Astra Telepathica - The Emperor Protects (40k Dungeon Synth)

[@AdoringAdmirer]

Citizen, hereby, I, as an Inquisitor of the Ordo Xenos, pronounce judgment upon your deeds. Your inclusion of 'The Farseer' in a Warhammer 40K Dungeon Synth album is a grave heresy. This song, bearing the title of one of the vilest of Tau-creatures, is a xeno-abomination that sullies the sanctity of our Imperial creed. Your art, otherwise adorned with titles honoring our great Imperium, is now tainted by this one egregious transgression. You stand guilty of spreading xenos influence under the guise of creativity, a sin unforgivable in the eyes of the Emperor. Let this judgment serve as a stern reminder: the Imperium tolerates no sympathy towards the alien, the mutant, the heretic. Repent, for only through penance can your soul find salvation. The Emperor's justice is swift and absolute, and His will shall be done.

[@themigratingcoconut562]

tau? Not eldar?

[@AdoringAdmirer]

@@themigratingcoconut562 you ask a lot of questions, citizen. Perhaps we should have the Interrogator find out from where a surely loyal imperial subject would have such knowledge of the Xenos-Scum from.

[@Inquisitor_Markus]

Well done

[@rchilton]

​@@AdoringAdmirerboom. Gottem.

[@themigratingcoconut562]

@@AdoringAdmirerThat's easy, my source is I got it from myself.

[@TabletopAnthologies]

"No AI was used to make this music." Abhor the profane machine spirits!

[@sirgallant5000]

Abominable Intelligence

[@LordVader1094]

Abhor the Abominable Intelligence!

[@Splatterpunk_OldNewYork]

The Emperor Protects, and sometimes he synths.

[@poopyfartboi]

But does he attacc?

[@Whistlpig]

This hits different when you're sitting in a dirty habblock at 3am, puffing on a lostick and swilling bathtub amosec. Another day of work at the slaughterhouse tommorow. The piglet I rescued is growing too big for the space here.. I don't know what I'm gonna do and this wound is starting to fester on my hand.

[@Bulwarkbarnacle99]

You hearing the voice of your dead kid to ?

[@ordinarynonplayercharacter2142]

Big B

[@user-gj7lp5iz6k]

>No AI was used to make this music. REJECT ALL ABOMINABLE INTELLIGENCE

[@Grimnir1666]

As is decreed by the Imperium, ofcourse.

[@CollapseableInfinity]

Reject all tech-herecy

[@AndrewRyan-zv7zb]

Sure boss. The "machine spirit" just needs a little tuning. Ai? Nooooo. This is a "machine spirit" see the difference?

[@mikelippenkrans5297]

The fact that you commissioned an actual piece of artwork for this and didn't just use AI is such a breath of fresh air.

[@WellandJoyceArtist]

Thankyou! I'm glad it paid off 😌

[@BrookeK92]

@@WellandJoyceArtist After all, it is called Abominable Intelligence for a reason.

[@SxTxferlife]

​@@BrookeK92praise be the omnissiah

[@couldyou4745]

Cringe bozo. Imagine caring 😂

[@tapedeccard]

To use such tools would have been heresy

[@isuckatusernames4297]

we makin it out the great rift with this one 🗣🗣🗣🗣🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@WellandJoyceArtist]

🙄🙏✊

[@rchilton]

Black Library Narrator (They did not make it out of the rift)

[@leoprzytuac3660]

That's a VERY cool illustration. I love the medieval painting style.

[@WellandJoyceArtist]

Thankyou! I told my artist John that I wanted an homage to Burzum's iconic Daudi Baldrs cover but with 40k, and I think it worked out. He's very talented.

