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dark techno

Last updated: Wed Oct 22 2025 04:11:05 GMT+0300 (Eastern European Summer Time)

Description

Dark techno is an intense, atmospheric strain of electronic music characterized by industrial textures, distorted rhythms, and haunting synthesizers that create a sense of unease and raw power. Emerging from underground club scenes, it blends the driving force of techno with gothic and post-industrial aesthetics, often incorporating cold wave influences and dystopian themes. The sound emphasizes shadowy ambience and relentless energy, designed for immersive late-night experiences where darkness becomes both mood and movement.

100 chronological releases

Place	Cover	Date	Artist	Album	Tags	Other places
47		1933-10	coslow	Synthese	dark techno industrial techno minimal techno
56		1987	Various Artists	Morthor Spede	dark electro dark electronic dark industrial dark techno darkpsy goa hardcore horrorcore industrial power noise psycore psytrance techno trance	darkpsy # 30 power noise # 35 dark industrial # 69 dark electronic # 84 psycore # 98
7		1993	Lagowski	Wire Science	dark techno ebm electronic industrial
26		1995	Lagowski	Prismatic	dark techno ebm electronic
33		1998-08-07	Pacou	No Computer Involved	dark techno techno
37		2003	Swarm	Savior - Single	dark techno dubstep electronic
83		2004-06	British Murder Boys	Fist / Splinter	dark techno dub techno techno	dub techno # 35
69		2004-11-22	Glis	Disappear!	aggrotech dark electro dark techno electronic trance
12		2006	Lagowski	Temporary Distractions	dark techno ebm electronic
13		2006-05-08	Dada Life	Switch 17	acid techno dark techno hard techno industrial techno
42		2008-09-23	Swarm	The Nothing - Single	dark techno dubstep edm electronic industrial techno opera orchestral
20		2008-11-17	Bran Lanen	Nocturnal Disturbance EP (ANTIRITMO 033)	dark techno techno
68		2008-11	Speedy J	Red Shift	dark techno minimal techno
28		2009-12-07	Shyft	Pots and Pans EP	dance dark techno edm electronic electronica house idm tech house techno
74		2010	Trade	SHEWORKS005	dark techno industrial techno
29		2010-03-01	Taxim	Metarail	dark techno
27		2010-06-23	Sturqen	Peste	dark techno electronic electronica industrial noise portugal techno
21		2011-05-17	Sturqen	Colera	dark techno electronic glitch industrial noise portugal techno
46		2012-02	Giorgio Gigli & Obtane	A Sad Wandering Dreamer Trapped In Contemporary Memory Architectures	dark ambient dark techno
41		2012-06-25	Ø [Phase]	Binary Opposition Reprocessed	dark techno detroit techno minimal techno
17		2012-07-05	Matter	Solid State	dark techno electronic italian italy power noise techno
16		2012-08-07	Kaeba	Synthetic Ice Cream [For Droids]	dark techno electronic italian italy techno
9		2012-08-30	Plattform	Mountains	dark techno electro electronic electronica techno
22		2012-09-17	Hefty	Self Harm EP	dark techno minimal techno techno
52		2013	PLVS VLTRA	LOVE WILL TEAR US APART	dark techno hard techno industrial techno	hard techno # 15
66		2013-01-18	Valium Era	Mutation Reloaded	dark techno ebm electronic electronica industrial noise rhythmic noise	rhythmic noise # 14
75		2013-05	Vatican Shadow	It Stands To Conceal (Special Edition)	dark techno electronic industrial techno	industrial techno # 1
31		2013-07-23	Sturqen	Neophobia	dark techno electronic industrial noise portugal power noise techno
100		2013-10-24	Minuit Machine	Basic Needs	coldwave dark techno darkwave ebm industrial techno minimal synth minimal wave synthpop	darkwave # 29 ebm # 67 coldwave # 78 minimal synth # 87 minimal wave # 92 industrial techno # 98
54		2014	Violet Poison	Sovrastrutture	ambient dark techno industrial techno
73		2014-04-07	Lucyd	Trip	dark techno techno trip	trip # 96
58		2014-04-11	Rawar	Psychedelic Inferno	dark electro dark electronic dark industrial dark techno darkpsy goa hardcore horrorcore industrial power noise psycore psytrance techno trance	darkpsy # 28 power noise # 37 dark industrial # 70 dark electronic # 85 psycore # 99
57		2014-05-02	Fraunhofer Diffraction	Coldness	dark techno electronic minimal techno techno
89		2014-08-20	Reka	Todo Avaricia	dark electro dark techno darkwave ebm electro-industrial industrial techno new beat techno-industrial	industrial techno # 55 techno-industrial # 90 new beat # 90 dark electro # 99
96		2014-10-27	Paula Temple	Deathvox	ambient techno dark techno electronic industrial techno rhythmic noise techno	ambient techno # 75 industrial techno # 82 rhythmic noise # 96
