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Here is your second chance: https://discord.gg/ZAjcmR27
Thursday, July 24, 2025
Monday, July 21, 2025
Walking in the Doomed Forest of Hamburg ("found footage" Dark Techno horror movie)
"Found Footage" DIY horror movie about dark electronic music
This is not directly about gothic music, more about genres that are related to it...
but maybe the sound and themes of this movie do fit to this subreddit after all.
(if not, feel free to delete the post).
We did a "found footage" style horror movie with a Doomcore / Doomtechno / Dark Ambient type soundtrack.
The idea is to portray a surreal walk through a forest within the urban city limits of Hamburg, Germany.
This is a forest with quite the history, both negative and positive; dismembered corpses in body bags have been found here and other nasty things, but parties and raves have been held there as well, there is an adjacent LBGTQIA+ cruising area close to a lake, at daytime the forest is a romantic place to chill out at, and at night time it's great for stargazing.
So let's just say there are some strange and peculiar energies going around at this place.
Title of our movie: "Walking in the Doomed Forest of Hamburg"
The movie is split into two parts. The first part was intended to look as if recorded with a phone camera by someone who happens to stumble upon this forest and decides to explore it. The second part looks much more cinematic, less gritty and grainy, and now it feels more like an disembodied, ethereal tour through the very forest.
As the journey goes on, the view of the camera eye becomes more and more distorted and mutated, starts to metamorph and hallucinations seemingly start to enter our view.
Apparitions, portals, flames and fire seem to float by our aimless wanderer.
The horror is purely on a psychological level, though. We didn't want to include any actual monsters, zombies, walking corpses...
It's a trip for the mind, you see?
And it's not just about "horror"... it's more like a visual musing on the idea that the ways and pleasures of "heaven and hell" might be closer to you than you dare to imagine.
A very important part is played by the soundtrack. The rough electronic beats plus the dark and / or soothing ambience bleed into the visions of inferno, cosmos, and paradisiacal places.
In the end, this movie follows a seemingly stripped-down, almost "lofi" approach. There is no true narrative beyond the aimless wandering. There is no interaction, there are no other human beings, there is (almost) no apparent world outside the forest. The forest is an encapsulated labyrinth; ideas, concepts, thoughts, get introduced on a symbolic level.
To some viewers, it might feel more like a visually recorded meditation, than an actual "movie".
But this is intentional. The symbolism, the sparse or blatant visual and audio cues are meant to create a world inside the mind of the viewer, by the viewer, for the viewer.
The movie was done in the course of one year (including production and post-production), and shot "on location" in Hamburg... in a forest (of course).
And we think it's actually the first time someone ever did a "found footage" horror movie that is centered around dark electronic / techno music.
If this description sounds like something you'd enjoy, why not give it a try?
the movie: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1EOsPRnXbNc
more information: https://thehardcoreoverdogs.blogspot.com/2025/07/the-first-found-footage-dark-techno.html
This is not directly about gothic music, more about genres that are related to it...
but maybe the sound and themes of this movie do fit to this subreddit after all.
(if not, feel free to delete the post).
We did a "found footage" style horror movie with a Doomcore / Doomtechno / Dark Ambient type soundtrack.
The idea is to portray a surreal walk through a forest within the urban city limits of Hamburg, Germany.
This is a forest with quite the history, both negative and positive; dismembered corpses in body bags have been found here and other nasty things, but parties and raves have been held there as well, there is an adjacent LBGTQIA+ cruising area close to a lake, at daytime the forest is a romantic place to chill out at, and at night time it's great for stargazing.
So let's just say there are some strange and peculiar energies going around at this place.
Title of our movie: "Walking in the Doomed Forest of Hamburg"
The movie is split into two parts. The first part was intended to look as if recorded with a phone camera by someone who happens to stumble upon this forest and decides to explore it. The second part looks much more cinematic, less gritty and grainy, and now it feels more like an disembodied, ethereal tour through the very forest.
