I ordered Atlantean Kodex's The Golden Bough (2010, Cruz del Sur Music) through a local record store, and I was able to pick it up yesterday. I've only listened to it once so far so I can't say much about it other than it is in the same style as 2007's The Pnakotic Demos.
I did take the opportunity, after watching Creepshow 2 again after a decade or two ("I beat you! I BEAT YOU!!!"), to browse the liner notes. An interesting bit:
I did take the opportunity, after watching Creepshow 2 again after a decade or two ("I beat you! I BEAT YOU!!!"), to browse the liner notes. An interesting bit:
The Golden Bough
is dedicated to 12,000 years of European mythology,
and to the spirit of underground metal proudly defying progress.
is dedicated to 12,000 years of European mythology,
and to the spirit of underground metal proudly defying progress.
I would never have thought of it that way before but I guess you can say Sir James Frazer's great book could be seen as metal. What with its obsession to death cults.
ReplyDelete"The germ for Frazer's thesis was the pre-Roman priest-king at the fane of Nemi, who was murdered ritually by his successor:
"When I first put pen to paper to write The Golden Bough I had no conception of the magnitude of the voyage on which I was embarking; I thought only to explain a single rule of an ancient Italian priesthood." (Aftermath p vi) "
Originally the was a 12 volume book. Bought a condensed volume a few years ago from 1930 that was 750 or so pages.
At this point the links he's made have proven to be very poor anthro but have held up as a story,IMO.
Not sure if there is anything more metal then a book about tracing a pre-Roman cult ritualistic priest-king killings and how it supposedly effected and was effected by religious traditions.