What a legend this man was, having been at the top of his game in a scene that didn't really exist yet. It's sad Matthew Davis didn't live to see a greater recognition of his talent, but he'll live in in our memories as a sophisticated, talented visionary of the music world. Rest in peace.
I was intrigued by your comment and did some searching. As I listened to the beautiful music, I found a website written by someone who became friends with Matt online. I found my eyes welling up as I read through the page dedicated to the memory of him. “Remembering Matthew Davis Matthew Paul Davis July 6, 1973 - January 23, 2011”
His music very intriguing and seems it would be good to be used for the background of a scary movie in suspense scenes or while telling a story w the words on screen.
I'm sorry for your loss, but believe me, I'm very sad that the man who created such music could commit suicide like this. I even envy that you personally knew this man
@@candyhardy7704 oh my God, it's true, I tried to find information in many sources, because of what he died, and everywhere they say that he committed suicide in his parents' garage in 2010. I myself am from Russia and could not find anything in Russian-language sources, only in foreign sources, and then only that he committed suicide and there is no more information about him
This is magical... Especially The Return of Lucina. It makes me want to say "I love you"... Yes! I love you all, guys! I don't know what's happening to me...
I've never met you, you're just a guy who in the 90s created this simple and wonderful music that now continues to touch the hearts of those, like me, in the meanders of youtube, looking for these feelings that only this kind of music can give . I'm sorry you ended this way
So sad to pass on at such a young age... But then as I sit here listening to Into the Astral Wind, I would also feel very fortunate if I could leave something even half this beautiful behind, as a gift to the world after I'm gone.
you being here was is the gift you give to others without even knowing it yourself, you can't feel your own impact, but if you where someone else, you could see the beauty you give to the world just by being here
I think music is a nice way to experience the spirit, although the body has died, when it was alive it etched itself into a sound sphere and then you see that thier music lives on, even though they are dead, they are still alive in the sound and when you hear it you feel thier heart still beating, captured in eternity, forgotten or remebered, we are all living sounds that speak truth to one another not with words, but by our creations that come from places other
0:01 What a feeling... What a damn feeling. It takes over the mind and body as soon as it starts. Mathew, the man who made this, if only you knew how these sounds make people feel to this day. Oh my word, what a place I've gone to.
These cover arts of the dungeon synth....truly evoke a realm of fantasy in our minds that we can't truly grasp...but yet since we know it exists within our minds we are grateful. It's like a very dark and grim yet fantastical world, filled with dragons, legends, tavern-tales, great and mighty warriors, lost kingdoms hidden from the world, only to be found in the farthest reaches of the unknown, and dungeons of course. Which brings an idea to my mind, we all need to gather up all the pictures of these dungeon synth covers and use them as the picture settings for DND haha yes
Old wives didnt just make all this up. Tales originated from the truth passed down. Bards wrote sagas from legends that existed from times gone by. Magic lived in a world woefully lost. ( and yes, I love Burzum, Mortiis, Old Sorcery, Secret Stairway, etc). And if I said this world exists in another dimension, would you go all tech and say NFW? Please dont answer that. lol
The first song, which is exceptionally beautiful, reminds me very much of mid-to-late eighties Software, on the IC label. I've not found anything comparable other than this.
Maybe the gods heard him and a valkyrie was sent to bring him across bifrost to play for all those gathered thru time until Ragnorock! (sorry spelling)
You don't go to Valhalla unless you are killed in battle (Einherjar) . That's the conditions. The Valhalla is where the the last army will fight in Ragnorok. A dungeon synthetic artist isn't there 😂😢
Reminds me Shadow of the beast soundtrack. It's a Commodore Amiga game back in 1990, for it's time it was revolutionary. When i first heard the music and saw the game my jaw actually dropped.
It's such a shame that he had the issues he did, the guy was approaching vangelis level... I envy his musical talent because i can play stuff but i can't compose at all. Don't be ashamed to struggle people, even the heavyweight champ of the world struggles and needs help
Did you know he never read a note of written music his whole life? This was all composed in the "lunny bin" straight from how he felt into the sound he could touch.
@@candyhardy7704 amazing stuff. my grandad was like that - grew up playing the piano in london pubs and never learned to read music. he was absolutely gifted, i have a video of one of his compositions that he played from memory and it was Beethoven level stuff. I wish I had inherited some of that!
