Inspired by Arthurian legend, the music composed by Malfet takes listeners on a journey through vibrant sounding musical landscapes of epic splendor. “The Way to Avalon,” is not your typical dungeon synth album and features some creative synth work that leads you into a world of endless sounding wonder.
When listening to this album I was impressed by the medieval sounding themes and incorporation of sounds from nature. You feel as though you are stepping through a gateway into another realm. What I believe grabbed my attention right away was the album's overall atmosphere and how compelling the music sounded. Anyone can attempt to create a dungeon synth album, however, you must have purpose and an ability to convey a captivating world of pure instrumental fantasy. Malfet is able to accomplish that on this album by building their own distinct identity, while also writing a strong album from start to finish.
The first track, “The Way to Avalon,” sets forth a path into the artist’s vision of what it would be like as you make your way to the legendary island of Avalon. As the background synth lays down a solid foundation, the main melody leads you through a peaceful sounding forest filled with calming sounds. The following tracks, “Within Llyn Ogwen” and “Farewell to Gaste Forest,” slightly change direction as the music takes on a more sombre feel, but eventually it returns to that triumphant sounding confidence you heard on the first song.
The middle of the album continues to feature dynamic sounding arrangements of fantasy themed sounds that are recorded in such a precise manner. I feel as though the music is never overwhelming and the production is very crisp and clean sounding. Instead of overloading the landscape with too many layers, there seems to be an emphasis placed on certain melodies which are very soothing and maintain your focus. The song, “Joyeuse Garde Idyll,” is a great example of a well written piece of music that is presented in a simple manner, yet conjures a very powerful emotional sounding tone.
Once the album ends, you find yourself returning from that magnificent world of Arthurian greatness back to the cruel reality where people like Taylor Swift are rich and famous for releasing garbage. I think Malfet’s vision was executed extremely well and the album is one of the strongest sounding instrumental releases to come out this year. This type of talent can definitely be used to score a film, especially one surrounding the topics explored on this album. I look forward to more pleasant sounding musical journeys from Malfet in the future and highly recommend this release for fans of epic sounding dungeon synth music.
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AWWW! Listening to Malfet is a nice escape from the craziness in ones life.
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