When I was in the army, we were stationed on an outpost by the Barents sea in the northern most part of Norway, and this music invoke the feelings I had in that desolate place. No people, no houses, hardly any plants or animals. The mountains just suddenly terminate by the water, and from there its all just a vast expanse of ocean, snow and ice merging into infinite white nothingness.
you ever hear of Biosphere?.. or that Geir Jensen guy?.. his sh1t is like some OG ambient music that is basically like this, and captures EXACTLY what you are talking about.
That photo is a mindf*ck with this music. Listen long enough and you begin to understand the vastness; witness your own desolation. The last thing you'll remember is the sound of your labored breathing becoming more faint and the wind growing more intense in your ears. Then silence. Your frozen stare remains fixated on the white horizon while the snow claims your body.
I'd rather be isolated and alone far away from civilization than to be around people and be lonely. It's weird I know but the I believe being in the middle of nowhere alone is comforting. These dark ambient pieces you've made bring me comfort in these times. Thank you.
Ur not alone in this thinking. I am literally addicted to abandoned and barren places. I feel a strange kinship and almost peace in these places, as if that’s where my true soul resides, out there in the empty expanses. So beautiful, serene and melancholic.
@@hansfrankfurter2903 I had a dream recently about a empty place and a black haired girl I know, and she gave me the cold shoulder after talking to her , haha ironically enough she's either shy or hates me lol! cuz it's not too far off from past real life experiences with her haha.
I almost want to say I can relate too, but I don't think that part of me can handle the sheer emptiness and isolation that are places like these. I'm a loner as well, but the mere presence of living people gives me a weird sort of comfort- a sense of safety. Being alone every once in a while is nice! But if I had to live in a desolate world with no life, I think I would go insane
Everybody listening to this is either at peace or having a mental breakdown. Either way, this track is perfection and I’ve used it many times. Music is a wonderful method of transportation.
@@vladimirandreevich exactly its the energy encompassed inside the mind and soul at the time a person is listening its the energy one has at the moment of hearing
Sometimes during thunderstorms I would turn off all the lights in my house, light a candle, and sit in my living room while listen to this type of music. It feels very calming and soothing...
I like to listen in my car while driving long routes.. it's takes you to different reality away from crazy world and rude people....just me and universe....diving into the ocean of fantasy and atmospheric vibe
This music expresses something profound that I can't explain, it's almost scary, it's like the ultimate reality of things the hidden tragedy inside everything, it's so real. thank you for making it.
I know what you mean. I think it's really rare to feel that kind of thing outside of music or art. At least for me. As a kid I felt it when I saw mountains in the distance and it was storming out, but. . . music takes me there, more often.
@@IronCthulhuApocalypse I hate to be redundant but thank you so much man for creating it, I recently moved out to a new city for a job were I have to be more socially fake than usual, (you know playing society's capitalist game to feed myself, against all my intervorted and lazy and genuinely suicidal desires),and I find myself always returning to this song it resonates with me deeply. it connects me to the deepest and the most real part of me, the scared confused lonely part of me that knows deep down that life is truly not worth living and I'm just fooling myself, the part of me that laughs with friends or eating a meal or watching a movie or seemingly enjoying life or whatever is not the real part of me, this is, I never understood how something so external like this song can give birth to and reaches something so internal. seriously man thank so much for creating it, I think will always listen to it, and keep returning to it for the rest of my life, thank you❤️❤️.
@@user-no7nw8lg8l its when u stop being of this world but merely a passing observer. You’re not even sad anymore, you just see the pointlessness and tragedy of it all, you become a void, non-existence calls upon you, and these empty hollow sounds become your friend. The world is a laboratory that you study, you see the rats and their amusing habits, their vanity, but what are you? You see everything so clear now, you see “the truth” but the price you pay? Your humanity, your agency, your passions and emotions, your free will, its all gone! You no longer “live” anymore, you exist and observe!
if places were sounds, this one would represent 99% of the universe. And all of our other music, every genre and melody, representing the miniscule 1% we live in.
In my opinion, this is your magnus opus. The music sequence is an achievement by itself, however, combined with this specific image, it takes me on an introspective journey where this frozen, barren landscape, resonates with feelings of loneliness and isolation I lived with during a rather dark period in my life. This track has helped me fall asleep during many sleepless nights.
Hi , I was passing through the comments the other day, and came across yer name...., and thought it was peculiar, and didn't think much of it, ... well sometime after COVID I started noticing some weird behaviors ' and thought loops were one of them haha, so I've been in a thought loop thinking of yer name and, probably cuz it's relevant to me in some way, in regards to the other symptoms I'm having, albeit (absurd thoughts haha), well anyways....so I was brought here yesterday or the day before or whatever , by the person in charge of my entire adult life, basically my captor or captors' (it's acceptable here cuz I get lots and lots of extra attention in a small pond in comparison to the others btw haha) well this actually isn't a negative comment although it sounds like it was headed that way haha , but it needs to all be said before making most points these days haha, atleast for me , well this this has been going on for a decade living as a pow or hostage smack dab in the middle of the greatest country in the world where everyone else is happy happy happy lol! which definitely makes the situation worse... well after a decade of living life in a way a normal person wouldn't ever! ....(live in my opinion due to aformentioned I then yes started noticing things but it took a decade of ILLEGAL captivity in a made up reality for it to start haha ) well with that all said , we me and my captors'apparently both like this stuff, which is cool....., but anyways so I came here last night, on my own this time, and my yt page got stuck on yer name! haha who would have thought, haha.....weird I thought haha, .....; Basically I sometimes read yt names and comments and they swirl around inside my head for days! haha and sometimes idk? why ? haha....., Well anyways I just thought it was odd , that I was forced to come here , 2 days ago against my will basically but wasn't complaining about it lol! ....., then read that name, and then got stuck in another thought loop because of it lol! (this ! name 😆) and then the next night came here on my own, cuz like I said we apparently both like this ......., well then like I said got stuck on yer name haha, now I'm smart enough to know that it could have been the people illegally in charge of my entire life like a captor would a hostage, or slave, and yes I am that fr no lie (no exaggerating)hince the recent symptoms haha, well anyways I know it could been them yes, freezing my phone up , (it still happens every day) but regardless of chance ? or a narc wanting to be in control of there ring lol! regardless....it's still interesting to me haha. This is the next day 3 days ago now, so I'm just commenting on yer name. I sometimes do say my thought loops outloud sometimes which might be relevant here too.
