iconDARK - Unknown Compelling Force
Genre: Dark Ambient / Drone
Buy/Stream/Share: https://song.link/us/i/1436623920
About the Song:
A dark ambient/drone piece inspired by the Dyotlov Pass incident.
Song is available on Bandcamp: https://icondark.bandcamp.com/track/unknown-compelling-force
About the Video:
Video made with FL-Studio ZGameEditor Visualizer plugin
Effect author credits:
"SplinePeaks", author: David Hoskins
Adapted from https://www.shadertoy.com/view/MsXGDj
"Reactive Sphere", author: glk7 (shadertoy.com/user/glk7)
"BugTails", author: Jph Wacheski
http://jph_wacheski.itch.io/
"Polar", author: K+OBV10U3_NINJA
Connect with iconDARK
Twitter: https://twitter.com/iamicondark
Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/icondark
Web: Http://www.icondark.com
Bandcamp: https://icondark.bandcamp.com/
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iconDARK - What's The Frequency
Genre: Electronic
About the Song:
This is a remix of my previous track, "The Fear Frequency". That one was dark ambient; this one is definitely not. ...but you can still hear quite a bit of Fear Frequency in there.
Stream/Buy/Share: https://song.link/us/i/1468785407
About the Video:
Video made with FL-Studio ZGameEditor Visualizer plugin
Effect author credits:
"Polar", author: K+OBV10U3_NINJA
"WaveSimple", author: Jph Wacheski
http://jph_wacheski.itch.io/
"ScanLines", author: StevenM
"TextTrueType", author: Ville
Connect with iconDARK
Twitter: https://twitter.com/iamicondark
Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/icondark
Web: Http://www.icondark.com
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iconDARK - The Horror of our Ways (Minimal Mix)
Genre: Dark Ambient
About the Song:
The Horror of Our Ways turned out out to be a pretty popular dark ambient track. The more I listened to it, however, the more I wondered what it would sound like stripped of all the effects and automation.
So I re-visited the original track and stripped away all the samples and most of the effects, including the reverse-track effect that created the original`s signature sound, leaving only a piano, mandolin, guitar, reverb, and reverb. (Yes, reverb is listed twice because there are two of them.) This necessitated some re-mixing and re-mastering, so the levels aren't exactly the same as the original.
I wasn't really surprised by the result. It was as I suspected: stripped down to an almost-unplugged level, the song still packs the same (if not more) emotional impact. It's still depressing as hell, but it does get a bit repetitive without the heavily manipulated samples between the guitar sections. Those samples were put there for a reason. Without them, this "minimal" version could do with a trim, but I chose to keep the length the same as the original for comparison purposes.
Find the original version here: https://youtu.be/jEdecS_XHDM
So which one do you like better?
About the Video:
I'll be honest. I literally just threw this visualization together in a few minutes by tweaking some things from the original version. However, I love what the kaleidoscope effect does to the waveforms. I'll probably play around some more with that in future videos.
Connect with iconDARK
Twitter: https://twitter.com/iamicondark
Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/icondark
Web: Http://www.icondark.com
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iconDARK - And Never Will Be Again
Genre: Electronic
About the Song:
A remix of my dark ambient track, "As If We Never Were." Same chords and instruments, but now with a funky beat and an even funkier guitar groove. The desolate feel of the original is still present, but it is relegated to the background.
About the Video:
Video made with FL-Studio ZGameEditor Visualizer plugin
Effect author credits:
"Linear", author: StevenM,OBV10U3_NINJA,Youlean
"BugTails", author: Jph Wacheski
http://jph_wacheski.itch.io/
"Flaring", author: nimitz
Twitter: @stormoid
Adapted from: https://www.shadertoy.com/view/lsSGzy
"SplinePeaks", author: David Hoskins
Adapted from https://www.shadertoy.com/view/MsXGDj
"TextTrueType", author: Ville
Connect with iconDARK
Twitter: https://twitter.com/iamicondark
Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/icondark
Web: Http://www.icondark.com
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iconDARK - Holy Water and Gasoline
Genre: Dark Electronic
Buy/Stream/Share: https://song.link/i/1447824561
Licensing: http://www.songtradr.com/songs/icondark/holy-water-and-gasoline
About the Song:
It`s the only way to be sure!