88		2015-09-18	Regis	Manbait	dark techno electronic industrial techno	industrial techno # 53
39		2016-02-01	Moaan Exis	POSTMODERN THERAPY	aggrotech cyberpunk dark ambient dark techno ebm electro-industrial harsh ebm industrial hardcore industrial techno power noise rhythmic noise ritual ambient techno-industrial tribal ambient tribal industrial	tribal ambient # 18 techno-industrial # 27 tribal industrial # 33 industrial hardcore # 56
45		2017-02-10	Motormännen	Riksbanken	dark techno deep house electronic techno
76		2017-05-15	Ramiro Lopez	Pretending	dark techno techno
92		2017-05-27	Montezuma	Bám	dark techno
90		2017-09-22	IAMX	Unfall	ambient electronic ambient techno coldwave dark techno electro-industrial electronica experimental electronic experimental techno glitch idm industrial techno	coldwave # 11 ambient techno # 45 industrial techno # 61 experimental electronic # 88 ambient electronic # 88 experimental techno # 94
62		2017-11-27	Zanias	To The Core Remixes	dark techno darkwave ebm industrial techno power noise rhythmic noise	power noise # 44
80		2017-12-21	Lucille Croft	Psycho	dark techno edm idm industrial
99		2018	Zanias	To The Core	coldwave dark techno darkwave ebm ethereal wave industrial techno minimal synth minimal wave synthpop	darkwave # 21 ebm # 64 coldwave # 76 minimal synth # 86 ethereal wave # 87 minimal wave # 91 industrial techno # 97
63		2018-01-04	Atlast	A Christmas Song	dark techno dubstep electronic opera
19		2018-06-05	Maureille	66Sex	dark techno industrial techno minimal techno nederlands techno
36		2018-07-01	Swart	Bangare Raba EP	acid techno breakbeat dark techno detroit techno hard techno industrial techno trance
64		2018-07-06	Imperial Black Unit	State of Pressure	dark electro dark techno ebm electro-industrial industrial techno techno-industrial	techno-industrial # 71
2		2018-10-15	ArchivOne	Order	dark techno industrial techno minimal techno
82		2018-12-03	Zanias	Into the All	ambient coldwave dark ambient dark techno darkwave ebm electronic ethereal wave industrial techno minimal synth minimal wave new age ritual ambient synthpop tribal ambient	minimal synth # 18 ethereal wave # 20 industrial techno # 31 minimal wave # 41 ritual ambient # 66 tribal ambient # 84
78		2019-03-15	Sarin	Will to Destroy	dark electro dark techno ebm electro-industrial industrial techno new beat techno-industrial	industrial techno # 12 new beat # 80 techno-industrial # 83
8		2019-04-18	Kaylah	CXXIV	dark techno industrial techno minimal techno
53		2019-05-29	Imperial Black Unit	Murder Under Establishment	dark electro dark techno ebm electro-industrial industrial techno new beat power noise rhythmic noise techno-industrial	power noise # 14 techno-industrial # 48 new beat # 53
50		2019-06-11	Rommwick	Vor Dem Roten Tore	dark techno industrial techno minimal techno
84		2019-11-04	Years Of Denial	Suicide Disco	acid techno coldwave dark techno darkwave ebm electro-industrial industrial techno minimal synth minimal wave new beat techno-industrial	minimal synth # 21 industrial techno # 39 minimal wave # 42 acid techno # 49 techno-industrial # 85 new beat # 85
65		2019-11-08	Moris Blak	The Irregularity of Being	cyberpunk dark electro dark techno darksynth darkwave ebm electro-industrial industrial techno techno-industrial witch house	darksynth # 16 techno-industrial # 72
51		2019-11-30	Lapse of Reason	Sorrows	dark electro dark techno darkwave ebm electro-industrial industrial techno new beat techno-industrial	techno-industrial # 41 new beat # 49
60		2020-02-01	Lucyd	Delusions	dark techno techno
81		2020-04-10	ADULT.	Perception is/as/of Deception	dark techno darkwave ebm electroclash electropunk industrial techno minimal synth minimal wave synthpop	minimal synth # 17 industrial techno # 30 minimal wave # 40 electropunk # 50
77		2020-05	Pablo Bozzi	Walk On Wire	dark techno ebm industrial techno italo disco new beat synthwave techno	industrial techno # 10 new beat # 79 italo disco # 89
98		2020-10-16	Minuit Machine	Don't Run From The Fire	coldwave dark techno darkwave ebm electro-industrial industrial techno minimal synth minimal wave synthpop techno-industrial	ebm # 13 coldwave # 63 electro-industrial # 65 minimal synth # 80 minimal wave # 83 industrial techno # 91 techno-industrial # 99
38		2020-11-15	Moaan Exis	Necessary Violences	aggrotech cyberpunk dark techno digital hardcore ebm electro-industrial harsh ebm industrial hardcore industrial metal industrial techno power noise rhythmic noise techno-industrial tribal industrial	techno-industrial # 25 tribal industrial # 30 industrial hardcore # 54
