Dark ambient

Dark ambient
Dark ambient
Other names	Ambient industrial
Stylistic origins	Post-industrial; ambient; drone; noise;
Cultural origins	Mid-1980s, Europe
Derivative forms	Dungeon synth; neofolk;
Subgenres
	Black ambient; isolationist ambient; ritual ambient; tribal ambient;
Fusion genres
	Ambient black metal; martial industrial; funeral doom;
Other topics
	Death industrial; dungeon synth; illbient; neurofunk; list of dark ambient artists; list of electronic music genres;

Dark ambient (originally known as ambient industrial) is a subgenre of post-industrial music, that originally emerged in the mid-1980s. It draws primary influence from ambient music and is characterized by ominous, dark drones, discordant overtones and a gloomy, monumental or catacomb-inspired atmosphere. Although mostly an electronic genre, artists frequently sample traditional instruments and make use of semi-acoustic recording procedures.