Howling Fjord and Utgarde Keep - Music & Ambience - World of Warcraft

Long ago, barbaric, half-giant warriors known as vrykul founded a vast civilization among the towering cliffs of the Howling Fjord. The vrykul prospered for many years, then vanished suddenly.
Now, awakened by some unknown force, the savage warriors have re-emerged to wage a brutal campaign of destruction from their stygian fortress of Utgarde Keep.
Original thumbnail art by J. Kunz.
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[@koppsr]

entering the howling fjord for the first time...damn, the memories.....miss the times so much.

[@thornwalker4655]

You have Stormheim in Legion, simillar to Howling Fjords.

[@koppsr]

Dyson Thornwalker​ really? Well then i ll definitly have to check it out :) thx for the tipp :)

[@thornwalker4655]

Np ^^

[@mrlappy6396]

Malefizia I join in cata and would come to northrend at level 30 XD I could never wait to go to an area so my max level buddies would often defend me as I walked through northrend and got a heartstone at dalaran

[@koppsr]

mr$lappy lucky guy^^ in vanilla you had to die your way through stranglethorn, to get to booty bay, where one of the very few alliance and horde- auction houses were. transfering money or items to a horde character when you were alliance, or the other way around were pretty complicated ^^ i really hope that blizzard one day sets up a server for classic WoW or maybe even for every expansion. They set so many standards for mmorpg s in the past, it would make sense. but until then i keep playing the game as it is^^

[@Lavabear120]

It was around 8PM on a cold night - was raining like mad outside, and my dad drove me to a game store because wotlk had launched that day. We finally made it, just as they were about to close, only to hear from the guy working there that they had no more copies left. My dad, knowing better than that, explained that we basically drove for an hour through a storm just to get the expansion and that going back home empty-handed would devastate me (both of us actually, since my dad also played at the time). The guy paused briefly, looked at me and handed me a copy he had stashed behind the register - the one he had saved for himself. Shout out to you, retail guy in 2008, you made the howling fjord boat intro possible for me on that same night.

[@bonefetcherbrimley7740]

What a guy, that retail man. I bet he was like."...Ah fuck it, I can wait a little longer."

[@TheBrotherdarkness9]

3 of my buddies went to a midnight sale of wotlk and bought me a copy since i was on nightshift. after i finished my shift i went to my buddies house and joined them playing for a few hours.

[@bonefetcherbrimley7740]

Noice.

[@dstevenkwan]

Hope he gets good karma.

[@boneman538]

Divando Kwan Really genuine act for sure

[@luke7507]

I don't play anymore but once in a blue moon ill listen to some music from WoW. This game gives me more nostalgic feeling/memories than actual life itself. May sound sad, but I did lose myself in this digital realm and I have no regrets.

[@feverdreaminww]

Terrance Dont we all get lost in the beautiful digital realm that is wow. Ive been playing for 7 years and ive been consumed by the game as well still kinda am and listening to this brings back so many memories some that I couldnt even remeber it just goes to show how immersive wow is.

[@VomicaEmanio]

I also got lost in it. Nowadays though, I get lost in fanfiction instead. _Self Inserts_ to be exact. It's not that my life is bad, I just find it boring; go to work, come home, do nothing during weekends... It's just a boring cycle that makes me dream of more interesting lives, even if many of them are dangerous (I even signed up for that "be the first person on Mars, on a one-way trip" thing, though I didn't get the spot naturally)

[@joshuacarvalho677]

From Wotlk specifically, but me too. I’m glad it’s not just me.

[@Me-uz6qc]

I came back

[@graceygal2664]

If I click Into these replies and see one fucking spell checker I will fucking explode

[@jamesdaymord4132]

I don't know if it's just me but it's really hard for me to listen to these music, all the nostalgia come back and make me kind of sad :/

[@ro6500]

Yeah Bro, I understand you, the nostalgia is real, but be happy due the fact you played and enjoyed an awesome game like Wow during its time, keep in mind that more experience, more things to live and enjoy are going to come with the years :P just enjoy the moment!

[@smatchimo645]

it's kind of a big metaphor for life lol... live it to the fullest and enjoy while it lasts. friends will come and go, so will great MMO's :O

[@seisocoomer]

I miss the old talent tree specs...when DK first came out....I plan on joining a wrath private server. After wrath(cata was ok) it went downhill...

[@MarIboro_Man]

i miss my old guild and friends

[@ladyfibonaccii]

What do you mean? You can always return to the black hole when you're old and gray ;)

[@skilledelephant]

One day, all of us logged out from WoW and never returned I miss the good times.

[@HitHeilerDerHohnEinerSure]

I'm online since 10years now. I won't quit that soon either.

[@corkyromano191]

Damn dude, shit hit me lol. I quit about 4 years ago

[@joecrooks8769]

Speak for yourself

[@AurumLuxuria]

I keep coming back to it, but it's just not the same. I started with WotLK. WotLK had the sweet spot between Casualizing the game and make it too easy. Cata too mostly. Since MOP it's not fun anymore (for me)

[@EskimoCanadian44]

I quit in Borelords of Paymore. Personally, Wrath was the last expansion which gave me that "first time wonder" feeling.

[@colincarr2052]

I wonder if my Tauren hunter is pacing there, awaiting my return.