I love yer comment btw , this is the next day like I said..... technically 3 days from now haha,....... but yes I do, like yer comment, and I agree .....wish I could say I got out of that period lol! I'm OBVIOUSLY still living in a horrible situation, where I'm missing basically all 1st world country privileges' (plural) no I didn't sign up for this , and I wouldn't have lol! I totally agree with what yer saying, good stuff! also I was fine when this is all started yrs and yrs and yrs ago haha. Idk ? how much it helps me? but I do enjoy this .
You'd think that this would solve everyone's existential crisis.. An existential crisis exists outside of one's "self", it's a "purpose" or place inside orthodox man-made constructs that simply don't exist- Yep, I'm a blast at parties..
The cover fits the music entirely. This combination makes humble and overcomes any seperation of body and mind, which are the usual consequences of our overly protected, complicated and shrill civilization. To be near death means to be more conscious of life. But be aware of the dark abyss into which we look then.
i started listening to this and haven't stopped in 6 years. Even though its some ice artic expedition it reminds me of Dante's 9th circle. So sorrowful, so beautiful.
I'm a student of philosophy, I hear this particularly when studying social critics, politics and such themes. The music seems to give the texts a deeper and darker visage, as if sifting through them means you're unveiling dark truths.
I was in Siberia mountains recently. I'm severely depressed and have lot of heaviness in my soul... After climbing on high mountains with my father I felt... Like wind there and other beauties of Siberia clear my soul... It's literally impossible to describe... View from above into other cold and high mountain and cliffs, this icy breeze (there was around -30 or -35 degrees Celsius)... And I suddenly cried right there. I won't forget this moment never. How I felt alive... Again...
Want some plans for the evening? "Mountains of Madness" by Lovecraft or the graphic novel by Gou Tanabe based on it/ "The Terror" by Dan Simmons/ Dyatlov Incident (yesterday (02/02/2019) was 60th anniversary, what a coincidence) and THIS music!
Those are all arctic \ desolate freezing locations where something ancient once called home that kills any human trespassers like those fellas in the picture there about to discover something truly fantastic and terrifying!
Arthur Schopenhauer is often criticized for his bleak outlook on the human condition. However critical you may be of him, I would find it difficult to refute his claim that art is a powerful tool to mitigate suffering, this video being a prime example of that. This and G A S are some of the few things that can calm the storm for me as of late. To quote a comment on another video I saw somewhere "The rest is just noise at the moment." Thanks for this video.
"Do you know why I love you, Sazed?" she asked quietly. "I cannot fathom," he answered honestly. "Because you never give in," she said. "Other men are strong like bricks-firm, unyielding, but if you pound on them long enough, they crack. You. . .you're strong like the wind. Always there, so willing to bend, but never apologetic for the times when you must be firm. I don't think any of your friends understand what a power they had in you."
One of the BEST binaural music the mystery the wind also soothing but...in a way sad thinking about existence and how cruel life can be yet at the same time this music is calming love it!
This has always been one of my favorites..captures the essence of the cold..the explorers surrendering their bodies to the unknown..The icy wind blowing over us tiny beings of water..all is quiet and purified and must surrender to the futility of biology here. Our cells clinging to the last beat of warmth in a desperate attempt to remain alive.
I like it cuz the whole entire vibe explains how I currently feel about my life, the best word to describe this music would mysterious which is obviously fitting, ... I have many unanswered questions ' about the tests and experiments being run here ....., and everyone else and covid 19 for that matter as well haha, as far it's relevancy to others , as well as me .
I've heard and admired a plethora of Iron Cthulhu Apocalypse works for a long time, but there is really something this one. It has "it". Nothing comes close to this partucular piece. This remains my ICA favorite over all ICA favorites. THE milestone! ❤
makes me feel like i'm the last survivor of an expedition gone wrong in Antarctica, aimlessly walking through the snow while shadow people stand still in a far distance near the mountains observing my movement.
I think this might actually be affecting me subconciously. As soon as I turn it off, I start feeling worse again. It's not like listening to regular music. When I do that, my mind is still racing through thoughts and I don't actually feel better, I'm just trying to get my brain to release those sweet chemicals as a reward for hearing a good melody to distract myself. This is very different, it actually powers the mind instead of cluttering it. I'm not kidding, I can actually feel this inner bliss in my body.
You may want to try Meditation. It is not that your brain is releasing good chemicals as much as it is your brain is focused not allowing negative thoughts to enter your consciousness. Give meditation a try. And if you are willing to smoke a bit of herb, it will boost it drastically.
Out of every piece of media i've ever consumed this is the only one thats gotten me to comprehend what true cosmic horror is like. Less so horror, more sheer mystery. Humanity's the only one cognizant of this mystery and we try to solve it. But like babies without parents we just got plopped into this world and are endlessly lost trying to figure it out. Gain knowledge or attach meaning. But the cliffs and the stars and such don't change. They always remain arcane and mysterious, bigger and beyond us. This photo is just an example of that - these capable men traveling to God knows where and seeing god knows what. Makes me think lovecraft's Old Gods arent monsters, but simply stars and black holes. No wonder we came up with angels and demons. Nice song.
I've been feeling very depressed and lonely, especially the past few months. This kind of sounds how it feels most of the time for me, if that makes any sense. Really nice ambient mate
You all need to cheer up.its easy to say i know but in these dark times upon this earth we should all be a little bit more thank full that were alive.because its super fucking short.get yours and be happy.do what ever it takes to reach your true happy place.that sounds kinda lame but there is no life beyond this.that in its self is depressing enough....so fuck everybody but yourself and focus on your happiness....get yours while you can.