As the journey goes on, the view of the camera eye becomes more and more distorted and mutated, starts to metamorph and hallucinations seemingly start to enter our view.
Apparitions, portals, flames and fire seem to float by our aimless wanderer.
The horror is purely on a psychological level, though. We didn't want to include any actual monsters, zombies, walking corpses...
It's a trip for the mind, you see?
And it's not just about "horror"... it's more like a visual musing on the idea that the ways and pleasures of "heaven and hell" might be closer to you than you dare to imagine.
A very important part is played by the soundtrack. The rough electronic beats plus the dark and / or soothing ambience bleed into the visions of inferno, cosmos, and paradisiacal places.
In the end, this movie follows a seemingly stripped-down, almost "lofi" approach. There is no true narrative beyond the aimless wandering. There is no interaction, there are no other human beings, there is (almost) no apparent world outside the forest. The forest is an encapsulated labyrinth; ideas, concepts, thoughts, get introduced on a symbolic level.
To some viewers, it might feel more like a visually recorded meditation, than an actual "movie".
But this is intentional. The symbolism, the sparse or blatant visual and audio cues are meant to create a world inside the mind of the viewer, by the viewer, for the viewer.
The movie was done in the course of one year (including production and post-production), and shot "on location" in Hamburg... in a forest (of course).
And we think it's actually the first time someone ever did a "found footage" horror movie that is centered around dark electronic / techno music.
If this description sounds like something you'd enjoy, why not give it a try?
the movie: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1EOsPRnXbNc
more information: https://thehardcoreoverdogs.blogspot.com/2025/07/the-first-found-footage-dark-techno.html
Cemetery Rave
I finally made it. Another one crossed off my bucket list.
I only filmed the gates, and not the beyond, because I love and respect the dead.
The text on the sign reads "cemetery grounds".
#dark #scary #haunting #doomcore #zombie #cemetary #rave
Friday, July 18, 2025
New Music Videos
We not only got 1, but 5 (five) new music videos up!
Not visualizers or loops, but real bona fide music videos. With lots of work in them, excessive editing, human actors (in some of them).
So better check this stuff out :-)
Not visualizers or loops, but real bona fide music videos. With lots of work in them, excessive editing, human actors (in some of them).
So better check this stuff out :-)
DJ AI - Cosmic Longing
Hey, it's DJ AI! With a Video generated by AI, too, of Course. The track is trippy cosmic ambient and the vid's as well.
Topp Dogg - When you hear the howling it's time to let go
From the new Hardcore Overdogs EP. Not the slightest bit of AI in this one, just traditional CGI.
BTW: is there any other Cosmic Black Metal music video around? Do we have a first?
White Cough - Tatal Nostru
A sacred, spiritual Doomcore / Terrorcore track. And the video is very spiritual as well!
DJ AI - U-Topos
Another DJ AI track, and another AI video! Floating through cybernetic landscapes fueled by Doomcore beats.
Low Entropy - Acid Chant
From the new compilation on Teknoland. And here, all threads come together: AI generation, traditional CGI, real clips / humans... and everything else!
Style: Acid / Acid TechnoThursday, July 17, 2025
Best of the 4th Year
The "Slowcore" Techno movement.
While it was still the "new kid on the block" (and a very unruly kid!) a few years ago, I guess that everyone in 'core or underground Techno scene knows what's about to happen when "Slowcore" gets mentioned.
Heavy distorted drums at 130 bpm or less, screeching synths, cinematic soundscapes... well, you know the score.
Slowcore Records has always been a focal point of this movement, and here is our fourth annual report already! Lightening up the whole spectrum, heavy and soft, Hardcore, Industrial and Techno, drifting to dark ambient and noise... what you hear is what you get.