[@ZetsubouZolo]

he is. trust me. when I logged back in aftera 5 year break in 2015 my nightelf hunter was still sitting in stormwind near the docks ready to go and explore all the world that has opened up after wotlk

[@aimeejones9533]

That's comforting. Sometimes I worry about my night elf hunter; I haven't played in six years. One day..

[@shanemaxwell1784]

I came back after a 3 year break, and my Night elf Hunter and Blood Elf Paladin were still there. Blizzard are pretty good about that kind of thing.

[@sykowhite9465]

my 70 rogue with double warglaives is waiting for me also :(

[@YoXeV]

fuck horde tho.

[@allisonskurat2240]

It upsets when people say they play without game music on.

[@MixMeister5000]

I honestly feel the same , playing classic right now and i have some friends that play without it ... I'm like you guys are missing out man!

[@timothygibney159]

My ex-wife does. This will not resonate with her 😨

[@Simas1234]

they do WHAT!?!

[@user-zt5pr5wg4r]

I know!!

[@-Gous-]

I do that too because i already know all the tracks wow has. In general i have the sound very low because its annoying, the attacks always sound the same and after years of playing you dont want to hear that anymore.

[@coolasice3531]

My early teenage years was spent playing wotlk, from the ages of 13-16. Something about grizzly hills, dalaran and howling fjord makes me calm, in piece, partly due to the reason that when something happend irl i would jump onto wow and zone out from the real world. Escaping from the disfunctional family, which my mother and father always argued. Alot of people might disagree but wow and wotlk was my sanctuary and i was the controller of it. I havent gone back to wow since 2013. But there is still that little boy inside me who listens to the music of the zones from wotlk from time to time.

[@hhattonaom9729]

yeah same here man

[@jackforbes574]

Powerful, but completely agree. I try to explain this to people. When you zone out and the world passes by, u come back to it all and realize hours have passed. I miss the immersive days of WoW

[@theodoradanielacapat298]

mah hart...ma soul

[@dr.poofer8181]

Definitely loved having to constantly hear the spam of Rhonin’s speech while just casually chilling in Dalaran 😂

[@scourge213]

Ahmen brother. Very same thing here as well.

[@Dovahninja]

Man, I started playing in TBC just a few months before Wrath was going to come out. My brother got me into the game when I was around maybe 12-13 years old. I would sit next to him at the computer and watch him play for hours until he finally let me make a character on his account. Then when wrath came out, I was at school sitting in the middle of class when I heard the intercom turn on and called my name asking me to come to the office. Naturally the teacher let me go and can you guess who was waiting for me at the front desk? My brother. He told them we had a family emergency and had to take me out of school for the day. So we leave and I ask him "What happened?" he responded "Wrath came out today and we're going to go pick it up and we are going to play all day long". That was a long time ago, but the love I have for my brother is timeless.

[@Arees14]

Love this!

[@rolandheinze7182]

Thats awesome dude

[@vaughancherrington-riley7008]

❤️❤️

[@tryptaminezen3528]

That’s a solid big brother

[@Tomas18PK]

im tearing up a bit :D

[@Jaynene_rainey]

I used to fly to this region just to walk around in the world and listen to the music.. Good times...

[@Matt-dk3wl]

Best music in WOW... except for possibly Elwynn forest.

[@PuffySofty]

WotLK was the highlight of WoW, i was so addicted i almost dropped out of college.

[@TheLukeStein]

haha. I played until 8am on the day of my commencement. Slept for an hour. Then my housemate knocked at my door, asking if I was going to graduation.

[@Radiantradioactive]

Here's to a WotLK server in the near future!!

[@solanhightower8641]

Wotlk still alive and well in some places :)

[@mbpm6135]

I actually did drop out partly because of WoW at the time, and thank god for that. I still have a seething resentment for that place and the bullshit classes I was taking.

[@milesteg8627]

@@mbpm6135 Smart humans throughout history always say, "Thank god I never got that education - I'd be worse off with it." 😅😅😅

[@blackbird8837]

“Nostalgia is not indulgence. Nostalgia tells us we are in the presence of imminent revelation, about to break through the present structures held together by the way we have remembered: something we thought we understood but that we are now about to fully understand, something already lived but not fully lived, issuing not from our future but from something already experienced; something that was important, but something to which we did not grant importance enough, something now wanting to be lived again, at the depth to which it first invited us but which we originally refused. Nostalgia is not an immersion in the past, nostalgia is the first annunciation that the past as we know it is coming to an end.” - David Whyte

[@masterchiappa]

This makes me fucking cry. I miss this game so much

[@dr.poofer8181]

Neronie you’re not alone

[@blackbird8837]

you don't miss the game in its isolated form. You miss the young teen of you playing it through for the first time, making connections, early morning hours of immersion in the landscape, the game experience. Life is more complicated now.

[@imadeyoureadthis1]

@@blackbird8837 life is worse now because i became a responsible adult.

[@MrDextrator]

Did you ever experience playing until dawn, you see sun rising from your window at 6AM and the music at 3:00 starts playing... you have no need to sleep, the morning has just begun.

[@Nicolae_Mew]

Why would I play "Until Dawn" when I can just play Wow?