Listen to this while reading Thin Air or Dark Matter by Michelle Paver. Modern ghost stories written in an older style, set in the Himalayas / North Pole. It works so well.
My brain can't decide if it wants to decend into a paranoid spiral about what lies in nothingness, or to calm down and ease my worries. Very well put together, and describes my relationship with isolation very well. Thank you.
This ambient is jut masterpiece and the picture too. This is the real realm of exploration. Hands down to this brilliant people , real drivers of mankind. Thanks for making this great edit
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Am I the only one who associates something positive with this song instead of loneliness? It relaxes me, invites me to dream, and forces me to confront myself. I find myself standing in an endless void where no one can disturb me-no distractions, no people, no tasks-just me in my purest form. It’s a very beautiful feeling. ✨
This is one of the best. It accompanies me for the last four years in my studies. I have got two postgraduate degrees with this music in my headphones. I feel the cold
dude literally the same Ive been listening to this for nearly 4 years and I'll test my last two tests in the next 3 weeks and finally graduate with this music!
Upon hearing this for the first time, i was drawn into it instantly. I can't stop listening to it. It gives me an apocalyptic type of feeling. Like when all hell is breaking loose and you've done something you've never done before, to defend yourself or something like that, but after doing said activity, you're lost in your own thoughts and the world around you goes quiet and this plays in your head. This has honestly pushed me into wanting to work on a novel I've had in mind for a while now. Thank you my good sir, for this beautiful creation ❤️
Typically, when a song gets stuck in my head i always feel like it ruins my brain. But when I remembered this music i felt kind of relaxation in my mind. Thank you for sharing this beautiful music.❤
For years, this has been my go to track for concentrating on tasks at work and helping keep a relaxed mind when dealing with difficult customers and clients. Thank you for the ambience and helping a stressful mind stay calm.
I discovered this video last year, thought it was cool. I've been listening to this almost every night for months. It's flawless. I discovered a great book because of it, one of my favorite podcasts, and I'm still not tired of it.
This type of music isn't for just anyone. I love almost all Dark, deep heavy ambient to set the mood for writing my book about a Serial Killer in what has turned out to be a Supernatural Horror story with different parts going on.
it's like standing in a place watching the transcendental sky...warm wind softly touches your skin...the song of the grass....solitude....and there, watching the sky, you are there with the universe. This is the supreme feeling.
Yes, I have experienced what exactly what you just described, in the mountains in sardinia, and I was drunk, and it was night, sky was full of stars, felt like the gods were watching me or something, very euphoric.
This one really stirs emotions up in me; I find myself intermittently tearing up for what seems to be no reason at all. I like it when certain pieces do that. The 4hz Theta binaural position is a special one to me. It assists in activating and influencing a lot of things, notably "vision", be it physical sight or fantasies of the dreaming mind. It is the storehouse for creative inspiration, as well as the repository for memories, emotions, and sensations. Wild stuff, indeed. The accompanying progressions within the misty musical composition is what I would personally attribute to the cause of my leaping overboard, into the obscure pools of subconscious emotional recollection. Sometimes, the initial vessel of transportation is not enough [4hz binaural frequency] . Everything requires something that provides some form of energy in order for things to properly operate. In this case, it would be ICA's simple, yet very effective artistic touch of what I would consider musical genius, and I believe it deserves more recognition and praise. Thanks for the worthy track, ICA; to your past, present, and future selves: may free will be with you and guide you to tranquility.
I always thought Thomas Köner (and his peers) should have put binaural beats under his atmospheres and here today I find what I wanted 20 years ago. Thanks!
After reading comments I really want to recommend the above artist THOMAS KÖNER. Tomas did these ambients first and way colder/bleaker -just without the binaurals...
Honestly, this is my favorite track of all ambient tracks on youtube. There is just something about it. I feel likes it the anthem for isolation and desolation. Well done.
I have listened to this piece of music four or five times in the past two days. Out of all of your videos on this channel, this is my favorite. The image that accompanies this track is excellent as well. It brings to mind the book ‘The Terror’ by Dan Simmons or even the “Dyatlov Pass Incident “. ✌🏻✊🏻🙏🏻
This is one of the best dark ambient tracks ever made, coupled with the image and the theme its just perfect. Seriously there should be a 10hr version.
Wow 🤩 der Sound löst unendlichen Frieden & Ruhe in mir aus. Ich spüre soooo eine wahnsinnige Kraft in mir. Könnte ich stundenlang zuhören. Fühlt sich sehr vertraut an. Ich denke aber, man sollte es nicht hören wenn man an seinem tiefsten Punkt & Zusammenbruch steht. Ich wünsche euch allen ganz viel Licht & Liebe ❤️
I've listened to so many kinds of different sounds to relax. Wind, rain, blizzards (arctic, one of my favorite) spacecraft cabins, binaural sounds.... But that one, with that amazing picture of the old expedition to Elephant Island, that one... OMG, my #1 choice so far. Thank you
The story associated with the picture is a mind bender. Pics and music always become a film in my mind. This story filmed correctly and this music as sound for a scene without dialog, showing the stunning yet bleak beauty of their journey might be pretty cool. One can find nature's beauty in the harshest situations. We had an avalanche coming at us once on an ice climb, very high in the Rockies. Oddly. I was scared at all, I just noticed how beautiful the area was and how powerful the avalanche was. This music would fit that moment in slow motion. I was scared after we didn't die. It took most of our gear away.
the photo reminds me of the 09 (nine) russian hijackers missing in the mysterious 1959 *diatlov* incident. There are documentary videos about it. It's little creepy and desolated.
i am happy i found this. lately, quarantine and university have been killing my head from the aches. and now i can listen to this really soft, non-invasive piece of music that helps me think clearly. infinite thanks, ICA
Far out man ....or bunny 🐰 haha, the people here write some neat stuff here too haha, everyone seems to say it boosts creativity as well, and luv the sounds.
