u/-Bloodbird

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.