[@bonefetcherbrimley7740]

My favorite part of howling fjord is the entrance. You're sailing in, seeing odd norse style buildings, then suddenly, there's a massive fuck off transport ship HANGING SUSPENDED FROM CLIFFS, BY HUGE HARPOONS. It's like a big warning saying."Go home." Absolutely awesome.

[@deanprudek4776]

I kick myself for wasting so many hours on this game, but when I come back and listen to this I remember why and feel sorry for the people who missed out

[@leoarko9379]

They probably Will never feel, this mix of great things, music and friends...

[@MixMeister5000]

Time enjoyed is not time wasted my friend!

[@Neandros44]

Entering Howling Fjord for the first time back in 2008, in that ship, I still remember my feelings at that moment, it had struck me like a bolt of lightning. ''This is going to be an awesome expansion''

[@GreedyGoblinSewers]

I love peoples stories from 20 years ago playing this game. Some are sad😢 others are lovely❤

[@korbaul]

27:31 and 38:48 for a blast of nostalgia like none other. Growing up, I used to spend countless hours just watching my older brother play through vanilla and TBC, eventually we started playing together and I started out late in TBC. With the expansion of WOTLK, we were dumbstruck at the shear size of the new area as this meant we could explore places where we haven't had before(Being a innocent kid, I used to spend hours trying to jump my way up hills and mountain sides that were clearly not meant to be traversed in hopes of finding "hidden" or "special" areas which I would subsequently claim as my "secret base", finishing it off by building a campfire in the center and I thoroughly enjoyed bringing my brother to this secret lair, showing it off to him). I personally loved the new set of soundtracks and could never understand others playing with music set to 0 (I think Northrend had better music than the Outlands/Kalimdor/Eastern Kingdoms. Being a noob constantly guided by my older brother, we started Northrend from Borean Tundra together and rarely travelled to the far east of the continent. (You know WoW was a major part of your life when irl you mix up the name Portuguese man O' War with Borean man O' war) After my brother quit due to real life pursuits, I was left alone and ventured into clearing achievements as a past time. I spent countless hours alone, flying all over Northrend and obviously Grizzly Hills and Howling Fjord. From above, I fell in love with these two places and even ran through the low level quest lines to truly appreciate the area. Fishing and cooking with my brother to complete achievements, was one of my favourite things to do in Wow. Not that it matters to others, but I remember my brother following me around while I fished to try and get the Sea Turtle mount. Simply sitting in front of a computer "fake fishing" somehow brought me so much joy. Constantly traveling between Borean Tundra and Howling Fjord for The Kalu'ak rep so we could purchase the epic fishing rod only to show off by fishing at the small pond in Dalaran(which not to mention also had the coin challenge!). The starting of 27:31 and 38:48 would never fail to stop me in my tracks, both character avatar and in real life, almost always losing my fish in the process. How I miss such care free times. It does however bring unrivaled solace to see that so many others too have had such a positive childhood thanks to a video game. Oh how I miss the good old days.

[@Frozus-nh9oq]

Haha it sounds like Lord of the Rings

[@tobiasmeyer3438]

8:15 kills me. emotion overload i REALLY cant handle it.

[@joshw3719]

New memories will be made in a couple of months, wrath classic. yes it won't be the same but I can't wait for the new memories to come.

[@preyz.]

CHILLS

[@binhmighty]

Thanks for sharing your story, this area is so memorable

[@ardadogan5146]

Simply explains why WotLK was the best expansion ever made...

[@matuskrnac4534]

Yes exactly better like TBC or classic i love it, i played wotlk, hmm, 10 years ago last time. But my mind still sometimes going back to this good times. It is another world, but ya virtual world, but still there is something magic, spiritual. My heart love it. Much LOVE guys

[@timothygibney5656]

@@matuskrnac4534 There is classic and rumor of a tbc server option soon

[@matuskrnac4534]

@@timothygibney5656 Do you want play??

[@mrhawkyy1]

@@matuskrnac4534 you can always go on wotlk private servers

[@IovisWill]

@Fiesbertt you said it: wotlk was more a nostalgic-hyped expansion than a really good expansion. Almost every person i know who says wotlk was the best tell about friends, childhood/youth remembers, arthas... only that. Not a single word about its objective quality as a game. Before anyone stab me in the back: yes ive been a wow player since vanilla and i have never interrupted subscription.

[@thijshagenbeek6554]

Wrath of the Lich king was Warcrafts golden era. I have never enjoyed a game more or longer then this expansion on the adventure I started in 2006.

[@shawnstinde7080]

These are the best WoW music videos on KZbin

[@shrieves]

Agreed! Thanks for making these "ambience" videos, which are wonderful for background music while working and bring back memories at the same time.

[@speedhaak]

Sound is one of the strongest nostalgic triggers for me. When I listen to music like this, along with all it's nuance I feel an overwhelming mix of emotions. I often feel sad that those days are gone and likely never to return again. But I am happy I got the opportunity to participate in the first place. Some of my best gaming memories. And to paraphrase Blade Runner: I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Attack ships on fire off the coast of Northrend. I watched the stars glitter in the dark near the Ahn'Qiraj Gate. All those moments will be lost in time, like tears in rain. Time to die.

[@Everness1]

goo.gl/UMw72t

[@ZomboCed]

I know what you mean. I can relate to everything you wrote !

