Style: Dungeon synth
Primary Emotions/Themes: Lost beneath the stars, the vastness of the universe overtakes me
Thoughts: The more I get into dungeon synth the more I find myself enthralled with the possibilities the genre brings. There are so many different aspects to the genre that I keep finding, and yet there always seems to be more. One such moment came recently with the discovery of the wonderful project Fogweaver.
Fogweaver is an apt name for this project, the music feels like it is enshrouded in a sea of fog. The melodies are simple and bright, offering small specs of light in the obscured soundscape before me.
Even as they dot the horizon the delay that is put on the instrumentals makes the music seem more distant and obscured than it truly is. The simple melodies create a swirl of sounds that engulf me. This is the perfect music to put on right as the clouds are rolling in and the blanket of resulting fog engulfs the landscape.
In many ways the music present here reminds me a lot of the music of Akira Yamaoka's work with Silent Hill, simply without the horror aspects. That semi translucent quality that is present in Silent Hill is also present here, but this is a much brighter and less terrifying interpretation of the sound.
Fogweaver has garnered my attention with this album. I fully intend to explore more of their discography, and I certainly hope that the quality remains as high as the standard that is set in Magelight.
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