The Most UNSETTLING Album on the Internet? ("TOWERS")

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  • Let’s explore one of the most brilliantly unsettling and atmospherically vast albums I have ever discovered on the internet, “TOWERS”, as well as taking a look at the dark ambient genre and what makes it so unique...
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Komentáře • 905

  • @PadChennington
    @PadChennington  Před 5 lety +381

    What are some interesting albums you've found or know of within the depths of the internet? Let us know!

    • @seans6164
      @seans6164 Před 5 lety +40

      Pad Chennington I remember a classmate showing me an album by captain beefheart called Trout Mask Replica and that album has been one of my favorites ever since. I also remember finding Death Grips that wasn’t through Anthony Fantano or through memes

    • @PadChennington
      @PadChennington  Před 5 lety +48

      death grips with no history or context going into it definitely would be pretty uneasy at first glance lol

    • @Scopatone
      @Scopatone Před 5 lety +14

      Tetsu Inoue - Health Loop, Ryoji Ikeda - data.matrix, and Maxwell's Demon - Glen Thalz are all unsettling. Lowercase in general has an unsettling quality to it but the story behind Tetsu Inoue and how he just vanished with nobody knowing what happened to him, not even his studio, adds to the mystique

    • @eternal4074
      @eternal4074 Před 5 lety +8

      Three unnerving vaporwave albums: Marble Thoughts by Stranded Lotus, Deep Dark Trench by CHRISTTT, and hushwave by Begotten
      Please check these out (and maybe start a series on the disturbing side of vaporwave)

    • @eternal4074
      @eternal4074 Před 5 lety +1

      Pad Chennington I hope you like these three!

  • @Cyranek
    @Cyranek Před 5 lety +966

    Another amazing new pick to look at. Time to go on another late night music binge journey.

    • @yesiamdado1989
      @yesiamdado1989 Před 5 lety +13

      Does anyone know how to get a coin out of a tv speaker

    • @SaggyJ
      @SaggyJ Před 5 lety +4

      Cyranek I love your channell!!!

    • @Alex-ow6hk
      @Alex-ow6hk Před 5 lety +8

      Why I can’t escape you

    • @rejackzimmerman6165
      @rejackzimmerman6165 Před 4 lety +1

      Paul G not all coins are magnet, in fact most are made of copper which is not magnetic. Try it out at home if you don’t believe me but all US coins are non magnetic

    • @rejackzimmerman6165
      @rejackzimmerman6165 Před 4 lety +2

      I LOVE YOU CYRANEK

  • @robertshaw6468
    @robertshaw6468 Před 5 lety +692

    I LOVE creepy, unsettling music. Looking outside at night while listening to dark ambient music is trippy and chilling but damn it’s a ride.

    • @PadChennington
      @PadChennington  Před 5 lety +40

      I feel you brother, they gotta straight up build a city that's only blue and purple lights and is constantly nighttime

    • @robertshaw6468
      @robertshaw6468 Před 5 lety +1

      I’d live there for sure. Actually maybe just a vacation house there😄🤔

    • @Honuel
      @Honuel Před 5 lety +4

      if you haven't heard about b e g o t t e n 自杀 im sure you're gonna love the albums of it!

    • @robertshaw6468
      @robertshaw6468 Před 5 lety +2

      I looooove begotten🙂

    • @skullfaceproductions8426
      @skullfaceproductions8426 Před 5 lety +3

      if you want a whole mine of dark ambient look for cryo chamber on youtube is a whole channel dedicated to it

  • @prod.by444runnr2
    @prod.by444runnr2 Před 3 lety +161

    “Towers listening lasts an hour,”
    Wow, so I could listen to 6 Towers in the time of 1 Everywhere at the End of Time?

  • @selkrasouza6262
    @selkrasouza6262 Před 5 lety +1090

    One of my favorite unsettling albums is "Everywhere at the End of Time" by the Caretaker. It has 6 stages meant to represent progressingly worsening dementia. It remixes music from the early 20th century.

    • @Sebvibevanse
      @Sebvibevanse Před 5 lety +114

      That album destroys me. The ending had me crying for like maybe an hour after it was over. It's a truly overwhelming experience despite it's 6 hour runtime.

    • @hjhiihjjhgguh
      @hjhiihjjhgguh Před 4 lety +64

      no way i will ever listen to that monstrous masterpiece ever again.

    • @ashasalany
      @ashasalany Před 4 lety +27

      LOVE the caretaker

    • @poochie98
      @poochie98 Před 4 lety +50

      I don't wand to sound like a pussy but I'm afraid to listen to the full EATEOT. I mean... I fear I can really be upset at the end or even before... I listened to some of it and it's not that bad, let's say that knowing what is it about makes it worse, probably I just need to not think of that and to not get fully involved in the music, like not being so sensitive to it. Anyway I know I should listen to each part not all in one session but with some time between each because that was what he wanted: that we didn't remember that well the previous part of the album.

    • @stanleysmooth
      @stanleysmooth Před 4 lety +14

      I've listened to the first 3 stages of EATEOT, and I seriously couldn't listen to any more.