71		2020-11-26	Soft Crash	Spritzkrieg	dark techno ebm industrial techno italo disco new beat synthwave	new beat # 75
93		2020-12-04	Sierra	All About Love	cyberpunk dark techno darksynth darkwave ebm industrial techno synthwave	industrial techno # 66 cyberpunk # 68 darksynth # 69
55		2021	DICA	Smash the System	dark techno industrial techno minimal techno
49		2021-01-01	Vendex	Imperator	dark techno industrial techno minimal techno
30		2021-01-15	The Marquis	The Suburbs Dream Of Bloodshed	coldwave dark techno darkwave death industrial ebm electro-industrial industrial metal industrial rock industrial techno post-punk techno-industrial	techno-industrial # 12
59		2021-01-21	Mala Herba	Demonologia	avant-folk coldwave dark techno darkwave ebm industrial techno italo disco minimal synth minimal wave synthpop
87		2021-01-22	Balvanera	Courses of Action	coldwave dark techno darkwave ebm industrial techno minimal synth minimal wave new beat synthpop	minimal synth # 29 minimal wave # 48 industrial techno # 49 new beat # 89
70		2021-01	ROÜGE	Ultimatum	cyberpunk dark techno darksynth ebm industrial techno synthwave	cyberpunk # 6 darksynth # 28
34		2021-03-09	Three Faces of Eve	Shed Some Skin	dark techno industrial techno minimal techno
48		2021-04-02	Mala Herba	Omnia Vanitas	coldwave dark techno darkwave ebm industrial techno minimal synth minimal wave synthpop
40		2021-04-06	jeånne	Dogmå	dark techno industrial techno minimal techno
18		2021-04-30	Pyramidal Decode	Sequential Movement EP	dark techno
23		2021-06-01	Towsky	Puer Aeternus	dark techno industrial techno minimal techno
35		2021-06	Catartsis	Mechanical Gesture	dark techno industrial techno minimal techno
97		2021-08-03	WNDRLST	Two Steps From Hell	dark techno hard techno hardcore industrial techno	industrial techno # 86 hard techno # 86
15		2021-08-24	Analect	No Respect	dark techno industrial techno minimal techno
95		2021-09-06	Zanias	Unearthed	art pop coldwave dark techno darkwave ebm ethereal wave gothic pop industrial techno post-punk synthpop	coldwave # 31 ethereal wave # 59 industrial techno # 73 gothic pop # 85
72		2021-09-17	Noise Unit	Deviator	dark electro dark techno ebm electro-industrial industrial rock industrial techno old school ebm	old school ebm # 85
44		2021-11-21	Mython	No Room for Doubt	dark techno hard techno industrial	hard techno # 4
43		2021-11-29	BFVR	Birds Mansion	dark techno industrial techno
25		2021-12-03	Falling Echoes	Invert Phase EP	dark techno
14		2022	David Asko	CONFLICT	dark techno industrial techno minimal techno
10		2022-02-04	re:akt	Motions	dark techno industrial techno minimal techno
24		2022-04-28	Pierre Berge-Cia	Body Works	dark techno industrial techno minimal techno
6		2022-07-01	Vågh	Insight EP	dark techno
61		2022-07-14	HXIST	Between Gods and Them	dark techno ebm industrial techno minimal techno
86		2022-11-04	Minuit Machine	24	coldwave dark techno darkwave ebm electro-industrial futurepop industrial techno synthpop techno-industrial	industrial techno # 46 techno-industrial # 87
85		2022-11-25	Buzz Kull	Fascination	coldwave dark electro dark techno darkwave ebm electro-industrial industrial techno minimal synth minimal wave new beat synthpop techno-industrial	minimal synth # 24 industrial techno # 43 minimal wave # 44 techno-industrial # 86 new beat # 87
5		2023	Various Artists	Grassroots: United Over Ukraine	dark ambient dark techno deep techno electronica
79		2023-02-07	WNDRLST	End of an Era	dark techno hard techno hardcore industrial techno	industrial techno # 20 hard techno # 60
91		2023-03-03	Ultra Sunn	Kill Your Idols	coldwave dark techno darkwave ebm electronic industrial techno new beat synthpop	coldwave # 15 industrial techno # 63 new beat # 93
67		2023-03-22	Years Of Denial	Suicide Disco Vol. 2	coldwave dark techno darkwave ebm electro-industrial industrial techno new beat post-punk techno-industrial	new beat # 72 techno-industrial # 75
94		2023-09-15	Sierra	A Story of Anger	dark techno hard techno	hard techno # 74
1			DJ DisGoTech	BEYOND 4D	dark techno electro electronic electronica idm techno
3			EONITY	Walk The Line	dark electro dark techno electro industrial
4			Sarin & Imperial Black Unit	Will to Destroy	dark electro dark techno ebm electro-industrial industrial techno new beat techno-industrial
11			Hegstraction	Eine Kleine Nachtmusik	dance dark techno electronic industrial techno minimal techno techno
32			Atomic (DJ Sures)	Emotronic is Electro	dark techno electro techno

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