[@pezhetairosnikephoros931]

Clicked on the video because of the art, and now listening to the album. Judging a book by the cover is often a rather good idea. I feel there is a major problem with WH40K art - it is often way too cartoonish, childish, cheesy, exaggerated. This illuminated manuscript style suits some of the more serious aspects of 40K perfectly. @@WellandJoyceArtist

[@WellandJoyceArtist]

@@pezhetairosnikephoros931 thankyou so much, man. I really appreciate that. It is definitely the goal of this project to capture what I feel is the "actual" universe of 40k, the one that exists outside of the huge wars and conflicts. And one of the coolest aspects of 40k, and one that I feel is being lost sometimes, is the mediaeval historical inspirations represented by purity seals, statues and the unreliable third, fourth, fifth hand accounts of mythologised battles or stories that no one knows if they're actually true (etc.). for me 40k exists as a really fascinating case of world building. It's weird, it's over the top, but there's also supposed to be real people living here, and that to me is more fascinating than all the rest of it. The real credit for the art has to go to my fantastic artist though, John Saxon who took my assignment of replicating a famous mediaeval-style painting from a Burzum cover in the 40k universe. He did a great job. Thankyou for your kind words. It's super appreciated.

[@vornamenachname594]

I think it's inspired by Vargs cover for Burzum - Dauði Baldrs

[@WellandJoyceArtist]

@@vornamenachname594 It certainly is :) I told my artist I wanted a 40k version of that cover to pay homage.

[@kobold7466]

i love the design of the Not-Astartes and the Not-Aquilla actually kinda cool design

[@WellandJoyceArtist]

Thankyou! It's all thanks to my great artist John Saxon. You can find his work in the description.

[@Jamsheedrpg]

Less shoulderpad more marine

[@dubuyajay9964]

Very Illuminated Manuscript.

[@pezhetairosnikephoros931]

I would dull the colors just a notch. @@dubuyajay9964

[@kobold7466]

talk like a person autist@@secretname2670

[@chrisfrombeyond4240]

The art looks like a fresco you'd see in the chapel of an imperial world that hasn't had astartes presence for a long time. An interpretation from so long ago that the astartes are treated as almost mythical divine beings.

[@1AshesToAshes1]

For most of humanity they are in fact mythical beings.

[@jetlifepilot]

this is sick to think about. Would be a cool 1st series for Warhammer with the Astartes showing up right at the end of the 1st season!

[@sequoyahwright]

At last! 40k and Dungeon Synth come together! IN NOMINE IMPERATORIS!

[@RoueArzhur]

When my 2 favorite mythologies collides…⚔️ Burzum’s Dauði Baldrs + Warhammer 40.000

[@bernardofrancom7714]

My brothers hail the eternal Emperor, for we all tread under his immortal shadow!

[@wyvernharries4788]

Arbites Speeder chase is a damn bop.

[@wulf2757]

Love the take on the Dauði Baldrs album art

[@WellandJoyceArtist]

Thankyou Wulf! I'm glad you spotted it! My artist did a very good job.

[@dubuyajay9964]

BOC?

[@Whistlpig]

Burzum ​@@dubuyajay9964

[@aldaysuia8505]

Ya andaba buscando este comentario lol

[@AdoringAdmirer]

Most underrated comment, and that comes from the poster of the pinned comment.

[@SchwarzerHirsch]

May the emperor be vigilant and observant in his ruinous state on his failing throne, observering the imperium of man collapsing and dying with the ages under his watchful eyes, as he has planned many millenia ago. May we be protected by his blessing as we will toil and suffer for eternity in his likeness, while his silent laughter will be the guiding light until the end. The Emperor protects.

[@WellandJoyceArtist]

The Emperor protects

[@Liam-lx8xb]

I love how it sorta looks like something off a medieval tapestry.

[@axiom6031]

Warhammer Dungeon Synth is the most unsurprising surprisingly good combo ever. A lot of the tracks here really have that “We’ve won, but at what cost?” 40k vibe. Makes me want to paint some rogue trader era marines…

[@WellandJoyceArtist]

Thankyou! That means a lot!

[@defaultentry9247]

The track "celebrating victory with sleep" is the most realistic example of conflict. I'm a disabled Iraq vet pushing 40. All I want is some peace and quiet. Doesn't mean I ain't willing to make the boltgun go brrr again...