[@Jay84476]

Those times never to return will wash anew with experiences that broadens your mind and envelop you in good times that you may continue to cherish

[@SuperTheTman]

i feel the exact same way, when i hear old songs like this one or the Grizzly Hills ambience...wow the memories come flashing back...i miss those days ;(

[@ricktwisty5636]

*Holding a copy of World Warcraft* "Too bad she won't live, but then again, who does?"

[@TheSowut]

27:31 hit me like a truck. I wasn't prepared for that..

[@tiagocampos9824]

I miss this so much. What I would give to go back to playing this till dawn

[@Everness1]

About five bucks per month? :P

[@tiagocampos9824]

Everness It's not the same thing. I want wotlk. I want to explore like I don't know what to find. I wanna get to level 70 so I can go to northrend and feel like a big shot cause I'm in the "big players" zone. I wanna do quests, raids for items, bgs, arenas, I wanna show off in dalaran, I wanna duel, I wanna check my bank full of useless shit. I just wish I could forget it all so I could discover everything all over again.

[@Everness1]

I understand, I know that feeling. But I must say, you can still do all those things in the game, and much much more. I mean, I'm not gonna preach about re-subbing, one of the main reasons I decided to make my videos in the first place was to give people (and myself) the ability to enjoy the amazing music and sounds of the game *outside* the game itself. And to recreate, at least somewhat, that feeling of home away from home. Just pointing out that the game is still pretty damn awesome.

[@tiagocampos9824]

+Everness Yes I have no doubt. I played until Pandoria. But WoW takes me 100% off reality. It teleports me to somewhere it doesn't exist and when I come back I feel sad. And at the moment I'm too focused on my future to play it again. But your videos brought me some great memories and for that I thank you and subbed you!

[@Everness1]

Thank you. Hearing (or should I say reading) that my videos entertain people in one way or another, that the whole idea is working and actually worth the effort, is great. Truly great. On that note, is there any particular zone you would like to see covered?

[@toothco]

As the bag pipes play. And the coldness of reality sets in. The night turns into day. Goodbye for now. Duty calls. As im whisked away. Forever sleeping in this magical place in existences. Sanguineyes stays. Waiting for his master to return for yet another grand adventure unbeknownst that that had been the very last day... R.I.P HAPPINESS

[@corkyromano191]

15 years old, get home from school friday, throw book bag on the bed, kick off shoes, turn pc on, launch WoW. Run to kitchen to grab a snack and a drink. Sits down and logs in, selects lvl 79 ret pally "Kenkay". Guild friends immediately say hi and start chatting it up talking about your plans to play all weekend. The dungeons you guys will run and the group quests you will need help with because you cant solo them. Grinding out that last level to hit 80. You turn your last quest in to get that achievement and BAM! you got it! You guild mates congratulate you, you type in "DING!" in the /1 general chat, all the random strangers in the zone Congratulate you! Not a worry in the world. Life was good.

[@shinyserperior5582]

Grizzly Hills and Howling Fjord are arguably two of the best leveling zones in the whole game music-wise

[@sirosis7858]

leveling I dunno, but ambiance, art, and music? ABSOLUTELY 100% THEY ARE THE TWO BEST ZONES EVER!

[@HawkNocturnal]

In tbc I became addicted. When wotlk came out, it became my life! The memories. And honestly, I don’t regret anything! Playing world of Warcraft got me out of a very rough life.

[@BigP_383]

13. November 2008. Als ich mit das erste Mal nach Nordend kam und diese Musik dazu im Hintergrund lief... Dieses Gefühlschaos kann ich hier gar nicht in Worte fassen! Das war noch World of Warcraft ! Ich vermisse diese Zeit!

[@hanswurst6742]

I'll never forget this WoW Experience. 10 o clock PM, drove with my girlfriend to the gamestop in the city. It was a midnight sale. People had already gathered. Everybody smiling from ear to ear. We've both preordered physical Collectors Editions of WOLTK. Got it, ran home to install. Then disaster, my CE had no Key label in it. I've never seen that before. So back to the Game stop. They were about to close up. One of the workers there was nice enough to give me his collectors box with a key. Drove back home, installed the game and drank a hot cocoa while it was still snowing. So much fun

[@chrispetherick]

I am sad I can only like this once.

[@MirmiX]

We are here too! :)

[@eemage9476]

I was 48 years old the first time I played WOW, so I did it for the next 10 years, then walked away. The memories of Azeroth, it's hard to describe, just nostalgy and a smiling face every time I think about it. Thank you Blizzard. I hope not to be too old when the Matrix like version come out.

[@joshw3719]

New memories will be made in a couple of months, wrath classic. yes it won't be the same but I can't wait for the new memories to come.

[@V1CT1MIZED]

@@joshw3719 You keep spamming this and kidding yourself. WoW classic and TBC classic proved that the game is not the same as it was and never will be, it will be steam rolled and ruined by streamers and their communities. Then Blizzard will find new ways to monetize it and upset everyone. I'm guessing you weren't around back when WoTLK was new, otherwise you wouldn't be spamming this BS. Nothing will ever come close and even thinking about it brings a tear to my eye. The memories you will get will be no different to replaying a game you already beat. It's for these reasons I won't play Wrath classic, the real memories are not worth the risk of tarnishing

[@joshw3719]

@@V1CT1MIZED I’ll still have fun playing it.

