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The Oracle

About Me


The Oracle is a narrative, epic, progressive atmospheric metal band with black/ambient undertones, from Georgetown, Ontario. Formed in early 2006, as a Progressive rock/metal outfit, the Oracle has evolved and explored many genres through its brief career, ranging from progressive, expressionist, neo-romantic, ambient and electronic soundscapes to brutal death and black metal atmospheres.

The full-length conceptual album, Tragedy in Twilight: The Apotheosis of the Mad, was fully recorded at Limehouse Sound Studios. The album was mixed and mastered by Jordan Valeriote of Sundown Studios in Guelph.

The Oracle is proud to announce White Bird Records (www.white-bird.de) as the official distributor of Tragedy in Twilight: The Apotheosis of the Mad in Europe! We look forward to working with them in years to come.


Intelligent criticism is more than welcome.

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My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 3/9/2006
Band Members: A. Cannell - Vocals, Guitars
D. Attrell - Guitars, Keys, Vocals
R. Hill - Drums/Percussion
A. Ayliffe - Bass Guitar

Influences:
Metal Bands

Dissection

Black Sabbath

Burzum

Arcturus

Unexpect

Opeth

Summoning

Emperor

etc.

Composers

Ludwig Van Beethoven
Johann Sebastian Bach
Carl Orff
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Richard Wagner
Fernando Sor
H. Berlioz
I. Stravinsky
A. Shoenberg
etc.

Ambient/Darkwave/IDM/Other bands
Dead Can Dance
Godspeed You Black Emperor!
Arcana
Matt Uelmen
Die Verbannten Kinder Evas
Ice Ages
Autechre
Aphex Twin
Pink Floyd
Rush

Authors & Thinkers:
J.R.R. Tolkien
Nietzsche/Schopenhauer
Sartre/Camus
J.W. Goethe
Poe/Lovecraft/Shelley
Kaczynski/Linkola
Homer/Ovid/Virgil
Dante/Milton
Aeschylus/Sophocles/Euripides
Plato/Socrates

Philosophies/Other
Existentialism
Naturalism
Eugenics
Heroicism
Mythology
Enviromentalism
History

Sounds Like: atmospheric, melodic, savage, narrative, didactic...
Record Label: www.white-bird.de
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

The Calm before the Tempest...

Greetings mesdames et monsieurs, The time has come, after three years, thousands of dollars, many sleepless nights and lots of self sacrifice, I can proudly say the work on our first album is done.&nb...
Posted by on Wed, 30 Jul 2008 20:10:00 GMT

New Music Market and how it Affects Metal

Although the "art" of music, as an intangible creation expressed best as an abstraction translated through that pattern into its creation, cannot be sold in any true sense of the word, all art must h...
Posted by on Thu, 10 Apr 2008 09:25:00 GMT

What is Art?

What is Art? There is a lively debate today about how to define art and what makes art different from entertainment. As we pass the modernist era, the different genres and styles tend to blend in one...
Posted by on Wed, 15 Aug 2007 12:48:00 GMT

First Interview

In a recent interview with Justin Sanvincens, the editor of Xtreme Music, we were asked a simple, yet profound question: "What do you believe is the spiritual significance of music?" Recent contr...
Posted by on Mon, 06 Aug 2007 08:47:00 GMT

Ambient music and its relation to metal...

After Burzum started producing pure electronic soundtracks to Pagan mythology, Fenriz from Darkthrone decided to go avant-garde and composing electronic space explorations, Ildjarn left his Discharge-...
Posted by on Mon, 30 Jul 2007 12:03:00 GMT

Lyrics & Notes

Tragedy in Twilight: The Fall of the Wise   Lyrics: I - Prelude to Eternity: The Arcane UnveilingMusic by D. Suppa (Guest), A. Cannell & D. Attrell He who bringeth life, shall one day t...
Posted by on Mon, 04 Dec 2006 16:08:00 GMT

The History of Black Metal

The History of Black Metal By: Dan Attrell Forged far away from the death metal infested swamps of Florida, Scandinavian black metal, in its infancy, was a faster, more orchestral interpretation of i...
Posted by on Tue, 16 Jan 2007 13:17:00 GMT

A Change of Heart

Most music is there to keep people amused and give them something to talk about between puberty and their first career promotion; some music is art. In the same way, most paintings are designed to mak...
Posted by on Tue, 12 Dec 2006 21:21:00 GMT