An Old Sad Ghost

Dungeon synth is one of those niche genres that will always kind of be an enigma to me.  Don't get me wrong, the pairing of medieval imagery with lo-fi synthesizers and dark ambient textures is super fucking cool.  What gets me is that the people who love the genre, really really really really love the genre.  The cassette tapes these artists release seem to sell out in literal minutes.  Wild.  Anyway, here's some dour new music from An Old Sad Ghost from new album "A Letter for Carmilla Part VI & VII: Lamentation & Old."  Listen to anguish-ridden "Lamentation I" below and download the whole thing here from Gondolin Records (naturally the tape is long gone).

An Old Sad Ghost

I continue to be fascinated by the dungeon synth genre.  Dark, bleak, atmospheric music often made by mysterious and unidentified artists with an intense and devoted fanbase.  The parallels to black metal are abundant, with the difference being dungeon synth sounds like the score to "Myst" or something.  One of the latest releases is the instantly sold out new cassette from An Old Sad Ghost.  "Fullmoon Over Videna" actually pushes the dungeon synth/black metal comparisons further by adding in some screaming, undecipherable vocals buried deep in the mix.  Well played An Old Sad Ghost.  Well played.  Check out "Obscurity of Forgotten NecRomantic" below and download the album here from Gondolin Records.