  • @vivikvivikvivik
    @vivikvivikvivik Před 5 lety +431

    It doesn't sound dark at all, but NEWS AT 11 makes me very anxious and over the edge, maybe because of the theme.

    • @wareforcoin5780
      @wareforcoin5780 Před 5 lety +43

      "Dark ambient" is something completely different though. Dark ambient is the thing you didn't expect to hear, not what you thought to look for.

    • @PadChennington
      @PadChennington  Před 5 lety +31

      love me some corp!

    • @hamishmacdonald8593
      @hamishmacdonald8593 Před 5 lety +2

      maichiki yiist I look for dark ambient and drone music, and I only stumbled across news at 11 after listening to Palm mall, not quite sure what you mean

    • @MonokumasSlave
      @MonokumasSlave Před 4 lety

      but did you listen to the album in the dark?
      that made it creepy tbh

    • @waltwhitman7545
      @waltwhitman7545 Před 3 lety +1

      yeah but the music still pretty much falls under the whole slowed-jazz future funk vibe. something like "deep dark trench" by christtt, which utilizes that post-9/11 thematic element, definitely gives a much more unsettling feeling

  • @goodmorningu.s.a3595
    @goodmorningu.s.a3595 Před 5 lety +840

    Pad Chennington: "Towers is the most unsettling album on the internet"
    Stalaggh's Projekt Misanthropia: Am I a Joke To You?

    • @ebihsiknahor3776
      @ebihsiknahor3776 Před 5 lety +54

      nurse with a wound zero mix: am i a joke to you?

    • @azrael5493
      @azrael5493 Před 5 lety +37

      it's not really scary considering the story that is supposed to make it unsettling is all fake

    • @verzeda
      @verzeda Před 5 lety +18

      Not scary at all, just noisy and grating.

    • @AdolfStalin
      @AdolfStalin Před 5 lety +24

      oh that's a good one, Gnaw Their Tongues is good, so is Abruptum. legend has it "It" literally mutilated themselves during the recording of the vocals to simulate real torture.

    • @AdolfStalin
      @AdolfStalin Před 5 lety +5

      @@azrael5493 ok Mr. Deus Ex prove its not fake.

  • @KimowotaJP
    @KimowotaJP Před 5 lety +381

    Vaporwave is full of those disturbing yet beautiful albums.

    • @PadChennington
      @PadChennington  Před 5 lety +16

      yezzzz bb!

    • @RFLCPTR
      @RFLCPTR Před 5 lety +19

      Interesting flag, dude.

    • @KimowotaJP
      @KimowotaJP Před 5 lety +24

      @jon jon goufema liames zenbin pinfen I'm just an Ethnically Russian Ukrainian, we use this flag.

    • @adolphinnamedinfernicus6520
      @adolphinnamedinfernicus6520 Před 5 lety +3

      Новороссия
      It’s unfortunate that it looks so much like the Confederate flag. I bet that gets a lot of confusion.

    • @gigachad192
      @gigachad192 Před 5 lety +1

      If you actually dark/unsettling music, listen to early industrial.

  • @AFDK80HD
    @AFDK80HD Před 5 lety +144

    Caretaker has some great stuff- 'An empty bliss beyond this world' popped my cherry when i was getting into ambient/dark ambient...czech it out

    • @droptherapy2085
      @droptherapy2085 Před 5 lety +9

      Everywhere at the End of Time is amazing.

    • @AFDK80HD
      @AFDK80HD Před 5 lety

      @@droptherapy2085 'I feel as though I might be vanishing' get stuck in my head all the time and i liiiike it.....

    • @AFDK80HD
      @AFDK80HD Před 5 lety

      @@droptherapy2085 this is still one of my top 3 favorites-czcams.com/video/ypJHCm0Omao/video.html
      and for when the awaker sleepens-
      czcams.com/video/3qsUvCmA7PI/video.html

    • @ashasalany
      @ashasalany Před 4 lety +4

      If you like Caretaker, check out raison d'etre.

  • @teletextsoda
    @teletextsoda Před 5 lety +63

    'kay you made me to actually go and listen to TOWERS now
    also me: has around 60 albums to listen to yet

  • @aidenperkins8551
    @aidenperkins8551 Před 3 lety +42

    Everywhere at the end of time: "I'm the most disturbing album!"
    Towers: "No I'm the most disturbing album!"
    ???: "Amateurs"
    Towers: "What was that punk!?"
    A sucked orange: "Amateurs!"

    • @tunguskalumberjack9987
      @tunguskalumberjack9987 Před 3 lety +3

      Nice... I love NWW. “Spiral Insana” and “Two Shaves And A Shine” are particular favorites of mine.

    • @snaccsize
      @snaccsize Před rokem

      News At 11: am I a joke to you?

  • @TABBYMUSIC
    @TABBYMUSIC Před 5 lety +319

    Damn, Vaporwave really can convey every emotion.

