Old Tower - The Rise Of The Specter (2017) (Old-School Dungeon Synth)

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  • Artist : Old Tower
    Album : The Rise Of The Specter
    Year : 2017
    Genre : Old-School Dungeon Synth
    Country : Netherlands
    TRACKLIST :
    01. The Rise Of The Specter Part. I 00:00
    02. The Rise Of The Specter Part. II 14:55
    oldtower.bandcamp.com/album/t...
    European buyers: tsklabel@gmail.com
    American buyers: tdghq@t-d-g.net
    OLD TOWER ON PROFOUND LORE RECORDS : www.profoundlorerecords.com/
    OLD TOWER ON TOUR DE GARDE : t-d-g.net/
    OLD TOWER ON THE SHADOW KINGDOM : www.theshadowkingdom.nl/
    Please support the artists, buy their music.
    Thanks to Old Tower for the approval.
    This video is for promotional use only.
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Komentáře • 235

  • @jacklambert1521
    @jacklambert1521 Před 2 lety +285

    I can't be the only one who just discovered this genre and is now binge-ing the ever living fuck out of it.

    • @wesleyjames8645
      @wesleyjames8645 Před 2 lety +14

      Nope!! I’m brand new and loving every fuckin minute of it!

    • @jacklambert1521
      @jacklambert1521 Před 2 lety +14

      @@wesleyjames8645 Check out Secret Stairways! The Enchantment Of The Ring is incredible!

    • @ThortheGodly
      @ThortheGodly Před 2 lety +6

      You're not. Its awesome.

    • @kyleluck8097
      @kyleluck8097 Před 2 lety +8

      Here I am, binging the ever living #$_& out of Dungeon Synth after discovering its existence by accident 3 months ago.

    • @charlieking7600
      @charlieking7600 Před 2 lety +8

      Ladies and gentlemen, I may only congratulate you with discovery of this subgenre.

  • @DarkFunk1337
    @DarkFunk1337 Před 7 lety +273

    Listened to this while falling asleep last night.
    I've never had such comfy nightmares

    • @wandersail696
      @wandersail696 Před 4 lety +9

      No seriously, tell us about it. Always interesting hearing about what people dream about.

    • @alnikur87
      @alnikur87 Před 3 lety +6

      Yes, tell us about it. We're waiting

    • @DarkFunk1337
      @DarkFunk1337 Před 3 lety +14

      @@alnikur87 It was 3 years ago! I don't remember anymore!!! loool. But I think it involved a hike through the woods where the trees slowly followed behind me and enclosed all around until I had no escape

    • @alnikur87
      @alnikur87 Před 3 lety +6

      @@DarkFunk1337 hehe, dont worry, it was just a joke ;) But nice nightmare anyway :))

    • @dirkdooms7861
      @dirkdooms7861 Před 2 lety +1

      @@alnikur87 it wasn't joke/ hehe

  • @ludwigthestrange
    @ludwigthestrange Před 2 lety +44

    This is so damn magical. Its like I'm exploring an old mysterious crypt belonging to an old and forgotten ruler.

  • @geeeltivi8954
    @geeeltivi8954 Před 5 lety +143

    Imagine all the true followers of Dungeon Synth Archives would live in a town together... With a castle for sure and this album would be played inside it

    • @FeelingShred
      @FeelingShred Před 5 lety +8

      still couldn't find an album to top "Depressive Silence" yet... will keep looking...

    • @Imawebbelch
      @Imawebbelch Před 3 lety +6

      The catstle is for waltz dungeon synth raves

    • @Foxxnioxx
      @Foxxnioxx Před 3 lety +3

      Heck yeah, dude!

    • @Janeke
      @Janeke Před 9 měsíci

      My surname in Czech means Castle :-)

    • @broncoxy
      @broncoxy Před 3 dny

      smell would be devious tho

  • @torauserhere2766
    @torauserhere2766 Před 5 lety +96

    I've been thinking about such genre since the very first experience of playing rpgs 15 years back ago, but it never occured to me that I can simply look for it by using the most logical combination of words (dungeon synth)...Thanks youtube, now I'm indulging in it

    • @FeelingShred
      @FeelingShred Před 5 lety +4

      "Depressive Silence" and "Secret Stairways" remains the two best-ever ones, specially for newcomers :)

  • @ayerev1202
    @ayerev1202 Před 7 lety +31

    I never even knew I wanted to hear something like this

  • @vyl6781
    @vyl6781 Před 5 lety +22

    Like dusting an old book, majestic...

