It's a pleasure to be back on the archives again! Thank you guys for keeping me motivated to produce more. Engaging with the Dungeon Synth community and knowing that so many people enjoy my music online has helped me tremendously over the last year. I honestly wanted to have "True North" finished by mid '23, but ran into some production issues... Turns out working in one 90 minute long project file is not the best idea after all ;) The next one won't take so long, promise. - Ziggurath out P.S. Have some bandcamp codes to honor the occasion: z7fp-gq3a nmdr-3zd7 m8q5-czx5 bkrb-xgjr 53ml-e39d ba8q-uw6h dfz7-548v s53a-bp39 7xks-utn2 v4ye-envh
@@Sorrowfax ooookkkk it’s a campaign that takes place in frozen wasteland of mystery and ancient treasure. Comprised of an archipelago of small islands with port cities. No one ventures too deep into the fog ridden landscape for fear of running into the many hunted and twisted things in this barren battle scarred terrain. Rumors of immortality and the guardians that protect it still bring in many adventures who seek to know the real truth and history behind the mythical battle between the demons and angels that shattered this entire civilization nearly 1000 years ago. Now only a shadow of its former glory, a half sunken angelic structures still comprise the cities of the islands. Governed by bigoted poor humans who are still clinging to a broken region of angel worship but the madness of the land and the years of war against the demons have made the once glorious angels into dark beings not to be disturbed. It’s a dark tale and it’s a beautiful song to listen to while in the story. Thanks 🙏 again for the song and for thanks sharing your interest in our story.
i read like a third of it like 15 years ago, I was already thinking about getting around reading the later stories. it is pretty cool to be made aware that there are still people reading that stuff.
I feel like there is an early 80's movie that didn't get finished that this belongs to. Really love your music, you tap into something that just transports me to a different world, and its incredible.
Started reading the Bloodsworn Saga recently. This fits right in with images of exhausted Vikings sleeping on a rocky beach, grim mercenary bands where getting your ass kicked is part of the initiation, and treks through wild lands in search of the gods' graveyard.
Ordered the cassette before I even got through the first full listen lol. Perfect for the frozen, Canadian mid January feel that I am going through right now. Had to get my hands on a copy of it physically.
Best experienced sitting in front of a crackling fireplace, staring out a big window while a blizzard rages outside....Then suddenly you hear a heavy, desperate knock at your door.
Just found this while searching music at work, gotta take a deep dive to the channel to find some great pieces for my campaign to play! The sounds and atmosphere is awesome with this album.
This is absolutely amazing. I've been searching for music like this-dark, atmospheric, winter synth with elements of nature and human sounds-but I found nothing else like this. This is a true gem. Thank you for creating it. I'd love to hear more tracks like this!
Thank you for uploading all this music with the OG cover art. Your the only dungeon synth channel i can find without any AI art on it, and i really appreciate that.
I am going for a brain scan this morning 😂 The machine that creates the image if the brain is rather loud and so to alleviate the discomfort of the machine the technician places headphones on the patient to help distract them from the noise and the clostrophobia of the procedure. Wish I had a cd of this to help me trip away fhe 20 odd minutes of the procedure. God bless to all 😂❤❤
Your brains must be in the bucket since earphones would interfere with the electromagnetic fields used in most brain scanning techniques, such as MRI or EEG
There is this interview with Tolkien in which he says that you have to give the readers some relief after putting them through a gruelling journey. I tried to keep that in mind while making True North.
I'm reading Elfquest, an oldschool fantasy comic, and at the end they are after a fight on snowfields with snowtrolls. And they are gathering their tribe and they are wounded, well this listening went well with that reading. Thank you !
I love this! I'm reading the comments and feeling exactly like everyone is describing! I'm new to this kind of space, can anyone recommend some movies that share a similar feeling/theme to this?
I wish this would have come out when I ran Icewind Dale Rime of the Frostmaiden for my DnD group! Definetly gonna save this incase I ever run Icewind Dale for some other group in the future!
