Many newer gothic metal bands feature harsh growls and operatic female vocals, but when By Time Alone was released in 1996, Orphanage delivered something quite unique and visionary. The album is a mixture of straight death metal tracks on one hand, and more epic gothic…
☩ DetailsTrees of Eternity was a side project from Swallow the Sun’s guitarist and founding member Juha Raivio and his partner Aleah Stanbridge on vocals. Originally an acoustic project, it expanded into a fully fledged metal band with the addition of Kai Haito (Wintersun, Nightwish) on…
☩ DetailsA Rose for the Dead, released in 1997, is an addendum to Theatre of Tragedy's second full-length album Velvet Darkness They Fear. The first two songs are outtakes from the Velvet Darkness sessions, while the third track is a new version of their classic song…
☩ DetailsFollowing the initial success of their early demos, Eternal Mourning recruited a female vocalist in effort to add the missing piece to their already impressive gothic sound. The final result was incredibly positive, and an even darker sound emerged from the depths of pain and…
☩ DetailsStarting out as a melodic death/doom band, Sarnath went through many stylistical changes during their career. The shift to a more rock oriented style was evident on their sophomore album, 'Life...Lies', where Sarnath travelled further from melodic death metal to focus on alternative rock influences…
☩ DetailsThe rich corpus of literary otherworld journeys that has survived from the Scandinavian Middle Ages is in many respects tied to a space 'Between the Worlds'. Every otherworld journey engages with a space 'between the worlds' in the sense that it plays itself out between…
☩ DetailsA comprehensive study of the Neopythagorean philosopher and magician, Apollonius of Tyana by the eminent religious scholar G. R. S. Mead examines the life and teachings of this legendary historical figure. Mead presents a critical analysis of texts by and about the philosopher, also providing…
☩ DetailsAs a contemporary “renaissance man,” R. A. Schwaller de Lubicz may fall into that category of genius shared by such luminaries as Rudolf Steiner and Emanuel Swedenborg. He combined the talents of social reformer, artist, scientist, visionary, and mystic to formulate ideas that were so…
☩ DetailsThis collection challenges the tendency among scholars of ancient Greece to see magical and religious ritual as mutually exclusive and to ignore "magical" practices in Greek religion. The contributors survey specific bodies of archaeological, epigraphical, and papyrological evidence for magical practices in the Greek world,…
☩ DetailsThis book is a recapitulation or a critical reassessment of ancient and contemporary literature devoted to Orpheus, giving special attention to his relations with both the Egyptian and the Platonic tradition. At the heart of this book we have a glimpse into the substance, nature…
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