[@VladPetre-d4h]

The perfect music to listen to while playing Rogue Trader.

[@WellandJoyceArtist]

Thankyou brother astartes!

[@OscarGiudici]

Must buy, this is food for the soul!

[@WellandJoyceArtist]

Thankyou! Please do! All the support helps so much.

[@royaltyfree9607]

The art looks like something you’d see in real stained glass. Very nice

[@WellandJoyceArtist]

Thankyou I'll send this comment to my artist he'll really appreciate it.

[@Rikard2k]

This soundtrack is an amazing background music to play games with

[@WellandJoyceArtist]

@@Rikard2k thankyou!

[@weird_wyrd]

Of course I clicked on this as a true servant of the Emperor, but I keep coming back because its genuinely amazing. The Emperor protects!

[@WellandJoyceArtist]

He surely does. Thankyou friend

[@americanbrandon]

I’m a lil high and for some reason I was thinking this was a metal band and that the intro was a three minute long clean intro lol

[@ДядяСтёпаПочтальон]

3 months...still in my weekly playlist, man i can't wait for next astra telepathica release!🔥🔥🔥🙏

[@WellandJoyceArtist]

[@Kid_illithid]

I clicked on this so damn fast. Reminds me I need to start collecting space marines. Kind of want to paint Silver Skulls. Give my orks someone to tangle with

[@jakestefano4118]

This soundtrack fits perfectly with the background of the non-action moments I imagine in the 30k/40k universe.

[@WellandJoyceArtist]

Thankyou so much! That's exactly what I aim for with this project. The actual living breathing world of 40k has always been more interesting to me than the wars and conflicts. I'm glad you've enjoyed!

[@TheJanda777]

Just wanted to say that I keep coming back to this piece. There is something about the first few minutes that I am constantly falling back to in my head while at work. It's primal for me.

[@WellandJoyceArtist]

Thankyou! That is high praise!

[@benjaminnottage6387]

I will be listening to this to get me in the mood to write more lore for my custom space marine chapter. The mood of this fits the Helwrought Chapter so well. "What is death!!" The Helfather called in his vox bead. "To those who are dead already!!" The Immortals called back in their augmented and grating bionic voices. Those not of the Immortal company only hear the grating bark of their penitent brothers. Thinking it is a toast to the fallen. "To those who are dead already!!" Only, the truth behind it is far darker. Those penitent brothers of the Immortal company hide a dark secret for the chapter.

[@WellandJoyceArtist]

High quality comment

[@benjaminnottage6387]

Thanks a bunch. High Quality Music

[@DawnApon]

A Chaplain's Solaceful Meditation is so good, and the title goes so hard.

[@WellandJoyceArtist]

@@DawnApon thankyou! 😤🙏

[@AVoxintheVoid]

Amazing work!

[@gigeorge6sic6]

This music and art reminds me of Burzum’s early non-metal recordings. The album art design looks like it could be on one of those albums, but instead of Viking warriors, it’s 40k-inspired astartes. I can see 40k be an inspirational source of mythology thematically on genres such as Black Metal, Gothic Rock, and Power Metal, etc,,, the same way Nordic mythology and Lord of the Rings had an impact on such genres thematically. Especially the gothic grimdark aspect of 40k

[@WellandJoyceArtist]

That is exactly what I told my artist, to recreate the Baldrs cover

[@gigeorge6sic6]

@@WellandJoyceArtist Yes that’s the one I was thinking of! That is so awesome!

[@thelegendofner0]

From the moment I understood the weakness of my flesh, it disgusted me. I craved the strength and certainty of steel. I aspired to the purity of the Blessed Machine. Your kind cling to your flesh, as though it will not decay and fail you. One day the crude biomass you call a temple will wither, and you will beg my kind to save you. But I am already saved, FOR THE MACHINE IS IMMORTAL. Even in death I serve the Omnissiah.

[@suddennemesis6154]

Could listen to the Arbites Speeder Chase on repeat for like an hour. I think I'm going to let this play in the background the next time I fire up Rimworld. Awesome stuff!