    • @spieseeboi820
      @spieseeboi820 Před 5 lety +7

      TABBY bruv I’ve seen you in so many videos

    • @TABBYMUSIC
      @TABBYMUSIC Před 5 lety +8

      Spiesee Boi I’ve been waiting for someone to say this for so long..

    • @wareforcoin5780
      @wareforcoin5780 Před 5 lety +7

      This is a Dark Ambient album tho.

    • @angel-nv7jk
      @angel-nv7jk Před 5 lety +5

      @@wareforcoin5780 it falls under the vaporwave category

    • @theoptiml
      @theoptiml Před 5 lety +6

      Angel 101 I can assure you this is not vapourwave

  • @yellow_jacket3260
    @yellow_jacket3260 Před 5 lety +195

    Daughters - You Won’t get What You Want, is also fairly disturbing

    • @yellow_jacket3260
      @yellow_jacket3260 Před 5 lety +18

      And to add something else, the CZcams channel Sewerslvt, also has some fairly interesting music similar to this, although its not ambient, but it does evoke similar emotion, at least to me, that towers brings. Its sounds a lot like something that death grips or machine girl would make if you are interested in those kind of groups. Just keep in mind that the music isn't going to be appealing to everyone, and it doesn't have the same style as vaporwave, but if you are interested in checking out some "unsettling" music, Sewerslvt is perfect for that kind of stuff.

    • @azrael5493
      @azrael5493 Před 5 lety

      heavy sure

    • @Sighbot
      @Sighbot Před 5 lety +1

      Amazing album.

    • @grindcoreninja6527
      @grindcoreninja6527 Před 5 lety +6

      Daughters is badass.

    • @TheWutang1995
      @TheWutang1995 Před 5 lety +2

      Lmao I was driving through the mountains with my fiancée and put that album on and she got so freaked out. She still can't listen to it

  • @Monotail_Razuin
    @Monotail_Razuin Před 5 lety +73

    Would love for you to check out the Silent Hill soundtrack. That is also a great example of dark ambience and leaving it up to the players to fill in what they think is going on in the soundtrack

    • @PadChennington
      @PadChennington  Před 5 lety +16

      is it strange that I've never played a silent hill game ?

    • @krownwave
      @krownwave Před 5 lety +15

      @@PadChennington ive played the first 2 and oh my god the music is so good, my heaven is such a disturbing piece

    • @PadChennington
      @PadChennington  Před 5 lety +8

      I gotta check that ish out lol

    • @paul_landero8166
      @paul_landero8166 Před 5 lety +3

      If I may intrude, I would recommend the Silent Hill 3 OST

    • @gigachad192
      @gigachad192 Před 5 lety +1

      Laiskaduma both Silent Hill and Manhunt have amazing soundtracks. Also, can’t forget the first Quake soundtrack by Trent Reznor.

  • @stoplight2554
    @stoplight2554 Před 5 lety +84

    Sounds a lot like Yume Nikki ost, I wonder if the cover is a reference to it

    • @PadChennington
      @PadChennington  Před 5 lety +9

      mind sending a link? never heard of it!

    • @errorssb9262
      @errorssb9262 Před 5 lety +13

      @@PadChennington it's free on steam and one of the best games of all time, youd love it and might want to consider covering it. it somehow translates the abstract emotions and visuals of these kinds of albums into an actual interactive experience.

    • @stoplight2554
      @stoplight2554 Před 5 lety +3

      Pad Chennington czcams.com/video/Tr8ZgF4Dc0E/video.html the albums cover especially brings the game to mind with the pixelated buildings in front of a detailed sky. Also the game ends (spoilers) with the main character jumping from their apartment balcony

    • @UoirLocer
      @UoirLocer Před 5 lety +5

      Yume Nikki is best game

    • @patatacampesina8286
      @patatacampesina8286 Před 4 lety +4

      @@errorssb9262 i love yume nikki so much but "one of the best games of all the time"? Hmm

  • @brickballyt
    @brickballyt Před 3 lety +75

    Everywhere at the end of time: Allow me to introduce myself

    • @emilrossi953
      @emilrossi953 Před 3 lety +5

      you won't even know its there *winks*

    • @tepih2141
      @tepih2141 Před 3 lety +2

      @@emilrossi953 ;)

    • @richard8756
      @richard8756 Před 3 lety +2

      Sadly the future is no longer what It was:(in Drunken voice) And I came along too prepare to meet Your Doom.(Drinks beer & falls down)

    • @bozotheclown666
      @bozotheclown666 Před 3 lety +6

      Can y’all niggas stop bringing up dis album like it’s the scariest and most disturbing shit ever. Like can y’all talk about literally any other creepy or disturbing album other than everywhere at the end of time.

    • @brickballyt
      @brickballyt Před 3 lety +3

      @@bozotheclown666 no, i don't think we will

  • @MagickFlavour
    @MagickFlavour Před 5 lety +110

    This isn’t vaporwave at all, but if you like this album, you might also enjoy the disintegration loops.

    • @PadChennington
      @PadChennington  Před 5 lety +10

      I CANT THINK OF SQUID NAMES FOR U ANYMORE :(

    • @MagickFlavour
      @MagickFlavour Před 5 lety +3

      Pad Chennington OH SHIT, I DIDN’T EVEN THINK ABOUT IT. Guess you gotta start making uncle puns now.