  • @jacklambert1521
    @jacklambert1521 Před 2 lety +30

    I am a slave, working myself to death for a tyrant in a quarry in a distant medieval land. Each swing of my pickaxe is answered with a whip lash on my back by a vile and sadistic guard. The scorching sun is peeling the skin off my flesh, and not a single drop of water is allowed to quench my thirst. It is here I was born. It is here I will die. For nobody ever leaves this dark and cursed land alive.
    This is what Old Tower makes me feel as I listen to their music.

    • @opalaa5874
      @opalaa5874 Před rokem +5

      The tyrant's nephew who he exiled years ago because he was a claimant to his throne has gathered an army of marauders and somehow managed to infiltrate his uncle's castle and overtake his throne. He has sent a band of brigands to establish the new rule - his own - in these distant lands. They are cutting the neck of every guard who refuses to surrender, and shackling the ones that do. The former slaves are offered places in the new lord's army. You can either accept, or try to escape in the commotion. Now's your time to choose!

    • @troytromwell
      @troytromwell Před rokem +2

      @@opalaa5874 I"ll choose death!!

    • @mattvl73
      @mattvl73 Před 7 měsíci

      i am a slave, working myself to death for a tyrant as well. here i was born, here i will die. dark and cursed land. yep. checks all the boxes.

    • @mattvl73
      @mattvl73 Před 7 měsíci

      for something a bit more recent, may i recommend black mountain transmitter?

  • @sewerman8194
    @sewerman8194 Před 3 lety +5

    Very first dungeon Synth music I heard, back in high school. It was magical.

  • @alexhardx
    @alexhardx Před 7 lety +15

    One of the best DS albums

  • @neilduh
    @neilduh Před 2 lety +3

    The horns at 0:53 are just wonderful. I listen to this so many times, and that drop always puts me in the headspace to DM.

  • @remcomettrop6366
    @remcomettrop6366 Před 5 lety +8

    This is without a shadow of a doubt one of the best Dungeon synth albums I have ever heard

  • @Remington-wl7jp
    @Remington-wl7jp Před 4 lety +5

    Me and the boys scouring the umbral plane for relics of uncorrupted virtue.

  • @petersmernoff9590
    @petersmernoff9590 Před 3 lety +4

    An exceptionally beautiful and haunting release--there's a reason why Old Tower is revered among Dungeon Synth fans.

  • @Harjawaldar
    @Harjawaldar Před 6 lety +158

    40k views isn't bad for a dungeon synth album!

    • @gujono.eiriksson8553
      @gujono.eiriksson8553 Před 6 lety +17

      WarHammer 40.000

    • @_rahulsharma_
      @_rahulsharma_ Před 6 lety +35

      It's not bad but more people need to find these... Popshit have easily over 100mill mark.. Maybe this is the best for this genre.. Less fans less worries..

    • @GalmarTheStoneFist
      @GalmarTheStoneFist Před 6 lety +55

      Good things doesnt need views,especially from the subhuman trashes of today,better few and good than many and dumb.

    • @gabrielgutierrez1419
      @gabrielgutierrez1419 Před 5 lety +9

      The less the better in this cases, keep it simple and without any complications

    • @redfrost8631
      @redfrost8631 Před 5 lety +3

      70k now

  • @redrec82
    @redrec82 Před 7 lety +66

    I ve been quite disappointed from many dungeon synth releases lately but this one is wonderful. Melodic, atmospheric and appropriately lo fi. Congrats!

  • @Gerald_G._Odrauts
    @Gerald_G._Odrauts Před 6 lety +61

    sinisterly beautiful
    ideal for a rainy day
    Greetings from Chile

  • @flegias88
    @flegias88 Před 5 lety +6

    Uno dei migliori del genere...

  • @guilledcf1547
    @guilledcf1547 Před 4 lety +3

    i love the smell of dungeon synth in the morning

  • @namelesswon
    @namelesswon Před 4 lety +7

    Ahhhh fair thee well young traveller. Gold awaits you. Plus one hundred experience points if you defeat the gnome of injustice.

  • @vicshcher
    @vicshcher Před 5 lety +5

    Cannot stop listening, pure masterpiece

  • @dungeoninsider8713
    @dungeoninsider8713 Před 2 lety +6

    This is so beautiful! Outstanding release.

  • @heathcarlsson6026
    @heathcarlsson6026 Před 7 lety +3

    Perfect band, perfect release, perfect vinyl edition... I was waiting for this beauty here thanks !!

  • @flegias88
    @flegias88 Před 5 lety +2

    One of my favorite albums and artist.

  • @buddy.boyo88
    @buddy.boyo88 Před rokem +6

    we need to turn this into a real orchestra with brass and choir and have it done live !