[@pinback3977]

@@V1CT1MIZED you seem like you spend to much time on the subreddit with the other insufferable people that reside there. If you can't have fun in classic then that's a personal problem because there's plenty to be had. And more to come

[@zenniegaming9608]

@@michaelbruce2699 Oh yes, oh yes, you can return back. I did a month ago or so - and it's still there, the memories, the quests, the NPCs... and the music. Get in with us, come back to Wotlk classic!

[@immortanjoe9362]

I got off of work that night at 11pm. Sweaty and still covered in metal shavings and oil I stood in line at the gamestop by my house reeking to high heaven. Everyone out there was excited and chatting like school kids. You could see the excitement in everyone's face when they left the store holding their copy. I got my copy and went home for a shower while it installed. Jumped in, did some lead up quests, and then embarked for the Howling Fjord. I spent the next several days just enjoying the sights, sounds, and questline, teaming up with some friends to conquer the dungeon. These small experiences are things I miss nowadays. This expansion got better and better each zone you progressed until you finally found yourself at the steps of Icecrown Citadel, ready to face down Arthas and his scourge. I don't think I've enjoyed an expansion since this one. I come back hoping for the same wonder and excitement, but I leave disappointed every time.

[@joshw3719]

This is for all of the lost souls, pure hearted conrads, and aching hearts that miss this version of the game and the times in our lives we used to live in. I wish you all the best and wanted to thank you all for making wrath of the lich king one of my most fond memories in my life. In a couple of months we will be going back, exploring again, reliving memories, achieving things we never had the chance to, and absolutely immersing ourselves in this beautiful world we call Northrend, this is more than a game... it's where our hearts have lived, it's where home is. Lets go home this year. See you guys on the boat to Northrend my friends.

[@alejandrodelgado7576]

😞😥🥺😭💔

[@alejandrodelgado7576]

I love this game... I will go back to its beautiful places, where I find refuge for my emotions and where I was so happy

[@markpieexplores]

When I started playing this expansion it was November and it was pretty cold in my room but I didn't mind because it made it feel like I was actually there sailing through the fjords etc

[@spoke1183]

Was such underrated area at the time, yet so beautiful and cozy.

[@toradora1439]

Wrath of the Lich King truely was the best expansion. Im glad and proud that I was able to experience it all first hand. It will always be my favorite area in the game. Each zone was filled with rich stories, lore and in depth details. Although WoW was never known for its graphics, the zones of Northrend were really beautiful during its time, and the music was what really pushed them over the edge. If only I could re-live it...

[@Mazed927]

The real thing that sets it apart is that, for the most part, they stuck the landing. Leveling content in WoW has kept getting better and better, but endgame content for other expansions has been mediocre at best, but like, Ulduar and Icecrown? Still seriously some of the best raids the game has ever had.

[@Zolio]

You actually can. There're a lot of private servers out there. They're not as bad as they used to be. It actually feels like playing on a blizzard server.

[@Sweglord_wow1991]

I’m currently playing Wrath Classic at the moment, and although I must admit it’s the most fun I’ve ever had playing the classic iteration of the game. It’s still not the same. There was something about the community back then, people never wanted to log out. I remember my guildees back then, we’d sit at the fountain in dalaran on Teamspeak, talking about how excited we were for each new patch, or we’d explore the world together. There was a true innocence and lack of knowledge which made this expansion an adventure i will never experience again. To all you folks from Stormreaver EU, if you see this. Magners, the Undead Warrior wishes you well. Here’s to the good old days

[@LPeck1985]

To the good ol' days, friend. What a time. 2004-2011 for me. I left the game half way through Cataclysm. That was my last expansion.

[@peelsreklaw]

So gorgeous. I remember the first time riding in on the Horde boat, seeing those sheer, striking cliffs, and hearing this beautiful music...exploring this zone for the first time was one of my favorite experiences in all my time with WoW.

[@seisocoomer]

peelsreklaw whenever I play even if I don’t have much time for the night, I start off here. Best zone besides storm peaks in the entire game. But this area has the best ambience.

[@Eldeecue]

Same, except for I was Alliance, and for whatever reason, I'd logged my main off at Menethil Harbor the night before--all the others went from Stormwind to Borean Tundra--and I got to enjoy a relatively uncrowded launch-night experience, and in a far better zone.

[@basehead617]

The piece that begins at 14:40 gives me goosebumps - i remember being in the WOTLK beta and going to vengeance landing for the first time, hearing that and seeing the aurora in the sky, and was just blown away..

[@jdspencer60]

I went to Wal Mart when this launched and got 4 copies for me and my 3 friends I lived with, bought them as a gift for the house so we could all play, it would super good times

[@Draconic]

waiting 5 hours in the line in front of EB games in the winter for this expansion and stayed all night with my cousin to do quests in this zone... The good ol' day

[@Sorrow993]

28:03 ........ it soothes my soul.

[@eissamaqsudi7811]

you god damn right

[@r.pizzamonkey7379]

I miss the feeling I got when I first entered this zone in 2008. I know I'll never feel that way again, and that is enough to bring a tear to my eye. I was young, and the world was magic. I felt free and in awe of this amazing digital world I loved, but didn't totally understand. There are a few moments in my time playing WoW I will never forget. The first time I walked into Stormwind, getting my first flying mount in Shadowmoon Valley, exploring Dalaran, and most of all, riding in on the boat to Northrend in total awe of the beauty of this continent. It felt so huge and untamed and... just plane beautiful. The art, music, writing, quest design, everything about this expansion was top-notch.

