CONVERGENCE RELEASES TODAY! Thank you all!

[@danielsanchezamaya1431]

Thank you for all the effort you brought CONVERGENCE to us. Now to enjoy the best music!!

[@Shylmagoghnar]

My pleasure, I hope there'll many more albums where this one came from!

[@countmorbid3187]

Listening right now. Thanks.

[@AllTheGoodNamesGoneReally]

Wooohoooo.

[@bluewinter6660]

Will get this as soon as possible 👍

[@Shylmagoghnar]

It's much appreciated! :)

[@XavierBergeron]

Can't wait to listen to it!

[@akeldama8321]

congratulations on the album release! absolutely love your work. cannot wait to spend time with this album

[@Shylmagoghnar]

I hope you'll love it!

[@garrywalker007]

Congratulations on your new release, I can't wait to hear it. The Sea is my favourite song of 2023 and I know the rest of the album will be amazing too!.

[@Shylmagoghnar]

Enjoy! And that's wonderful, The Sea was one of the tracks I feel the strongest about too. It was quite a bit different from what I usually do, but sometimes songs just want to exist and all you can do is follow. That was certainly the case for me with this one.

[@trs5127]

Thank you so much for giving us amazing music. Emergence is easily in my top 10 albums of all time. The two albums so far were nothing short of legendary and I am really excited for the new one!

[@Shylmagoghnar]

I hope you will find it to be a worthy ending to the trilogy! It truly felt like the end of a long journey to me. That's not to say that I'm quitting after this of course... far from it ;)

[@marcelerasmus6835]

Been waiting for this day for a long time. I'm happy beyond words. I've only given the album one pass so far. Busy with my second listen now. I'm impressed by your vocal work. When I initially heard of Skirge's departure I was really disheartened (not that I didn't have faith in your ability as I didn't expect any drop in quality knowing how seriously you take this project), but I'm really stoked with what you did and thoroughly enjoy your own spin on the sound. It still sounds very much like Shylmagoghnar. A couple of songs caught me off-guard a bit, like Infinion that was released a couple of days ago, but it rips! Love your work, and will continue to support you in this. Thank you for composing this masterpiece.

[@Shylmagoghnar]

That makes me particularly happy/relieved to hear, because that of course was my biggest worry as well. Vocalists undeniably have a massive impact on the tone of a band, and I was a fan of Skirge's lyrics/vocals myself. I knew I would probably be okay, because I have done a few vocals on previous albums and many people didn't seem to notice that there were 2 different voices going on, but still... a single track vs an entire album is a huge difference. I had to do a bit of training to even be able to sustain that without damage. And yes, I sometimes like to throw a wrench into the expected style just to see how far I can take it. I have this weird thing where when someone tells me they like what I'm doing, part of me wants to go "Oh yeah? We'll see about that!". Don't know what that is, but I guess it does make for some interesting twists and turns ;) Glad you loved the end result man, that makes it worth the while for me!

[@strypax7451]

Thank you, I love your work, keep up❤

[@Shylmagoghnar]

I certainly will! The road for album number 4 is wide open after this one, so... exciting times :)

[@lilly6986]

I'm so excited! Much love and gratitude making Shylmagoghnar a magical journey in my life & soul🤘🏼🙏☠️

[@Shylmagoghnar]

I hope you loved it! It's my absolute pleasure :) \m/

[@lilly6986]

@@Shylmagoghnar Convergence is masterpiece 🤘🏼🔥 and of course I loove & must order 🙏 Thank You!

[@Shylmagoghnar]

I'm very happy to hear you loved it so much! Thank you (also for the support!) :D \m/

[@cranboogie]

Congrats! 🌀🌀🌀👏👏👏

[@Shylmagoghnar]

Thank you!

[@cranboogie]

@@Shylmagoghnar Nim, stellar work! Best album of the year for me hands down! 🌀🌀🌀👍👍👍

[@Hinjima92]

Wohoo! Excellent :D Something to listen to tomorrow at the gym. What a day that's gonna be 🤘 🤘

[@ronaldtebrinke2599]

Listened to it during my work out, man I got pumped! You will not be disappointed I can assure you! 🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻

[@andoryuu74]

Excellent, been looking forward to this!

