It's Boss Month!

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Congratulations to Ivan Hakštok, TheManPF, Zach Chapman, Ian Martyn, Shea's Violin, pud, and norg!!

October is Boss Month! Any music that plays during a Boss (or Miniboss) battle is fair game.

This month's banner art is by Maizilla!

If you have any questions regarding whether a game fits this month's theme, please reach out via the #contact-staff channel in the Dwelling of Duels Discord server.

Upload your submission using our submission form.

Rule Updates

Use of generative AI (e.g., playing a guitar solo over a genAI track, or using genAI vocals or vocal filters that attempt to impersonate someone) is not permitted.

We also have a Patreon, with the main focus being raising money for monthly banner art (including this month). Please consider contributing and helping support this VGM community! Subscribers get a sneak peek at upcoming banner art and a special role in our Discord server, along with a private channel for sneak peeks behind the DoD curtain.

Be sure to join our Discord server to chat about video game music and music production all month long!

Voting Deadline

Votes for the current duel must be received by November 1 at 9:00 PM ET.

Listen and vote now!

About DoD

Dwelling of Duels is a monthly video game music (VGM) cover competition. Competitors anonymously submit redone versions of game music and the entries are voted upon by the community. Entries must comply with the rules, briefly put as following:

The song must follow the current month's theme
The song must be previously unreleased
The song must be at least 2 minutes long
The main instrument must be played live
Entries must be anonymous

Submit using our online form.

Prizes

Thanks to Impact Soundworks, the top winner of each contest receives one of the following ISW libraries:

Stats

1506 Artists
281 Duels
2226 Games
6505 Songs
360+ Hours of Music
23 Years

September Winners