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

@WARGORELORD

4 ай бұрын

I adore your music. Keep up the great work 😃

@mikael5743

4 ай бұрын

Great music!

@sleepCircle

4 ай бұрын

who did the cover art?

@SolarSymbiosis

4 ай бұрын

Just in time for the deathly temperatures my city is experiencing as of late. Now it feels like an epic adventure! Be well, now!

@reallymiish

4 ай бұрын

Soulless AI generated art kills any interest in your music. Sorry not sorry

You have no idea how perfectly this fits with a campaign I am doing with friends.

@keighne7650

3 ай бұрын

You have cool friends

@Sorrowfax

3 ай бұрын

I'd love to hear about it. No joke.

@goodnoodles_

2 ай бұрын

i wish i had friends. I'm growing a plant.

@kaml5076

2 ай бұрын

@@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.

@Sorrowfax

2 ай бұрын

@@kaml5076 that really does sound amazing. Wish I could play in that universe

Really so atmospheric! It turned my subway commute into a dark odyssey into the frozen wastes.

@Blisterdude123

4 ай бұрын

I see them as the same thing.

@Ziggurath

4 ай бұрын

@@Blisterdude123Ha, very true.

@viscountslappy5085

4 ай бұрын

Probably didn't need this soundtrack to do that

@cheayunju

4 ай бұрын

@@viscountslappy5085 I was on the Seoul subway. Outside of rush hour, it's pretty nice.^^

@stephenhoward6829

3 ай бұрын

The opening passages sound appropriate for standing on the platform, awaiting the train to get you OUT of the station, unseen by certain folks.

This fits so good while coding at 1-AM as the wind blows through the open window

@luczztem

3 ай бұрын

I did not expect to find someone else listening to this while coding xD

@luczztem

3 ай бұрын

absolutely perfect on a rainy night or day

@youMatterItDoesGetBetter

3 ай бұрын

Whatcha working on?

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!

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.

@Ziggurath

2 ай бұрын

Thank you. I always try to take the listeners on a journey... Glad to hear that it worked for you!

Was staying inside today because of a snowstorm, and now I got the perfect soundtrack for it.

@gorodpiratov1442

4 ай бұрын

same

@BanjoSick

4 ай бұрын

Oslo?

@BanjoSick

4 ай бұрын

Oslo?

@elliotedlund591

4 ай бұрын

same

Reading Conan... this works

@feelthepony

3 ай бұрын

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.

Suddenly, I'm stuck on a boat with a vampire in the cargo hold.

@youMatterItDoesGetBetter

3 ай бұрын

In the middle of the Atlantic on the way to the New World.

@unspeakableoaf

2 ай бұрын

Hey, we've all been there. Right? RIGHT?

@davidcoughlin5897

2 ай бұрын

@@youMatterItDoesGetBetter He seems to understand my English, but refuses to speak it and is getting agitated.

@dwarfminerwillie

26 күн бұрын

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.

Perfect soundtrack for the "Gods of the Forbidden North" campaign adventure

18:40 That dog bark goes so well with everything else. Beautiful

Epic Northrend vibe! Really feel the first tune is the expedition of Lordaeronians pursuing the Lich King

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.

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.

Your music gripped and intrigued me like none other. Well done.

YO ZIGGURATH NEW ALBUM FUCK YEA

Used this in D&D. Now I use it to drift into sleep. Amazing. 🔥

I love some Winter Synth. If I ever made Dungeon Synth, it would definitely factor into my second album, at least.

@masnetstas

8 күн бұрын

long live israel

This isn't just an album, it's an experience... Thank you Ziggurath for this incredible piece of art.

@Ziggurath

4 ай бұрын

Than YOU for taking part in that experience ;)

I am a simple woman. I see the latest Ziggurath album, I listen.

Reminds me of the coastal area in secret of evermore, slightly more fleshed out

@MrJonHimself

4 ай бұрын

Great call back.

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

My background music while studying. Great album

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.

Just got here. Always loved D+D and music, such a cool idea for a genre. Looking forward to exploring yr catalog, thanks mate.

Unheilsame Wolken is really good. Would love to hear a longer version.