[@joshbrown384]

I'll never forget heading out to Gamestop and waiting in line for the Midnight Release of WotLK with my closest friends; the heavy fog that rolled in outta nowhere that night...the anticipation, with our toons logged out in front of where the zeppelin was gonna spawn right after install. We'd all just finished high school and didn't yet have to work, so we had all the time in the world to play. After we all grabbed our copies, we headed home, and I'll never forget staying up super late to bang-out at least one level before falling asleep, only to wake up and pour my heart into this expansion. Quickly rising in the ranks to the 'top Rogue' on my server (Daggerspine at the time) with my closest friends and guildies was unforgettable. This game gave me a chance to be with the most important people in my life at the time, when my childhood had me all over the place, and otherwise unable to do so. Forever grateful for that.

[@OfDeath]

This has always been my favorite zone in WoW. I have fallen asleep 100s of times to this video over the years. Thank you.

[@danielhamor7446]

I miss this. My life is depressing at the point I am now. I would give anything to go back

[@krikjinker2062]

There will never be an expansion that could ever measure up to the epicness of WotLK.

[@wusenrob]

at last i find beautiful music to drown my tinnitus with

[@joshtiger7832]

Man I want to go back to these days so badly.

[@joshw3719]

New memories will be made in a couple of months, wrath classic. yes it won't be the same but I can't wait for the new memories to come.

[@rw4578]

I sometimes really miss my old guildies. We had a small group of great people, played together every evening for years and years. Then WoW became less fun to play as the expansions became less interesting and the raids changed etc. One by one we all quit and over the years the contact fizzled out.

[@jeromeleroy4973]

the best period of my life .. this song .. bye wow ..

[@Chef8898]

it is not..

[@BuscoAlmas]

its not.

[@KobraVR]

WoW was very special time, the world hadn't seen a mmorpg on this scale before and it was breaking new ground for everyone. I lost several years of my life to it but I absolutely loved every minute of it. Sadly it probably won't happen again, things like that only come around once. Now we are all saturated with online gaming. VR rekindled that magic but WoW was just a very unique point in gaming history for millions of people around the world. Can't help but feel sad looking back because it's all memories and nothing will bring that innocence back.

[@tkell31]

Still get that wow nostalgia from time to time. Just looking at the familiar landscape brings back fond memories....think I will leave this on for a while. Crazy to think I learned about WoW from a magazine subscription I bought form a kid going door to door to finance his senior trip. Never read the magazine, but the third month there was a disc inserted with the "intro" version of WoW. Out of curiosity I downloaded...and the rest was history. Spent about the next five years immersed in WoW before giving it up. Weird how things work out, if I dont buy that subscription I probably never play it.

[@UghieYucky]

I always avoid this zone and music because it seriously gives me a nostalgic feeling that obliterates me. I’ll never forget the time where I spent the entire day chatting and questing with my friends from TBC in the server Nordrassil. Ghemina and Velror, if you see this: You’re among the nostalgic memories I have of WoW 😌

[@mysteriousclem1980]

Howling Fjord, Grizzly Hills, and Icecrown are some of my favorite zones ever with so many memories

[@sean8989]

I never played wow in its infancy, feel like I missed out

[@TheToneBender]

I hate blizzard for making the more obvious boat be the one to take you to Boring Tundra and not this gem...

[@jorgennorstrom]

i remmember i was 8 years old playing with my father for the first time im going here. im 18 now and still playing :)

[@serpens_6969]

This was a extremely well made video.

[@Everness1]

Thank you!

[@synthetiCore]

This is* an extremely well made video ;)

[@kjack19991]

I’ll never forget the memory of entering this zone for the first time, that music oh my gosh. From 2:31 onwards that music would play everyone you enter the zone and you’d just stop and appreciate that high tone

[@t3chn0dr0n3]

2:33 - The first time I heard it I was galloping on my deathcharger. The music hit me so hard that I just froze, and for the next several minutes I was completely disconnected from everything - both in-game and real-life - and simply listened.

[@elijahmoon21able]

Rosen Kostov me too

[@gh0sticf0rm56]

Oh man, me too.

[@hobthatnob]

the last few pieces of art always reminded me of this loud, vibrant land - of people telling folk tales, music playing people gathering around - but slowly that biting cold gets louder, and louder and silences those tales. In it's last effort, you can still hear it play, but the blistering cold wars frostbite, and you know it's inveitable, you know the cold winds will win - but you still hang onto hope as those instruments play their last wail goodbye.

[@gogotrololo]

this boat ride was my first adventure into WotLK, and has been my favourite zone since. This was blizzards peak gameplay for me, and the music inspired me to play music throughout my life. I used to fish the docks just to stay here and enjoy

[@philipsmith4849]

I can't believe it's nearly 15 years since wrath released. Time is scary. And nearly 20 years since wow released. I started in 2005 a couple weeks after the European release. I was on holiday with my family. I remember playing the original warcraft and warcraft 2 tides of darkness. So many memories good and bad. And I think of all the people I've lost along the way. The raids they won't ever get to see or complete. One grows old and when I look back I feel old. But I think of the future. "Yesterday is history tomorrow is a mystery but today is a gift". That's why we call it present.

