Malfet is a solo artist from Northern California that has had music reviewed before in this zine and plays a rhythmic form of dungeon synth and this is a review oh his 2019 album "The Way To Avalon" which will be released in July by Pacific Threnodies.
Field recordings start off the album before adding some synths onto the recording which also brings in elements of dark ambient and dungeon synth. The synths also bring in a variety of many different sounding keys as well as taking the music into more of an atmospheric direction at times.
Programmed beats can also be heard quite a bit throughout the recording while elements of folk can also be heard in some parts of the music and at times the music also captures the atmosphere of a fantasy movie or television show soundtrack. Nature sounds can also be heard briefly and most of the tracks are very long and epic in length and some tracks also show an influence of classical music and spoken word parts are added onto the closing track.
On this recording Malfet remains true to the rhythmic style of dungeon synth from his previous release as well as also keeping most of the music instrumental. The production sounds very dark while the song themes focus on Arthurian Legends along with some inspirations from the Marion Zimmler Bradley Avalon novels.
In my opinion this is another great sounding recording from Malfet and if you are a fan of dungeon synth, you should check out this album. RECOMMENDED TRACKS INCLUDE "Within Llyn Ogwen" "Tintagel's Brume" and "Briosque Juvenis". 8 out of 10.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=il7b_kKJmx0
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