  • @cybergothika6906
    @cybergothika6906 Před 2 lety +7

    If you want to create a mysterious reveal or plot twist to your dialogues, you need to hear from 8:20 and up. Good luck, may the world's ground shake to the true meaning.

  • @Remington-wl7jp
    @Remington-wl7jp Před 4 lety +1

    A feeling of lonesomeness that cannot be purged.

  • @loupnoir3647
    @loupnoir3647 Před rokem +3

    I listen this music when I write my fantasy stories 🖤🖤

  • @eternaldarkness4586
    @eternaldarkness4586 Před 5 lety +4

    I love this genre

  • @flegias88
    @flegias88 Před 6 lety +6

    Meravigliosa. Greetings from Italy!

  • @bondurnorrin8485
    @bondurnorrin8485 Před 2 lety +4

    Мое знакомство с данным проектом произошло с альбома "the last eidolon" и я сразу же влюбился в этот чарующий звук. Этот альбом ничуть не сдает позиции и продолжает радовать. С удовольствием буду слушать остальные релизы :)

  • @Plippito
    @Plippito Před 3 lety +3

    Great, great music! Well done!

  • @enzogalli5506
    @enzogalli5506 Před 3 lety +2

    ECCELLENTE!!! grazie. from Italy

  • @Nobody-qg1kc
    @Nobody-qg1kc Před 5 lety +3

    Off the bat sounds like an isolated castle and village no contact with any other peopke. Though they are lonely, they are happy.

    • @helligevaar
      @helligevaar Před 5 lety +1

      This is what dungeon synth is all about.
      Fantasizing

  • @Alonoda
    @Alonoda Před 3 měsíci

    Haunting is the word

  • @knoxvillehermitfreemoviesm3625

    Agreed. Dark ambient can be away of making peace with the abyss without going evil. It is forbidden because it is not happy and stupid.

  • @mimmodippolito7258
    @mimmodippolito7258 Před 3 lety +2

    I love deep brass and choirs

  • @kevinbelden9065
    @kevinbelden9065 Před 6 lety +2

    Magnificent!

  • @malfasgurson5291
    @malfasgurson5291 Před 7 lety +1

    Great sound..

  • @tylercraig5633
    @tylercraig5633 Před rokem

    That dirge-like chord at 4:15 is so cool! Love this album

  • @necesitodinero5588
    @necesitodinero5588 Před 4 lety +3

    bro... this is brilliant!

  • @vladimirsprave733
    @vladimirsprave733 Před 7 lety +3

    luckily I got this on LP, personally my favorite OT release to date.

  • @_rahulsharma_
    @_rahulsharma_ Před 6 lety +4

    Great album!

  • @thibertlepieux
    @thibertlepieux Před 7 lety +3

    une merveille !!

  • @katatonicxvio
    @katatonicxvio Před 6 lety +1

    Soooo good.

  • @moonofblue5756
    @moonofblue5756 Před 7 lety +1

    Amazing!

  • @kozagong
    @kozagong Před 3 lety +2

    music of choice for playing daggerfall

  • @angelodimmu3166
    @angelodimmu3166 Před 7 lety +10

    Ouvindo enquanto leio LOTR .Cheers from Brazil

    • @bovrar2nd861
      @bovrar2nd861 Před 5 lety +1

      Feliz em ver um BR aqui. Salve mano.

    • @RafaeoNobre1
      @RafaeoNobre1 Před 5 lety +2

      Perfeito pra ler as partes mais obscuras do Silmarillion e duas torres e retorno do rei

  • @solaufein1374
    @solaufein1374 Před rokem

    Grim and glorious!

  • @pujardov736
    @pujardov736 Před 7 měsíci +1

    Really enjoying this. Maybe it's just me but I hear a little bit of Summoning in there (for the majestic horns) and some Midnight Odyssey (for that ethereal melancholy vibe).

  • @gandolphcarter
    @gandolphcarter Před 7 lety +38

    Sounds a lot like Født til å Herske, which is of course a good thing.

    • @moonofblue5756
      @moonofblue5756 Před 7 lety

      that came to me as well; after listening to this. It's beautiful.

    • @ghoulunathics
      @ghoulunathics Před 6 lety

      reminds me more of reisene til grotter og odemarker. love the whole era 1 tho.

    • @niairdenasqda
      @niairdenasqda Před 6 lety +1

      This one sounds better than Født til å Herske, but it's normal considering that album was made 23 years before. So Old Tower invents nothing new, but this album is well crafted.