@Ziggurath

4 ай бұрын

Glad that you like it. Maybe I'll find the time to put up an extended version on my channel.

@Coinkidoink

4 ай бұрын

is this your channel or is "Ziggurath" your channel? @@Ziggurath

This is absolutely magical 💖✨

This is hauntingly beautiful

I was totally in the right mood for this one and now Ive relistened it several times, great album!

Christmas came late after all! Thank you so much for this, you just made my day ✌

Amazing atmosphere.

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 😂❤❤

@Ziggurath

Ай бұрын

Oh damn, I hope everything went well with your scan.

This would be great to listen to while reading Heart of Darkness or Moby Dick

We need more mysterious pirate dungeon synth!

Great Sounds. Awesome vibe. Love this work.👌

Excellent - this is very welcome🧙‍♂🪄💎🌌

Thank you!!!

Oh a new journey for my dreams to follow!

AMAZING. very satisfied.

Absolutely perfect

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.

@stolyartoad8640

4 ай бұрын

Does he know?

@MrTheta-lc8zy

4 ай бұрын

@@stolyartoad8640I believe he’s being sarcastic

@DukeofBlasphemy

4 ай бұрын

please tell me you aren't serious

Oh yes. I've been looking forward to this.

This is awesome music. I could feel the pirates sailing their ship through iceberg and sailing slower not to the icebergs.

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.

Thanks very much!

Hearthfire slaps after all that frosty music, peak comfy-synth ❤

@JdjdbNdjdb

4 ай бұрын

"slaps"-pedophile dogwhistle, meaning to "slap" the ass of the young child. DISGUSTING

@Ziggurath

4 ай бұрын

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.

This is awesome, very atmospheric.

Awesome music for my next game of D&D 😈💀🤘

Starkes Ding!

Tremendous stuff!

The True North Calling Me 🏔

Amazing. Thanks.

love this

Hideously awesome!

Perfect!

Sensational

instant fan

Just woke up from a nap, and this was in my notifications. It's gonna be a great evening!

WINTER DUNGEON SYNTH? I'M IN

How nice of you to make the soundtrack of my homeland.

here's a keeper for sure!

This is like extremely good

Beautiful mistery

This is Lit!!

this music is awesome

Klingt gut!

very good material

Good one!

listening to it as i play everquest project 1999 w/ an old friend -- its very good

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!

@stephenhoward6829

3 ай бұрын

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

Sounds cool and is great for TTRPG. Brings a lot of imagination.

Reminds me of Gothic 2 soundtrack. Love it.

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?

Huge W

Lo quiero en vinilo❤❤

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 !

One of the best DS projects working today 💜

@Ziggurath

2 ай бұрын

How nice of you, thanks!

so immersive

Off to the Bitter Reach!

Dark ancient melody its amazing ...😮

nice

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.

@Ziggurath

4 ай бұрын

Hey man, thanks for the input! Glad that you enjoy the music.

Obsidian should make Icewind Dale III and have you score it.

It's not bad. Actually kinda enjoyable... but doesn't really make me think of winter, or the north. Can't imagine as many birds, as you hear, being north in the winter.

I would love to use your music for my gaming channel. May I use? I would credit you of course and I would love to promote your work.

@Ziggurath

2 ай бұрын

Sure, go ahead

around the 12:30 mark, it felt like someone was asking me if I'd been to Scarborough Faire.

The album art on this channel is top tier. Takes me back.

The cocer reminds me of a movie I saw once

12:25 Hearthfire Inn Is SO Chill...

From the North, to the Nothern North

Great dwarf fortressing tunes

Omg this is so good! It's like being on a ship sailing past a giant skull...whike the cold air....😂😂😂😂 no no its not

Those are some heavy duty diacritics, ngl.

Love from a WolfSige and Vaush fan!

@evansutcliffe1099

3 ай бұрын

vaush when child real

where aHa & Borknagar did not sound convincing "TRUE NORTH" by Ziggurath nails it

@Ziggurath

4 ай бұрын

Ha, thank you so much!

🎉🎉🎉

The artwork is mind-blowingly cool