Dear Cyrus, Matt was an exquisite letter-writer. He had the most incredible spidery handwriting and he used all kinds of color inks. His letters always contained little drawings or silly gifts, like stuff you'd get out of a gumball machine or at a Halloween store. He didn't always express himself well in person, but if you were lucky enough to be one of his many penpals, then you would have gotten to know to know him for real.
@Ninnybroth Crazy that the DS community was small enough to have stories like that. It also makes me nostalgic for the times when things like this were new and everything was niche and people would make friends in forums etc.
PLEASE READ THIS: Matt Davis, the man who gave us the immortal late-90s Secret Stairways albums we never deserved but got, was understandably living the exact life that I myself live -- a life of complete and total uncertainty, with too many unanswered questions that only Matt Davis himself had the answer to. I would imagine after the release of 1999's Turning Point he himself had his own turning point, as this was arguably the last known opus he would make. I say last known, because after 1999 he lost his way and never found it again, as in 2011 -- ten months before dungeon synth got its much-needed recognition -- he lost his battle within himself. Now, ten years later, I find myself in his uncomfortable shoes, and those same unanswered questions that he struggled for twelve years to answer now fall on me to answer. Many of humankind's most talented musicians are and were also complete unknowns who never got their dues as much as they should have in life -- and, those same unsung heroes of the music industry also had debilitating mental illnesses which very few around them could truly dare to understand. I have over fifty albums successfully recorded and composed across my own four musical projects spanning almost nine years, though I seriously doubt I'll ever afford to copyright any of the over 220 tracks across said material that I have allowed myself the time to make over that span of time dating back to my first metal demo from November 2013 to March 2014. I believe entirely that my music, if it ever sees a release, might revolutionize the entire music industry forever and allow all those who have the same demons that plagued a Matt Davis or a Morgan the Bard or others of similar genres and backgrounds to get the opportunity to share their creations with the world and all who dwell in it. All things considered, Matt Davis, though not nearly as prolific as a Jim Kirkwood or a Mortiis, is an example of true, unsung talent who was far ahead of his time. More than likely, Matt Davis would have made a huge comeback had he not died in early 2011 as a result of him taking his own life -- and that, of course, is one of the greatest what-if stories in any genre of music ever.
It's beutiful music armony and peace and sleep peace and move peace, is Magic music original and old dungeons and Warriors, ando dragons is Magic all down world , dung.
If you're wondring why you love dungeon synth so much, you might want to thank Runescape for putting it deep in your brain when you were an adolescent.
You either see the world as magical place through the eyes of a child or you see it for what it really is with the eyes of a man. There is no balance between the two.
Appreciation comments are ok Plz realise there is much to experience in this lower kingdom. One needs an awareness of the Higher Kingdom to be in balance. Hu Shanti Pax Peace ✌️
What a legend this man was, having been at the top of his game in a scene that didn't really exist yet. It's sad Matthew Davis didn't live to see a greater recognition of his talent, but he'll live in in our memories as a sophisticated, talented visionary of the music world. Rest in peace.
I was intrigued by your comment and did some searching. As I listened to the beautiful music, I found a website written by someone who became friends with Matt online. I found my eyes welling up as I read through the page dedicated to the memory of him.
“Remembering Matthew Davis
Matthew Paul Davis
July 6, 1973 - January 23, 2011”
His music very intriguing and seems it would be good to be used for the background of a scary movie in suspense scenes or while telling a story w the words on screen.
Haha this was basically video game music.
Miss you Uncle Matt.
Thank you for the lessons in bravery during childhood. I wish you were still here so we could continue to collaborate work.
Awe, sorry about loss of your uncle sweetie. I just found this today and it's very intriguing music. What a great artist. My condolences.
Mppppo
I'm sorry for your loss, but believe me, I'm very sad that the man who created such music could commit suicide like this.
I even envy that you personally knew this man
@sviostasiya it wasn't really suicide. He took ambian to try to sleep. Look that stuff up. It's a dangerous sleep aid.
@@candyhardy7704 oh my God, it's true, I tried to find information in many sources, because of what he died, and everywhere they say that he committed suicide in his parents' garage in 2010. I myself am from Russia and could not find anything in Russian-language sources, only in foreign sources, and then only that he committed suicide and there is no more information about him
This has to be one of the best Dungeon synth albums ever made
I JUST discovered this genre and it's fantastic.
Welcome, friend
Welcome. Stay a while and listen
For all time, love you matt. Hope you're at peace now buddy, see you on the other side! Rest in Peace brother, miss you.