[@Shylmagoghnar]

Enjoy! :)

[@samndad]

This album is one of THE Best Albums of the last 20 years, classic and i listen to it most days and it only gets better and better

[@Shylmagoghnar]

A massive thank you for that! I'm hoping it will be the type of album that sticks around in people's lives and minds after the release hype calms down :)

[@rileyraspberries]

pre-ordered on bandcamp a few days ago. Like most, I don't pay often enough for music, instead streaming wherever. But this stuff is worth it. This stuff has soul. I wish more metal sounded like this; I'd listen.

[@Shylmagoghnar]

Many thanks for that! Yes, this project feels extremely meaningful to me and I lose a part of myself in every album. Metal is the perfect genre for being able to do something like that, so I too hope many more musicians are doing similar things.

[@Metal464Head]

Congratulations for this new album. Received my copy + two T-shirts today. The vinyl is on his way. I'm eager to take a quiet moment to fully listen to it. Cheers!🍺

[@Shylmagoghnar]

Enjoy and many thanks for your support!!

[@jazervovchenko1604]

Congratulations! my most favourite band released a new damn album! I'll be drunk tonight 😁

[@Shylmagoghnar]

Cheers man :D Enjoy!

[@Thurnin]

💚

[@Shylmagoghnar]

You may want to get that checked out

[@Thurnin]

@@Shylmagoghnar It hurts when I riff 😭

[@leumnewman8772]

Thank you very much for this release Nim. I expected the vinyl i pre ordered to arrive tomorrow but i got an email saying that it was delivered today! Im leaving work right now, early, to go listen to it. These 3 new songs have a strong emotional pull to them that only Shylmagoghnar seems to be able to pull off, the way each note seems to fold back into the lyrics and the lyrics leading the melodys almost. Wonderful life changing music. I expect to write out in a separate comment the full extent of my experience with the other two releases, but my roommate and a close friend are both parents as of this month, my time seems to have vanished. 😂

[@Shylmagoghnar]

Haha yes I'm actually relieved that there didn't seem to be any leaks on KZbin and the likes, considering some people received their copies a couple of days ago already! :D I'm already looking forward to your travel journal! And yes I can relate to that joy and pain. Became a dad in the middle of this album's production and it's been an interesting challenge to find ways to get any work done!

[@Climbatron]

As someone trying to learn guitar I can't tell you how much skill there is here in the playing, never mind writing it all, playing the other instruments, composition. Awesome work Nim. Amazing talent.

[@Shylmagoghnar]

Thanks for saying that man! Everything becomes easier, given enough time... and there has been a lot of time in this project haha. I hope it puts fuel on your fire to keep going on with your own musical path! I couldn't imagine life without it anymore :)

[@SalmonBoa420]

Congrats 🎉 🙂 can't wait to enjoy this through some good quality speakers in my home and during car rides 🤘🫵

[@Shylmagoghnar]

Can confirm that it works well for car rides - it's been stuck in mine for the past couple of months :D

[@libra-7599]

Yeah, you've done a great job with this album, it's really good, imo. Keep em coming. 🤘🎵🎸

[@Shylmagoghnar]

Cheers for that! I probably couldn't stop myself from continuing if I wanted to ^^

[@saymyname8925]

Fantastic!

[@cilaneves6344]

Congratulations! It’s a magnificent album. Keep up the wonderful work 🤘🤘

[@Shylmagoghnar]

Thank you very kindly! I'm already getting eager to start on the next cycle...

[@njofwegen]

Gefeliciteerd! Geniet van je (of jullie ;)) welverdiende rust, maar daarna weer epic muziek maken!

[@Shylmagoghnar]

Dank je! Tegenwoordig "je", maar wie weet wat de toekomst brengt. En absoluut, ik kan nu al niet wachten om aan de volgende ronde te beginnen \m/

[@sebastienlagace80]

It's a gift day for me listen this new album your talent and emotion in your song is perceptible thanks

[@Shylmagoghnar]

Thank you too, that's all I'm hoping for!