For too long I've been parched of thirst and unable to quench it. Too long I've been starving to death and haven't died. I feel nothing. Not the wind on my face nor the spray of the sea. Nor the warmth of a woman's flesh...
I'm a fan of your stuff, Honestly Tales from the Southern Realms is quite spectacular. I'm liking this alright but I hope in your upcoming work you'll dial it back on the sound effects or have them sit lower in the mix. I know, Opinions are like assholes but some of the effects, although germain to your themes, their volume break immersion as oppose to enhance it. I have always enjoyed your note choice and voicings. Have fun making your work and maybe don't listen to people like me.
![WINTERBLOOD - Luftschloss [winter synth]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/Tgf40vIJvTU/mqdefault.jpg)
![Trollslottet - Sorgeberget [ Full Album ] - Dungeon Synth](/img/1.gif)
It's a pleasure to be back on the archives again! Thank you guys for keeping me motivated to produce more. Engaging with the Dungeon Synth community and knowing that so many people enjoy my music online has helped me tremendously over the last year.
I honestly wanted to have "True North" finished by mid '23, but ran into some production issues... Turns out working in one 90 minute long project file is not the best idea after all ;)
The next one won't take so long, promise.
- Ziggurath out
P.S. Have some bandcamp codes to honor the occasion:
z7fp-gq3a
nmdr-3zd7
m8q5-czx5
bkrb-xgjr
53ml-e39d
ba8q-uw6h
dfz7-548v
s53a-bp39
7xks-utn2
v4ye-envh
I adore your music. Keep up the great work 😃
Great music!
who did the cover art?
Just in time for the deathly temperatures my city is experiencing as of late. Now it feels like an epic adventure! Be well, now!
Soulless AI generated art kills any interest in your music. Sorry not sorry
This fits so good while coding at 1-AM as the wind blows through the open window
I did not expect to find someone else listening to this while coding xD
absolutely perfect on a rainy night or day
Whatcha working on?
Twilight projects
*fits well
I... can´t believe it. I go to youtube to play some Tales From The Southern Realms and this shows in my feed 0_o... I´m beyond excited!
Really so atmospheric! It turned my subway commute into a dark odyssey into the frozen wastes.
I see them as the same thing.
@@Blisterdude123Ha, very true.
Probably didn't need this soundtrack to do that
@@viscountslappy5085 I was on the Seoul subway. Outside of rush hour, it's pretty nice.^^
The opening passages sound appropriate for standing on the platform, awaiting the train to get you OUT of the station, unseen by certain folks.
You have no idea how perfectly this fits with a campaign I am doing with friends.
You have cool friends
I'd love to hear about it. No joke.
i wish i had friends. I'm growing a plant.
@@Sorrowfax ooookkkk it’s a campaign that takes place in frozen wasteland of mystery and ancient treasure. Comprised of an archipelago of small islands with port cities. No one ventures too deep into the fog ridden landscape for fear of running into the many hunted and twisted things in this barren battle scarred terrain. Rumors of immortality and the guardians that protect it still bring in many adventures who seek to know the real truth and history behind the mythical battle between the demons and angels that shattered this entire civilization nearly 1000 years ago. Now only a shadow of its former glory, a half sunken angelic structures still comprise the cities of the islands. Governed by bigoted poor humans who are still clinging to a broken region of angel worship but the madness of the land and the years of war against the demons have made the once glorious angels into dark beings not to be disturbed. It’s a dark tale and it’s a beautiful song to listen to while in the story. Thanks 🙏 again for the song and for thanks sharing your interest in our story.
@@kaml5076 that really does sound amazing. Wish I could play in that universe
Was staying inside today because of a snowstorm, and now I got the perfect soundtrack for it.
same
Oslo?
Oslo?
same
Reading Conan... this works
i read like a third of it like 15 years ago, I was already thinking about getting around reading the later stories. it is pretty cool to be made aware that there are still people reading that stuff.
@@feelthepony there's always people reading old stuff, I assure you
Suddenly, I'm stuck on a boat with a vampire in the cargo hold.
In the middle of the Atlantic on the way to the New World.