[@WellandJoyceArtist]

Thankyou so much!

[@liambrennan7410]

I keep coming back to this over and over. A superb accompaniment to just sitting and drawing with my earphones in. Love it! 🤘😊🤘

[@WellandJoyceArtist]

Thankyou! That makes me so happy that it can bring you some joy.

[@Deliverygrot]

Finally some makes 40k dungeon synth

[@kingofthedaynes2229]

Gunna need a vinyl of this

[@WellandJoyceArtist]

One day I'm sure

[@dekuswagg]

THIS IS SO DAMN COOL

[@Tired_man]

Beyond incredible! Throne bless you, my good man!

[@WellandJoyceArtist]

Thankyou! And you!

[@TheLordZoka]

I would love that Astra Telepathica logo on a shirt or patch.

[@WellandJoyceArtist]

I will see what I can do

[@mithrandir3047]

The fusion of 40k and dungeon synth is everything I hoped it would be, very well done!

[@rumraket38]

This is surprisingly good.

[@WellandJoyceArtist]

You'll find I'm full of surprises 😉

[@UniverseWillProvide]

This is really cool I'm listening to it and playing Helldivers, it fits great

[@hachemancour]

An excellent companion for the final book in The End & The Death, thank you.

[@ДядяСтёпаПочтальон]

Great great release! Huge job has been done, very strong suff!!!!!!!

[@WellandJoyceArtist]

Thankyou! I really appreciate the kind words :)

[@Corve]

This is some of the best DS I've heard in a long time, full stop.

[@Corve]

purchased

[@mrsplitfoot23]

This throws so much low budget late 80s early 90s scifi movie vibe and I love every bit of it.

[@WellandJoyceArtist]

🙏 you get it 🥲

[@mrsplitfoot23]

@@WellandJoyceArtist this would make an epic vinyl.

[@WellandJoyceArtist]

@@mrsplitfoot23 maybe one day :)

[@aceaxel9542]

OOOOOOOOhhhh yeah! I know what I'm listening to while I build and paint!!! LET'S GOOOOOOOOOOOO!

[@mawethilumoghdikilumhakhom]

A very soothing album for Warhammer 40K of all things, and a welcome change of pace & perspective for the setting

[@evil_dad2]

Great music, awesome cover!

[@WellandJoyceArtist]

Thankyou!

[@codycurtin2295]

both of my interests collide in beautiful ecstasy

[@BiosKynikos]

Such an amazing work ❤ really feels like I am part of the Imperium of the man. Glory for the Emperor. The Emperor protects😊

[@GlaucesteRighttwenty-two22]

Relax music🎶🌹

[@lupo1185]

great gods of nowhere! I love dungeon-synth/synthwave as well a 40k. This is so good!

[@_G_R_]

Император защищает! Мы бьёмся за Макрагг! И мы не знаем страха!

[@aclevertrevor6450]

Definitely using this on my next game of 40K with the boys 🔥

[@bytrish3113]

Desde el honorable capitulo de los "Defensores de Hispania" te damos las gracias, noble divulgador. Esta melodía servirá para inspirar a los grandes maestros del capitulo en su interminable lucha con la herejía que se propaga por nuestros mundos. Salve el Emperador de la Humanidad!

[@psykomancer4420]

I didn't know what to expect, but what I got was amazing.

[@WellandJoyceArtist]

Thankyou!

[@f3ldblume]

Ohhh man,this is another level 🔥

[@scofield117]

This is legitimately the best new dungeon synth album I’ve heard in a while. Definitely using this as ambiance for my next Mothership game.

[@WellandJoyceArtist]

❤️🙏 thankyou!!!!

[@Momao92]

I clicked on this video so fast. It’s fantastic

[@WellandJoyceArtist]

Thankyou!

[@gamedevmage]

This is my all time favorite dungeon synth album. I'm not even an 40k fan. Nothing I've listed to it has been anywhere near as good.