May the earth rest lightly on you Matthew
@@BloodlineMedia
Very common saying in Poland.
@@hadeseye2297 Niech ci ziemia lekką będzie?
@@wiesawaniegowska3268 Dokładnie. A tą samą grafikę zastosowało Dimmu Borgir na swojej pierwszej płycie For All Tid.
I always love seeing how tightly-knit the DS community is. Fun to come together and appreciate all of this.
This is magical... Especially The Return of Lucina. It makes me want to say "I love you"... Yes! I love you all, guys!
I don't know what's happening to me...
🍻
I love too "The return of Lucina" 😍
Maybe you r Becoming. Maybe you r like me and found out you Do have a heart, thiugh not black and dead like mine. Maybe the music calls you home?
Lol, me either. This isn't my normal music . Very cool tho
I've never met you, you're just a guy who in the 90s created this simple and wonderful music that now continues to touch the hearts of those, like me, in the meanders of youtube, looking for these feelings that only this kind of music can give . I'm sorry you ended this way
❤️
It hurts listening to something so perfect
agreed...this album is a MASTERPIECE!!
Damn I can't believe I haven't listened to this one before. One of the best there is. Rest in peace Legend.
So sad to pass on at such a young age... But then as I sit here listening to Into the Astral Wind, I would also feel very fortunate if I could leave something even half this beautiful behind, as a gift to the world after I'm gone.
Might be a part of why he died.
you being here was is the gift you give to others without even knowing it yourself, you can't feel your own impact, but if you where someone else, you could see the beauty you give to the world just by being here
@@MingusDynastyyThis song definitely sounds like the time he planned his demise.
@@melissajade7717How? This came out in 1999. Matt died in 2011.
Fantastic album! Sad to hear that Mr. Davis is no longer with us.
I think music is a nice way to experience the spirit, although the body has died, when it was alive it etched itself into a sound sphere and then you see that thier music lives on, even though they are dead, they are still alive in the sound and when you hear it you feel thier heart still beating, captured in eternity, forgotten or remebered, we are all living sounds that speak truth to one another not with words, but by our creations that come from places other
In the words of Atahualpa Yupanquí: "Sólo tú quedas, música inmortal.": "Only you last, o immortal music."
@@absalondebarvac2183 thats beautiful as
Dude... You just made me cry.. so true.. OMG.. So true
Matthew was like Théodred, died too young, left a big heritage. We will miss you.
0:01 What a feeling... What a damn feeling. It takes over the mind and body as soon as it starts. Mathew, the man who made this, if only you knew how these sounds make people feel to this day. Oh my word, what a place I've gone to.
So tragic to hear about Davis passing... I want to honor and celebrate your music, this is personally one of the best DS albums that I know.
playing skyrim while listening to this truly gives me goosebumps - such an otherwordly experience
Voices is such a beautiful piece of music
The sun rising over a ruined temple
Thank you Matthew, i know you can feel us.✴✴
Still to this day - this is the best dungeon synth album ever released.
May you rest in peace in the Halls of Avalon, Matthew...
These cover arts of the dungeon synth....truly evoke a realm of fantasy in our minds that we can't truly grasp...but yet since we know it exists within our minds we are grateful. It's like a very dark and grim yet fantastical world, filled with dragons, legends, tavern-tales, great and mighty warriors, lost kingdoms hidden from the world, only to be found in the farthest reaches of the unknown, and dungeons of course.
Which brings an idea to my mind, we all need to gather up all the pictures of these dungeon synth covers and use them as the picture settings for DND haha yes
If you like this cover art, you should check out Dimmu Borgir's "For All Tid." Same vibes.
@@MushrooMilkshake Same picture.
@@BlommaBaumbart ya don't say...
@@MushrooMilkshake Yes. Outstanding! And I Do say!
Old wives didnt just make all this up. Tales originated from the truth passed down. Bards wrote sagas from legends that existed from times gone by. Magic lived in a world woefully lost. ( and yes, I love Burzum, Mortiis, Old Sorcery, Secret Stairway, etc). And if I said this world exists in another dimension, would you go all tech and say NFW? Please dont answer that. lol
Into the Astral Wind is an outstanding track
True!! A gem...a sublime masterpiece!!!!!
"What are you doin' in there, son? Watchin' Harry Potter?" NO dad, gosh! It's called Dungeon Synth. You wouldn't understand!