Hey, we've all been there. Right? RIGHT?
@@youMatterItDoesGetBetter He seems to understand my English, but refuses to speak it and is getting agitated.
This sounds the the plot to an amazing indie game, like the Obra dinn game, survive trying to hide and lock the vampire in a room.
What a bizarre situation, isn't it?
Epic Northrend vibe! Really feel the first tune is the expedition of Lordaeronians pursuing the Lich King
Perfect soundtrack for the "Gods of the Forbidden North" campaign adventure
YO ZIGGURATH NEW ALBUM FUCK YEA
18:40 That dog bark goes so well with everything else. Beautiful
I feel like there is an early 80's movie that didn't get finished that this belongs to.
Really love your music, you tap into something that just transports me to a different world, and its incredible.
Thank you. I always try to take the listeners on a journey... Glad to hear that it worked for you!
Your music gripped and intrigued me like none other. Well done.
Just got here. Always loved D+D and music, such a cool idea for a genre. Looking forward to exploring yr catalog, thanks mate.
Just discovered this artist recently, so it’s a nice coincidence this album just dropped. I’m pleased to hear this on a cold January day
Started reading the Bloodsworn Saga recently. This fits right in with images of exhausted Vikings sleeping on a rocky beach, grim mercenary bands where getting your ass kicked is part of the initiation, and treks through wild lands in search of the gods' graveyard.
this is magnificent, and love the artwork
Ordered the cassette before I even got through the first full listen lol. Perfect for the frozen, Canadian mid January feel that I am going through right now. Had to get my hands on a copy of it physically.
Used this in D&D. Now I use it to drift into sleep. Amazing. 🔥
Best experienced sitting in front of a crackling fireplace, staring out a big window while a blizzard rages outside....Then suddenly you hear a heavy, desperate knock at your door.
This isn't just an album, it's an experience... Thank you Ziggurath for this incredible piece of art.
Than YOU for taking part in that experience ;)
My background music while studying. Great album
I was totally in the right mood for this one and now Ive relistened it several times, great album!
Ziggurath introduced me to dungeon synth a year ago...went to my first dungeon synth concert last week! Thank you for the inspiration!
Ha, welcome to the fold!
This is absolutely magical 💖✨
Just found this while searching music at work, gotta take a deep dive to the channel to find some great pieces for my campaign to play!
The sounds and atmosphere is awesome with this album.
This is absolutely amazing. I've been searching for music like this-dark, atmospheric, winter synth with elements of nature and human sounds-but I found nothing else like this. This is a true gem. Thank you for creating it. I'd love to hear more tracks like this!
Reminds me of the coastal area in secret of evermore, slightly more fleshed out
Great call back.
This is hauntingly beautiful
Amazing atmosphere.
Oh a new journey for my dreams to follow!
Christmas came late after all! Thank you so much for this, you just made my day ✌
Very atmospheric and thought-provoking music. It's really calming my otherwise bad nerves.
Thanks man. Producing it certainly helped my nerves too.
Ziggurath never ceases to amaze with new theme and style. High quality dungeon synth.
Great Sounds. Awesome vibe. Love this work.👌
This would be great to listen to while reading Heart of Darkness or Moby Dick
Starkes Ding!
We need more mysterious pirate dungeon synth!
Excellent - this is very welcome🧙♂🪄💎🌌
Sensational
instant fan
Unheilsame Wolken is really good. Would love to hear a longer version.
Glad that you like it. Maybe I'll find the time to put up an extended version on my channel.
is this your channel or is "Ziggurath" your channel? @@Ziggurath
Really love the melody at 1:24:36, has a lot of character, really sticks in my head. Almost reminds me of Fabio Frizzi's work on some Fulci flicks.
Tremendous stuff!
In the meantime, while the music is playing, I'm writing my horror novel. Very inspiring, thank you.
Thank you for uploading all this music with the OG cover art. Your the only dungeon synth channel i can find without any AI art on it, and i really appreciate that.
Does he know?