    • @zackcash4941
      @zackcash4941 Před 5 lety +3

      Squidwardo
      Squidboi
      Squidellio
      Squidder
      Squidette
      Esquidelia
      Squido

    • @ImCoPav
      @ImCoPav Před 4 lety +9

      I'm losing my shit that we got compared to william basinski

    • @tristanraine
      @tristanraine Před 3 lety +2

      Theres a good disintergration loop in a song called The Background World by Nine Inch Nails, also known as NIN.

  • @joseusainternet
    @joseusainternet Před 5 lety +53

    Was sleeping on Pad for a while. Glad he didn't let me down.
    Check out The Haxan Cloak's "Excavation" for some horror movie music done right

    • @TheSnoozeFox
      @TheSnoozeFox Před 5 lety

      Excavation is fucking amazing

    • @azrael5493
      @azrael5493 Před 5 lety

      great record. super layered

    • @reJECT0
      @reJECT0 Před 5 lety

      @@TheSnoozeFox The guy who made the music was also sleeping on a pad.

  • @nbigham1232
    @nbigham1232 Před 5 lety +2

    Your videos and descriptions never fail to fully convey the emotional depth and intricacies enveloped into albums you discuss. Thanks for the high quality content.

  • @moose6662
    @moose6662 Před 5 lety +6

    Pad you are genuinely one of my favorite youtubers dope work everytime I've been watching you since the 911 video and have you ever thought of doing other content other than vaporwave? Whatever you do i will still watch you're content keep up the phenomenal work

  • @kvancgerek8656
    @kvancgerek8656 Před 5 lety +3

    Man, thanks for making a video about TOWERS, it has been one of my favorite releases recently. I hope the video helps gain attraction to the album and the label makes a repress.

  • @mohabexpert123
    @mohabexpert123 Před 5 lety +18

    Hey Pad. Thanks for putting out this kickass summertime content. I’m sitting here listening to you in my Sega-Sony Vapor95 tank top. Reveling in the feel. Keep up the great work brother

    • @PadChennington
      @PadChennington  Před 5 lety +3

      stay fresh bb!! thanks my dude, really appreciate it!

  • @crowmigration8245
    @crowmigration8245 Před 5 lety +22

    Alright, I'll bite. Even though no one will believe me. Mannheim Steamroller. You already don't believe me. Halloween Disk 2. Look it up on a dark stormy night. Turn off the lights and listen. You will never be the same again.

  • @scottcawthon2044
    @scottcawthon2044 Před 5 lety +27

    I love this kind of music,I find i pretty calming yet gives me chills at the same time.

  • @TheSquareOnes
    @TheSquareOnes Před 5 lety +39

    That's a weird way to spell "Buyer's Market."

    • @leonardo9259
      @leonardo9259 Před 4 lety +6

      Now that's what I call disturbing

    • @pabloreyna9376
      @pabloreyna9376 Před 3 lety +1

      So is the creator of that album an actual p3do or was it just fake info?

  • @NubungiO
    @NubungiO Před 5 lety +27

    A T R I U M and A C A D E M Y by Hallmark ‘87 both have that dark, unsettling atmosphere, yet still manage to sound ethereal and dreamlike. Would highly recommend!

  • @ghostalpsmusic8389
    @ghostalpsmusic8389 Před 3 lety

    Love this channel! So close to 100k. Thanks for the great content.

  • @justinlynn
    @justinlynn Před 5 lety +1

    "Infrastructure smoothie"... It's beautiful and I love it. Thanks Pad.

  • @Sighbot
    @Sighbot Před 5 lety +117

    This man has clearly never heard of Throbbing Gristles.

    • @syncdi3221
      @syncdi3221 Před 4 lety +6

      or stalaggh or hanatarash or the gerogerigegege or hijokaidan

    • @merz-fe7ny
      @merz-fe7ny Před 4 lety +2

      @@syncdi3221 Stalaggh maybe but Hanatarash, Hijokaidan, and The Gerogerigegege aren't all that disturbing. Especially Gerogerigegege.

    • @AikiraBeats
      @AikiraBeats Před 3 lety +15

      @@merz-fe7ny are y'all making words up

    • @syncdi3221
      @syncdi3221 Před 3 lety +2

      @@merz-fe7ny Did you just say that Hanatarash isn't all that disturbing? It's not disturbing to me, but in the definition of disturbing to most people, it'd be, since the "singer" almost cut open a dead cat live on stage and caused damage to lots of places they performed and possibly even the audience.

    • @JunkCCCP
      @JunkCCCP Před 3 lety +2

      @@syncdi3221 how does their stage show and retarded antics make the music itself disturbing? People always conflate the music and the musician or peripheral shit that doesn't affect the music itself.

  • @bluecarioca
    @bluecarioca Před 3 lety +6

    This is fascinating. I'm currently working my way through the Geometric Lullabies catalog, and this album just went to the top of my "to listen" list.