Lol well maybe he would since it’s been around for a few decades now
jhahajajajajaja
You’re not human if you don’t get emotional listening to “Into The Astral Wind”.
Ten seconds in it washed over me. Wow....All his songs are just masterpieces
Beautiful, shame people don't appreciate this type of music.
Looks like they are starting to friend :)
Hellknight Mordred - Indeed they are. Hello, I'm just exploring the genre ☺️
I do!
I do!
Это придурки не ценят, я слушаю .Black Metal. и мне очень эти мелодии знакомы, как например .Burzum. ставлю палец вверх.
Беларусь.г.орша 30.04.2022.
Such a wonderful album. And such a tragedy he's no longer with us. R.I.P.
Oh my god the last track is just majestic, it's probably the greatest piece of dungeon synth I've ever heard.
Nothing beats this album as far as DS goes! Thank you Matthew, may you rest easy.
It's 3.37 am, I am studying and this wonderful soundtrack is perfect.
One of the most beautiful project in this genre.
The first song, which is exceptionally beautiful, reminds me very much of mid-to-late eighties Software, on the IC label. I've not found anything comparable other than this.
This is one of the best dungeon synth albums ever, even today. Thank you, Matthew. You deserve to rest in Valhalla.
Maybe the gods heard him and a valkyrie was sent to bring him across bifrost to play for all those gathered thru time until Ragnorock! (sorry spelling)
You don't go to Valhalla unless you are killed in battle (Einherjar) . That's the conditions. The Valhalla is where the the last army will fight in Ragnorok. A dungeon synthetic artist isn't there 😂😢
@@tTantPisForFrance Everyone else just goes to Helheim lol
i just want to loop The Return Of Lucina over and over and over again... such a beautiful song!
The ending of this album is so uplifiting!
Reminds me Shadow of the beast soundtrack. It's a Commodore Amiga game back in 1990, for it's time it was revolutionary. When i first heard the music and saw the game my jaw actually dropped.
Glad I'm not alone, always loved that game's soundtrack
Thank you, Matthew! Your music lives on.
A magnificent album.....sublime!!! RIP
I have been looking for music like this for so long, that which encompasses the feeling of the 90s
It's such a shame that he had the issues he did, the guy was approaching vangelis level... I envy his musical talent because i can play stuff but i can't compose at all.
Don't be ashamed to struggle people, even the heavyweight champ of the world struggles and needs help
Did you know he never read a note of written music his whole life? This was all composed in the "lunny bin" straight from how he felt into the sound he could touch.
@@candyhardy7704 amazing stuff. my grandad was like that - grew up playing the piano in london pubs and never learned to read music. he was absolutely gifted, i have a video of one of his compositions that he played from memory and it was Beethoven level stuff. I wish I had inherited some of that!
💪🏼
Wow, he even put his AOL email on the back cover.
this musician is a different wave of mood
unicorn carousel is so beautiful.
Speak friend and enter
_Mellon_
ticklecorn
We just have to figure out the password!
MELLON!
MARAVILLOSO ALBUM...SIEMPRE LO ESCUCHO......RELAJANTE E INSPIRADOR......
Linda música....descanse en paz el autor de ésta maravilla
An epic masterpiece
This is amazing. I have heard dungeon synth before, but this hit me so hard. Not even Trollheim makes me feel like this.
The Return of Lucina is probably my most favourite song of all time
super j aime beaucoup , encore une ambiance parfaite , belle et relaxante.
Holy heavens this is beatiful!
This is a masterpiece. End of story. ❤🔥
this is a gem
Always brings tears to my eyes
Halls of Avalon.is fantastic..........and unicorn carrusel is awesome....& into the astral wind.....
awesome
just beautiful
transcendence
I would have loved to write Matthew Davis a letter to the provided contact info. Roam the ethereal galaxies in peace.
Dear Cyrus, Matt was an exquisite letter-writer. He had the most incredible spidery handwriting and he used all kinds of color inks. His letters always contained little drawings or silly gifts, like stuff you'd get out of a gumball machine or at a Halloween store. He didn't always express himself well in person, but if you were lucky enough to be one of his many penpals, then you would have gotten to know to know him for real.
@Ninnybroth Crazy that the DS community was small enough to have stories like that. It also makes me nostalgic for the times when things like this were new and everything was niche and people would make friends in forums etc.
Increible...
