Dungeon Synth is getting harder and harder to keep up with, as there seems to be a flood of new projects every week. Case in point, the Kentucky-based Dungeon Synth artist Witch Bolt first started putting music into the world in July of 2024, and in that time has released more than 10 albums/EPs (though, this may have been music they had recorded over a few years and just now decided to release). I barely had the time to take in the release of Witch Bolt’s autumnal album Howl in September, before being confronted with a new EP in November, The Peace of Wild Things. Despite just entering the Dungeon Synth scene this year, Witch Bolt seems to have arrived fully formed: not only is the music nuanced and expansive, the accompanying artwork is wonderful, complementing the work and helping to set the listener’s mind to wander. The color choice on each of the album covers is excellent, as is all of the artwork. Witch Bolt is fairly active on the r/DungeonSynth message board on Reddit, and it is from there that I learned that they do all of the artwork themselves. They clearly have a talent for graphical design!
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