    • @PadChennington
      @PadChennington  Před 3 lety +2

      Enjoy the ride! So many great releases on there, one of my favorite labels to ever do it!

  • @blakefromsteakfarm861
    @blakefromsteakfarm861 Před 2 lety

    by far one of my fave albums of all time. thanks to introducing this to me back when this vid released.

  • @adonyestimon4392
    @adonyestimon4392 Před 5 lety

    Your channel is literally one of those hidden gems on youtube that only a few know about. Id love to see you grow, but i also love the feeling that im apart of a select few of people who know about this channel.

  • @fynnborchers6306
    @fynnborchers6306 Před 5 lety +8

    I feel good that I got familiar with this terrifying monstrousity a week before you making this. Dark ambient is a genre that not only deserves more attention, but is also very dear to me.

    • @PadChennington
      @PadChennington  Před 5 lety +2

      what do ya think of the album Fynn!?

    • @fynnborchers6306
      @fynnborchers6306 Před 5 lety +1

      @@PadChennington Id say I got used to it, towers 4 might be my fav track :) thanks for noticing me as always !

  • @dormecomessa
    @dormecomessa Před 5 lety +13

    although they are different artists I like to think that the album 星 間 性交
    from telepath
    is the second part of this album,
    the woman on this first album committed suicide and after that your soul floats eternally through space.

  • @deademcee
    @deademcee Před 3 lety

    Seen their pressing this this friday. Love the video thanks!

  • @freewayfever1868
    @freewayfever1868 Před 3 lety

    Just wanted to say I've been really enjoying your stuff Pad.

  • @ThierryRocksTV
    @ThierryRocksTV Před 5 lety +38

    Nah Papa Roach - Infest is the most disturbing album m8

    • @PadChennington
      @PadChennington  Před 5 lety +6

      yes

    • @ThierryRocksTV
      @ThierryRocksTV Před 4 lety +4

      ​@@PadChennington Literally has the lyrics "cut my arm bleedin'", "contemplating suicide" and "I'm stuck in between my parents", i cri evrytime :(

    • @ThierryRocksTV
      @ThierryRocksTV Před 3 lety +3

      ​@Claudia Solomon r/woosh

    • @xiro4395
      @xiro4395 Před 3 lety

      @@ThierryRocksTV who

    • @ThierryRocksTV
      @ThierryRocksTV Před 2 lety

      @@xiro4395 Zoomer who's too young to know who Papa Roach is

  • @Anomicx
    @Anomicx Před 5 lety +6

    Glad you did this one. The Silent Hill 2 OST is still one of my favourites. Too much for too long can really play with your head.

  • @ilusions4
    @ilusions4 Před 3 lety

    love the album being halfway down in the description.
    nice aesthetic there

  • @gigachad192
    @gigachad192 Před 5 lety +2

    Can’t get any darker than early industrial, such as Throbbing Gristle, Nurse With Wound, Coil etc.

  • @apexshinbi638
    @apexshinbi638 Před 5 lety +3

    This album is one of my favorite releases of the year...for very obvious reasons...represents everything that’s so melancholic yet heart-wrenching about death and life

  • @yunguboa
    @yunguboa Před 5 lety +32

    I just randomly got the album reccomended. The CZcams algorithmn works when it wants to. That's how I found you at 2k subs.

  • @harrybutz947
    @harrybutz947 Před 4 lety

    I never knew you worked with vapor 95. I subscribed cause i love the vaporwave genre and it lead me into funk pop which i just adore. Along with many other waves. But about 7 years ago i found that site and was soooo into the style of fashion they released, but alas i was a poor boy and couldnt rationalize buying anything. But the respect never left me. So knowing that i found both of you and that site from love for the genre and that you guys are partnered made me pause your video and smile and write all this. Enjoy your day brother!

  • @Ivalince_
    @Ivalince_ Před 3 lety

    I think you do such a great job reviewing and creating a huge hype that we almost expect a trandescental experience, but maybe for many is just another ambient album like the thousands you can find in bandcamp and music history in general.
    Great video as always anyways!

  • @projectnoel
    @projectnoel Před 5 lety +6

    MYST was the first thing I thought when I saw the cover. Love that game.

  • @YvesSaintSavant
    @YvesSaintSavant Před 5 lety +4

    Make a video on Silent Hill music. The environment & ambience it creates still gives me chills till this day. I’d watch a 10hr video on that.

  • @tylerevans1700
    @tylerevans1700 Před 4 lety

    Already subbed but HAD to enable notifications. This is too great of a vid..

  • @BaquePhotography
    @BaquePhotography Před 5 lety

    Pad, you keep bringing me music that I actually like. Thank you.

  • @ultrayoshi9657
    @ultrayoshi9657 Před rokem +3

    Ironically I don't find this alblum creepy I find it mellow and beautiful like it helps me sleep at night

  • @Betojr31
    @Betojr31 Před 5 lety +18

    ya know, dark ambient comes with flavors. for examples, dungeon synth (burzum), dark ritual, etc

    • @PadChennington
      @PadChennington  Před 5 lety +1

      I need a little bit of everythangggg send me some recommendations!

