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Hi! Today, I bring you another LOTR-inspired album. While "Journey Across the Shire", the previous installment in what has now become a series of LOTR albums, was all about the whimsy and cosiness of the lands of the Hobbits, I tried to make this one sound older, weirder, and more magical by using a combination of sounds from vintage synths, like the D-50, and modern ones, like the Digitone.

I hope you'll enjoy the resulting six tracks!

Hi! Today, I'm releasing the first album by my new project, Dragonlord, which will follow the adventures of the titular character and his faithful companion, the dragon Candor. This first album tells the story of how the two characters first met.

Musically, it is my attempt at combining old school-style Dungeon Synth with epic orchestral sections, I wanted to create some huge contrasts between the quieter ambient parts and the thundering climaxes. Let me know if you like the result! 🐉

Surprise release! A selection of 10 classic levels from past adventures reimagined for modern video game systems:

• An Overgrown Tomb
• Song for the Lost Princess
• Winds of Coldune
• The Queen's Gardens

... and MORE!

Grab your copy of this EXCLUSIVE BANDCAMP RELEASE now for any price you want! (Including zero)

Disclaimer: childlike sense of wonder not included.

Tarnoth (or, as it was known in the Common Tongue, Coldune) was a frigid desert occupying the northernmost regions of the Continent. Once, it had been a cold yet fertile land of green valleys, where many castles and towers stood in the shadow of snow-kissed mountains. Throughout the ages, its people were renowned for two things: the woolly horses native to that country and their mastery of some of the most powerful magic ever known to the world.

Yet the latter would also prove to be their downfall. Few details remain concerning how it happened, but it is believed that an accident involving a particularly powerful spell triggered a cataclysm that transformed the fertile landscape into a desolate desert strewn with many ruins. Those who survived never abandoned the north. Instead, they adapted to their harsh new homeland, becoming the Tarnathar (the Ruined), a nomadic people who wandered ceaselessly between the last surviving forests, now transformed into oases sustained by warm thermal lakes and steaming springs.

The woolly horses they had long loved presently became their most precious resource. Their wool was woven into clothing, blankets, and tents to fend off the bitter cold, while their milk, made into cheese that was then cured in some of the best-preserved castle ruins, turned into their chief source of sustenance. In time, the woolly horse became a sacred animal to the Tarnathar, and horse and rider came to be regarded as equals in their society.

Their musical traditions also adapted to their new circumstances. Only instruments light enough to be carried in their endless march — lutes, flutes, fiddles, shawms, and small gongs — survived. Their songs grew slow and melancholic, with winding melodies drifting over deep, unmoving drones.

For many centuries following the cataclysm, the dunes of Tarnoth became the subject of countless myths and legends. They spoke of priceless magical treasures buried beneath the shifting sands, but also of how the curse that had destroyed the north still lingered within its ruins. Expeditions from many corners of the Continent ventured into the cold desert, only to never be heard from again.

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A new Skeleton Mage album is now available on Bandcamp! This one explores the frigid desert of Tarnoth, in the north of the Continent, and the strange music of its inhabitants. It has a heavier focus on on atmosphere and bowed strings (including some erhu!) than previous releases. I hope you'll enjoy it!

One of my favourite albums from recent years that mixes Dungeon Synth with lots of acoustic folk instruments. The artist's first album, Verdant Kingdom, is also a must listen if you like this style!

Hi! I'm happy to announce that a new Swordcerer album is now out. This one goes in quite a different direction than previous offerings, with its 12 tracks ranging from silly tavern songs to nostalgic orchestral tracks. "Journey Across the Shire" will take you on a walk not too different from that of Frodo and his friends at the beginning of their quest, but luckily without the ever present threat of the black riders.

I hope you'll enjoy it!

"The Halls of Ever Summer; the White City; the Last Home of the Elvenfolk; the Seat of the Queen, from whence the Kings of Old once ruled all the known lands and seas; the Fair Capital of the Fair Folk, which was built first and stands last. Such was the full epithet, translated into the common tongue, which the Elvenfolk used for their final remaining city.

Built of fair stone brought from beyond the sea, it sat upon the golden hills of the Reaches, at the southernmost edge of the Continent. What a magnificent sight it was for travelers on the southern road: its tall towers gleaming beneath the summer sun, and its many flags and banners fluttering in the briny wind.

There the last of the Old People passed their long days in merriment and song, and the crafting of spells and magical artefacts. Yet a darkness lived there, too. The Elvenfolk did not shy away from studying the darker things of the Earth, and many cultivated arts forbidden in the human kingdoms. Thus, the Halls were a place of shadow as much as light, just as the Fair Folk themselves were ever prone both to joy for the things that were, and melancholy for what had been and was no more."

- Skeleton Mage. From "On Elvenfolk".

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Welcome, traveler, to the White City! A new Skeleton Mage album is now available on Bandcamp. This one takes on a slightly different, more melancholic sound to explore the Reaches, the Elven lands south of the human kingdoms.

I wish you a pleasant journey in the old country. Please, keep to the main areas of the city and do not, under any circumstance, wander into the shadowy undercrofts. As always, I'm happy to answer any questions you might have!

Hello,

I'd like to introduce Arcis, a new cinematic ambient project. In Numen, our goal was to create the perfect soundtrack for introspection and self-reflection. It is a journey to the darkest dungeons of the mind, where we try to find the source of our true selves.

Arcis is a collaboration between photographer Marco Doll and musician Miguel Amarok (me). My music used his nature photography as main inspiration, and I used a mix of field recordings, acoustic instruments, hardware synthesisers, and plugins in order to create a soundscape of contrasts: old and new; natural and artificial; concrete and abstract; dark and bright.

I hope you will enjoy it. I'll be happy to answer any questions about the record.