Please, keep this on yt. I keep returning to this piece. There is something here. I can't exactly see what it is but it's like something is missing. I come back every time a memory plays this trick on me or I feel "a missing piece". It allows so much space to think, yet the fog it brings is so thick the mind stops silent, don't know if it makes any sense
thanks for being not commerciall but one of the greatest artists witn a great spirit and not narrowminded who like all great artists still can be listened for free without commercials compliments of someone who really apreciates love gup
I put your stuff on a bluetooth speaker under my pillow, control my breathing, and I go to places... The dreams I have when sleep finally comes...colors, shapes, words which cannot be recalled, only experienced. This is my personal favorite, as I have always felt a spiritual kinship with Antarctica...the duality that the whitest continent is also the darkest...the moon never thaws o'er the austral sea...
Hello. Awesome track. This is the type of dark ambient I love the most - no complicated sounds, no excessive sounds at all. Just one slow drone you can meditate to. One of the few types of music I can actually put on while working (I work as a translator).
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New channel with similar stuff: www.youtube.com/@ghostfailure999
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Why a new one dudius?
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did they feel closer to GOd when reaching the ice caps?? that is a good question.. =)
When I was in the army, we were stationed on an outpost by the Barents sea in the northern most part of Norway, and this music invoke the feelings I had in that desolate place. No people, no houses, hardly any plants or animals. The mountains just suddenly terminate by the water, and from there its all just a vast expanse of ocean, snow and ice merging into infinite white nothingness.
I dont know how did it feel to be actually there, but by only reading your comment I felt some inner peace
@@johnnydecomposizione3106 same
And here I was, thinking there wasn't any poetry on UA-cam.
Это делают со всеми. Хороший текст почти готовый для SoD =)))
you ever hear of Biosphere?.. or that Geir Jensen guy?.. his sh1t is like some OG ambient music that is basically like this, and captures EXACTLY what you are talking about.
Fun fact, the background phoro is from the 1916 Elephant Island expeditions by Ernest Shackleton and his crew.
Thank you for sharing this. I will look into this further for my own knowledge's sake.
@@paulcasillas-chavez349 ua-cam.com/video/kr5r3qV78hI/v-deo.html :)
''fun fact'' ok
thank you...I will try to find more info....Was E S an explorer ???
@@steeltrout yes
"What kind of music do you listen to?"
"You wouldn't get it"
Agree
Nikko Aguilar lmao
Right? I wouldn't dare play this music in the car with someone else. Like "here is some existential background music we can jam too".
Exactly!
Great comment Nikko
That photo is a mindf*ck with this music. Listen long enough and you begin to understand the vastness; witness your own desolation. The last thing you'll remember is the sound of your labored breathing becoming more faint and the wind growing more intense in your ears. Then silence. Your frozen stare remains fixated on the white horizon while the snow claims your body.
You will need a boba straw
Its winter right now where I am and you just helped me stay awake with that description. GOOD JOB!
Gay lol
@Kyle damn man not again?!?! You gotta quit that shit bro
Sir, this is a Wendy's
People who have read "At the Mountains of Madness" by H.P. Lovecraft would appreciate this ambience and image 1000% more.
Absolutely
I'm going to try reading War and Peace to it.
I need to read it, I'm working my way through my collection of Lovecraft. He is indeed the master of horror and atmosphere
has that been disproven?
That's exactly what I've had in mind, Hristo. Eighty-three years after his death, Good ol' Howard didn't finish to mesmerize us!
I'd rather be isolated and alone far away from civilization than to be around people and be lonely. It's weird I know but the I believe being in the middle of nowhere alone is comforting. These dark ambient pieces you've made bring me comfort in these times. Thank you.
Ur not alone in this thinking. I am literally addicted to abandoned and barren places. I feel a strange kinship and almost peace in these places, as if that’s where my true soul resides, out there in the empty expanses. So beautiful, serene and melancholic.
@@hansfrankfurter2903 I had a dream recently about a empty place and a black haired girl I know, and she gave me the cold shoulder after talking to her , haha ironically enough she's either shy or hates me lol! cuz it's not too far off from past real life experiences with her haha.
i can relate. if im isolated from everyone already, its not my fault for being an antisocial recluse. but when im around people i have no excuse.
I almost want to say I can relate too, but I don't think that part of me can handle the sheer emptiness and isolation that are places like these. I'm a loner as well, but the mere presence of living people gives me a weird sort of comfort- a sense of safety. Being alone every once in a while is nice! But if I had to live in a desolate world with no life, I think I would go insane
I'd rather be isolated and listen to this than be around people who listen to modern rap.
about the cover picture - it's a photo from Ernest Shackleton 1914 expedition, probably on the Elephant Island
Thanks!
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for anyone interested in the Ernest Shackleton 1914 expedition story, it's crazy
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Was wondering about that. Thanks!
thanks, great info
Thank you, now I know why it reminds me At The Mountains of Madness
Everybody listening to this is either at peace or having a mental breakdown. Either way, this track is perfection and I’ve used it many times. Music is a wonderful method of transportation.
It's interesting how these two opposites - insanity and perfect mental calmness - can be illustrated by the same piece of music
insane mental breakdown, followed by peace
@@Anklejbiter A warm place.
@@vladimirandreevich exactly its the energy encompassed inside the mind and soul at the time a person is listening its the energy one has at the moment of hearing
@@vladimirandreevich u know what I find more interesting, the person up top's name haha.
Sometimes during thunderstorms I would turn off all the lights in my house, light a candle, and sit in my living room while listen to this type of music. It feels very calming and soothing...
L3To ?
i always hasitate to tell people, even friends, that at night, just like now, i just like to sit in darkness and silence and look outside the window
@@theanti-hypemonitor9079 I feel that..
Satanic rituals are fun aren't they? haha .
I love to do that while reading horror books on my kindle haha.
No time, no space, no nothing. Only you and eternity
Might be nicer than today’s world. I would give it a try.
"Eternity lies ahead of us, and behind. Have you drunk your fill?"
-quote from "Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri"
I like to listen in my car while driving long routes.. it's takes you to different reality away from crazy world and rude people....just me and universe....diving into the ocean of fantasy and atmospheric vibe
I feel that
I cannot say better, David. I cannot say better. Except for the «car driving long routes». I'm an easy tiring driver! (LOL)
Well put i feel the same so much rudeness nowadays-!