    • @bruhlord4204
      @bruhlord4204 Před 5 lety +1

      GLOOMCVLT

    • @Betojr31
      @Betojr31 Před 5 lety +2

      @@PadChennington
      Burzum
      depressive silence
      aubrey hodges (playstation doom)
      and more

    • @BRUHALEXVRUHJOSH
      @BRUHALEXVRUHJOSH Před 5 lety +1

      burzam like the band varg vikernes founded?

    • @buttholelicker1874
      @buttholelicker1874 Před 5 lety +3

      Lil Xad Yeah that’s Burzum

  • @raksh9
    @raksh9 Před 5 lety +1

    I enjoy Pad's beautifully evocative descriptions and philosophical musings as much as, maybe even more so, than the vaporwave music he talks about itself.

  • @indiflow_
    @indiflow_ Před 5 lety +2

    Great video, friend! Thank you for introducing this to me. A very interesting album indeed.

    • @PadChennington
      @PadChennington  Před 5 lety +1

      Thanks for watching! Happy to spread the word on a great album, happy listening my friend :)

  • @deathhzrd
    @deathhzrd Před 5 lety +7

    If you like dark ambient check out these albums:
    Coil’s hellraiser , current 93’s dogs blood rising, aphex twin’s selected ambient vol 2, muslimgauze’s zul’m, psychic TV’s dreams less sweet

    • @valty3727
      @valty3727 Před 3 lety +2

      is selected ambient works vol 2 really ‘dark’ ambient tho

  • @jamesguillorytheirascibleh585

    The finest example of dark ambient music is definitely Swans' Soundtracks for the Blind. It's the apotheosis of atmosphere in music, and it simply doesn't get the recognition it more than deserves.

  • @thekingslayer2178
    @thekingslayer2178 Před 2 lety +1

    I love how in the art, even though he’s in a falling position, he’s high above any of the skyscrapers. It really does look like he’s ascending to the stars.

  • @ricobonifacio1095
    @ricobonifacio1095 Před 4 lety

    thank you very much man you have turned me on to a genre that is amazing. I have so many albums now to delve through and I never would have known any of them without your channel. So I thank you even if my computers memory banks don't haha

  • @welwitschia
    @welwitschia Před 4 lety +4

    If you're into adventurous listenings, have you tried some of the darkest corners of black metal? I don't mean the church-burning angry type, but the truly atmospheric, dark and harrowing stuff. A few bands come to mind, but a good starting point is stuff like Xasthur, Lurker of Chalice, Darkspace, Nortt, and Mahr. Atmospheric black metal is all about creating mood, not unlike dark ambient, but the mood is more frequently geared towards a mixture of melancholy and dread. If you're into unsettling stuff, you might find these corners of extreme music might help you scratch that dark itch.

  • @Gloden
    @Gloden Před 5 lety +4

    I've listened to quite a few albums that I would consider disturbing, and I'll gladly list a couple. I highly recommend you check them out, as they are all fantastic albums with plenty of layers. A band called Swans has released a great number of albums, but probably the best ones they've created are To Be Kind and The Seer. These albums are massive and have an insane length of 2 hours each, but they barely feel 2 hours long because of how well paced it is. There is a lot more instrumentation with very vague and almost cryptic lyrics that loosely tie everything together. If you enjoy vaporwave and really getting lost in the sound, these 2 albums are no different. I also recommend an album called Girl With a Basket of Fruit by Xiu Xiu. It's a very different experience, but it has such great writing and twisted lyrics that mirror the events of the Salem Witch Trials. Also the production and instrumentation is insane, and has such massive range that you never get bored.

    • @PadChennington
      @PadChennington  Před 5 lety +1

      thank you for the suggestions! I gotta check these out

    • @Gloden
      @Gloden Před 5 lety +1

      @@PadChennington Hope you like them man :)

  • @chopFM
    @chopFM Před 5 lety +1

    great video, keep it up!

  • @chito651
    @chito651 Před 3 lety

    Just picked up this album on vinyl and I absolutely love it

  • @stanconnorstan4266
    @stanconnorstan4266 Před 5 lety +3

    i wouod recommend anything by Geai Floré, he's a master of art-ambient-grunge-i-dont-know-what-to-call-it. He has many many mixtapes and projects that are so unique and artful. Some of his music is more average grunge with distorted vocals, stray piano moments others are moreso Arca-esque electronic tracks. So much emotion that is drowned in reverb and so interesting. It seems through his music at a time he just processes this one event in his life over and over in such a beautiful way. His lyrics are often so blunt and straightforward, that it's a nice contrast to the sound-even though most of them are incoherent. He just does something different with the elements he has. He also pretty much produces all his own music from his own bedroom, and it's really nice to experience something so creative. His official "debut" project Disparition De Moi EP is a nice sampler. So overwhelmingly underrated.