[@ronaldtebrinke2599]

After the first listen of the complete album I'm already blown away. The same style and atmosphere as the 2 previous albums. Thankfully again a number of fantastic instrumentals, whom I so love. After a few listening sessions there will undoubtedly will be much more details revealed whom I missed this first time. Once again a masterpiece Nimblkorg! 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻

[@ronaldtebrinke2599]

Loved it so much I also ordered the CD and T-shirt. The digital album was ordered via Bandcamp. I'm not really a vinyl fan, although the limited edition looks amazing!

[@Shylmagoghnar]

Thanks so much once again man, it always means a lot to me when I recognize names on new releases! It's going to go straight towards the next album as always ^^ And yes, I've received a few personal copies of that limited edition vinyl and I must say it really is a nice collectors piece. I imagine that the vinyl collectors will be quite happy with that one.

[@JCASHrip]

Congratulations! Keep up the awesome work! 🤘🤘

[@Shylmagoghnar]

Thank you! I will! \m/

[@McPilch]

HYPE, Nimblkorg!! My pre-order sitting in Austria airport, heading to Australia... while I sit here refreshing the tracking info every five minutes!!! 😅🤘🤩

[@Shylmagoghnar]

The world will pay one day for all the pain we've inflicted upon you guys! Slow shipping, >350ms ping in games... it's just not right ;)

[@lunaris73]

I can't stop listening to it. You're my hero, man. My own personal superstar.

[@Shylmagoghnar]

Thanks man! That makes the journey worthwhile for me!

[@elite_gaming_warrior]

As a newer fan who started listening to your music recently, It has been an absolute joy to go through every one of your phenomenal songs. I look forward to this album and more! Your music has an ethereal and ever-changing feel to it, and I haven't found any other able to recreate that feeling. I hope you continue onwards and upwards. Thank you for the wonderful music.

[@Shylmagoghnar]

Thank you kindly and I'm glad that you've found the project! Yes, I agree with your description - that's very much what the process feels like to me as well. I oftentimes say that the music takes on a life of its own, and I mean that in the truest sense of the words. Almost every song reaches a point where I feel that it's just creating itself and I'm merely writing down what it wants. That's the ethereal part you and others are picking up on I think. It's quite a wonderful feeling when it happens.

[@anticop76]

Listened to the album today at work on repeat. Best work day of my life and I have been there 24 years now. Absolutely love every track on the album. Brilliant work!

[@Shylmagoghnar]

Wonderful! I hope it keeps doing that for a while :D Thank you kindly!

[@AbCd-yd2bd]

I received and listened to convergence today. Magnificent music, well done and congratulations. 👍👍👍 Keep it up 🙏🙏🙏

[@genjuro5311]

Your music is pure gold, i haven't felt like this since a long time. Thanks a lot for what you are a doing.

[@Shylmagoghnar]

My absolute pleasure! I don't think I would be able to feel peace without working on this project, so it's a win-win :)

[@jaapammeraal1167]

Already listened to the entire album 3 times. Absolutely love your music!

[@Shylmagoghnar]

Always makes me glad to know that people give it more than one listen. I think that's where the magic is ^^ Cheers!

[@borishanisch735]

Wow, just wow. Awesome work! Everything on point: Melodies, drums, guitars, vocals, the changes between aggressive and more silent parts. Love it!

[@Shylmagoghnar]

Contrast is my favorite thing in music! It makes everything feel more alive (and this project definitely seems to be a living thing with its own will at times to me). So glad you loved it!

[@GenkakuSuki]

I really love your albums, thank you very much for your great music!

[@Shylmagoghnar]

My absolute pleasure! Thank you too :)

[@gothart7137]

I recently found the new album on Spotify, and man you did it again, I've been following your work since Emergence album it helped me a lot during a bad time, thank you for being part of my life may you continue transmitting this energy you have through music thanks from Brazil

[@Shylmagoghnar]

That's wonderful to hear, thank you for letting me know! This project has been with me through some dark times and it always makes me feel better afterward. I'm glad it doesn't just do that for me. I hope I'll be able to keep it up for many more years.