Escape is nothing for the weak
@@eddiemunster4094 📿
Still one of the best of the ambient sounds on UA-cam.
Eery yet serene… otherworldly yet of this world..
Aphen twin lichen
Still one of the best ambient tracks ever. Not so dark, rather calming and soothing.
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Like deep in the water
This music expresses something profound that I can't explain, it's almost scary, it's like the ultimate reality of things the hidden tragedy inside everything, it's so real.
thank you for making it.
I know what you mean. I think it's really rare to feel that kind of thing outside of music or art. At least for me. As a kid I felt it when I saw mountains in the distance and it was storming out, but. . . music takes me there, more often.
@@IronCthulhuApocalypse I have always had these feelings too
its something i probably will never fully understand
the deepest sadness lyes beyond the point no joy, no love, no hate, the way to the world beyond
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I hate to be redundant but thank you so much man for creating it, I recently moved out to a new city for a job were I have to be more socially fake than usual, (you know playing society's capitalist game to feed myself, against all my intervorted and lazy and genuinely suicidal desires),and I find myself always returning to this song it resonates with me deeply.
it connects me to the deepest and the most real part of me, the scared confused lonely part of me that knows deep down that life is truly not worth living and I'm just fooling myself, the part of me that laughs with friends or eating a meal or watching a movie or seemingly enjoying life or whatever is not the real part of me, this is, I never understood how something so external like this song can give birth to and reaches something so internal.
seriously man thank so much for creating it, I think will always listen to it, and keep returning to it for the rest of my life, thank you❤️❤️.
@@user-no7nw8lg8l its when u stop being of this world but merely a passing observer. You’re not even sad anymore, you just see the pointlessness and tragedy of it all, you become a void, non-existence calls upon you, and these empty hollow sounds become your friend. The world is a laboratory that you study, you see the rats and their amusing habits, their vanity, but what are you? You see everything so clear now, you see “the truth” but the price you pay? Your humanity, your agency, your passions and emotions, your free will, its all gone! You no longer “live” anymore, you exist and observe!
if places were sounds, this one would represent 99% of the universe. And all of our other music, every genre and melody, representing the miniscule 1% we live in.
my humble correction is that our 1% makes rather some 0.000000000000000000...1% of the Universe
what a great comment!
we are nothing between the endless dimensions in this universe
You have no idea how profound this comment is.
Music from other worlds on my channel. Welcome to my little world.
In my opinion, this is your magnus opus. The music sequence is an achievement by itself, however, combined with this specific image, it takes me on an introspective journey where this frozen, barren landscape, resonates with feelings of loneliness and isolation I lived with during a rather dark period in my life. This track has helped me fall asleep during many sleepless nights.
RATHERw o.k.
Hi , I was passing through the comments the other day, and came across yer name...., and thought it was peculiar, and didn't think much of it, ... well sometime after COVID I started noticing some weird behaviors ' and thought loops were one of them haha, so I've been in a thought loop thinking of yer name and, probably cuz it's relevant to me in some way, in regards to the other symptoms I'm having, albeit (absurd thoughts haha), well anyways....so I was brought here yesterday or the day before or whatever , by the person in charge of my entire adult life, basically my captor or captors' (it's acceptable here cuz I get lots and lots of extra attention in a small pond in comparison to the others btw haha) well this actually isn't a negative comment although it sounds like it was headed that way haha , but it needs to all be said before making most points these days haha, atleast for me , well this this has been going on for a decade living as a pow or hostage smack dab in the middle of the greatest country in the world where everyone else is happy happy happy lol! which definitely makes the situation worse... well after a decade of living life in a way a normal person wouldn't ever! ....(live in my opinion due to aformentioned I then yes started noticing things but it took a decade of ILLEGAL captivity in a made up reality for it to start haha ) well with that all said , we me and my captors'apparently both like this stuff, which is cool....., but anyways so I came here last night, on my own this time, and my yt page got stuck on yer name! haha who would have thought, haha.....weird I thought haha, .....; Basically I sometimes read yt names and comments and they swirl around inside my head for days! haha and sometimes idk? why ? haha....., Well anyways I just thought it was odd , that I was forced to come here , 2 days ago against my will basically but wasn't complaining about it lol! ....., then read that name, and then got stuck in another thought loop because of it lol! (this ! name 😆) and then the next night came here on my own, cuz like I said we apparently both like this ......., well then like I said got stuck on yer name haha, now I'm smart enough to know that it could have been the people illegally in charge of my entire life like a captor would a hostage, or slave, and yes I am that fr no lie (no exaggerating)hince the recent symptoms haha, well anyways I know it could been them yes, freezing my phone up , (it still happens every day) but regardless of chance ? or a narc wanting to be in control of there ring lol! regardless....it's still interesting to me haha. This is the next day 3 days ago now, so I'm just commenting on yer name. I sometimes do say my thought loops outloud sometimes which might be relevant here too.
I love yer comment btw , this is the next day like I said..... technically 3 days from now haha,....... but yes I do, like yer comment, and I agree .....wish I could say I got out of that period lol! I'm OBVIOUSLY still living in a horrible situation, where I'm missing basically all 1st world country privileges' (plural) no I didn't sign up for this , and I wouldn't have lol! I totally agree with what yer saying, good stuff! also I was fine when this is all started yrs and yrs and yrs ago haha. Idk ? how much it helps me? but I do enjoy this .
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Great, here is some background music for my existential crisis.
Pixel Face Same.
You'd think that this would solve everyone's existential crisis.. An existential crisis exists outside of one's "self", it's a "purpose" or place inside orthodox man-made constructs that simply don't exist- Yep, I'm a blast at parties..
The crisis is the solution, when your life becomes the problem. But It matters how you will perceive and act upon it.
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There's a lot of us.
The cover fits the music entirely. This combination makes humble and overcomes any seperation of body and mind, which are the usual consequences of our overly protected, complicated and shrill civilization. To be near death means to be more conscious of life. But be aware of the dark abyss into which we look then.
