Atmospheric Music mainly focuses on the mood, atmosphere the song will give off as it plays so, as a result, it's mostly instrumentation but it can include vocals. This will be a list of atmospheric music but it will be mostly of Atmospheric Black Metal which is a subgenre of Black Metal. Songs from that sub-genre tend to be over 5 minutes long with black metal elements such as the instrumentation but focusing mainly on the atmosphere that it gives off.
1) Windbruch- No Stars (2013)
Windbruch is an atmospheric/depressive black metal from Russia. This song starts off with a nice piano key for the first 20 seconds before the guitar, bass, and drums come in. Then the piano starts repeating for the rest of the song and synths are used about 2 minutes into the song. These combinations and timing for different use give off a nice atmospheric mood for the listener. This can be used to listen to at night or during a quiet time.
2) Lustre- Echoes of Transcendence
This is a nice peaceful song that gives off space vibes. Notable that the guitar, bass, and drums are used more as a background as synthesizers are more prominent.
3) Violet Cold- Everything You Can Imagine Is Real (2016)
Violet Cold is a one-man atmospheric black metal band from Azerbaijan. The song and album itself give off an atmosphere of space, stars and the mystery about it. An interesting thing to note is that It's an instrumental album only.
4) Violet Cold- Last Day On The Earth (2016)
Another song from Violet Cold and from the 2016 album titled "Magic Night". This song is my favorite from the album and it's fitting to me that this song is the last on the album. I highly recommend listening to this album as it's really good.
5) Burzum- Dunkelheit (1996)
Dunkelheit is one of the songs from Burzum fourth studio album "Filosofem". Right off the bat, the song sounds low quality with a low fi sound. This is done intentionally by Varg, who is the man behind Burzum. The song has the ambient sound and vocals were done by using a headset at the studio, during the recording of the album.
6) Eldamar- Spirit Of The North
At the start of the song the song picks your interest and then you hear the black metal vocals shrieking and then it's gone. The chorus is heard with the drums, guitar, vocals adding a harmony to the chorus making it sound good. The chorus with the occasional black metal vocals make's a nice blend of the song.
Those were some of my favorite atmospheric black metal songs that I enjoy. Hopefully, you enjoyed some or at least tolerated one. Some of these songs can be used for those quiet nights or for a walk in the woods or forest.
