Vindkaldr - Enchantments Of Old Lore (2015) (Dungeon Synth, Medieval Dark Ambient)

[@xStarborn]

The party gon' be real anxious when this starts playing in an empty room

[@happy_camper]

~After perception check~ "The room is empty... as far as you can tell.."

[@The_Custos]

I'm using it for that as well.

[@liamdaquila1979]

@@happy_camper That's how it was....then 4 darkmantles and an ooze out of nowhere. TPK almost!

[@tielorstanger-lopez3888]

@@liamdaquila1979 No hero's story is complete without sacrifice.

[@Kanezeran]

1d3 of the marble statues step down from their pedestals as soon as you touch the bishops's remains. Roll for initiative.

[@vayul6011]

I played this just before going to sleep, and I kept falling into these mini dreams and I got awake couple of times just to fall asleep again....but the best part is that in every dream, the music was still playing in the background as some sort of a soundtrack, and when I finally woke up I felt like I was dreaming for a whole day, or even ages, and realised that the music is still going...I checked the phone and saw that the final track of the album had just begun.... Truly great experience...

[@victorkorol220]

I know this feeling man. Awesome music!

[@Incantationem]

I experienced something similar. Fantastic music for relaxing into sleep/dreams.

[@novaknight2256]

Same happens to me but I’ve been listening to dungeon synth for so long it has stopped :(

[@ezrawood9040]

bro you weren't asleep you were just still awake

[@XXX_xxxxxxxx]

The beautiful side of sleep paralysis

[@barbarismoesoterico]

This is my favourite album of all time. I can't even describe the dreams, thoughts and feelings I have while listening to this...

[@norwardradtke1361]

I get goosebumps reading this. I know exactly what you mean, it’s too real

[@Kid_illithid]

If the feeling of remembering people and places long lost to time had a soundtrack

[@hiemwagner5473]

You feel it dont you...

[@zachospapazacharias1982]

great comment

[@BNK2442]

This is more or less how I feel when I listen to Dungeon Synth.

[@JohnBrown-lk9ml]

Yes. It's so soothing, yet haunting....

[@mikelisteral7863]

they have ten albums on bandcamp

[@happy_camper]

This is still the best dungeon synth album I've ever listened to. It feels massive, mysterious, and ancient. It whisks you away to another world.

[@mikelisteral7863]

they have ten albums on bandcamp

[@sirmount2636]

It’s really good.

[@jeanfrancoisnelson]

It’s a 10/10

[@ketanhein]

When I listen to this, I feel like I'm in the world of Elden Ring and the Souls Games

[@cabritinhofoxy7998]

Yes.

[@faenorblack6943]

I bought this album and listened to it while reading the silmarillion

[@lIIllllIlllllIIIl]

*Lore intensifies*

[@varcol8375]

The Silmarillion is a tough read. I'd like to slowly read it while constructing a family tree of the characters for a visual reference.

[@lIIllllIlllllIIIl]

@@varcol8375 in the 2nd edition Christopher Tolkien (RIP) provided a character tree.

[@figueredoff]

Wow, that's is aesthetic, man!!!

[@wanderingskeleton52]

@@hellinterface6721 So... What are the best Character Trees I can use for reading The Silmarillion? I'll be reading it soon enough for the first time.

[@JohnyJumpStreet]

5:03 still one of the most beautiful and powerful dungeon synth riffs I've ever listened to. I come back to this album again and again.

[@iamturok3504]

why do you call it riffs? This ain't metal, and he is not playing guitar...

[@noodledood12]

​@@iamturok3504 riffs aren't exclusive to guitar

[@iamturok3504]

@@noodledood12 they are not?

[@noodledood12]

@@iamturok3504 from my understanding, riffs can refer to any genre. its just a short piece of music that gets repeated throughout a song. i looked it up and the dictionary describes it as: "a short repeated phrase in popular music and jazz, typically used as an introduction or refrain in a song."

[@iamturok3504]

@@noodledood12 Yeah, I got something similar on Wikipedia, but the thing is, it was a term that a jazz guy made up for a guitar. Now, you might still be right, anyway. But I rarely hear that word outside of guitar, specially out of rock and metal.

