Dark ambient musicians
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Dutch-born audiovisual artist
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Abruptum

Abruptum

Swedish band
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Ad Inferna

Ad Inferna

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Ager Sonus

Ager Sonus

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Akira Yamaoka

Akira Yamaoka

Japanese composer
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Alistair Rennie

Alistair Rennie

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Amber Asylum

Amber Asylum

musical artist
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Antimatter

Antimatter

British dark rock band
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Aphex Twin

Aphex Twin

British electronic musician
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Apócrýphos

Apócrýphos

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Arcana

Arcana

band
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Atrium Carceri

Atrium Carceri

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Atticus Ross

Atticus Ross

English musician, composer and record producer
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Aube

Aube

Japanese noise musician
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Aubrey Hodges

Aubrey Hodges

Video game music composer
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Austere

Austere

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Autopsia

Autopsia

musical art project
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Bad Sector

Bad Sector

Italian musician and composer
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Bass Communion

Bass Communion

British band
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Beherit

Beherit

Finnish band
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Belong

Belong

American electronic music duo
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Ben Frost

Ben Frost

Australian composer
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Birchville Cat Motel

Birchville Cat Motel

experimental musician
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Black Dice

Black Dice

band
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Bohren & der Club of Gore

Bohren & der Club of Gore

band
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Brian Eno

Brian Eno

English musician, composer, record producer and visual artist
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Brighter Death Now

Brighter Death Now

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Buckethead

Buckethead

American musician and songwriter
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Bull of Heaven

Bull of Heaven

American band
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Burzum

Burzum

Norwegian black metal / ambient band
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Charlemagne Palestine

Charlemagne Palestine

American visual artist and musician
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Cities Last Broadcast

Cities Last Broadcast

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Coil

Coil

English post-industrial band
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Controlled Bleeding

Controlled Bleeding

American band
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Coph Nia

Coph Nia

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Council of Nine

Council of Nine

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Cryobiosis

Cryobiosis

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Current 93

Current 93

British band
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Daniel Menche

Daniel Menche

American musician
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Dargaard

Dargaard

Ausrian dark ambient/neoclassical band
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Dark Sanctuary

Dark Sanctuary

French band
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Darkspace

Darkspace

band
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David Jackman

David Jackman

British musician
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Dead Can Dance

Dead Can Dance

Australian-British musical project by Lisa Gerrard and Brendan Perry
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Dead Melodies

Dead Melodies

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Delerium

Delerium

Canadian band
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Demdike Stare

Demdike Stare

dark ambient and electronic music duo formed by DJ Sean Canty and producer Miles Whittaker
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Desiderii Marginis

Desiderii Marginis

Swedish dark ambient project
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Deutsch Nepal

Deutsch Nepal

Swedish musician
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Devin Townsend

Devin Townsend

Canadian singer and guitarist
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Die Verbannten Kinder Evas

Die Verbannten Kinder Evas

Austrian band
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DreamSTATE

DreamSTATE

Canadian band
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Dronny Darko

Dronny Darko

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Endura

Endura

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Eric Brosius

Eric Brosius

musician and video game developer
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Faith Coloccia

Faith Coloccia

musician and artist
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Federico Ágreda

Federico Ágreda

Venezuelan composer and music producer
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Final

Final

band
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Florian-Ayala Fauna

Florian-Ayala Fauna

musical artist
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Flowers For Bodysnatchers

Flowers For Bodysnatchers

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Gjøran Sæther

Gjøran Sæther

artist and painter
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Godspeed You! Black Emperor

Godspeed You! Black Emperor

Canadian experimental/post-rock musical group
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Halo Manash

Halo Manash

dark ambient musical group
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Have a Nice Life

Have a Nice Life

American experimental rock band
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Heimkveld Kunst

Heimkveld Kunst

ambient music group
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Helge Sten

Helge Sten

Norwegian musician
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Herbst9

Herbst9

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Hieronymus Bosch

Hieronymus Bosch

New Zealand's longest running dark industrial act formed around 1985-86
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Hilyard

Hilyard

band
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Hwyl Nofio

Hwyl Nofio

Experimental music group
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Ice Ages

Ice Ages

Austrian band
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Ildjarn

Ildjarn

Norwegian black metal / ambient band
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In Slaughter Natives

In Slaughter Natives

Swedish industrial musical group
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Janek Schaefer

Janek Schaefer

British composer
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Jason van Wyk

Jason van Wyk

South African record producer
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Jeff Greinke

Jeff Greinke

American musician
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Jóhann Jóhannsson

Jóhann Jóhannsson

Icelandic musician and composer
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KK Null

KK Null

Japanese musician
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KTL

KTL

musical duo
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Kammarheit

Kammarheit

Puneet Kumar Dwivedy
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Kanon Wakeshima

Kanon Wakeshima

Japanese musician
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Karin Dreijer

Karin Dreijer

Swedish musician
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Karl Sanders

Karl Sanders

American singer and guitarist
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Kelly Bailey

Kelly Bailey

composer, musician, game designer, conceptual artist, and programmer
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Kim Cascone

Kim Cascone

American composer
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Knurl

Knurl

Canadian noise musician
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Kurt Harland

Kurt Harland

American musician
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Lab Report

Lab Report

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Lawrence English

Lawrence English

Australian composer
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Leila Abdul-Rauf

Leila Abdul-Rauf

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Leviathan

Leviathan

American band
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Lifelover

Lifelover

band that plays punk rock
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Lorn

