Dark Age

Book Playlist

Dark Age Playlist

by Pierce Brown

20 tracks

balanced

Aug 26, 2026

This playlist captures the intense and multifaceted atmosphere of Pierce Brown's "Dark Age," blending electronic, ambient, and post-rock instrumentals with vocal tracks that evoke rebellion, loss, and the clash between old empires and new orders. The instrumental pieces reflect the vast, futuristic battlegrounds and emotional turmoil, while the vocal songs explore the characters’ struggles and shifting loyalties, mirroring the book's dark, complex narrative and space-faring setting.

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Track List

20 songs

1

SURFACE TENSION

Lights · A6

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2

Subterranean

Tracy Bryant · Subterranean

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3

Day One (Interstellar Theme)

Hans Zimmer · Interstellar (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) [Expanded Edition]

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4

Next Waiting (Origin 2006)

Solar Fields · ORIGIN - Shaped By Time

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5

Truth (Prologue)

NERO · Into the Unknown

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6

We Played Some Open Chords and Rejoiced, for the Earth had Circled the Sun Yet Another Year

A Winged Victory for the Sullen · A Winged Victory for the Sullen

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7

The Awakening

FASS Helios Abisal · Lo que despertaron en mi

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8

Neptunes

Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith · Neptunes (Ela Minus Remixes)

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9

Panic

Forest Swords · Compassion

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10

Enemy

Sevendust · Seasons

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11

The Architect

Andre Kronert · Facing the Past

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12

In This Shirt

The Irrepressibles · Mirror Mirror

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13

Warrior

Demi Lovato · Demi

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14

OBLIVION

Dachypher · Dachypher (May 2026)

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15

Violet Hill

Coldplay · Violet Hill - Alternative Rock Ballads

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16

Satellites

William Edessa · Satellites

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17

Wolf

First Aid Kit · The Lion's Roar

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18

Glory And Gore

Lorde · pov: you're a dark fantasy main character

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19

Breathe In Breathe Out

Mat Kearney · Nothing Left To Lose

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20

Let’s Play Chess

Luminary Flux · Dream Department

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