The Soundry Presents - Once Upon A Time

gothic folk, chamber folk, murder ballad

aggressive, dark cinematic, experimental, industrial dubstep, atmospheric gothic horror, scary male vocal, intimate whispering delivery, ritualistic tone, slow brooding tempo, dynamic contrast, hypnotic repetition, heavy bass drops, distorted synth textures, dissonant string arrangements, horror film score, ominous crescendo, tension building, unsettling atmosphere, sudden silence, fade out ending

french pop, dark pop, dark rock ballad

pirate metal, NWOBHM, 168 BPM, galloping eighth notes, fiddle unison hooks, accordion drones, fife counterlines, banjo tremolo, gang shanty chorus, call and response, twin guitar harmonies, driving bass pedal, tom-heavy fills, orchestral percussion hits, battle-ready, youthful defiance

doom-folk slowcore dirge with haunted low intimate female alto, close-mic breath, exhausted chest voice, restrained vibrato, almost-spoken grief, fragile but not pretty, slight rasp, raw human imperfections, fingerpicked electric guitar, huge reverb, sparse drums, dark post-rock crescendos, cold forest grief atmosphere, NO INTRO, ‑intro, ‑instrumental intro, ‑ambient intro, ‑guitar intro, ‑humming intro, ‑vocalization intro, ‑oohs, ‑ahhs, ‑wordless vocals, ‑spoken intro, ‑fade-in, ‑long opening, ‑intro vocals, ‑humming intro, ‑wordless vocal intro, ‑vocalizations, ‑ahh vocals, ‑ooh vocals, ‑choir pad, ‑breathy vocal pad, ‑spoken intro, ‑narrator intro, ‑whispered intro, ‑female humming, ‑melodic humming, ‑background vocals before verse, ‑vocal adlibs, ‑mouth sounds before verse, ‑lyrical vocals in intro, ‑bad doom-folk, ‑generic slowcore, ‑fake dark post-rock, ‑overproduced gothic folk, ‑theatrical vocal, ‑polished pop vocal, ‑bright commercial chorus, ‑clean radio rock, ‑upbeat indie folk, ‑excessive drums, ‑busy percussion, ‑EDM, ‑synth pop, ‑metalcore screaming, ‑opera vocal, ‑country twang, ‑cheerful melody, ‑glossy vocal tuning, ‑shimmer artifacts, ‑robotic phrasing, ‑weak emotional crescendo, ‑boring repetition, ‑muddy lyrics, ‑muffled vocal, ‑washed-out mix, ‑fake reverb, ‑generic haunted atmosphere, ‑melodramatic performance, ‑overcompressed master

folk, pagan, dark pop, metal

Nordic folk, cinematic ballad, doom-folk, dark folk ritual, nyckelharpa-driven atmospheric folk

Oriental wedding party music, Harem bells, cinematic electronic, experimental ambient, ambient techno, cave echo, oriental instrumentals, rich melodies overlaid, polyphonic, glittery ambience

folk, Middle Eastern folk metal with steampunk flair; male vocals riding a galloping double-kick groove, qanun and oud locked to a chugging rhythm guitar riff, Verse one starts sparse with airy ney and palm-muted crunch, then chorus explodes with gang shouts and soaring harmonized lead, Brass hits and ticking, clanking percussion evoke gears and valves; bridge drops to half-time with haunting maqam vocal line before a final, triumphant chorus, steampunk, folk metal

French, Electro, Surreal