Style: Dungeon synth, astral synth
Primary Emotions/Themes: A look into the empty sky reveals small points of light, this album explores the joy and wonder that can be found in the darkness between those points of light
Thoughts: The past couple of years I have been doing a deep dive into the genre known as dungeon synth. Within this deep dive I have found several albums that I can find very little information about. Husk of the Mountains is one such album.
I don't know who created this, I don't know when it was created, I don't know anything about the project other than this one release. I don't know if there are other albums that Pontifferasmus ever released, and I'm not sure if I need to know. This state of not knowing, this mystery is part of the allure of the album for me.
The music contained within these grooves is borderline magical. The synths slowly cradle me and beg me take my gaze up to the heavens where the melodies slowly guide me from constellation to constellation. In the grand spaces in between these points of light the darkness envelops me and begs me to bask in it's endless glory. This - the night sky - is the very essence of the music that the Husk of the Mountains portrays.
These songs have very little in terms of frantic activity... in fact one could call them lethargic if anything. The melodies slowly draw themselves from note to note without a care in the world. They linger and develop before vanishing into a singular speck of sound. They grow together to form small musical constellations of their own as they shimmer in their musical canvas.
Husk of the Mountains is exactly the kind of album that I'm after when I do a deep dive in to a genre. Dungeon synth... celestial synth... whatever this is called resonated with me on a cosmic level. It's the kind of music I can put on for hours at a time. It's the type of album that rewards those who take the time to dig... for those who are willing to truly seek out the gems that rest in obscurity.
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