusic. Retrieved 16 November 2022

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Raison d'être AllMusic. Retrieved 22 April 2023. Rapoon AllMusic. Retrieved 26 October 2022 The Residents Graeme Revell AllMusic. Retrieved 16 November 2022 Trent Reznor AllMusic. Retrieved 26 October 2022 Robert Rich AllMusic. Retrieved 26 October 2022 Bill Rieflin AllMusic. Retrieved 30 January 2023 Steve Roach AllMusic. Retrieved 26 October 2022 Rome AllMusic. Retrieved 30 January 2023 Sam Rosenthal AllMusic. Retrieved 16 November 2022 Atticus Ross AllMusic. Retrieved 26 October 2022 Ruptured World Brutal Resonance. Retrieved 26 October 2022

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Ryuichi Sakamoto Karl Sanders Matthew Schultz Scorn AllMusic. Retrieved 22 April 2023 Seirom Steven Severin Cold Spring. Retrieved 22 April 2023. Shackleton Soap&Skin The Quietus. Retrieved 27 October 2022 Spektr AllMusic. Retrieved 17 November 2022 SPK Alan Splet Stars of the LidSouthern Records. Stars Of The Lid biography Storm Corrosion Andy Stott Stratvm Terror Sunn O))) AllMusic. Retrieved 27 October 2022 Swans

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Teho Teardo Techno Animal AllMusic. Retrieved 17 November 2022 Toroidh TrepaneringsritualenKelly Kim, Trepaneringsritualen Perfection & Permanence, Pitchfork, 21 July 2014. Triangular Ascension Trust Obey AllMusic. Retrieved 17 November 2022

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Darrin Verhagen Vision Eternel VNV Nation AllMusic. Retrieved 30 January 2023

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Wardruna Steven Wilson Adam Wingard Soundtracks, Scores and More!. Retrieved 3 May 2023 Wrekmeister Harmonies AllMusic. Retrieved 17 February 2023 Noise Floor. Retrieved 3 May 2023 Wumpscut AllMusic. Retrieved 17 November 2022

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Luca Yupanqui AllMusic. Retrieved 17 November 2022 Akira Yamaoka

See also List of ambient music artists List of drone artists List of experimental musicians List of industrial music bands List of noise musicians

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