And remember the credo:
"Everything slower than everything else"
Tracklisting:
Various Artists - Best of the 4th Year
1 Million Slowcore Members - Thy Will Be Done (88-120 BPM) 03:18
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2. Kolium - Submarine 06:53
3. Der Cherep - Hallowed Silence 05:08
4. DazEdge - Dispose 05:06
5. Αναρχία Αραχνοειδείς - The Bite of the Spider (Chapter 5) 06:04
6. Kolium - Time Slips Through The Fingers 06:12
7. Low Entropy - Do You Want To See (Revisited) 06:46
8. Primitik - Ghosts 05:32
9. Kolium - Aztec Death Whistle (91.11 bpm) 06:29
10. The Magician - The Death Card 05:54
11. Αναρχία Αραχνοειδείς - 0066 (1 BPM) 03:27
12. Hamburg Penumbral Orchestra - The Drums of Hamburg (60 BPM) 04:40
13. System Lock - Conquest 05:09
14. Origin Of Styx - Seriously Mentally Ill 04:50
15. ALIUS project - Rainfall Protocol (50 BPM) 06:26
16. Ace of Hardcore - Fuck The Porn Industry (120 BPM) 10:39
17. Hamburg Penumbral Orchestra - Back 2 The Pink Opaque Chapter 1 ½ (60 BPM) 07:30
https://doomcorerecords.bandcamp.com/album/best-of-the-4th-year
Sunday, July 13, 2025
We Are The Hardcore Overdogs (Anthem III)
The Hardcore Techno Overdogs Pack, assemble!
Because you just got a brand new anthem.
It comes in various variations. A mix of styles including Hardcore, Gabber, Retro-Trance, Doom, Speedcore, and Experimental.
Woof!
Topp Dogg - We Are The Hardcore Overdogs (Anthem III)
1. We Are The Hardcore Overdogs (Extended Werewolf Mix) 04:36
2. Raving Dogs (Ambient) 04:10
3. We Are The Hardcore Overdogs (Instrumental Coyote Mix) 04:36
4. Hellhounds (Speedcore) 02:33
5. We Are The Hardcore Overdogs (Shedding Fox Mix) 04:36
6. When you hear the howling it's time to let go 01:52
https://lowentropy.bandcamp.com/album/we-are-the-hardcore-overdogs-anthem-iii
Saturday, July 12, 2025
Rainfall Protocol
The ALIUS Project continues on Slowcore Records!
The ALIUS project was born at the end of 200x. Its first release came out as a CD included with the self-published magazine ZaDistorshen .
"ALIUS project - Almost God?"
The project was revived in 2023: — Walking on Titan
— Interdimensional Portal (VA Unheared Traces)
— Der Cherep – Entities (Alius Project Remix)
And now a release on Slowcore Records.
Tracklist:
ALIUS project – Rainfall Protocol
Genre: Slowcore / Sci-Fi Ambient / Experimental Electronic
1. Rainfall Protocol (50 BPM)
2. Last Translation (110 BPM)
Slowcore Records 62
Short Concept Description:
The astronaut’s suit was worn and damaged — this traveler had been on
an interdimensional journey far too long.
His eyes could no longer distinguish the boundary between reality and
memory. Each step on the surface of an alien world echoed past realms
— rain falling in reverse, voices sounding before the birth of the
universe, and silence that knew his name.
This release continues ALIUS project's sci-fi narrative, exploring
distorted realities and emotional landscapes between dimensions.
In these new works, the ALIUS project experiment with tempo, acid and atmosphere: — In Rainfall Protocol , the project explores a slowcore rhythm at 55 BPM
— In Last Transmission , there is a transition from a slow pace to an uptempo drive
Both tracks share a common structure — they begin with a melodic, almost ambient section, followed by a rhythm-driven second half.
This is music for deep listening, or as an intro/outro in a live set.
Escape From the Doomed Forest of Hamburg - Part 5 - Midnight
More information: Last year we walked into one of Hamburg's haunted forests, old, with quite the history. Read more about that here:
http://thehardcoreoverdogs.blogspot.com/2024/10/sonic-itinerancy-doomcore-techno-walk.html
And then?
Then... we were stuck... for months... for years... maybe for Millennia.. in this doomed location... or even at worse places... but maybe... maybe we were happy?
Either way. It's time to get back. Into the real world. Into real life. With real pleasures and real pain.
