rEc sMoK DuMgUm sInT
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q-gPqfZI-r8&ab_channel=DaraBanna |
| 1 |  | Mortiis
Født til å Herske
sMoK WaNtS To gO On 'VeNtUrE |
| 2 |  | Burzum
Daudi Baldrs
sEnD SmOk oN 'vEnTuRe |
| 3 |  | Summoning
Minas Morgul
dUmGuM CuMpEnDiUm hErE: hTtPs://wWw.dUnGeOn-cOdEx.cOm/ |
| 4 |  | Skarpseian
Skygge Slottet
sCuRo
bleak, devouring landscape treks downtrodden byron, no mercy from the icy winds, no hope from the blizzard, still, the keep must be attained 3.5 |
| 5 |  | Skarpseian
Tan Gil
ScUrO
grand medieval landscape exploration, desolate castles and uncertain nights 3.5 |
| 6 |  | Depressive Silence
Depressive Silence II
sCuRo
epic and beautiful, but also dark and mystical, as though varg had been hired by studio ghibli instead of, uh, not being hired. masterful synth album 4.5 |
| 7 |  | Morketsvind
Wandering to Nether World
ScUrO
medieval and royal, this is trvly dungeonest dumgum sint 4 |
| 8 |  | Vaelastrasz
Return to the Plaguelands
sCuRo
solemn dunsynth with expertly adorning strings and horns, repetition further carves out atmosphere instead of building a rampart 4 |
| 9 |  | Friedrich
Astral Realms
ScUrO
klaus schulze sucks and so does this 2 |
| 10 |  | Grimrik
Die Mauern der Nacht
sCuRo
cavernous germanic dumgums 3.5 |
| 12 |  | RaevJager/Rabor
Сказки Зимней Ночи (Winternight Fairytales)
sCuRo
wintry christmassy sugar plum fairy ridealongs amidst gentle beauteous snowfall 3.5 |
| 13 |  | Fortress of Mystery
La Rose de Fer
ScUrO HiGhLy rEcOmMeNdEd
absolutely haunting; on fascination the synthesized vocals add a spiritual yet nervingly uncanny effect in their artificiality, along with the plodding beat and french accordian sound creates its own kind of horror genre; la nuit des traquees does much the same with flute conjuring a kind of disjointed jazz recording, then title track confirms it with the saxxiest synth imaginable, the interluding rapid harp riffles appearing like a great mystery amongst the already concurrent hauntings before yielding to a creepy semi-organic choir; levres presents no new phantoms yet serves as a veritable conclusion as the heavy oak doors shut themselves 4 |
| 14 |  | Final
One
iLlItErAtE ShArEnGe
space farts, theremin diddles, and squidward playing his clarinet 1.5
death/love dealer is kind of dumgummy, an ancient tanker dealing fear and death when in war or love by merchants bearing cash and goods 3 |
| 15 |  | Wizards of Aldur
Magician's Gambit
hAwKs
https://www.sputnikmusic.com/review/88874/Wizards-of-Aldur-Magicians-Gambit/
danky deep depths ov dungeon, wizard in a blizzard is as magical as onomatopoeic, cave of council gods is a masterful incantation, vale of aldur i comes straight from loz, meet the serene Aldur, Living God of the Vale himself, who bestows peace and joy upon all who visit, experience and take part in the powerful Hymns to Ul in Crystal Caverns, a spiritual rebirth not to be missed, finally behold the historical Wizard Duel in Dread City, a recorded vision salvaged from eons ago depicting the climax to the dimensions' most tumultuous era, a time gratefully beyond any mortal mnemonics 4.5 |
| 16 |  | Ysbrydnos
Phantasmal Bells Below the Devil's Pulpit
HaWkS
visceral heavy based bm with dumgum interludes and touches 4 |
| 17 |  | Old Nick
Crisp Winter Dawn of my Night Moon
hAwKs
glorious trumeptforth depths of draculas castle dunbm 4 |
| 18 |  | Old Tower
Spectral Horizons
sHaReNgE
a cavernous ascent across an eon of lost souls followed by the graceful departure of those who found themselves again, leaving their earthly remains in the eponymous fortress 3.5 |
| 19 |  | Old Tower
Remembrance of the Lone Enclave
ShArEnGe
aethereal heralds trumpet over battle for the kingdom, many a hero on both sides fatally slain, the horror and glory of war to be remembered millenia thence. a tranquil and pleasantly melancholy album thus, love the organ on 2. the door is pure ambient desolation, and finally 4 is an era of relative peace under the new monarchy where all previous are only recalled on old monuments, minstrel stories, and in the deepest memories of the eldest 4 |
| 20 |  | Old Tower
Tales of the Mad Moon
sHaReNgE
a rather plain collection of flatpack dumgums like an indie horror game frikken slenderman over here, the ruinations are better tho 2.5 |
| 21 |  | Path of Giants
Melted Ice on the Coast of Destiny
tHe oNe aNd oNlY BAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLSSSSSSSSSSSSS
icy wilderness wasteland burying every creature from the meagrest fox to the most stalwart mammoth. rather depressing 3 |
| 22 |  | Oublieth
À l'Ombre du Royaume en Cendres
nAuGhTcTuRnAl
not so much dumgum as general ambents like a midway experiment to choosing a sound 2.5 |
| 23 |  | Ivory Altar
Lichen Grows
UkNoWwEsTrAiGhTuPgEtTiNdRuNkOnAmOuNtAiN
dumgum in its pvrest form, a wading through long lost corridors laden with centuries of overgrowth and spider webs 3.5 |
| 24 |  | Erang
Kingdom Of Erang
pIzZaBeAr
quite a variety of sounds, indeed too much as it seems more like a split between various artists than a coherent whole by one, burzum references on drunken tyrant tho 3 |
| 25 |  | Hedge Wizard
Neighborwoods
hAwHaHwHaHwHwKaUsUsUsS
tries too ahrd to be epic, rather bland tasting dumgum 3 |
| 26 |  | Wongraven
Fjelltronen
bUtTgIeThEvErYvErYvErYvErYvErYvErYtRuAnT
first 2/3s pretty obvious why satyr never did another one, best to leave such as accoutrements for bm albums, last third however redeems itself into a trv dumgum to take its place amongst mortiis and burzum 3.5 |
| 27 |  | Secret Stairways
Enchantment of the Ring
oMgFgBuTtGeEl2jUsTrEcStUfFwHeNiMaLiVeNsHiTgAwD
a short mystical journey without a clear destination, tho onward to hy breasail comes close 3 |
| 28 |  | Acheulean Forests and Trha
Die Macht Der Feenflamme
AdVeNtUrOuSlOsInGcAlOrIeSbUdDhA |
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