Doors to the Battlefields of Ertbe

by Castle Zagyx

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Petar Conan te barbarian OST worship done right. Favorite track: An Army of Skeletons and Ghasts.

Jan Vrobel Emotional, well crafted piece of fantasy "OST" by trully talented people. Admirable. I´m not a dungeon synth expert, but this is one of the most listenable albums in the genre I´ve heard and I keep returning to that. Favorite track: The Sacred Oriflamme.

Kaptain Carbon Doors to the Battlefields of Ertbe is the score of a world built by its composer with each of the tracks concerning themselves with some aspect of life or lore within it. Worldbuilding is one of the most interesting aspects of dungeon synth, as the albums are an atlas in which to sketch the boundaries of great empires and high drama. Castle Zagyx has many things to tell you and it is all majestic. Favorite track: Mountain of the Worm Astiborax.

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1.	Forty Sails, Dragons of War, Breaking the Waves at Night 04:10	buy track
2.	Bascinet, Hauberk and Flamberge 03:24	buy track
3.	Mountain of the Worm Astiborax 05:29	buy track
4.	The Sacred Oriflamme 03:34	buy track
5.	An Army of Skeletons and Ghasts 03:10	buy track
6.	The Runic Sword of Halskpa 04:21	buy track
7.	Fanfare for the Three Sorcerer-Kings 02:19	buy track
8.	Spoils of War 03:48	buy track
9.	Marching Through High Pass 03:25	buy track
10.	Desolated Ruins, Covered by Moss and Reed 03:47	buy track
11.	The Eternal Wheel of War and the Eleven Fixed Stars 08:01	buy track

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Welcome to the world of Ertbe, a place where young and bustling kingdoms settle over the ruins of those who fell under fire and sword; a place of old grievances, family grudges, bigotry, and megalomania. This is the land where armies raise their banner to fight in the eternal Wars of Religion, in a cyclical conflict whose original motives are lost in the mists of time. This is the land where wizards form companies that march alongside soldiers, where fiefdom borders are constantly changing, where war sails ride the waves thanks to wind spells, and where armies take risks in dangerous winter campaigns in the mountainous high lands.

Here, even subjugated dragons, bound demons, elemental forces and the dead take part in the fight. Huge war machines have been prepared against the enemy. Heroes command the troops, knowing that their end may come tomorrow. Life is short, brutal and intense in Ertbe, but gold and glory surely worth the effort.

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REVIEWS
Sputnik Music
«Overall, this is a relaxing experience, as most tracks seem to weave a web of forests, enchanted artifacts, abandoned forts, and a feeling that something is round the corner. Also, this album seems to complete Castle Zagyx's turn into a more symphonic sound; one that creates a highly evocative experience with a palpable heroic feeling.»
www.sputnikmusic.com/review/82932/Castle-Zagyx-Doors-to-the-Battlefields-of-Ertbe/

Musikmagazin (German language):
«Castle Zagyx has succeeded in creating a wonderful total work of art that will please every fan of trashy sandal films, 80s B-movie adventure soundtracks and epic dungeon synth.»
www.medienkonverter.de/artikel/castle-zagyx-doors-battlefields-ertbe

Hearthe Dungeons
«This release sets a HIGH watermark for high-fidelity, orchestral-inspired dungeon synth. I am usually biased toward more purely synthesized work but this album makes quite an argument.»
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released February 11, 2021

Recorded, arranged, mixed and mastered by J. Arkham on Tyr Studios during Winter 2020-2021.

Cover: Slava Gerj
Logo: Vojtěch Doubek

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