  • @Landserr
    @Landserr Před 4 lety +4

    Good for some lone walking in the foggy and cold landscape

  • @ozeri
    @ozeri Před 7 lety +1

    Well, i guess i will subscribe . Thanks for sharing with us - peasants, lords and fairies of this shallow earth - Those dungeon treasures.

  • @neilduh
    @neilduh Před 2 lety +2

    God this is good.

  • @georgexm2032
    @georgexm2032 Před 3 lety +1

    god I love it

  • @Mik-hm9tb
    @Mik-hm9tb Před 4 lety

    *gold needed*

  • @habit3867
    @habit3867 Před 6 lety +2

    Incredibly dark, love it!

    • @habit3867
      @habit3867 Před 6 lety

      Reminds me of the ambient music of the Fallout games. Huh.

  • @AHeadC
    @AHeadC Před 7 lety +2

    Loving this.

  • @gorantdragic3469
    @gorantdragic3469 Před rokem

    Great Music From The Spheres !

  • @oldmyr4355
    @oldmyr4355 Před 7 lety +2

    Great ♡

  • @probablynot7614
    @probablynot7614 Před 6 lety

    super!!

  • @rottenp3741
    @rottenp3741 Před 4 lety +2

    I use this as a background music while playing roguelikes

  • @AnfalasHerdsman
    @AnfalasHerdsman Před 7 lety +2

    pretty good, different from 'spectral horizons' (which is my favorite release and one of my favs in dungeon synth)

  • @jesusalfredomaciasmartinez1973

    I need a flag with that art.

  • @jennabannena3525
    @jennabannena3525 Před 2 lety +1

    This genre watered my crops and bitch slapped my shitty lord in the face, where has this been all my life?

  • @maeglisdasein-gv1ks
    @maeglisdasein-gv1ks Před 9 měsíci

    ❤ el Dungeon

  • @antichristiantormentowers6381

    Antigua Torre!!!

  • @user-qt5yq4py3h
    @user-qt5yq4py3h Před 4 lety

    outstanding cover! music's not bad either

  • @snipedog
    @snipedog Před 4 lety +1

    I'm playing my old Black Sect game with this

  • @SebasSilenius
    @SebasSilenius Před 7 lety

    Good

  • @al8604
    @al8604 Před 7 lety +12

    Gud! Greetings from the south of Chile

  • @alnikur87
    @alnikur87 Před 3 lety +5

    It's more like dark medieval synth

    • @do0m556
      @do0m556 Před 3 lety +3

      aw shut the fuck up, that's literally the definition of dungeon synth.

    • @alnikur87
      @alnikur87 Před 3 lety +4

      @@do0m556 no you shut the fukk up, fukker. Its dark medieval synth, you got it, stupid fukk?

    • @do0m556
      @do0m556 Před 3 lety

      @@alnikur87 LMAO bro u mad???

  • @fuckugplus
    @fuckugplus Před 4 lety +4

    Adventurer will you take rigth or left ?
    Left. Rigth

  • @katiaplantscientist
    @katiaplantscientist Před rokem +3

    Has anyone ever made a mash up of Dungeon Synth and Bardcore in the same album? Methinks it would be sick.

  • @aestheticphenomenon5782
    @aestheticphenomenon5782 Před 5 lety +39

    Is that the black klansman I keep hearing about?

    • @Holy_Crowns_Halo
      @Holy_Crowns_Halo Před 5 lety +3

      aesthetic phenomenon its a wizard not the kkk. I know it looks like one

    • @RM-qn3ro
      @RM-qn3ro Před 4 lety

      the moon is black to

    • @Kerithanos
      @Kerithanos Před 4 lety +8

      @@Holy_Crowns_Halo A Grand Wizard, perhaps?

  • @jaceksky4064
    @jaceksky4064 Před 4 lety

    AVE 🤘

  • @niairdenasqda
    @niairdenasqda Před 6 lety +1

    He'll be playing live at Roadburn festival (Netherlands) in 2018

    • @MoreiraOneLove
      @MoreiraOneLove Před 6 lety

      Niair de Nasqda and in Rotterdam with Mortiis 😉

  • @Baphomane
    @Baphomane Před 2 lety +1

    22:46 somehow reminds me of Aphex Twin.

  • @thopanda
    @thopanda Před 2 lety

    Sound so like FF9, Memoria!

  • @scryingmirror8982
    @scryingmirror8982 Před rokem

    gOld Tower..

  • @gorantdragic3469
    @gorantdragic3469 Před rokem

    And 200k views, for a Dungeon Synth album, perhaps would be a more fitting number..