Enough with facades and illusion.
This is reality!
And therefore... it is high time... to escape the doomed forest of Hamburg.
Will we ever make it?
We will see...
To be continued.
Wednesday, July 9, 2025
Volume 2
One day, the citizens of planet Sex, in the far away Galaxy called the Tubular Nebula, pointed their rusty telescope towards planet Earth.
And what they saw was alarming:
Everyone was tired, melancholic, and of generally bad humor.
But they instantly knew the right remedy:
The earthlings needed more sex.
So they sent off a power beam of sex energy towards this tiny blue planet.
And it's 2025, and the sex wave has finally arrived.
It's visible all around us.
Formerly harmless pop, rap, or dance musicians suddenly make naughty tracks.
Old-fashioned and boring politicians, tv hosts, journalists, can't stop cranking slippery jokes.
There have even been reports that clothing such as jeans or shirts ain't what it used to be; tears and holes begin to show, the clothes literally start to degrade and fall apart.
This is blamed on the big corporation, capitalism, and the poor quality of material they now use for making clothes.
Nothing could be farther from the truth!
This is the work of the sex ray, too: the very fabric of our clothing becomes disintegrated until the bare truth shines through.
Low Entropy is a musician who pointed his astral ears towards the sky, listened very deeply to the vibrations of these sex waves, and channeled them into new music.
So, in order to celebrate the good work by the citizens of planet Sex, in the far away galaxy called the Tubular Nebula, here is a full-length release of slippery Gabber, Oldschool and Speedcore tracks.
Monday, July 7, 2025
Doomcore Records Pod Cast 095 - DJ Pr8orian - Fuckin Hostile World
Doomcore Records Pod Cast 095 - DJ Pr8orian - Fuckin Hostile World
DJ PR8ORIAN appears on the Doomcore Records Pod Cast again with a set of Hardcore, Techno, and Industrial.
Tracklisting:
DJ Pr8orian
FUCKIN HOSTILE WORLD
(VINYL SET)
1 : TOA - PRECIOUS
2 : NRG - DENSITY
3 : 14nger - BACHMAN
4 : EXOS - WARLION
5 : SOMNIAC ONE - POLY NIGHTMARE
6 : STRONK - (WALDHAUS RMIX)
7 : RZVX - TEARS IN THE FOREST
8 : TRIPPED - YOU CAN DO BETTER
9 : LA CABANE HURLANTE - INSIDE THE. PANZER
10: SOVA - LIGHT TO ASH
11: SOVA - IT'S TIME
12: THE SILENCE - REMAIN CALM
13: ADAMANT SCREAM - THIS BREAK MY FUCKING HEART
14: STRANGE ARRIVAL - FISHMOTH
15: WALDHAUS - AD VESPERUM MMIX
16: LENNY DEE - FUCKIN HOSTILE (MR MADNESS RMIX)
17: THE BLASTER - WAR IS COMING MAN
Saturday, July 5, 2025
ExtraNation/PSD Podcast 93 - Low Entropy (Doomcore Special)
1. Fear Factory - Resurrection
2. Low Entropy - Open Your Mind to Hardcore
3. T.LenC.Phal.X - Etendue de Vortex
4. The Man Unknown - Solar Eclipse
5. Naos - Multi Armed Form
6. saraunh0ly - 3indamorning
7. Low Entropy - Your Suffering (Librarium & Bohemian Remix)
8. The Horrorist - Voice Of The Butcher
9. Low Entropy - There Is No Future
10. Syndroom - Lastering
11. The Man Unknown - Intrusion
12. The Unknow - 0001 Project
13. Syndroom - Desolate Landscape
14. The Man Unknown - Investigation (Sleep)
15. Taciturne - They Appear
16. Miro - Golden Dawn
17. Ende Shneafliet - Voices of the Dead
18. Marc Acardipane feat. Miro - Burning Sky (Original Mix)
19. Turbine Trip - Denial Cataclysm
20. Low Entropy - Raise Above It All (James F Remix)
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