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 Posted: Thu Jul 10, 2008 5:41 pm
literature has influenced many bands. ahab and mastodon have both drawn influence from melville's moby d**k. many bands have drawn influence from stoker's dracula and the tales of hp lovecraft. the works of tolkien have influenced many a black and power metal band. michel foucault's writings on the panopticon have influenced isis. there is one band (i forget the name) who even draw influence from stephen king's dark tower series. etc.
what are some of your favorite examples of literature's influence on metal?
what are some pieces of literature you would like to see incorporated into metal?
for me: favorite example would be isis incorporating the influence from foucault. i would like to see a band take influence from albert camus's book "the stranger"
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Posted: Thu Jul 10, 2008 6:34 pm
Well, one could say that a lot of folk music is based on the mythologies and culturally important oral and written works of their respective peoples. For instance, Amorphis employs cantos from the Finnish epic poem, the Kalevala, as a basis for a number of their albums.
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Posted: Thu Jul 10, 2008 6:34 pm
This is a bit pre-metal, but I like the LotR influences in Led Zeppelin
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Posted: Thu Jul 10, 2008 6:36 pm
I want to hear a good concept album on Arthur Machen's "The Three Imposters"
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Posted: Thu Jul 10, 2008 6:49 pm
Iron Maiden have some.
Las Cruces have a passage from the poem Death Be Not proud by John Donne, on the song Black Waters.
The Gates of Slumber have the poem Lines Written in the Realization That I Must Die by Robert E. Howard.
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Posted: Thu Jul 10, 2008 6:51 pm
Well a lot of The Gates of Slumber's stuff is based on Howard's characters. And there's that one song "Dweller in the Deep" based on Lovecraft's Cthulu character.
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Posted: Thu Jul 10, 2008 6:52 pm
And then there's Hell who has a song based on Macbeth. Manilla Road has a lot of songs based on some literature.
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Posted: Thu Jul 10, 2008 7:03 pm
Tierra Santa plays songs based on literature, almost all of them. Some are mythology, some are the bible, some are egyptian. They are a great band.
Anabantha has one amazing song based on Lovecraft's 'the being under the moonlight', and another one based on Neruda's 'poem no. 20'
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Posted: Thu Jul 10, 2008 7:17 pm
so everyone's saying literature that's already in metal... but no one's going to say anything they wish would be done, eh?
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Posted: Thu Jul 10, 2008 7:18 pm
Gravechylde Iron Maiden have some.Las Cruces have a passage from the poem Death Be Not proud by John Donne, on the song Black Waters. The Gates of Slumber have the poem Lines Written in the Realization That I Must Die by Robert E. Howard. rhyme of the ancient mariner ftw!
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Posted: Thu Jul 10, 2008 7:20 pm
MegaTherion777 so everyone's saying literature that's already in metal... but no one's going to say anything they wish would be done, eh? The War Starter I want to hear a good concept album on Arthur Machen's "The Three Imposters"
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Posted: Thu Jul 10, 2008 7:21 pm
Gravechylde MegaTherion777 so everyone's saying literature that's already in metal... but no one's going to say anything they wish would be done, eh? The War Starter I want to hear a good concept album on Arthur Machen's "The Three Imposters" okay FINE. so only ONE person's going to say something they wish would be done?
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Posted: Thu Jul 10, 2008 7:21 pm
MegaTherion777 Gravechylde Iron Maiden have some.Las Cruces have a passage from the poem Death Be Not proud by John Donne, on the song Black Waters. The Gates of Slumber have the poem Lines Written in the Realization That I Must Die by Robert E. Howard. rhyme of the ancient mariner ftw! That was the first one that came to my mind.
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Posted: Thu Jul 10, 2008 7:23 pm
MegaTherion777 okay FINE. so only ONE person's going to say something they wish would be done? I don't read so I don't have any to add.
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Posted: Thu Jul 10, 2008 7:24 pm
Gravechylde MegaTherion777 okay FINE. so only ONE person's going to say something they wish would be done? I don't read so I don't have any to add. you should read more.
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