  • @soportetecnicohigoversomas3451

    I recommend everyone here who likes this album to also check out Coil, one of dark ambient's most influential artists, they have a massive discography, but personally i like Astral Disaster, Remote Viewing and Black Antlers

    • @PadChennington
      @PadChennington  Před 5 lety

      mind posting a link! sounds cool

    • @tunguskalumberjack9987
      @tunguskalumberjack9987 Před 3 lety

      “Musick To Play In The Dark”, Volumes 1 and 2. Also “Love’s Secret Domain” and Backwards”. My favorite used to be “Unnatural History II: Smiling In The Face Of Perversity”. Coil is amazing. I bought “Horse Rotorvator” back in 1989 while in High School, and never looked back.

  • @twilly999
    @twilly999 Před 4 lety

    8:46 AM - leave with peace in your heart
    Lowkey, that line hit me way harder than I was expecting.

  • @suncityranger1115
    @suncityranger1115 Před 5 lety +1

    Imma give this a listen, sounds cool, thanks pad.

  • @FigmentHF
    @FigmentHF Před 5 lety +4

    Why do I find this quite euphoric and optimistic? “Dark” isn’t really dark to me. Neither is sad, nor miserable.

  • @TheSnoozeFox
    @TheSnoozeFox Před 5 lety +4

    Fantastic album, I dont see how its unsetlling though, I find it prettty relaxing

  • @AnotherCriticalKnob
    @AnotherCriticalKnob Před 4 lety

    Kierious is happy to see ImCoPav on some crazy good shit.
    Good vid Pad!

  • @vapidrabbit198
    @vapidrabbit198 Před 3 lety +2

    towers is a picnic compared to everywhere at the end of time.

  • @sierrakyst
    @sierrakyst Před 5 lety +3

    The album sounds like what Moonside from Earthbound looks like

  • @TheUltraGamer20
    @TheUltraGamer20 Před 5 lety +10

    Skeleton: I’m the most unsettling album
    Towers: Hold my beer..

  • @Iamveryconfusedabout
    @Iamveryconfusedabout Před 5 lety +1

    you make such good videos, it's weird that most of your subs seem not to watch a lot of them, since every time I come (and I'm usually a bit late) they only have a few hundred or a few thousand views, even though you're at 200k, you're definitely underrated, thanks for the good videos

    • @PadChennington
      @PadChennington  Před 5 lety +1

      thanks so much dude :) Yep, tryna find new ways to grow the channel! Tryna get everyone to click dat dang bell lmao

    • @Iamveryconfusedabout
      @Iamveryconfusedabout Před 5 lety

      @@PadChennington I noticed :) another great quality is that you actually reply to your comments, which is rare in most CZcamsrs above a certain sub count, and even the ones who do reply usually don't have actually well thought out replies, it's usually just like 3 words. but thanks for the reply, and again, thanks for the great videos.

    • @pawadawn740
      @pawadawn740 Před 5 lety

      I am very confused about 200k? don’t you mean 20k?

    • @Iamveryconfusedabout
      @Iamveryconfusedabout Před 5 lety

      @@pawadawn740 misread the sub count lol, he still doesn't get a lot of views for his size though :/

  • @TheRyanH.
    @TheRyanH. Před 3 lety

    Just found this album a day or two ago and added it to my long list of albums to listen to. After finding this video im moving it to the top!

  • @buttholelicker1874
    @buttholelicker1874 Před 5 lety +29

    The live album ‘Dawn of the Black Hearts’ has very disturbing cover art.

    • @alanrodrigues1835
      @alanrodrigues1835 Před 5 lety

      Yeah..........Not sleeping tonight.....

    • @Barrxn
      @Barrxn Před 3 lety +5

      RIP dead

    • @raptorf-7774
      @raptorf-7774 Před 3 lety

      What is it?

    • @JunkCCCP
      @JunkCCCP Před 3 lety

      @@raptorf-7774 it's a photo taken at the scene of the previous vocalists suicide by shotgun. It's not as bad as people make it out to be.

  • @jojocircus8207
    @jojocircus8207 Před 5 lety +12

    If you think this is dark. Please review Geogaddi by Boards of Canada. An amazing electronic ambience album that is one of my favorites.

    • @PadChennington
      @PadChennington  Před 5 lety +3

      beautiful album :) a duo I need to really dive into more...I've wanted to do a video on them on the channel for a while now!

    • @fleaship6134
      @fleaship6134 Před 5 lety

      But they are not vaporwave.

    • @milesium-487
      @milesium-487 Před 5 lety

      @@fleaship6134 They are better than vaporwave

    • @fleaship6134
      @fleaship6134 Před 5 lety +1

      @@milesium-487 I didn't say anything about vaporwave being superior to other genres of music I merely said that BoC isn't vaporwave.

    • @milesium-487
      @milesium-487 Před 5 lety +1

      @@fleaship6134 i know. i'm just saying they're better

  • @luckysuffer1003
    @luckysuffer1003 Před 3 lety

    Thanks, i love this video.

  • @MrGermandeutsch
    @MrGermandeutsch Před 5 lety +2

    *_Infrastructural Smoothie_*

  • @heliosthevaporwaveelf7275
    @heliosthevaporwaveelf7275 Před 5 lety +11

    Dang. I missed out on this. I mean, vapor memory uploaded it but I just ignored it. I should these albums a chance...