Oh youtube algorithm, you're starting to know me so well..
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It used to be really great, then it went to utter crap for years and now it's back to good again.
What I like about this is that it's not monotone ambient, it changes it's tone/pitch. Love it, thanks.
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i started listening to this and haven't stopped in 6 years. Even though its some ice artic expedition it reminds me of Dante's 9th circle. So sorrowful, so beautiful.
I'm a student of philosophy, I hear this particularly when studying social critics, politics and such themes. The music seems to give the texts a deeper and darker visage, as if sifting through them means you're unveiling dark truths.
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it sounds like dante infernos nineth circle of hell betrayal @@P.Ripper
Same for me my friend..
I was in Siberia mountains recently. I'm severely depressed and have lot of heaviness in my soul... After climbing on high mountains with my father I felt... Like wind there and other beauties of Siberia clear my soul... It's literally impossible to describe... View from above into other cold and high mountain and cliffs, this icy breeze (there was around -30 or -35 degrees Celsius)... And I suddenly cried right there. I won't forget this moment never. How I felt alive... Again...
Try searching for Jesus, he can help.
Want some plans for the evening? "Mountains of Madness" by Lovecraft or the graphic novel by Gou Tanabe based on it/ "The Terror" by Dan Simmons/ Dyatlov Incident (yesterday (02/02/2019) was 60th anniversary, what a coincidence) and THIS music!
Now this right here, is a truly brilliant idea!
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I think they are making a movie a called mountains of madness aren`t they?
AUSSIEMADMATT cancelled!😔
Those are all arctic \ desolate freezing locations where something ancient once called home that kills any human trespassers like those fellas in the picture there about to discover something truly fantastic and terrifying!
Arthur Schopenhauer is often criticized for his bleak outlook on the human condition. However critical you may be of him, I would find it difficult to refute his claim that art is a powerful tool to mitigate suffering, this video being a prime example of that. This and G A S are some of the few things that can calm the storm for me as of late. To quote a comment on another video I saw somewhere "The rest is just noise at the moment." Thanks for this video.
"Do you know why I love you, Sazed?" she asked quietly.
"I cannot fathom," he answered honestly.
"Because you never give in," she said. "Other men are strong like bricks-firm, unyielding, but if you pound on them long enough, they crack. You. . .you're strong like the wind. Always there, so willing to bend, but never apologetic for the times when you must be firm. I don't think any of your friends understand what a power they had in you."
What’s that from?
@@arthurfleck629 Google it.
One of the BEST binaural music the mystery the wind also soothing but...in a way sad thinking about existence and how cruel life can be yet at the same time this music is calming love it!
This has always been one of my favorites..captures the essence of the cold..the explorers surrendering their bodies to the unknown..The icy wind blowing over us tiny beings of water..all is quiet and purified and must surrender to the futility of biology here. Our cells clinging to the last beat of warmth in a desperate attempt to remain alive.
I like it cuz the whole entire vibe explains how I currently feel about my life, the best word to describe this music would mysterious which is obviously fitting, ... I have many unanswered questions ' about the tests and experiments being run here ....., and everyone else and covid 19 for that matter as well haha, as far it's relevancy to others , as well as me .
I've heard and admired a plethora of Iron Cthulhu Apocalypse works for a long time, but there is really something this one. It has "it". Nothing comes close to this partucular piece. This remains my ICA favorite over all ICA favorites. THE milestone! ❤
Listening with noise canceling earphones and it feels like my brain is getting massaged 👀
makes me feel like i'm the last survivor of an expedition gone wrong in Antarctica, aimlessly walking through the snow while shadow people stand still in a far distance near the mountains observing my movement.
LMAO !!!!!!! i found that funny on so many different levels.
I love this one. It provides an esoteric pathway for the mind to wander into the mysterious depths of the imagination.
This scape is so cold, nothing stand in it and static silence.
It cleans and sharpens my brain up, I really love it.
Of course I bought.
nana shi especially in the night while you hear this..
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This gave my soul hypothermia.
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@@Spoeism Then u need reddit
@Lelouch Lamperouge your at absolute zero like me friend
I can relate
I think this might actually be affecting me subconciously. As soon as I turn it off, I start feeling worse again. It's not like listening to regular music. When I do that, my mind is still racing through thoughts and I don't actually feel better, I'm just trying to get my brain to release those sweet chemicals as a reward for hearing a good melody to distract myself. This is very different, it actually powers the mind instead of cluttering it. I'm not kidding, I can actually feel this inner bliss in my body.
Or you are just fucking nuts
I'm trying to understand it 🤪
@@Fenrir-np9js Its not impossible to the brains psychologically, why would it make them fucking nuts, you sound fucking ignorant
Yeah , It has something powerfull
You may want to try Meditation. It is not that your brain is releasing good chemicals as much as it is your brain is focused not allowing negative thoughts to enter your consciousness. Give meditation a try. And if you are willing to smoke a bit of herb, it will boost it drastically.
Out of every piece of media i've ever consumed this is the only one thats gotten me to comprehend what true cosmic horror is like. Less so horror, more sheer mystery. Humanity's the only one cognizant of this mystery and we try to solve it. But like babies without parents we just got plopped into this world and are endlessly lost trying to figure it out. Gain knowledge or attach meaning. But the cliffs and the stars and such don't change. They always remain arcane and mysterious, bigger and beyond us. This photo is just an example of that - these capable men traveling to God knows where and seeing god knows what. Makes me think lovecraft's Old Gods arent monsters, but simply stars and black holes. No wonder we came up with angels and demons. Nice song.
Listen to Apextwin- stone in focus on a loop
I’ve lost count how many times I’ve listened to this. Absolutely wonderful thank you 🙏
I’ve been listening to it for 2 years and a month loool
I've been feeling very depressed and lonely, especially the past few months. This kind of sounds how it feels most of the time for me, if that makes any sense. Really nice ambient mate
You're not alone, many people feel depressed and lonely, especially us millennials. Hope it'll get better for you 🤗🤗🤗
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You all need to cheer up.its easy to say i know but in these dark times upon this earth we should all be a little bit more thank full that were alive.because its super fucking short.get yours and be happy.do what ever it takes to reach your true happy place.that sounds kinda lame but there is no life beyond this.that in its self is depressing enough....so fuck everybody but yourself and focus on your happiness....get yours while you can.