More fun and games with the "evil" Locrian scale.
This one started off as a dark ambient track, but somewhere in the process this song took control and decided it wanted to be something harder. I guess you`d call this "dark-surreal-electro-rock"?
Buy: https://icondark.bandcamp.com/track/holy-water-and-gasoline
About the Video:
Video made with FL-Studio ZGameEditor Visualizer plugin
Effect author credits:
"WormHoleEclipse", author: Jph Wacheski
http://jph_wacheski.itch.io/
"Polar", author: K+OBV10U3_NINJA
"Reactive Sphere", author: glk7 (shadertoy.com/user/glk7)
Connect with iconDARK
Twitter: https://twitter.com/iamicondark
Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/icondark
Web: Http://www.icondark.com
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iconDARK - Encounter: The Third Kind
Genre: Electronic/Breakbeat(?)
Buy/Stream/Share: https://song.link/us/i/1443213980
About the Song:
Third in the "Encounter" series.
Close Encounters of the Third Kind: An encounter in which a moving entity is present... alien, robotic, human, or 'other'...
This song was intended to be more "dark electronic" than "Breakbeat"... but then I started playing around with power chords and things just went where they went. What a guitar riff has to do with the drum pattern, I have no idea.
I hope you like it.
About the Video:
Video made with FL-Studio ZGameEditor Visualizer plugin
Effect author credits:
"Stripe Peeks", author: Youlean
"Blooming", author: Jph Wacheski
http://jph_wacheski.itch.io/
"Linear", author: StevenM,OBV10U3_NINJA,Youlean
"ScanLines", author: StevenM
Connect with iconDARK
Twitter: https://twitter.com/iamicondark
Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/icondark
Web: Http://www.icondark.com
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iconDARK - Shadow on the Path
Genre: Electronic
About the Song:
More horror movie theme music! Nothing says "evil" like church bells, music boxes, and people singing backwards.
Why things got kind of "groovy" in the second half, I don`t know. It just sort of happened. Maybe a metaphor about embracing the darkness?
In hindsight, this one has a lot of similarity to my Halloween 2018 track, "The Shadow Over Pontefract"... not that that`s a bad thing.
Connect with iconDARK
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Web: Http://www.icondark.com
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iconDARK - The Shadow Over Pontefract
Genre: Dark Ambient / Soundtrack / Cinematic
Buy/Stream/Share: https://song.link/us/i/1440194266
Licensing: https://www.songtradr.com/user/song/icondark/the-shadow-over-pontefract
About the Song:
Inspired by the Black Monk of Pontefract, supposedly one of the most well-known poltergeists in the UK. I created this for Halloween 2018, and it has turned out to be pretty popular. It's more cinematic than my normal style, but you can definitely catch bits of my by-now signature surreal reverb and distortion; particularly the bell that gets just the tiniest bit more distorted every time it tolls. I hope you enjoy it!
About the Video:
Video made with FL-Studio ZGameEditor Visualizer plugin
Effect author credits:
"Electric", author: nimitz
Twitter: @stormoid
Adapted from https://www.shadertoy.com/view/ldlXRS
"Polar", author: K+OBV10U3_NINJA
"ReflectedPeeks", author: Jph Wacheski
http://jph_wacheski.itch.io/
Connect with iconDARK
Twitter: https://twitter.com/iamicondark
Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/icondark
Web: Http://www.icondark.com
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iconDARK - The One That You Feed
Genre: Drone / Dark Ambient
About the Song:
Another drone-based dark ambient track. This one is intended to be more "organic" and evocative of beasts or creatures. As usual, there is plenty of FX and manipulation of reverb and samples. ...and a poem...
About the Video:
Video made with FL-Studio ZGameEditor Visualizer plugin
Effect author credits:
"Linear", author: StevenM,OBV10U3_NINJA,Youlean
"TextTrueType", author: Ville
Connect with iconDARK
Twitter: https://twitter.com/iamicondark
Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/icondark
Web: Http://www.icondark.com
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