[@arkbird1580]

Thank you so much for this album! The song "The Sea" moved me to tears. The album is amazing! Greetings from Russia!

[@Shylmagoghnar]

It is my sincere pleasure, thank you! The Sea was probably the most emotional song on this album for me too. Very relieved that the atmosphere and message connects to others as much as it did for me.

[@arkbird1580]

@@Shylmagoghnar, "The Sea" помогла мне пережить утрату очень близкого человека. Эта композиция, как альбом очень чувственны. Желаю тебе неиссякающих потоков вдохновения! Уже жду новый альбом!

[@paulomatos4281]

Yeaaaah !!! I'm so excited guys, and I live so much your music, it's out of space! Thanks for the news 🤘

[@Mysteria9]

Just listened through it, what an amazing experience! Thanks a million for making it.

[@Shylmagoghnar]

It's one of my greatest joys in life, thank you!

[@joaovilaca6764]

Your work is amazing. I love your songs.

[@Shylmagoghnar]

Thank you very kindly! :)

[@jds42e37]

God I have been waiting so long for this. I absolutely loved the previous two. Guys like you and Eldamar are really underrated. Some of the best music I've heard in a long time. Love you.

[@midianpoet]

Congratulations, the album is excellent! Every riff and every note and every drum and every word. One and a half listens and .. it's powerful!

[@Shylmagoghnar]

I much appreciate you saying that! It does feel like every note on the album had to be turned around multiple times before it ended up in its final form. So glad it's finished!

[@midianpoet]

@@Shylmagoghnar Exactly, sometimes you have to turn your life and everything in it completely upside down and things start happening! I wish You and the album and the band good luck, keep fighting for every day, concert, recording!Its worthy, its the one of the best moments in life -enjoy every second now , its start of something bigger !

[@tf2exordium]

unironically one of the best albums ive ever listened to

[@maxardvin]

Great news! Congrats on new release!

[@Shylmagoghnar]

Thank you very much!

[@2ben2ben]

Weer een geweldig prachtig album. Kippenvel, tranen van ontroering, blijdschap, bewondering, . . . Shylmagoghnar raakt me. Dank je wel.

[@pascalklein7563]

Thank you so much for your outstanding art :)

[@benjaminfrohns]

I guess I'm spending money today than. [update] Order placed :p and promoted on a Discord channel I use.

[@Shylmagoghnar]

Thank you kindly once again! :D Enjoy the Beertie noises

[@benjaminfrohns]

@@Shylmagoghnar you are welcome. Hope the LPs arrive in one piece.🤞

[@Sang-Drax]

Lets fucking go man! Congrats on the release, this one kicks ass once again but I didn't expect any less 🤘Thank you for this project, it's definitely some of the best music I've had the pleasure of listening o7

[@Shylmagoghnar]

Cheers man, building this project up over the years has been a very meaningful thing to me and it's fantastic how well it is being received. I hope to keep it up for a long time \m/

[@SpaghettiWithMeatSauce]

Omg I can't wait to listen

[@Shylmagoghnar]

Enjoy! :)

[@professorbrix]

Holy… forgot to pre-order. Luckily, this is one mistake that's easy to fix. 💿 🤘I‘m really lookimg forward to listening to this one. Loved everything you‘ve done so and I‘m pretty sure thats‘s not going to change! 😎👍

[@Shylmagoghnar]

You are forgiven! :D Thank you kindly and enjoy!!

[@professorbrix]

Album arrived today. Well done again. Seems to be your most personal album up now. Thanks, man! Great music. (Some Bladerunner/Vangelis Vibes in the end, right?) @@Shylmagoghnar

[@Shylmagoghnar]

I'm glad to hear it! Yes, absolutely. I don't know if it was the circumstance or the culmination of experience from previous albums, but something about this one just felt different throughout the process. There was less of a barrier between the music and me, and I had plenty of things I wanted to lose in it. It seems to have worked as intended. Yes that outro track... I've quite a bit to say about that one actually. Might do a short video about it soon. I think it was a combination of Jean-Michel Jarre, Vangelis and general synth soundtrack material, like the Unreal 1998 sountrack. The entire song is a spontaneous single improv take on every instrument, warts and all.

