Battle Of The Future Buddhas
nuf said
and not just dark, but also twisted sounds like is key in much of the darker stuff that came much later, especially in forest trance.
fx this one, released 1998:
Battle Of The Future Buddhas – It's Spooky Out There
ed.
ahh just realized that you were asking for albums, will just rephrase to:
Battle Of The Future Buddhas – Twin Sharkfins (1998)
and then Darshan - Awakening (1998)
and one track that always blows my suck of Ephemeral (1997) maybe more twisted than dark, but that could be debated I guess
Dark Soho is a good candidate as well, more sluggish (heavy metal) dark, but still cool!