Love this music. To me it reminds me of the unthinkable vastness and unending mystery that is the universe we all inhabit
There is no beginning and no end. Always has and always will.
It's a samurai afro reference
@@NicholasX. I love that
@@rarasirius3795 Thank you
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It goes deeper than you could possibly imagine
Agartha
Exactly agartha
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@@xypaola facts
that's what she said
Listen to this while reading Thin Air or Dark Matter by Michelle Paver. Modern ghost stories written in an older style, set in the Himalayas / North Pole. It works so well.
This photo was taken in 1916 during an expedition to elephant island, an attempt to make the first land crossing of antarctica.
My brain can't decide if it wants to decend into a paranoid spiral about what lies in nothingness, or to calm down and ease my worries. Very well put together, and describes my relationship with isolation very well. Thank you.
I've listened to this one track so many times that I bought your full discography on Bandcamp 😃 I feel like I have a lifetime of meditation music now
This ambient is jut masterpiece and the picture too. This is the real realm of exploration. Hands down to this brilliant people , real drivers of mankind. Thanks for making this great edit
Thanks!
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В Сталкере самый атмосферный эмбиент)
Особенно в ТЧ.
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Am I the only one who associates something positive with this song instead of loneliness? It relaxes me, invites me to dream, and forces me to confront myself. I find myself standing in an endless void where no one can disturb me-no distractions, no people, no tasks-just me in my purest form. It’s a very beautiful feeling. ✨
Настоящий Дарк Амбиент. Воображение рисует параллельные миры, ледяные горы и пустыни, Припять, и так далее
Воистину нечто Трансцендентное.
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А вы слышали Shrine - Somnia ?
Думаю тоже понравится .
Согласен! Великолепные саундскейпы 😒
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This is one of the best. It accompanies me for the last four years in my studies. I have got two postgraduate degrees with this music in my headphones. I feel the cold
dude literally the same Ive been listening to this for nearly 4 years and I'll test my last two tests in the next 3 weeks and finally graduate with this music!
@redrickschuhart3836 graduated high school, I’m a computer engineering major rn ❤️
Сколько книг я прочитал благодаря этому аккомпанементу экзистенциальной боли и холодного, как ледники, одиночества. Спасибо!
Only in darkness does light shine the brightest.
Be careful that the darkness does not become your light though brother. No one is immune to evil.
Upon hearing this for the first time, i was drawn into it instantly. I can't stop listening to it. It gives me an apocalyptic type of feeling. Like when all hell is breaking loose and you've done something you've never done before, to defend yourself or something like that, but after doing said activity, you're lost in your own thoughts and the world around you goes quiet and this plays in your head. This has honestly pushed me into wanting to work on a novel I've had in mind for a while now. Thank you my good sir, for this beautiful creation ❤️
Typically, when a song gets stuck in my head i always feel like it ruins my brain. But when I remembered this music i felt kind of relaxation in my mind. Thank you for sharing this beautiful music.❤
its so ominous yet i feel at ease. its like im in another bleak world. i love it. thank you for this iron
Don't be scared its just your shadow. Get comfortable with it and embrace it.
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Just finished “At the mountains of madness” for the first time listening to this. What an experience.
For years, this has been my go to track for concentrating on tasks at work and helping keep a relaxed mind when dealing with difficult customers and clients. Thank you for the ambience and helping a stressful mind stay calm.
I discovered this video last year, thought it was cool. I've been listening to this almost every night for months. It's flawless. I discovered a great book because of it, one of my favorite podcasts, and I'm still not tired of it.
Awesome! Glad you like it
can't help coming back to this track, it built a bond i can't resist.
This type of music isn't for just anyone. I love almost all Dark, deep heavy ambient to set the mood for writing my book about a Serial Killer in what has turned out to be a Supernatural Horror story with different parts going on.
It's the best thing ever when the you have one idea, but the art decides to go in its own direction. Best of luck on the story.
Best of luck on the story! I hope it becomes big and successfull!
I would like to read your story, Christopher. Sounds great for me.
Isn't all type of music not for everyone?
@@OutragedPufferfish True. Did I win?
it's like standing in a place watching the transcendental sky...warm wind softly touches your skin...the song of the grass....solitude....and there, watching the sky, you are there with the universe.
This is the supreme feeling.
Felichde
Yes, I have experienced what exactly what you just described, in the mountains in sardinia, and I was drunk, and it was night, sky was full of stars, felt like the gods were watching me or something, very euphoric.
This one really stirs emotions up in me;
I find myself intermittently tearing up for what seems to be no reason at all.
I like it when certain pieces do that.
The 4hz Theta binaural position is a special one to me.
It assists in activating and influencing a lot of things, notably "vision", be it physical sight or fantasies of the dreaming mind.
It is the storehouse for creative inspiration, as well as the repository for memories, emotions, and sensations. Wild stuff, indeed.
The accompanying progressions within the misty musical composition is what I would personally attribute to the cause of my leaping overboard, into the obscure pools of subconscious emotional recollection. Sometimes, the initial vessel of transportation is not enough [4hz binaural frequency] . Everything requires something that provides some form of energy in order for things to properly operate. In this case, it would be ICA's simple, yet very effective artistic touch of what I would consider musical genius, and I believe it deserves more recognition and praise.
Thanks for the worthy track, ICA; to your past, present, and future selves: may free will be with you and guide you to tranquility.
Well put.
I always come back to this one. So peaceful and calm
Incredible...I almost forgot how effective music is to the human mind
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I always thought Thomas Köner (and his peers) should have put binaural beats under his atmospheres and here today I find what I wanted 20 years ago. Thanks!
After reading comments I really want to recommend the above artist THOMAS KÖNER. Tomas did these ambients first and way colder/bleaker -just without the binaurals...