[@otrocanalmas8096]

i found your music on Deezer and dude, your work is amazing. Well done !

[@Shylmagoghnar]

Thank you so much! Also, I've been hearing about people finding the project on Deezer more often recently, so that must be a good sign :)

[@pw3847]

Threshold is essentially Emergence beyond the threshold!

[@Shylmagoghnar]

Spot on! That's how I felt about it too :)

[@TheWintersGate]

It’s an incredible album, its been on repeat in my house since it came out. I Hear The Mountain Weep, Infinion and The Sea are my favourites so far but I’m noticing cool new things across the entire album which only gets better after each listen. There are subtle changes in notes, chords or melodies that just keeps everything fresh and moving at a great pace. Keep up the excellent work! And cheers from London! 🤘

[@Shylmagoghnar]

That sums up exactly what I was trying to do, thank you for saying that! Putting those tiny details in there is the kind of stuff that makes these albums take long to create. They are subtle by themselves, but I feel that they build up to something greater than the sum of its parts :) Enjoy the many relistens and thank you for making it worth my while! \m/

[@TheWintersGate]

Great to hear! Those drums on Garden of the Erased as well, wow. Great job on vocals too, powerful and nice variety. Wish I could growl like that! Have you ever experimented with clean signing? Interested if you feel that would ever have a place or you feel it doesn’t fit. Personally I think the harsh vocals and whispering / spoken passages work better for that otherworldly vibe!

[@Shylmagoghnar]

Thanks, the vocals were the thing I was most worried about for this album, because that area had mostly been taken care of by my former bandmate Skirge on previous albums! It's not that I worried I couldn't do it - I have done vox on soms of our previous songs together... but a vocalist is one of the hardest things to exchange in a band without changing a lot of the vibe, and I didn't want people to feel estranged. I guess people did get used to my voice from previous albums, because I've heard no big complaints about it (with the exception of people just being sad to hear that Skirge had to leave, which I agree with). Yes I/we have experimented with clean vocals from the very start of the project, but so far there has never been a case where it ended up being preferrable as a lead over the harsh or whispered vocals in my/our eyes. With that said, I don't consider anything to be off the table for this project - as long as it feels meaningful and works within a context, I'll do what sounds best to me. So if a future album has a passage that clearly needs clean vocals, then that's exactly what I'll do :) There are already a few clean layered vocals in this album, but they are a little hard to hear in the tapestry. On Follow the River for example, "and the undertow whispers my name" has a choir of clean voices behind the main raspy one. And on Egregore, during the monster's speech ("the depths of thyne impurity, etc", there are 4 clean vocals building a chord around the nasty one. They are slightly timbre-shifted to go with the monster's pretending-to-be-something-it's-not vibe.

[@TheWintersGate]

Really interesting insight, thanks for the detailed replies! Partly why I asked about the vocals was due to that passage in Follow the River :) its a nice touch. Great work again - I’ll be spinning this for a long while but looking forward to future projects! 👍

[@themadengineer1050]

emergence was quite a journey, i am looking to review it now once again :)

[@Shylmagoghnar]

Enjoy going the full tour again now that it's complete! So relieved that it's finally done :)

[@franconianmetaltime]

thank you for this masterpiece.... great Job....Review will be finished soon at my channel

[@Shylmagoghnar]

My pleasure, it had been stuck in my head for a few years longer than I was comfortable with. Thank you as well for doing a review, I appreciate it!

[@YomaBarr]

A whole new world opened, and I want to stay in it. Serious. It's as if I crossed a mountain range and saw all the miracles out there, unknown and hidden thus far. Yesterday I listened thrice as a fierce fan of the band, now I'm listening as your average metalhead and the feeling is still the same. Sincere congrats. And thanks. Still, it'll take me a week to just begin to digest it ;) Awesome vocals, btw.

[@Shylmagoghnar]

Thanks so much as always! Always particularly happy to read such a reaction from someone who has been around for years. I am very happy with the result as well - despite the difficult time in which it was partially created, the album itself came to me very naturally. I wish it always was like that... who knows though, maybe something like this will happen again on the next one? We'll see! Until then, enjoy the now finally finished trilogy!