[@obelisco1089]

This could easily be the best dungeon synth release i heard ever.

[@p504504]

along with his other album, Ambient I

[@o-k9267]

It is quite amazing.

[@balrogDCLXVI]

After listening to several dozens of them I have to agree. Something, maybe the constant reverb gives both a calming and eerie sensation at the same time

[@GrayGeist]

This is the most professional dungeon synth I have heard to date. Not that others aren't near it's level - they are - but this is the apex it seems. It sounds like it should be the soundtrack to some epic and popular fantasy.

[@mikelisteral7863]

they have ten albums on bandcamp

[@vonjunzt4130]

I like Aindulmedir also. Try that one. This one is really great for sure.

[@UkjentDimensjon]

@@vonjunzt4130 Aindulmedir is amazing

[@eduardobenassi3072]

Imagine this being arranged for an orchestra. That'd be insane.

[@AleksSlota]

There's something dark and mysterious in this album that I haven't heard in other dungeon synth records.

[@borna1231]

I would truly love to hear your opinion of Aindulmedir then! He was my go-to dungeon synth particularly because of the cold, timeless and etherial quality of the music that so many other artists are not able to achieve.

[@AleksSlota]

@@borna1231 I dig it, I've listened to The Lunar Lexicon a ton. He describes his music as "Winter music for bibliophiles and hermits" that's why it's cold :)

[@borna1231]

@@AleksSlota Ah, nice to ehar you already know about him :). Yeah, I figured anyone who likes Vinkaldr would find Aindulmedir good as well. Haha, yep, "winter music for bibliophiles" pretty much sounds like my perfect genre😄. Check out his latest if you heavnt already, "Star Lore". A masterpiece.

[@Allison_Hart]

this is 100% what i mean / think of when i think of Dungeon Synth. i know different people have slightly different interpretations but to me it usually needs this heavy, lost feeling to it.

[@underscorerx]

This album is something else entirely. It flows like a hazy fever dream of old legends, unfinished dnd campaigns and that 80s fantasy movie that you haven't seen in 20 years and don't remember the name of. It's both subtle in the background and demands attention. unknowable music

[@hulking_presence]

damn this is actually a talentedly (?) written comment for a change. pleasently surprised.

[@nemeneuin]

something very evocative about unfinished dnd campaigns. lost legends, unfulfilled destiny.

[@rufflazy2366]

You had me at 'hazy fever dream'! This video is the best..

[@z13lony]

This is the BEST dungeon synth ever! Period!

[@HayesDunmer]

Vindkaldr is the best

[@balrogDCLXVI]

"Dreamy" is my best word to describe this. Somehow it makes me feel I'm in the huge crypt of that ancient king in the cover art

[@mikelisteral7863]

maybe your bipolar

[@poon_don]

​@@mikelisteral7863maybe you're spiritually dead

[@DigitalLogos]

I cannot express my love for that album art

[@kg8489]

It's an actual medieval illustration Amazing that such things have come down to us, really...

[@_VBVB_]

It's a representation of King David by André Beauneveu, wich is from the Psalter of Jean de Berry, brother of Charles V.

[@SonIsReal]

Dungeon Synth: the perfect blend of traditional, mystic and contemplative music with electric sounds that are really familiar and close to our modern ears

[@mikelisteral7863]

they have ten albums on bandcamp

[@mrhappyrulez9924]

Found this a year ago. Still my favourite. So lonely, so deep, so significant...

[@norwardradtke1361]

Nostalgia for something you’ve never known.

[@astridliliencron]

Bless the person that recommended this to me.

[@dmnotes]

I must have listened to this album hundreds of times. Often, it stays on loop. It is an incredible piece of work, and I am so grateful I found it.

[@darkmelody68]

Through action,a man becomes a hero. Through death,a hero becomes a legend. Through time,a legend becomes a Myth. And by learning from the Myth,a man takes action.

[@Mykaizer]

Keep coming back to this one. Swords of Saxonland is something majestic. The album as a whole has immense power.

