I’m planning a Mörk Borg game with my friends. For the uninitiated, it’s a table top RPG game that describes itself as

A DOOM METAL album of a game. A spiked FLAIL to the Face. Light on RULES, Heavy Every-thing Else.

The art and setting are very German/Euro metal inspired.

I myself enjoy listening to metal periodically, but I’m a casual fan. I want to build a background playlist to help ground the players in it’s art and style.

I’m thinking light/low vocal Black / Doom / Death / Prog metal. Looking for music that drives the listeners to action while avoiding taking over center stage.

So far I have grabbed some Igorr, some DOOM 2016 Soundtrack, some Rigor Mortis, Inferi, Cannibal Corpse, and a bunch of random stuff from Spotify suggestions, though I’m struggling to really make it a cohesive vibe.

Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated!

EDIT: Thank you all so much for the help! This is awesome! What a great community.

  • Myr@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    9 days ago

    Inferi is good, but I feel that might be a little too attention-grabbing, maybe?

    Gojira (progressive death/groove metal) has a ton of non invasive and introspective tracks, like The Silver Cord for a nice short bass instrumental, Born in Winter for a quiet build up and a nice payoff, Shooting Star for a sludgy, groovy drone.

    Obituary (old school death metal) has Redneck Stomp, which is a nice simple instrumental that still kicks ass and definitely sets a vibe.

    Witchery (black/death/thrash metal) and Metal Church (heavy/power/thrash) have very driving instrumentals that sound very similar to one another, for when you want to stress the group out, e.g. time is of the essence lol. Track names are Merciless Onslaught - Metal Church and Bone Mill - Witchery.

    Hope that helps, rock on and game on friendo.