[@WellandJoyceArtist]

Dude thankyou that means so much. If you want an album that I think is honesty even better than this and kinda similar in style, I would recommend The Toad Folk by Tales Under the Oak. Again thankyou for your very kind words, it's made my day :)

[@gamedevmage]

@@WellandJoyceArtist No, thank you dude! I'll check it out again. I've never given it a good listen! And will be checking out your other stuff!

[@KristofKristoferos]

Found my new soundtrack for writing 40k stories, this is fantastic!

[@WellandJoyceArtist]

Thankyou so much! I'm glad you enjoy it :)

[@selgoops]

thank you for taking my 2 favourite things and putting them together

[@confed4055]

I thought I recognized that album art from somewhere. Very nice.

[@Clockwork_Mk3]

*Bravo* I was really waiting for the genre of dark and calm music to be combined with a dark and cold future.

[@cynicalserbian]

Absolutely love it. Really gives the vibe of what a space monk would listen to while chilling.

[@Inubot]

Amazing to just chill to.

[@absolutewanker9384]

Really enjoyed this, would love some 40k synth in this style. A mechanicum themed project would be amazing!

[@WellandJoyceArtist]

@@absolutewanker9384 I'm currently working on a Horus Heresy themed project, but I'll get to mechanicum eventually!

[@absolutewanker9384]

@@WellandJoyceArtist I look forward to it

[@ShowerOnceYearly]

Gonna listen to this while i get hammered and paint my miniatures later

[@adamniehaus5835]

Whats playing through my headphones at 4 in the morning during super sets of bench qnd dumbell flies

[@Diogolindir]

I like this. Im just not used to relate dungeon synth to 40k or any futuristic setting but I feel that I might adapt very well thanks to this.

[@WellandJoyceArtist]

I'm glad you like it! :)

[@JibbyDE]

Really nice touch that it ends similar to how it started.

[@WellandJoyceArtist]

Thankyou!

[@catcadev]

As much as I love the crazy gothic chanting, the bombastic church organ music, and other crazy 40k tunes, I always felt like this is just as 40k. The gothic Darktide stuff is 100% 40k, but so too is this. I imagine that after a battle, or during the assault breaches and times between, that this would be appropriate.

[@pineapplefarmer7352]

That is a gorgeous album cover

[@xx-tl1fg]

i don't know how this hasn't been done already but i am so here for it

[@albrooker2949]

This is incredible. Artwork adds to it as well, absolutely stunning!

[@WellandJoyceArtist]

Thankyou :)

[@Kor-Phaeron590]

Damn awesome mix and a sweet cover too!

[@alfredwaldo6079]

Dungeon synth?!?? HOLY DUNGEON SYNTH?!??!!!

[@HypnoRiffsGuitar]

Amazing!

[@WellandJoyceArtist]

Buy the album and support me as an artist (and receive bonus track "Imperator Vult"): astratelepathica.bandcamp.com/album/the-emperor-protects Get the cassette here: divineseverancerecords.bandcamp.com/album/the-emperor-protects

[@dashiellgillingham4579]

Any chance of an iTunes release as well? Or other platforms?

[@WellandJoyceArtist]

@@dashiellgillingham4579 if it pays for its inclusion on my distrokid account

[@CatCraine]

This is awesome! My friends and I usually have some ambience running during game night. Ave Imperator!

[@FormlessPBnJ]

Makes me feel like I’m between missions in Boltgun, hell yea

[@rickythompson1823]

This some multi melter heattttt🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@LIETUVIS10STUDIO1]

Holy crap this is good. So, so very good. Each melody has its own very distinct atmosphere, theme, but they are fit together so well. There is a tendency for 40k/space grimdark music to default to intense and usually either organ or orchestral heavy. These calmed tracks are a very good difference from the norm. If I had to pick a specific track as favorite, it'd have to be Emperor's Distant Moons. It's a very calm, non-grand track, and yet there still is that space+gothic atmosphere 40k uses.

[@WellandJoyceArtist]

Thankyou so much! That's exactly what I was going for. A bit tired of the "grimdark war brutality" and just wanted something for the moments of calm between all that.