[@mbpm6135]

It's strange how certain musical compositions that can be interpreted as 'absolute goddamn greatness' can stick in your mind for years despite not thinking about it for all that time. I had this random thought pop in my head to give this a listen and here I am. I'm enjoying my stay, thank you for asking.

[@EveloGrave]

It is damn near impossible not to tear up listening to this. Too beautiful and filled with splendid memories.

[@ajmen2222]

Was a vanilla player, quit WoW a long time ago, but the epic music has stayed with me all along. I can listen to this and other zones' music for hours, and relax and remember those times I used to play with my friends. Good old days indeed!

[@madphatscyles2958]

14:40 This melody fits this place Sad, yet beautiful Let it all fall through your hands like it was dry sand and smile

[@aimeeinkling]

If WoW was still like this, I'd still be playing.

[@Olga-sx3dh]

В этой музыке и истории столько одиночества и печали. И столько красоты...

[@HooliganLuke]

These WOTLK songs get to me, because not only are they some of the best songs from a video game ever, with how much emotion they convey. They also represent a time when I didn't know the end was near for my time with WoW. All of the time, late nights with friends, endless hours spent from Vanilla, through BC, and into WOTLK. Who knew that being on that boat ride into Grizzly Hills, and seeing those visuals for the first time in awe, would mark the beginning of the end of WoW's golden era. Towards the end of WOTLK and beginning of Cata is when most of those friends I made, and guilds I played in started to fade away, and people started to drop off. The music is dramatic in a nice relaxing way, but also a sad nostalgic way. WoTLK was the last hard copy video game that I ever went to a late night release at Gamestop for, stood in line for a while with RL friends. Those days are long gone, but I cherish the memories.

[@k.a.9415]

Where I live they have a reputation for epic guys like you. It's "Shanabb", literal meaning : Mustache.

[@Everness1]

That honestly may be one of the coolest things I've ever heard.

[@HbVki]

Alexandros A. Til3ab wow lel7een?

[@pickupthebass1]

The ambient section that starts at 51:10 my favourite bit of Wow music.

[@DanFree7]

It makes me want to explore and to find fantastic things :)

[@loiuhuiygny7guyguiygk]

dat intro though

[@Everness1]

+Vilix Kazzak I tried to recreate my first voyage to Northrend way back when. Glad you liked it :)

[@tiffles3890]

+Everness IKR .... the first time you take that ship from Stormwind Harbour to Howling Fjord .... for 3-4 minutes I was rooted in place.

[@AlexanderForsman]

It's begun.... Young Heroes....

[@Zolio]

Isn't it from Menethil though?

[@Everness1]

+Stubsy It's the first part (out of two) of general Northrend Transport theme.

[@bodyblue21]

The sound of flute from 27:30 incarnate my feelings, pure beauty. Remember when i see the Stormwind docks for the first time, it had amazing view! Couldnt wait to board the ship! maybe I changed.. but after wotlk everything was a bit strange, especially when the new “animations” came. The weather, colors of the sky and terrain, arent the same. I mean it radiates me something else than before. At least Classic is comin! It was December, on a cold, snowy but a bit sunny Saturday morning with my 15 yo brother travelled to the nearest city to buy the lich king expansion. We arrive home put the cds in and watched the cover while it was installing.. after we logged in, the immersion had begun... I wish blizzard take more time before they give us expansions! Until MoP there was an excited, captivate, shiny story worth playing for. In the old times the essence was on travelling the way, rather than destination. Thanks Everness & Blizzard for unbelievable and unforgettable memories!

[@2Sexy22]

The nostalgia this music gives me is overwhelming. My old guild mates and I were all having a few and chatting on vent Xmas eve 2008. The laughter and happiness from that night combined with this music and us all questing together. i get teared up thinking about it. I will never forget those memories…

[@strada624]

Listening to this made me remember the Wrath pre-patch. I had just started playing. I made a Human paladin in a heavily popped realm with TONS of new players in the starting zone. I remember getting invited to a "Zombie Raid" of a bunch of lvl 1s, and literally a minute later a whole ARMY of Zombie NPCs come running straight for us! God Wrath back then was an entire experience, you HAD to be there to understand the hype! So many new players compared to the amount of veteran players at the time. I will miss those days ❤🥲

[@LPeck1985]

It was a fantastic expansion indeed. I miss the first experiences of TBC and WotLK.

[@Vanished584]

Can confirm that BC had new people playing WoW and WotLK looks simmilar. It will never be as big as the original release back in 2011 but its still nice to feel like the game is alive. :> -A newbie in WoW

[@Pumkin932]

Absolute lightning in a bottle, WotLK was. Even though we're all strangers, having journeyed through these places connects us all. This was our escape... our home. Stay safe out there.

[@DisneyMelody]

My favorites are still so strong !! 🙂🙏🥰🎶🎤🎶🎹🎶🎺🎶🥰👌 Congratulations and thank you very much my friend for this superb compilation. 🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹😊🌹❤

[@msmedved_]

Why does my damn heart hurt when I hear this music? I can't even listen to grizzly hills without tearing up.

