California's Malfet has returned with a new recording which shows the music going for a mixture of dungeon synth and medieval fantasy ambient and this is a review of his 2020 album "Alban Arthan" which was released by Pacific Threnodies.
Dungeon synth style synths start off the album as well as using a variety of many different sounding keys while programmed beats can also be heard at times. The music also captures a medieval atmosphere along with the songs sounding like they could easily fit on a fantasy soundtrack and a great portion of the tracks are also very long and epic in length.
The songs also add in a great amount of ambient elements while most of the tracks also stick to an instrumental direction. Nature, rain, thunder and water sounds can also be heard in certain sections of the recording along with a few songs also introducing spoken word parts onto the album as well as each song also sounding very different from each other. and as the recording progresses touches of folk music can also be heard.
On this recording Malfet takes the dungeon synth style of his previous releases and mixes it with medieval fantast ambient to take his sound to another level. The production sounds very dark while the song themes focus on the Oak King as well as taking some inspirations from druidic paganism and the Arthurian legends,
In my opinion this is another great sounding recording from Malfet and if you are a fan of dungeon synth and medieval fantasy ambient, you should check out this album. RECOMMENDED TRACKS INCLUDE "The Penumbral Grove" "On The Tree That No One May Ever Know" "The Sadness Of Her Might" and "Naught But Wom-Out Joy". 8 out of 10.
https://pacificthrenodies.bandcamp.com/album/alban-arthan
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