[@Elia-fn8jv]

Astartes vessel approaching, for me is the best hands down.Wish i could have an extended version of it

[@huhwowproductions]

This is really good stuff!

[@Obajorba]

one of the very best indeed

[@WellandJoyceArtist]

@@Obajorba 🙏❤️

[@nathanel1313]

Great alum, I love it. I think my favourite is Long Voyage on Command Cruiser. It has a vibe that makes me think of Nine Inch Nails.

[@WellandJoyceArtist]

@@nathanel1313 I'm glad you like it!

[@ealden5146]

This is really, really good mate. Absolutely love it. Hope to hear more in the future - and see more art from John Saxon!

[@carloskl78]

Wrap your hands with chains of resolve, steel your mind in awe of your predecessors' mighty deeds and kindle resolve by never averting your sight off Him! For this galaxy is a dark and cold place and it most assuredly wants you dead... Victorus aut Mortis - Venerate the Immortal Emperor!

[@Lavendeer201]

Love this! Was introduced to dungeon synth through this channel and am now loving it. Subbed (although the Emperor is weak before the might of Chaos)

[@Hadley.Sinclaire]

Utter heretic nonsense. If the Emperor were not a genuine threat to Chaos, they would not have bothered pausing their Great Game just to interfere with him. Philosophical "if it bleeds, we can kill it", I think. They are afraid. The Emperor will win, eventually. Especially if he dies and becomes the fifth Chaos God, as is projected. He WILL win the Great Game. For Humanity.

[@Stargazzer811]

I've listened to this whole album about 7 or 8 times now, and its great. I didn't even know dungeon synth was a thing until I ran across another album by Wulfsige, "Heavy is the Crown." I absolutely love that one and I adore this one! My favorites are easily Starbeams Through Stained Glass and The Farseer; I could listen to either on repeat for hours easily. Keep up the good work man, and give my props to your artist: the art reminds me of 12th and 13th century medieval art and its insanely good!

[@WellandJoyceArtist]

Thankyou! I appreciate the kind words. For some other Dungeon Synth albums kinda similar to this one, I recommend The Lunar Lexicon by Aindulmedir and Phantasmagoria of Winter Wizard by Lacrimorphiosis. Don't ask me why their names are the way they are, we dungeon synth producers like to be complicated haha.

[@Stargazzer811]

@@WellandJoyceArtist Sometimes complicated is good.

[@Phanthomas8910]

What an otherworldly masterpiece this is! Listen, I really love Our Distant Stars and jam to it often, but this is an improvement in every way. The atmosphere you have crafted is dense and enveloping. The songs have a kind of vastness to them that really makes you feel like you're drifting through the emptiness of space. There's great variety between the tracks, from dark gloomy ambiance to banging techno, the inclusion of more melody and rhythm was an excellent choice. The biomechanical soundstaging is an ideal blend between sci-fi and fantasy, perfectly fitting the 40K world. And last and certainly not least, the artwork is a breath of fresh air, damned be all the foul machine spirits! By the Emperor, you have truly outdone yourself this time. I'm gonna be genociding a lot of xenos and heretics to this, believe that! Looking forward to what other grimdark treasures you will bless us with in future. THE EMPEROR PROTECTS!

[@WellandJoyceArtist]

This is by far the most encouraging and lovely message I've had on an Astra Telepathica album. Thankyou so much and have a wonderful day. The Emperor Protects.

[@Phanthomas8910]

@@WellandJoyceArtist I'm overjoyed to hear that, thank you! Your music brightened my day, so I hope I managed to brighten yours. Cheers!

[@jdloer]

This is beautiful!

[@WellandJoyceArtist]

@@jdloer thankyou!

[@Titanscreaming]

The stars they seem all to betray me! -

[@RAD1111able]

Okay,now that's sick.

[@matthewfasciglione2923]

Arbites Speeder Chase slaps so fucking hard!

[@WellandJoyceArtist]

Thankyou :)

[@AtlasBenighted]

This slaps hard! For the Emperor! 👑

[@andresoares4027]

excelentes composições!