Sublime
Put this beauty on for my ride back home ⛓️🖤
PLEASE READ THIS:
Matt Davis, the man who gave us the immortal late-90s Secret Stairways albums we never deserved but got, was understandably living the exact life that I myself live -- a life of complete and total uncertainty, with too many unanswered questions that only Matt Davis himself had the answer to. I would imagine after the release of 1999's Turning Point he himself had his own turning point, as this was arguably the last known opus he would make. I say last known, because after 1999 he lost his way and never found it again, as in 2011 -- ten months before dungeon synth got its much-needed recognition -- he lost his battle within himself.
Now, ten years later, I find myself in his uncomfortable shoes, and those same unanswered questions that he struggled for twelve years to answer now fall on me to answer. Many of humankind's most talented musicians are and were also complete unknowns who never got their dues as much as they should have in life -- and, those same unsung heroes of the music industry also had debilitating mental illnesses which very few around them could truly dare to understand. I have over fifty albums successfully recorded and composed across my own four musical projects spanning almost nine years, though I seriously doubt I'll ever afford to copyright any of the over 220 tracks across said material that I have allowed myself the time to make over that span of time dating back to my first metal demo from November 2013 to March 2014. I believe entirely that my music, if it ever sees a release, might revolutionize the entire music industry forever and allow all those who have the same demons that plagued a Matt Davis or a Morgan the Bard or others of similar genres and backgrounds to get the opportunity to share their creations with the world and all who dwell in it.
All things considered, Matt Davis, though not nearly as prolific as a Jim Kirkwood or a Mortiis, is an example of true, unsung talent who was far ahead of his time. More than likely, Matt Davis would have made a huge comeback had he not died in early 2011 as a result of him taking his own life -- and that, of course, is one of the greatest what-if stories in any genre of music ever.
Where can I find this gender defining music of yours, I’m interested
A masterpiece of Sheer Beauty.
💜
It's beutiful music armony and peace and sleep peace and move peace, is Magic music original and old dungeons and Warriors, ando dragons is Magic all down world , dung.
If you're wondring why you love dungeon synth so much, you might want to thank Runescape for putting it deep in your brain when you were an adolescent.
Gnome wizard vs knight
You either see the world as magical place through the eyes of a child or you see it for what it really is with the eyes of a man. There is no balance between the two.
Волшебно
как тебе в начале мелодия друг?
@@АлександрАлександр-к5ш1бкак по мне - Всеобъемлющая, задает настроение на весь альбом
Great!
there is something so.. i can't put my finger on it, but unicorn carousel just hits different.
RIP Matt...I wish someway I could have helped you.
I, am so rucking happy I found this.
im happy when I buy my first synth to play around with. This is certainly an inspiration.
coming on vinyl very soon
"A dream come true"
one of the best albums ever created.
shining!
This the shit that play when I pull up to the function 💯
For all tid!
If I''m not mistaken, the cover picture was used on Dimmu Borgir's debut album, For all tid, which came out in 1994
The original is illustration by Gustave Doré for Idylls of the King by Alfred Lord Tennyson.
It's also the cover for Enid's s/t EP from 1997. It's used a lot, but can you blame them? It makes for an awesome cover.
Is this... can it be?.. Insigfull and helpful comments on youtube!
Love the dungeon synth community
And it's also called the return of the king and was used in Dimmu Borgir's for all tid album cover...
It's also used for Eternal Darkness (SWE) - Doomed in 1992. There's also a noisecore band which uses the same cover.
Class just got quite into dungeon synth after liking ambient burzum for quite a while
rip
vay be Türk buldum
never heard this band before, but sounds perfect!
There are two people who don't reconize art when they hear it evidently :/. R.I.P Matthew
Wow this is just beautiful
I came looking for this album based off of your RYM list with it on
Well I hope you enjoyed it as much as I did
here because of your new video man
Ayyy
Just The Heaven.. Have the good cooking recipe to catch that fary Wow i m choking it's wonder
Appreciation comments are ok
Plz realise there is much to experience in this lower kingdom. One needs an awareness of the Higher Kingdom to be in balance. Hu Shanti Pax Peace ✌️
I'm getting sweet Zamphir vibes in the best possible way
Masterpeace
Halls of Avalon is so beautiful
🤘🏻
Nothing better than til der bergens
Firt stuff is a good hi set up 8 believe.. That is the key to open the second door
The cover of this Album reminds of Dimmu Borgir for all tid
First song sounds like "The Other Side," from the Runescape soundtrack.
Очень круто!
GREAT!
Muito bom!