Lorn

American electronic musician
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Loscil

Loscil

Canadian musician
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Lustmord

Lustmord

British musician
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MOZ

MOZ

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Maeror Tri

Maeror Tri

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Main

Main

British ambient band
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Mark Morgan

Mark Morgan

American musician and score composer for video games, television and films (born 1961)
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Martin Grech

Martin Grech

British singer-songwriter
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Maurizio Bianchi

Maurizio Bianchi

Italian musician
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Merzbow

Merzbow

Japanese noise project
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Metatron Omega

Metatron Omega

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Mick Harris

Mick Harris

British musician
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Midnight Syndicate

Midnight Syndicate

Gothic Horror Halloween music composers
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Mortiis

Mortiis

Norwegian musician
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Muslimgauze

Muslimgauze

British electronic musician
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Nadja

Nadja

band
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Nattramn

Nattramn

Swedish metal singer
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Neptune Towers

Neptune Towers

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Nine Inch Nails

Nine Inch Nails

American industrial rock band
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Noisegate

Noisegate

American experimental band
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Nortt

Nortt

band
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Not Your Average Hippy

Not Your Average Hippy

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Nox Arcana

Nox Arcana

American musical duo
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Nurse With Wound

Nurse With Wound

British experimental band
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Ombient

Ombient

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Oneiroid Psychosis

Oneiroid Psychosis

118
Ordo Equitum Solis

Ordo Equitum Solis

alternative music band
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Oöphoi

Oöphoi

Italian musician
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Painkiller

Painkiller

band
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Paleowolf

Paleowolf

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Pantha du Prince

Pantha du Prince

German musician
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Paul Schütze

Paul Schütze

Australian musician
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Paysage D'Hiver

Paysage D'Hiver

band
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Pepijn Caudron

Pepijn Caudron

Belgian actor and experimental electronic musician and producer
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Peter Andersson

Peter Andersson

composer
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Phill Niblock

Phill Niblock

American composer
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Phonothek

Phonothek

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Pimentola

Pimentola

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Post Scriptvm

Post Scriptvm

musical artist
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Premature Ejaculation

Premature Ejaculation

musical artist
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PureH

PureH

musical artist
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Pär Boström

Pär Boström

Swedish composer and record producer
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Raison d'être

Raison d'être

Swedish dark ambient project
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Richard Lederer

Richard Lederer

Austrian musician
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Robert Rich

Robert Rich

American ambient musician and composer
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Robert Scott Thompson

Robert Scott Thompson

American composer
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Roopam Garg

Roopam Garg

American musician
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Rosetta

Rosetta

band
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SPK

SPK

Industrial music band
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Sabled Sun

Sabled Sun

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Sandro Perri

Sandro Perri

Canadian musician
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Sara Ayers

Sara Ayers

musician
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Scorn

Scorn

band that plays dub
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Scott Gibbons

Scott Gibbons

American musician
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Sigurd Wongraven

Sigurd Wongraven

Norwegian musician
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SleepResearch_Facility

SleepResearch_Facility

Scottish dark ambient musician
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Soap&Skin

Soap&Skin

Austrian experimental musician and actress
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Solar Fields

Solar Fields

Swedish musician
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Sophia

Sophia

British indie rock band
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Soufferance

Soufferance

Canadian dark ambient band
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SpaceGhostPurrp

SpaceGhostPurrp

American record producer and rapper
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Sphäre Sechs

Sphäre Sechs

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Stars of the Lid

Stars of the Lid

band
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Steve Roach

Steve Roach

American composer and performer of ambient and electronic music
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Steven Wilson

Steven Wilson

English musician and songwriter
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Storm Corrosion

Storm Corrosion

band
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Striborg

Striborg

Australian band
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Sunn O)))

Sunn O)))

American experimental metal band
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TISM

TISM

rock band from Australia
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Tangerine Dream

Tangerine Dream

German electronic music band founded in 1967 by Edgar Froese
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Taphephobia

Taphephobia

163
Tenhi

Tenhi

Finnish band
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Tetsu Inoue

Tetsu Inoue

Japanese musician
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The Gerogerigegege

The Gerogerigegege

Japanese band
166
The Hafler Trio

The Hafler Trio

British conceptual, sound & performance art group
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The Haxan Cloak

The Haxan Cloak

British musician
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The Moon Lay Hidden Beneath a Cloud

The Moon Lay Hidden Beneath a Cloud

band
169
The Resonance Association

The Resonance Association

170
Theta

Theta

musician
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Thomas Köner

Thomas Köner

German artist
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Tim Hecker

Tim Hecker

Canadian musician
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Trent Reznor

Trent Reznor

American musician, singer, songwriter, record producer and composer
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Troum

Troum

175
Ulver

Ulver

Norwegian band
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Varg Vikernes

Varg Vikernes

Norwegian musician, writer and convicted murderer
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Velvet Cacoon

Velvet Cacoon

American black metal band
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Vidna Obmana

Vidna Obmana

Belgian composer and ambient musician
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Vladimír Hirsch

Vladimír Hirsch

Czech electronic and industrial musician, composer, and physician
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Wardruna

Wardruna

Norwegian folk music group
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Wolves in the Throne Room

Wolves in the Throne Room

American atmospheric black metal band from Washington
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Xasthur

Xasthur

band
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Xerxes The Dark

Xerxes The Dark

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Za Frûmi

Za Frûmi

band
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Zoviet France

Zoviet France

band
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Éliane Radigue

Éliane Radigue

French musician and composer