[@FlySparksVideo]

'SIlver Halls in Dark Lands' has been on repeat for a couple of days now. I was reading LOTR when I discovered this album, and this particular track really suited the book so well. It truly is a perfect soundtrack to Lothlorien, as I pictured it in my mind. Hats off!

[@FuckItSkateboarding]

@Dexter Lee lol

[@chaz32]

@dexterlee569 m o r e f a n t a s y bruh

[@dtfdtfdtfdtf]

this album is now the soundtrack for my elden ring playthrough, and it has made the game 100 times better

[@KILLAMAYO]

¡Que gran suerte que existe You Tube para tener acceso a toda la música!!!!! ¡Mi gran compañera!

[@Von.Dietrich_Vecchio]

Larga vida al Internet, larga vida a KZbin, larga vida a la Música.

[@DeathknightDragon]

I sit upon my wooden chair, old and creaky, while the faint glow of crystal resides on a dusty, cracked table, long past it's prime. It whispers quietly, strange and fantastical things, so I must sit, and discover what it speaks. I must ponder my orb.

[@AegisAuras]

This is downright spiritual

[@devilbhrothesavage2807]

Why is this so good? Im listening to dungeon synth on a near daily basis while writing stuff for my ttrpg campaign as a gm and this blows nearly everything out of the dungeon.

[@HazardousMidget]

This albums ambience is special, it sounds HUGE.

[@Latham2096]

Probably one of the best Dungeon Synth albums ever.

[@metalheadnick555]

Wow. This is like one of those DS albums that manages to transcend the genre and in the process bring the whole style up with it. It reminds me a lot of Almofar, but somehow even better.

[@l.teneycke5184]

One of the most beautiful dungeon synth albums I've heard.

[@baianosagaz7660]

playing daggerfall and listening to this album is so epic

[@thetruechadley666]

This album is so enchanting. I can put it on and nothing else exists. It's beautiful.

[@alexhardx]

Awesome work. A mixture of Dungeon Synth with New Age. 10/10.

[@jackgilbert5287]

This album is simply a masterpiece. The dreamer is still awake, and sleeps until the story is finished. The mirror feeds back upon itself...all reflections are equally alive, and flourishing in good health.

[@deidara_8598]

Listening to this while writing a fantasy plot, I feel so inspired.

[@llPipexll]

same but a cyberpunk novel

[@kibleofmelnibone589]

Same but a TTRPG book.

[@Rennacius]

The kingdom is destroyed, in ruins, the romance is gone, the people are dead, and the winter frost bites the land.

[@JeffMcDuffie72MeridianGate]

Good.

[@Alonoda]

The romans are gone indeed. The gods shall rise once again!

[@iceevrWvids]

And a dead dog bites my hand 😂

[@WoWoverlord]

Brought me to tears hugging my girlfriend after a day of work as this was playing in the background. I'm so lucky. :'c

[@ZowiChan]

I’ve listened to a lot of DS albums but I always come back to Enchantments of Old Lore. It’s melancholic yet beautiful.

[@Jioti_Parcharides]

God, I am on my knees. This is so intense. It's the soundtrack I've been waiting for my whole life.

[@garg-1]

lmao touch grass

[@303Smilezzz]

this was the first album i stumbled upon from this channel. talk about chasing the dragon, i haven't heard another album of this genre that's better than this one. Its genuinely good front to back.

[@303Smilezzz]

its still pound for pound the best dungeon synth album. i love this genre and have explored many albums. this one just captures the essence of the movement.

[@TheEpicSceptic]

Man we are in exactly the same boat.

[@303Smilezzz]

yup, nothin has changed. listened to this while playing dark souls 3. Still An amazing album.

[@highlevelwizard9788]

@@303Smilezzz Dude, this combined with Ds3 is opium for the soul. I literally spent all day doing just that. Totally agree, simply the best.

[@mongolianthroat4465]

In 2018 i start to play “Dark Souls 2” and this was my soundtrack in all my first row , it was epic , now i am so gratefull for this unique piece, it let me to discover a new world (fromsoftware adiction) , thank you so much.

[@lordfresca]

I’m about 1/2 way through the dark souls 2 and I’ve been listening to this almost the whole time. I completed dark souls remastered, bloodborne, and dark souls 3 with other sounds, but this is perfect!