@@stolyartoad8640I believe he’s being sarcastic
please tell me you aren't serious
Hideously awesome!
Thanks very much!
Reading Severed Souls while this plays. Perfection.
AMAZING. very satisfied.
This is awesome music. I could feel the pirates sailing their ship through iceberg and sailing slower not to the icebergs.
This is awesome, very atmospheric.
Absolutely perfect
Amazing. Thanks.
Thank you!!!
Oh yes. I've been looking forward to this.
Excelente trabajo! super environmental, very interesting. I liked it a lot.
This is like extremely good
Perfect!
How nice of you to make the soundtrack of my homeland.
Just woke up from a nap, and this was in my notifications. It's gonna be a great evening!
Good one!
I am going for a brain scan this morning 😂
The machine that creates the image if the brain is rather loud and so to alleviate the discomfort of the machine the technician places headphones on the patient to help distract them from the noise and the clostrophobia of the procedure.
Wish I had a cd of this to help me trip away fhe 20 odd minutes of the procedure.
God bless to all 😂❤❤
Oh damn, I hope everything went well with your scan.
Your brains must be in the bucket since earphones would interfere with the electromagnetic fields used in most brain scanning techniques, such as MRI or EEG
I am a simple woman. I see the latest Ziggurath album, I listen.
What a gem!
Klingt gut!
Awesome music for my next game of D&D 😈💀🤘
Beautiful mistery
WINTER DUNGEON SYNTH? I'M IN
Hearthfire slaps after all that frosty music, peak comfy-synth ❤
"slaps"-pedophile dogwhistle, meaning to "slap" the ass of the young child. DISGUSTING
There is this interview with Tolkien in which he says that you have to give the readers some relief after putting them through a gruelling journey. I tried to keep that in mind while making True North.
I'm reading Elfquest, an oldschool fantasy comic, and at the end they are after a fight on snowfields with snowtrolls. And they are gathering their tribe and they are wounded, well this listening went well with that reading. Thank you !
Reminds me of Gothic 2 soundtrack. Love it.
love this
The True North Calling Me 🏔
here's a keeper for sure!
very good material
I think this music is perfect as an ambiant music for a certain scenario for a certain initiation box for a well known P'nP RPG.
This is Lit!!
waited half a year to play this to some adequately gloomy weather. Today it's finally happening
I love this! I'm reading the comments and feeling exactly like everyone is describing! I'm new to this kind of space, can anyone recommend some movies that share a similar feeling/theme to this?
I wish this would have come out when I ran Icewind Dale Rime of the Frostmaiden for my DnD group! Definetly gonna save this incase I ever run Icewind Dale for some other group in the future!
I see this as a reason TO run it for a new group!
Bo Hansson is the best justification I've read for making an album
this music is awesome
so immersive
Sounds cool and is great for TTRPG. Brings a lot of imagination.
Off to the Bitter Reach!
Huge W
Lo quiero en vinilo❤❤
For too long I've been parched of thirst and unable to quench it. Too long I've been starving to death and haven't died. I feel nothing. Not the wind on my face nor the spray of the sea. Nor the warmth of a woman's flesh...
Great dwarf fortressing tunes
I love some Winter Synth. If I ever made Dungeon Synth, it would definitely factor into my second album, at least.
long live israel
One of the best DS projects working today 💜
How nice of you, thanks!
nice
Dark ancient melody its amazing ...😮
I'm a fan of your stuff, Honestly Tales from the Southern Realms is quite spectacular.
I'm liking this alright but I hope in your upcoming work you'll dial it back on the sound effects or have them sit lower in the mix.
I know, Opinions are like assholes but some of the effects, although germain to your themes, their volume break immersion as oppose to enhance it.
I have always enjoyed your note choice and voicings. Have fun making your work and maybe don't listen to people like me.
Hey man, thanks for the input! Glad that you enjoy the music.
Love it, but the frequency of ads is harsh!
around the 12:30 mark, it felt like someone was asking me if I'd been to Scarborough Faire.
Those are some heavy duty diacritics, ngl.
From the North, to the Nothern North