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 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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 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
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 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!
Agreed, looks especially bad since this is an estabilished artist with great, popular (in dungeon synth terms) music. He could've chosen/commissioned a proper artwork but chose AI, giving the album a feeling of cheapness. Presentation is fundamental and AI is like showing up at a party wearing tattered rags.
You are poverty shaming. Some people are poor and can't afford to commission art. Should these people just not have pictures to go with their music? And some kids only have dirty or torn clothes to wear to school, which can be traumatizing, so I really don't like your rags analogy either.
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?
Please people, you are listening to 90 minutes of top notch music for free. The artist is a musician and not a painter. Are you here for the cover or for the music? After spending the free time he has to bring you this for free, do you expect him to do something thats not in his line of work, and spend even more time drafting a cover, or pay for an artist out of his own pocket? I get that there are legitimate arguments for not using AI art, and sure thats fine, having a debate is good. However there is no need to bring such anger to the comments of a small artist that has voluntarily brought you great music. Maybe next time one of you critics could draw the album art, and we could enjoy both the music and the genuine cover art you are looking for. Anyways, thanks to Ziggurath for the great album!
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.
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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
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
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!
Was staying inside today because of a snowstorm, and now I got the perfect soundtrack for it.
same
Oslo?
Oslo?
same
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!
18:40 That dog bark goes so well with everything else. Beautiful
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?
Perfect soundtrack for the "Gods of the Forbidden North" campaign adventure
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
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.
Epic Northrend vibe! Really feel the first tune is the expedition of Lordaeronians pursuing the Lich King
Your music gripped and intrigued me like none other. Well done.
this is magnificent, and love the artwork
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
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
Used this in D&D. Now I use it to drift into sleep. Amazing. 🔥
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.
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 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.
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.
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 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!
I was totally in the right mood for this one and now Ive relistened it several times, great album!
Oh a new journey for my dreams to follow!
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
Amazing atmosphere.
This is hauntingly beautiful
This is absolutely magical 💖✨
YO ZIGGURATH NEW ALBUM FUCK YEA
Reminds me of the coastal area in secret of evermore, slightly more fleshed out
Great call back.
Very atmospheric and thought-provoking music. It's really calming my otherwise bad nerves.
Thanks man. Producing it certainly helped my nerves too.
Great Sounds. Awesome vibe. Love this work.👌
Christmas came late after all! Thank you so much for this, you just made my day ✌
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
Starkes Ding!
Excellent - this is very welcome🧙♂🪄💎🌌
instant fan
Sensational
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 am a simple woman. I see the latest Ziggurath album, I listen.
This is awesome music. I could feel the pirates sailing their ship through iceberg and sailing slower not to the icebergs.
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
This would be great to listen to while reading Heart of Darkness or Moby Dick
Tremendous stuff!
We need more mysterious pirate dungeon synth!
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.
Absolutely perfect
AMAZING. very satisfied.
What a gem!
Just woke up from a nap, and this was in my notifications. It's gonna be a great evening!
Hideously awesome!
The True North Calling Me 🏔
Reminds me of Gothic 2 soundtrack. Love it.
Oh yes. I've been looking forward to this.
Thank you!!!
Thanks very much!
This is awesome, very atmospheric.
In the meantime, while the music is playing, I'm writing my horror novel. Very inspiring, thank you.
Excelente trabajo! super environmental, very interesting. I liked it a lot.
Amazing. Thanks.
Perfect!
How nice of you to make the soundtrack of my homeland.
WINTER DUNGEON SYNTH? I'M IN
Beautiful mistery
Awesome music for my next game of D&D 😈💀🤘
This is like extremely good
listening to it as i play everquest project 1999 w/ an old friend -- its very good
Klingt gut!
here's a keeper for sure!
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!
love this
The album art on this channel is top tier. Takes me back.
Good one!
Dark ancient melody its amazing ...😮
Bo Hansson is the best justification I've read for making an album
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...
very good material
This is Lit!!
so immersive
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!
Off to the Bitter Reach!
this music is awesome
The thing with AI art like this is that it wouldn't be that hard to photoshop it to look like real art. But no one ever does! Ethics aside, of course.
Most people using AI art probably wouldn't know what mistakes are present nor how to fix them.
@@undvined but the renowned Ziggurath?
@@Elderwyrmmusic I have no idea if they're as good as art as they are music, so will deign not to cast judgment either way.
Agreed, looks especially bad since this is an estabilished artist with great, popular (in dungeon synth terms) music. He could've chosen/commissioned a proper artwork but chose AI, giving the album a feeling of cheapness. Presentation is fundamental and AI is like showing up at a party wearing tattered rags.
You are poverty shaming. Some people are poor and can't afford to commission art. Should these people just not have pictures to go with their music? And some kids only have dirty or torn clothes to wear to school, which can be traumatizing, so I really don't like your rags analogy either.
Sounds cool and is great for TTRPG. Brings a lot of imagination.
The sound is great, can't say the same for the AI generated album cover.
Here I am liking the Album cover.
I don't think it looks too bad
If you're listening to this while running a ttrpg I promise no one would care about the cover
Huge W
Great dwarf fortressing tunes
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?
The artwork is mind-blowingly cool
Lo quiero en vinilo❤❤
From the North, to the Nothern North
Perfect for a nautical themed dnd campaign !
12:25 Hearthfire Inn Is SO Chill...
Please people, you are listening to 90 minutes of top notch music for free. The artist is a musician and not a painter. Are you here for the cover or for the music?
After spending the free time he has to bring you this for free, do you expect him to do something thats not in his line of work, and spend even more time drafting a cover, or pay for an artist out of his own pocket?
I get that there are legitimate arguments for not using AI art, and sure thats fine, having a debate is good. However there is no need to bring such anger to the comments of a small artist that has voluntarily brought you great music.
Maybe next time one of you critics could draw the album art, and we could enjoy both the music and the genuine cover art you are looking for.
Anyways, thanks to Ziggurath for the great album!
Thanks man, appreciate it!
tiny brain take
@@ghosttrain42 Great take mate, that really drives your point across! 👍👍
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.
nice