[@stripedhyenuh]

In Belfry Tower totally made me think of the Belfry Tower in DS2

[@zephirous8165]

Mystical energy through this powerfull songs. Greetings from Colombia.

[@mercurius0]

This makes me feel like I'm wandering the wilderness in Skyrim again

[@ikoparurottenheart4953]

today unknowingly, almost a whole year past, I decided to play this again! A huge hug to everyone around listening to this, this whole track is so hauntingly beautiful ...

[@christopherpestana212]

'In solitude until the end of time' is a beautiful track. Has a Phillip Glass feel to it.

[@AnUtterSimpleton]

I don't know why I didn't get into Dungeon Synth sooner, with stuff like this around. Perfect for studying and winding down.

[@DrChaunceyBlevins]

Vindkaldr is exactly what comes to mind when I need Dungeon Synth 🙌🏻

[@johno400]

Very sprawling and mystical. Good stuff!

[@naturezone1212]

And at the very end of everything I saw him. A white room deep in the earth. And the white king on his golden throne, forever still in time.

[@kubazpoznania]

How can this be SO good?

[@joshuaolmsted27]

one of my favorite albums of the genre. So epic!

[@balibalou7]

My god this album is so powerful ! It competes directly with the transcendence that can give me an organ !

[@ДанилаРязанцев-ю3н]

Это прекрасно. That's fine.Thanks to the author. This music gives me hope that this world has not disappeared.

[@РоманБывалый-ь5и]

Мне нравится засыпать под эти мелодии.

[@VS-vv6pq]

This world inside the music will never disappear.

[@AMORTE62636]

🔊

[@AnUtterSimpleton]

Listening to this makes me feel like I've found something I'm not supposed to but that I should still explore further.

[@Empireyoga]

This is so badass. Thank you.

[@ikoparurottenheart4953]

I put this every few days as background music for my regular day at the puter. It is so hauntingly good and mysterious!

[@kevinbeck8836]

Golden Reaching Roots. Makes me think of the Erdtree. I love how Elden Ring is so steeped in fantasy tropes that things that existed before it feel like Elden Ring =)

[@blakkneit9779]

elden ring just feels like vindkaldr

[@norwardradtke1361]

Everything is a remix

[@MegaCirse]

A house on the outskirts of town whispers, and as you approach it, others descend on the path to its door. As they move forward, strangers become eerily united as the music gives them the key to peace and they begin to flock together to this house that was once just a rumor. Now they live on the outskirts of town never to return 👑

[@dungeoninsider8713]

Very relaxing, nostalgic and beautiful.

[@lilphoneforever]

Always coming back ❤

[@denniswalter4412]

Jetzt erst entdeckt. Sehr mystisches und zugleich düsteres, schönes Album. 🖤🔥👌

[@Athelric]

1:13:24 is the best track by far. Perfect backing music when reading old forgotten Latin tomes.

[@emeraldent]

liked and subbed, just got hip to this wave. super dig the vibes!

[@LancePorter88]

Swords of Saxonland is amazing

[@abrocreates]

wow i feel things

[@mezidvemastromy5546]

This music plays in the background whenever the prince figures out that since now... he is the king and no one else will shield him and the kingdom.

[@NicoFromTheWaves]

Massive mood, this is an incredibly well done album

[@JSTNtheWZRD]

This is psychidelic, about the heart, it's very human and like blues turned art in the night🌙

[@KingLich451]

feels like i'm in a dream, love it.

[@SilicateOverlord]

If Vindkaldr decided to release a sequel to this album of it just played backwards im pretty sure everyone would still be on board xD

[@aeternitasromae]

There are two other Dungeon Synth albums by Vindkaldr, Ambient I is the same kind of vibe as this album (but better imo) and Miscreantic Mysteries which is darker, but still very good

[@createmos369]

I love this, I've been using this as background music for my dnd dungeon crawl music, very engaging

[@momsnewhobby8922]

this album feels like structures of light

[@norwardradtke1361]

It is. You’re sensing what it is in a higher dimension.

[@sosmahfoo3756]

Deception under moon shadow was my favourite. Awesome album.

