Background taken from the "Dont Break the Oath" album cover, by Mercyful Fate. For more info, please visit www.covenworldwide.org
MY NICKNAME WAS TAKEN AS A HOMAGE TO SWAN SONG RECORDS, THE LABEL LAUNCHED BY LED ZEPPELIN ON MAY 10TH 1974, RUN BY THEIR MANAGER, PETER GRANT, TO HELP ARTISTS WHO FOUND IT DIFFICULT TO SIGN FOR A DEAL WITH MAJOR LABELS, AND TO PROMOTE LED ZEP THEMSELVES.
BAD COMPANY, THE PRETTY THINGS, MAGGIE BELL, DAVE EDMUNDS, MIRABAI, DETECTIVE, SAD CAFE, ALL OF THEM WERE IN THE COMPANY.
THEY INSPIRED ON THE PAINTING "EVENING, FALL OF DAY", BY WILLIAM RIMMER (1816-1879), A PORTRAIT OF APOLLO, THAT WAS MODIFIED BY THE LABEL, AND IT HAS BEEN SO OFTEN MISTAKEN TO BE A PICTURE OF ICARUS, DAEDALUS, SATAN OR LUCIFER. MY AVATAR REPRESENTS ICARUS FALLING DOWN BEFORE DROWNING INTO SEA.
...AND TRAVELERS NOW WITHIN THAT VALLEY, THROUGH THE RED-LITTEN WINDOWS, SEE VASTS FORMS THAT MOVE FANTASTICALLY TO A DISCORDANT MELODY, WHILE, LIKE A RAPID GHASTLY RIVER, THROUGH THE PALE DOOR, A HIDEOUS THRONG RUSH OUT FOREVER, AND LAUGH - BUT SMILE NO MORE...
(From "The Fall of the House of Usher", by Edgar Allan Poe)
ULVER
"Wolf & The Moon"
Possesivelie She upon him shone
Adorned with dimme stars
In this Night of Nights
He hailes Her with a song.
This hymne of Passion
Reminding of the Bond
Between him and the Night
As they melt into one.
When dawn draws near
And the Sunne ascendes
Like a flame bright & pure
From the bonfires of heretics.
Ecstatick, then, his Mind!
Grant him thus Light anew,
Thou, Sunne of Satan.
So that he shall reigne
Through infinite
In colde, inconceivable Majestie!
THE MADRIGAL OF THE NIGHT: EIGHT HYMNES TO THE WOLF IN MAN(1997)
MARDUK
"Opus Nocturne"
Night sprout up through the pale weakness of the day
Choked is the warmth and it's feeble loving light
Why my heart it pounds? Is it you my dark mistress say?
Worship you I do and you me newer fail on delightful night
Foolish and weak is any human love, but my bride not this
in life and so in death for you I shall fight
Your cold breath caresses me of my mind and into my wish
You I can love for you are me oh precious night
MARDUK - OPUS NOCTURNE(1995)
Reasons why this site is so oriented to Music? Read this:
I HAVE BEEN IN COMPANY OF MUSIC SINCE I WAS BORN, AT HOME, MY PARENTS PLAYED A LOT OF RECORDS DAY AND NIGHT, MUSIC HEALS YOUR SOUL, MAKES A HAPPIER MOOD, THE PERFECT MATE WHEN DRIVING ALONE, FOR RELAXING, FOR STUDYING OR FOR MAKING LOVE, TO HELP MY KID TO FALL ASLEEP, (ONE OF)MY REASON(S) FOR LEARNING ENGLISH, AND WHEN IT COMES TO DIFFICULT MOMENTS, MUSIC IS SUCH A BIG HELP TO OVERCOME THEM, I COULD NOT LIVE WITHOUT IT, SO WHEN YOU FEEL DEPRESSED, JUST PUSH PLAY AND GET RELEASED!
(Written by Swansong on Dec 17th 2007, 23:41)
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