ABSTRACT We cross “The Threshold” to a realm of Fantasy Synthesizer Magick, and review the latest revisions to doot n’ toot taxonomy. INTRODUCTION While any dorky synthesizer music about wizards and/or dragons and shit is Dungeon Synth sensu lato, contemporary taxonomic descriptions of the genre now reflect a split between two major lineages: Dungeon Synth sensu stricto and Fantasy Synth. This Fantasy Synth split has its roots in the genre’s nascent days (see: Mourning and Turning Point) but has further solidified in the past decade (Pattison 2025). Just as death metal may be categorized as “wet vs dry” (Hickman & … Continue reading Dungeon Crawl — Lored Legend – Realm