Style: Dungeon synth, dark dungeon music
Primary Emotions/Themes: Epic retelling of lost tales and forgotten lands
Thoughts: I don't know if there has ever been a point in recorded history where it is a better time to be a fan of dungeon synth. Within the last few years we have gotten nearly every. single. important release repressed onto vinyl. Mortiis' back catalogue is now fully available (except Stargate... still waiting on that one). Some of Jim Kirkwood's early material is available on wax. Maybe most of all though, Depressive Silence entire catalogue is on vinyl.
I'll be the first to admit that I'm late coming to the Depressive Silence discography. That however does not mean that I appreciate it any less than the other classics in the field. In many ways I feel like going through these albums more recently has given me a renewed interest and love of the 90's dungeon synth artists.
The second entry into their discography explores a bit more diverse sound than the first entry did. Instead of three longer songs that explore different melodies in short bursts, the band here makes an effort for a more cohesive listening experience within the individual songs themselves.
While I was a solidly more melodic effort, there are points on II where the duo decides to explore a bit more ambient approach on a couple of the songs. Black Visions especially brings in field recordings and beautiful melodies throughout the first half to create an extremely atmospheric experience. The second half of the song devolves into random melodic noodling much like I does, but that first half is one of the clear highlights of the album.
Depressive Silence is a wonderful project to be exploring some thirty years after it was first released. These two artists created something that was excessively rare back then, and today is seen as some of the most influential music for the entire genre.
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