Atlantean Sword & Ysbrydnos - Fathoms of Celestial Sorrow (full split, 2024)

Welcome to a new edition of Dungeon Synth Sunday – for the uninitiated, this is my weekly occasion to feature the ambient worlds adjacent to black metal, from its constant companion of dungeon synth, to dark ambient, esoteric drone, noise, ethereal folk forms and sounds from even further afield in time, place and resonance. The first of this Sunday’s four album features is a split from the chthonic depths of the British isles, between Ysbrydnos, from the lush mystic Welsh mountains, and Atlantean Sword from the druidic vale of Englande. Together they have created a complementary album of ancient medieval folk drones, dark dungeon narratives, woven together with collaged found sounds to create an expansive journey of epic, atmospheric fantasy dungeon synth. Released in limited editions of hand-made cassette and CD by Nocturnal Curse Records. Digital copies and CDs available from both Ysbrydnos and Atlantean Sword bandcamp pages. Look out for a second tape release through Weregnome (US) and Dale of Shadows (EU) soon. Artist: Atlantean Sword & Ysbrydnos Split: Fathoms of Celestial Sorrow Year: 2024 Label: Nocturnal Curse Records Country: UK Genre: Dungeon Synth Dungeon Synth Sunday Playlists: @TransmissionsfromtheDark/playlists?view=50&sort=dd&shelf_id=7 Transmissions links: Album: Tracklist: 1. Atlantean Sword - Wavebreaker 00:00 2. Atlantean Sword - Blood Of The Fathom Witch 03:38 3. Atlantean Sword - The Sunken Castle Of Thanegioth 07:52 4. Atlantean Sword - Tarn Lunarium 12:22 5. Atlantean Sword - Leviathan’s Tomb (Breaking of the Blade) 16:10 6. Ysbrydnos - Capel Celyn 22:22 7. Ysbrydnos - Llyn Y Morwynion 27:32 8. Ysbrydnos - The River At Midnight 30:23 9. Ysbrydnos - Coracle 33:25 10. Ysbrydnos - Lemuria Pt I: Graveyard Of The Whales 36:17 11. Ysbrydnos - Lemuria Pt II: The Gates Of Slumber 38:53 12. Ysbrydnos - Pwll O Avarice 42:55 13. Ysbrydnos - The Universal Sorrow Of Nature 45:29 More about the artists and label: - Ysbrydnos - Bandcamp: Instagram: Metal Archives: - Atlantean Sword - Linktree: Bandcamp: Instagram: Youtube:@ @vhsatanist9146 - Nocturnal Curse - Bandcamp: Instagram: Uploaded on behalf of Atlantean Sword, Ysbrydnos and Nocturnal Curse, with thanks. Dungeon Synth Sunday Banner image: Georg Janny - An Allegory of Power Georg Janny (20 May 1864, Vienna - 21 February 1935, Vienna) was an Austrian landscape painter and set designer. He worked as a scene painter in the studios of Carlo Brioschi and Johann Kautsky, alongside Alfons Mucha, and was a member of the Dürerbund. He also painted landscapes and figures, including scenes from fairy-tales or imaginary worlds that are reminiscent of the works of Arnold Böcklin or Gustave Doré. - Transmissions links - LinkTree: Instagram Facebook Page: Twitter Transmissions Banner image photography by Alison Scarpulla – untitled, 2010. #DungeonSynth #MedievalDungeonSynth #UKDungeonSynth