[@Sxcheschka]

I have no words really, this is just wow.

[@zurungendorf496]

Pure brilliance.

[@ervinasturias1857]

WONDERFUL...Awesome...Magnificent.....Excelent....

[@frommdooo]

"The room is empty at first glance. The dust and spider web fill the corners of those old stone-brick walls. You see a wood door in the north of the room. What do you do?"

[@IGTK]

This was in my recommended tab and now I think I have a new favorite genre

[@angeloperazzone7384]

Wow! Awesome álbum! The second track makes me travel to another realm! Salutes from Brazil!

[@emilphoryew9436]

I'm sure Arvo Part would be impressed with this recording. It's an enchanting. mystical, majestic, somber, solemn masterpiece!

[@rileylynch3200]

Yes, this immediately reminded me of Te Deum

[@NeglectedField]

@@rileylynch3200 High five for knowing Te Deum. Absolutely indispensable piece of music. As is this.

[@surveychannel]

Choose thy path wisely for all thy deeds of good and evil are remembered and can return to hinder thee! Visit the Seer Hawkwind often and use his wisdom to help thee prove thy Virtue. When thou art ready, Hawkwind will advise thee to seek the Elevation unto partial Avatarhood in a virtue... Seek ye to become a partial Avatar in all eight virtues, for only then shalt thou be ready to seek the codex!

[@Tom-ny2zh]

one of my favorites

[@user-in5ih7yz6j]

one)[

[@theloserof08]

This feels huge

[@cripplingautism5785]

that's what she said

[@Kampfwageneer]

TheLoserOf08 my knob

[@radicant7283]

Just now learning about dungeon synth and this shit is rad as hell

[@antoniomartinez3651]

Leí toda "La Queste du Graal" con esta fantástica música de fondo, que, como una potente droga, me transportó a lugares etéreos e inefables. De alguna manera, gracias a ella, encontré la mismísima corona caída de Lucifer.

[@marmotamagica]

El libro lo conseguiste en físico o digital? Si es en digital, sabes dónde encontrarlo? Se me ha hecho difícil conseguirlo en físico

[@kozagong]

Surely one of the best out there

[@mikkosalokannel5561]

First time listening to this...and this is just what I needed. Easier to concentrate into work now.

[@jamesmccoy3079]

I was listening to the opening track Golden Reaching Roots and this is the image that came to me. Dawn breaking through a forrested mountain shrouded in fog.

[@paleposter]

This makes me think of a save room theme.

[@fernaldpaperguest4646]

Reminds me of the places I’ve been thousands years ago.

[@perennialcoma]

The Longing brought me here. I'm forever greatful.

[@nooneisheretryagain]

glad to see someone else also found this through the longing

[@illy9071]

I know this is quite a statement, but its the best album I've ever heard. I listened from beginning to end and only afterward looked at the song titles and found that they fit the songs perfectly. When "In Solitude to the End of Time" plays, it somehow captures the idea of an eternity alone. This is what you call inspired music.

[@hallowrust]

Music for the woodland journey.

[@kakonis]

It sounds like the music that would play not when you enter the chamber of the final boss, but the cave of the wisest man in the land. Intimidating, overpowering, but not menacing. You've survived an epic journey where most of your party was slaughtered. Now it's just you and him, and you may ask him any question you wish, and he will answer it truthfully. Make it good.

[@chevallanglois5829]

Swords of Saxonland. Yes.

[@lit.8706]

My DM played this album today, after a big battle. Golden Reaching Roots was playing. The party found out that we had accidentally killed the baron of the city we were in, and that the archmage of a hostile country, which was already planning a takeover of the city, had seen us before she left. Which means, we were in deep, deep shit. This music fit in so well with the despair the party was feeling at the time. And it fit in so well with the resolve and the hope when we came up with a plan. Combined with the best, most emotionally charged roleplaying that we had had in the entire campaign --- It was nothing short of beautiful.

[@elsvheremajesties6989]

Highly glorious, in all actuality. (best use of his phrase yet :p)

[@hesychast]

Elsvhere Majesties juicy

[@highlevelwizard9788]

Truly the greatest.