[@Wolfsgejaule]

I can only speak for myself but it's because i can never go back, to those times

[@formeraxe117]

I miss this so, so much. The memories of playing WOLK are some of my strongest, and I miss it. 14:40 is when the nostalgia hits the hardest. So hauntingly beautiful, and I remember just sitting there and taking the music and sights in. I was a one trick pony Death Knight, but I felt a part of an amazing world. There will never be a feeling like that again for me.

[@Olga-sx3dh]

Как же знакомо. )

[@nboutdoors1076]

A beautiful tribute to a safe place we could all go to when life got a little too hard, i miss that place.

[@yolando1774]

People obsessed with time travel machines, teleporters, cloning machines. All I want is a machine that can let me re-live my memories. You can't replicate the feeling of your first time, only experience it.

[@MrBLAZE707]

Imagine if WoW Classic goes down the path of expansions, that 5 years from now, we'll get to immerse ourselves back in Northrend :') Ahh how the winter of 08/09 was good and pure.

[@Zolio]

It was the perfect release for that expansion. It was cold and snowy outside in the real world and I was just sitting in my cosy childhood room in front of my pc leveling up my main in this breathtaking area.

[@emarine]

it was

[@Gunnvulcan]

Dude, being able to go back as a 39yr old man to when i was 21 again. I will break down and cry

[@Dimumouto]

Well, 2 years later, you've gotten your wish!

[@Ephryad]

Мог часами сидеть в этой локации, настолько уютное место, не передать словами, постоянно дрались с ордой на их стороне, где всё окружено огромными скалами, и драться с ними под эту музыку было очень приятно, попутно собирая всякую нужду для профессий. По настоящему наполненное и богатое идеями место,тут и фунникулёры, и подъёмники, и высоченные скалы с мостами , и затуманенный лес пауков, и сочно-зелные поля с быками, чего тут только нет, очень богатая и насыенная идеями локация. Настоящее место для души никак не иначе. Любимый момент: 18:24 - 19:17 - по настоящему потрясающая музыка, я буквально отдыхаю душой, когда слышу подобное Композиторы вов ударили точно в цель создавая каждую локацию в вов и даря туда музыкальное сопровождение, каждая локация прекрасно наделена точной мелодией, очень точной музыкой и атмосферой. Вов в 2004 действительно спас очень многих детей от сурового , реального мира, от проблем с родителями/друзьями/знакомыми. Я только сейчас понимаю спустя кучу времени, что моя психика здорова только благодаря этой игре, Мои срывы в жизни и весь негатив - полностью выплёскивались в вов, Эта игра буквально жрала мой негатив отдавая мне лишь потрясающие эмоции и восхищение этим миром, огромным желанием жить и находиться только там. Моя тонкая душевная организация просто питалась великолепием, которое создали разработчики. Моё восхищение и почтение всем, кто создал эту игру. Вы наши герои, настоящие герои, которые спасли миллионы детей от нервных срывов и подарили прекрасный волшебный мир, который сделал нас намного добрее и научил нас чувствовать качественное "прекрасное", даже когда за окном серость и зло. СПАСИБО (big big big thanks blizzard.... i am cry) loved from Russia, Moscow

[@relaxinggamemusic]

perfect music. nostalgic. loved this scene. i remember watching it and thinking just how cool is this. what a game.

[@EnergyFlux2012]

There was something magical about Howling Fjord in particular, something I'll never forget.

[@fllintvancleff2110]

Best zone in the game based on music & ambience alone , it still amazes how they can make Howling Fjord such a great zone.

[@ratius1979]

All those NPCs must be very lonely now. A deserted zone as time marched on..... :(

[@claycollins9852]

I quit playing in 2010. But man, sometimes it feels good to come back to something like this.

[@nathan_the_barbarian7974]

Entering howling fjord for the first time is a real treat. The music, atmosphere, fighting the Vyrkrul, the thunderous stomps of an approaching storm giant it was all great. Could of stayed questing there and storm peaks happily for a long time.

[@Surgequake7]

37:53 is my favourite bit. It's short but it's a burst of triumph that gets the adrenaline flowing!

[@yevonator88]

I will never regret starting WotLK by going to Howling Fjord first. The ambience and entry through the fjord passage put me in awe. I really never expected an MMO to be so grand.

[@kerrytakashi12]

The best zone in the game. I haven't played WOW in many years, but I remember playing this area the most.

[@lubomirborissov8313]

Although after being seriously addicted I quit, once in a year I listen to the voice inside and search for one of these..this feeling it's like time travel, such memories, excitement, fun, pressure, but a sense of achievement.. but it holds something sad as well... Good old days.. this was magic...

[@raresmocanu1743]

Everyone is nostalgic about wotlk. Even people like me who never got to play it. Everything about that expansion is made to make you feel that way.

[@timothygibney159]

Ur wish maybe granted since Classic is a hit if rumors are true

[@JosAtoZ]

I loved every minute of this expansion.

[@seisocoomer]

i remember playing wow somewhat in vanilla and tbc. wasnt hooked on it until wrath, when my biggest school crush, a beautiful young lady, now a gorgeous woman, got me into wrath. helped me level up to 68, and get into howling fjord. i remember this zone the best. we often came here and just relaxed and talked non stop in game. nothing brings back memories quite like howling fjords music, reminding me how much has changed. though it is bittersweet in the end, wishing i could go back to those carefree days.