[@YomaBarr]

@@Shylmagoghnar Yep. Transience carried me through my own extremely difficult time, and I'll be eternally grateful for that. Anyway. Sure will, and I won't be surprised if it develops into a tetralogy. There are still worlds behind this new one you know ;)

[@Shylmagoghnar]

Haha if the idea ever crosses my mind, I'll probably slap myself! Kinda glad to be able to break free from that circle after having it stuck in my mind for nearly 20 years :D It's going to be weird to name an album something which doesn't end in "ence" though...

[@YomaBarr]

​@@ShylmagoghnarJust name it Transcendence to get it over with. Transcending the trilogy 😆 Fifth listen: fun to find references to previous albums :)

[@krzysztoffilar2705]

Hi ho, nice to hear it. Do You remember Temptator? After 30 years we meet again and playing. We have had 2 trials already since october. At begining we have done some covers and one our old song. We are thinking about new material for the future. 🎉

[@Shylmagoghnar]

Yes I do! I enjoyed what you sent me, so I'm interested to see what you guys would come up with in this different day and age :)

[@gft1913]

Awesome, but when can i see your show live?

[@Shylmagoghnar]

I don't play live so... breaking & entering would be your best option ;)

[@bigfroggy22]

HYPE 🤓⌚👈😭😭😭👍👍👍

[@Ramon-gg3bd]

Give me an S! Give me a hylmagoghnar! What's that spell? Ok will go place my order now doei.

[@Shylmagoghnar]

*confused audience* Haha danke ouwe!

[@shuracoil8367]

Прослушал! Альбом шикарный, как и два предшествующих. Большое спасибо за творчество и за СВЕТ в нашем темном царстве❤

[@Shylmagoghnar]

It's my pleasure really! Thank you for giving it purpose :)

[@kwCxSm5F-Q]

Только что прослушал, это просто шедевр!!!❤👍 Сегодня как раз у меня день рождения и такой подарок для души!!! Спасибо большое, очень немного сейчас музыки, которая действительно цепляет за душу!!!👍

[@Shylmagoghnar]

The translation to this left me utterly confused, so I'm assuming it's a song? ^^

[@kwCxSm5F-Q]

@@Shylmagoghnar I just listened to it, it’s just a masterpiece!!!❤👍 Today is my birthday and such a gift for the soul!!! Thank you very much, there is very little music now that really touches the soul!!!👍 Here is my translation into English. Just thank you so much for this masterpiece!!!

[@Shylmagoghnar]

It's my pleasure and joy man, I'm glad to get to share it! Happy birthday :D

[@kwCxSm5F-Q]

@@Shylmagoghnar Thank you!!!

[@FlorisLD]

I love how this trilogy came together in the end, I like the similarities to Emergence in terms of flow. Honestly it's impressive for an artist to make an album that is basically #1 and #2 combined and then even better. Your AMA's and interviews have definitely made the album even more personal than it already is. Still I find it pretty easy to immerse myself into the topics. Musically it's throughout amazing. Just like every album, needs multiple listens to increase experiences. I love all the different little riffs or things from other genres sneaking in, not sure how else to explain that, I think you will get me. Genuinely can't pick any favourite tracks yet, I absolute love the lyrical/melody flow of Threshold and Egregore though, I was almost afraid it was going to be mostly instrumental because basically 1.5 of the singles were. Anyway it was worth the wait and I'm very curious to where you're going to go with album #4, as you're now ''free'' of the trilogy. 👌

[@Shylmagoghnar]

Thank you very much (and great to see you around again!), I'm glad the entire package worked out for you the way it did! The album being so personal helped me to open up on camera, so it all felt like a natural development. And yes, getting that "something old, something new" thing going with both original albums was one of the biggest challenges about this one. Especially since I don't like to just repeat a song and give it a different name. It has to be different, yet FEEL related. Somehow the puzzle ended up falling together the way it did, and I am very relieved. As epic an idea as it was, I don't think I'll ever try a trilogy again :D It went well once, but I don't want to tempt fate. Let's see where the road takes me from here!