  • @AncientCampfire
    @AncientCampfire Před 6 lety +44

    I got the cassette of this album, and on the inside of the little booklet/cover foldout it says:
    "All sorcery conducted in total solitude at the Lone Enclave by The Specter. All drawings and artwork designed by The Specter. Sorceries mastered by comrade Baron ?rch Malachi.
    Death to all traitors who fell prey to the False Heresy. These spells are dedicated to their inevitable destruction.
    For the coming Dark Age..."
    Edgy stuff. But a good album nonetheless.

    • @mentealienari7293
      @mentealienari7293 Před 6 lety +60

      Thats epic, not edgy. Why is everything and everyone that falls out of line today, called edgy? Dumb internet slang.

    • @Skelliiie
      @Skelliiie Před 6 lety +3

      nah, it's pretty edgy.

    • @tytk
      @tytk Před 6 lety +8

      Skell how is it edgy at all? there’s literally nothing edgy.

    • @Skelliiie
      @Skelliiie Před 6 lety +2

      you're using "literally" pretty liberally there. "All sorcery conducted in total solitude at the Lone Enclave", "Death to all traitors who fell prey to the false heresy. These spells are dedicated to their inevitable destruction. For the coming of the dark age..." this is all pretty damn edgy for a music album. If you don't think that's edgy, then that tells something about you, either that or our definitions differ from one another.

    • @tytk
      @tytk Před 5 lety +10

      Skell no it’s not lmao. typical teenager overusing the word edgy

  • @brendenhull1290
    @brendenhull1290 Před rokem

    Has some resemblance to older DTL synth!

  • @IgnacijeHorvat
    @IgnacijeHorvat Před 2 lety +2

    Perfect 4 sleep

  • @Wolfskopf
    @Wolfskopf Před 9 měsíci

    how strange, i had a very similar concept just a year or so prior to this release lol. Very nice stuff

  • @mwheeler138
    @mwheeler138 Před 2 lety +3

    I've only recently discovered this genre about 2 months ago but nothing quite hits like Old Tower. Are there other artists similar?

  • @Triestano
    @Triestano Před 5 lety

    25:45

  • @jamessorrel
    @jamessorrel Před 2 lety

    Reminiscent of Dead Can Dance

  • @wormix2052
    @wormix2052 Před 8 měsíci +1

    ночной поход за чебупиццей

  • @darkzones3d612
    @darkzones3d612 Před 4 lety +1

    Should you ascend the tower?

  • @shadowbanished2529
    @shadowbanished2529 Před 6 lety +1

    Soundtrack for the 8-bit Apocalypse.

  • @DM-zj8ij
    @DM-zj8ij Před 5 lety

    Anyone what kind of equipment is being used on this?

  • @slightcontrol9155
    @slightcontrol9155 Před 6 lety +10

    Where can I get a back patch of this?

    • @phillipmcsorley7840
      @phillipmcsorley7840 Před 6 lety +1

      Riles Kyuubi don't know that, but tour Dr garde is doing long sleeves of this excellent art

    • @jakesmithsonian388
      @jakesmithsonian388 Před 5 lety +13

      be careful, all the SJW's snowflakes will think youre promoting the KKK

    • @babyblu4692
      @babyblu4692 Před 5 lety

      Could you link me this?

    • @hacm1925
      @hacm1925 Před 5 lety +5

      @@jakesmithsonian388 you dont have to be a snowflake to hate the KKK

    • @jakesmithsonian388
      @jakesmithsonian388 Před 5 lety +7

      @@hacm1925 completely - but they are quick to call everything a nazi, kkk, etc

  • @beetsparty
    @beetsparty Před 7 lety +2

    whats this picture where can i find it

    • @TheDungeonSynthArchives
      @TheDungeonSynthArchives  Před 7 lety +5

      It's the official and original cover of the album : oldtower.bandcamp.com/album/the-rise-of-the-specter

    • @beetsparty
      @beetsparty Před 7 lety +3

      very desktop background worthy thank u

  • @scryingmirror8982
    @scryingmirror8982 Před 5 lety

    Number XVI?

  • @thaspectator4026
    @thaspectator4026 Před 6 lety +6

    *Thya Spectator*

  • @Arsenico971
    @Arsenico971 Před 5 měsíci

    Sounds a lot like Mortiis.

  • @user-in5ih7yz6j
    @user-in5ih7yz6j Před 7 lety +1

    hEll insoluable:

  • @DaddyOKaboom
    @DaddyOKaboom Před rokem

    how to make such music

  • @TNJX
    @TNJX Před 4 lety

    aren't modern producers tempted to use more natural sounding presets in 2017?