Fief: VII Album Review — Dungeon Synth's Evolution Continues
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Louis Pattison
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A review of the dungeon synth album "Fief: VII" by Fief, discussing how the genre has evolved since its early 2010s origins in dark ambient music rooted in black metal's atmospheric intros. The review explores how a new generation of musicians has expanded and broadened the dungeon synth sound.
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· 3 pulledDungeon synth has undergone a startling metamorphosis since it emerged from the deepest catacombs of the internet sometime in the early 2010s.
The term was coined to refer to a sound that was, for all intents and purposes, already post-mortem: an obscure genus of dark ambient music with roots in the atmospheric synth intros and outros of vintage black metal.
The genre's rising profile inspired a new generation of musicians to pick up and carry the torch, and in their hands, dungeon synth has grown into something if not entirely new, then broader.
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