    • @PadChennington
      @PadChennington  Před 5 lety +3

      Thats how I found out about it too! heard it a couple days ago and was like damn I want to make a video on this lol

    • @heliosthevaporwaveelf7275
      @heliosthevaporwaveelf7275 Před 5 lety +2

      Pad Chennington, I’m glad you did. Love your content, dude! You make fantastic vaporwave album reviews!

    • @PadChennington
      @PadChennington  Před 5 lety +1

      :) thanks!

  • @NPGLAMB
    @NPGLAMB Před 5 lety +4

    There’s some pretty unsettling obscure disco songs. I just found a few.

  • @AVB91
    @AVB91 Před 4 lety +1

    Unsettling? This is lovely! :D

  • @noidedroach777
    @noidedroach777 Před 4 lety

    I just recently started getting into ImCoPav’s music. Really enjoying it so far

  • @vk1ever407
    @vk1ever407 Před 5 lety +6

    not from the depths of the internet but you should listen to The Caretaker's An Empty Bliss Beyond This World

  • @camo7886
    @camo7886 Před 5 lety +3

    Pad has turned me on to so much good music. I listened to this album while painting on a Saturday. Thank you Pad :) :) :)

  • @HunterGreenMusic
    @HunterGreenMusic Před 5 lety

    Been looking for something to listen to on K tonight. Thanks pad

  • @FujiAppul
    @FujiAppul Před 5 lety

    This album is pretty soothing, I’ll give it that... Besides the eerie sound clip of a screaming man, lmao. I can see the tracks being used as background music for a vast, expansive museum you can never find your way out of, but each exhibit you encounter makes you want to savor your experience, though you may die of exhaustion sooner or later.

  • @drackaris_
    @drackaris_ Před 5 lety +9

    Do A Dungeon Synth video!

  • @GHProductionss
    @GHProductionss Před 5 lety +3

    I thought this was gonna be music made from the noise of people hitting the ground from the twin towers, thanks to the name and thumbnail.

  • @abdullahahmed4475
    @abdullahahmed4475 Před 3 lety

    I've listened previously to the album before encountering this video but my first reactions were weird disturbing worrying somehow creepy and unsettling but at the same time after a while I found it soothing a bit calming and totally relatable

  • @hymen0callis
    @hymen0callis Před 3 lety +1

    "Weird, eerie, yet enchanting"? Makes me think of Richard Skelton's The Inward Circles project.

  • @BlackIce4777
    @BlackIce4777 Před 5 lety +3

    Lsiten to "the origin of my depression"
    That abum is very disturbing

  • @wareforcoin5780
    @wareforcoin5780 Před 5 lety +3

    My dark ambient loving self was excited to see a video on the subject, much less on Towers. I'm estatic.

    • @PadChennington
      @PadChennington  Před 5 lety

      hope I hit the mark for ya :) thanks for watching!

  • @Phantasma999
    @Phantasma999 Před 3 lety +1

    I'm always amazed by how much Selected Ambient Works vol.II made it's way in almost every ambient music from the 21th century so far.
    I really can hear aphex twin in all of this.

  • @MonokumasSlave
    @MonokumasSlave Před 4 lety +2

    i listened to this album after i saw this video, and I loved it

  • @ShacoPL
    @ShacoPL Před 5 lety +3

    Hmm, maybe ill use this for a future shroom trip

  • @Omega4z
    @Omega4z Před 5 lety +5

    Pad: Towers is a unsettling album
    Dawn of the black hearts: hold my beer

    • @liamcole9319
      @liamcole9319 Před 4 lety +2

      More the album cover rest is really shitty bootleged mayhem lmao

  • @AgainstTheeWickedlyMusic
    @AgainstTheeWickedlyMusic Před 3 lety +1

    For those that have watched this video and/or listened to this album, I'm sure you're pretty open minded. If you're in the mood for something soul-crushing, yet beautfiul at the same time, check out the Funeral Doom subgenre. Some notable bands would be Mournful Congregation, Shape of Despair, Funeral, and many more, but it's definitely an experience, no matter what album you choose. You'll probably think it's terrible at first, but then find yourself having trouble turning it off until the album is over!

  • @unhingedskrunkly8512
    @unhingedskrunkly8512 Před 5 lety +1

    Fascinating find pad.... I love mysterious/creepy music like The caretaker for example, tts music unlike no other!

  • @JoesGuy
    @JoesGuy Před 5 lety +5

    Like Kentucky Route Zero music.

  • @neverloggingout
    @neverloggingout Před 5 lety +3

    I’d argue that the album that I’m not gonna say is even more disturbing because it’s illegal

  • @aurabless7552
    @aurabless7552 Před 5 lety

    ...and all of a sudden i have lost my appetite for my ultimate 5 guys smoothie i was working on while watching XD thanks for the haunting vid, gotta check towers after this..

  • @geraldlawhead306
    @geraldlawhead306 Před 3 lety +1

    This should be a podcast