Honestly, this is my favorite track of all ambient tracks on youtube. There is just something about it. I feel likes it the anthem for isolation and desolation. Well done.
I have listened to this piece of music four or five times in the past two days. Out of all of your videos on this channel, this is my favorite. The image that accompanies this track is excellent as well. It brings to mind the book ‘The Terror’ by Dan Simmons or even the “Dyatlov Pass Incident “. ✌🏻✊🏻🙏🏻
Glad you like it. I think this is definitely my most popular individual song.
This was one of the very first Dark Ambient pieces I heard on YT and it is still my favourite.
This is one of the best dark ambient tracks ever made, coupled with the image and the theme its just perfect. Seriously there should be a 10hr version.
I can picture being lost in a snow covered landscape...this is so eerie it's beautiful too....thanks..
Wow 🤩 der Sound löst unendlichen Frieden & Ruhe in mir aus. Ich spüre soooo eine wahnsinnige Kraft in mir. Könnte ich stundenlang zuhören. Fühlt sich sehr vertraut an. Ich denke aber, man sollte es nicht hören wenn man an seinem tiefsten Punkt & Zusammenbruch steht. Ich wünsche euch allen ganz viel Licht & Liebe ❤️
I've listened to so many kinds of different sounds to relax. Wind, rain, blizzards (arctic, one of my favorite) spacecraft cabins, binaural sounds.... But that one, with that amazing picture of the old expedition to Elephant Island, that one... OMG, my #1 choice so far. Thank you
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The story associated with the picture is a mind bender. Pics and music always become a film in my mind. This story filmed correctly and this music as sound for a scene without dialog, showing the stunning yet bleak beauty of their journey might be pretty cool. One can find nature's beauty in the harshest situations. We had an avalanche coming at us once on an ice climb, very high in the Rockies. Oddly. I was scared at all, I just noticed how beautiful the area was and how powerful the avalanche was. This music would fit that moment in slow motion. I was scared after we didn't die. It took most of our gear away.
I listen to this almost daily. Great for concentrating while writing/editing. Love the pic, too.
Dude what the fuck what a find. Your entire bandcamp is something I've been craving for a long while. Thanks for doing what you've done.
This one is still my favorite out of everything on this channel.
This is gorgeous. Right now I am working at a crowded place and it gives me the peace to focus on my work. Thaaaanks! It is beyond beautiful.
The sound, the picture...all the atmosphere... its the way I feel, the way my frequencies are. It’s like: im coming home
Very vary funny. !
the photo reminds me of the 09 (nine) russian hijackers missing in the mysterious 1959 *diatlov* incident. There are documentary videos about it. It's little creepy and desolated.
I remember that story. I can see the resemblance.
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anybody know where this picture is from? i've seen it before on a page summarizing Lovecraft stories, but where is it from originally
Me reminds me of the Lovecraft Story "Mountains of Madness" :)
same
I discovered this magical tune not so long ago. I love to fall asleep to that or just listen to it for hours to empty my mind. Thank you.
all the malaise in this world vanishes when I hear this enigmatic "tune". It feels like coming home. Great job.
The Image reminds me on H.P, Lovecrafts Mountains of madness :-) Perfect soundtrack!
Beautiful!
Night. Watching the stars, the universe.
Peacful. Not to bright, not to dark.
Balance and the real reality.
You did it!
Lol! Dora ? Is that u ?
No. Not at all.
i am happy i found this. lately, quarantine and university have been killing my head from the aches. and now i can listen to this really soft, non-invasive piece of music that helps me think clearly. infinite thanks, ICA
Far out man ....or bunny 🐰 haha, the people here write some neat stuff here too haha, everyone seems to say it boosts creativity as well, and luv the sounds.
Please, keep this on yt.
I keep returning to this piece. There is something here. I can't exactly see what it is but it's like something is missing. I come back every time a memory plays this trick on me or I feel "a missing piece".
It allows so much space to think, yet the fog it brings is so thick the mind stops silent,
don't know if it makes any sense
Probably won’t delete anytime soon but, I would download it on MP3 just incase.
This keep me more motivated than coffee, and I drink a lot of coffee...
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@@IronCthulhuApocalypse No, really, I drink 3/5 cups of coffee in a day, Thank you very much for creating this,
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@@tales3753I'm not the only one?
thanks for being not commerciall but one of the greatest artists witn a great spirit and not narrowminded who like all great artists still can be listened for free without commercials compliments of someone who really apreciates love gup
This ambiant, this picture... I love it
Very nice, good atmosphere, not to distracting but still present at all time. Went straight to your bandcamp for more
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Strongly reminiscent of the dark, minimal side of Biosphere. I'm enchanted by this.
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I searched for a long time a music that can help me study. I tried lofi hip hop, nature music and other stuff. This is the one for me, thank you.
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Big thanks for this. I'm writing a deep horror type of story. This helps me get in the existentialist mood.
I put your stuff on a bluetooth speaker under my pillow, control my breathing, and I go to places... The dreams I have when sleep finally comes...colors, shapes, words which cannot be recalled, only experienced. This is my personal favorite, as I have always felt a spiritual kinship with Antarctica...the duality that the whitest continent is also the darkest...the moon never thaws o'er the austral sea...
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Hello. Awesome track. This is the type of dark ambient I love the most - no complicated sounds, no excessive sounds at all. Just one slow drone you can meditate to. One of the few types of music I can actually put on while working (I work as a translator).
Excuse me, I'm just interested: what do you translate?
You're a lazy Trans later .
Interesting....I really like it too, that's interesting, I sometimes feel like I need one even though I only speak one language lol!
Can't get enough of this. MORE!
Hey Iron. This is one of your best so far IMHO. picture and music perfect.
Definitely one of the better dark ambient mixes out here
It’s like I can hear my own ragged breaths trudging up the snow the crunch of ice beneath my feet, the burning sensation in my throat
I love this and listen to it all the time, majestic dark theta binaural elder gods, inspire my writing.
This music teleports me to the deepest and darkest part of the Universe.
Why
How.