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Megalomania
Megalomania is an obsession with power and wealth, and a passion for grand schemes. Megalomania or megalomaniac may also refer to: Psychology * Narcissistic personality disorder * Grandiose delusions * Omnipotence (psychoanalysis), a stage of child development Albums * ''Megalomania'' (Aqua album), 2011 * '' Mania velichia'' or ''Megalomania'', a 1985 album by Aria * ''Megalomania'' (Enslavement of Beauty album), 2001 * ''Megalomania'', a 2014 album by Kissin' Dynamite Songs * "Megalomaniac" (Incubus song), 2004 * "Megalomaniac" (KMFDM song), 1997 * "Megalomania" (Muse song), a 2001 song by Muse from ''Origin of Symmetry'' * "Megalomania", a 1975 song by Black Sabbath from ''Sabotage'' * "Megalomania", a 1983 song by the Blood from '' False Gestures for a Devious Public'' * "Megalomania", a 1992 song by Pele from ''Fireworks'' * "Megalomania", a 1991 song by Therion from '' Of Darkness...'' Other * ''Mega-Lo-Mania'', a 1991 real-time strategy game by Sensible Soft ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Megalomania (Aqua Album)
''Megalomania'' is the third and most recent studio album by Danish-Norwegian band Aqua. It was released on October 3, 2011, by Universal Music Group and WaterWorks, over 11 years after the release of their second studio album, ''Aquarius'' (2000). The album peaked at number two in Denmark and was certified gold by the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI). Background After their split in 2001 Aqua announced their comeback on October 26, 2007, during a press conference. During the summer of 2008 Aqua played eight concerts in eight different cities as part of the one day music festival Grøn Koncert in Denmark. On May 25, 2009, they released their first single since 2001, " Back to the 80's" soon followed by the greatest hits album, ''Greatest Hits''. In February 2010 Aqua began working on their third studio album in Thailand. Instead of touring that year, the band focused on writing and producing the album with the desire to create the "world's best pop albu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Megalomaniac (KMFDM Song)
"Megalomaniac" is a song by industrial rock band KMFDM from the album commonly referred to as ''Symbols (album), Symbols''. It was released in various forms in late 1997 and early 1998. The song peaked at #22 on Billboard's Bubbling Under 100 chart, the band's only appearance on the chart. The associated music video featured a then-unknown, and only 17 year old Kelly Brook. A 7" vinyl version was released in 2009. The song was also used in the film ''Mortal Kombat: Annihilation'' in the end credits and in the 1998 racing video game ''Test Drive 5'', along with an instrumental version in the latter. Track listings All songs composed by KMFDM. ''Megalomaniac Remixes'' (1997) This version was also split into two separate records, with two songs on each. ''MDFMK'' (1998) 7" reissue (2009) References {{authority control 1998 singles KMFDM songs TVT Records singles 1998 songs Wax Trax! Records singles Songs written by Sascha Konietzko Songs written by Günter Schulz Son ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Megalomaniac (Incubus Song)
"Megalomaniac" is a song by the American rock band Incubus, from their 2004 album '' A Crow Left of the Murder...'' It was released as a single in December 2003, and eventually reached the top of ''Billboard''s Modern Rock Tracks, where it stayed for a six-week period. Outside the United States, the song reached the top 30 in Italy, New Zealand, and the United Kingdom. Composition The song begins with a cyclic, scratchy warble that lasts about 30 seconds (not present in the radio edit) before fading into a more conventional introduction. The entire buildup lasts about one minute in all before climaxing into a heavy rock riff, with distorted electric guitars and bass, before going into the first verse. The song alternates between more mellow mood of the verses and the driving rock feel of the chorus, also managing to incorporate a bridge in the key of Dm, in contrast to the rest of the song, which is in Gm. Lyrical interpretation Lead singer Brandon Boyd says the song is not sp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Megalomania (Muse Song)
''Origin of Symmetry'' is the second studio album by English rock band Muse, released on 18 June 2001 through Taste Media. It was produced by John Leckie, who produced Muse's debut album '' Showbiz'' (1999), and David Bottrill. ''Origin of Symmetry'' reached number three on the UK Albums Chart and was certified platinum. Four singles were released: "Plug In Baby", "New Born", "Bliss", and " Hyper Music" / "Feeling Good". For the album's 20th anniversary in 2021, Muse released a remixed and remastered version, ''Origin of Symmetry: XX Anniversary RemiXX.'' As of 2018, ''Origin of Symmetry'' had sold more than two million copies worldwide. Writing Muse developed ''Origin of Symmetry'' during their tour for their debut album '' Showbiz''. "Feeling Good", a cover, was written for Broadway by Anthony Newley and Leslie Bricusse in 1964, and first recorded by Nina Simone for her 1965 album ''I Put a Spell on You''. The title derives from the 1994 book ''Hyperspace'' by the theoretical ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Megalomania (Enslavement Of Beauty Album)
Megalomania is the second album released by Norwegian black metal band Enslavement of Beauty in 2001. The song "And to Temptation's Darkness Forever Abide" was added to the expanded version, where the track order also is different. All music composed by Tony Eugene Tunheim, all lyrics written by Ole Alexander Myrholt. Track listing #"Dainty Delusive Doll" – 4:05 #"The Venial Blur" - 3:22 #"Late Night, Red Wine Blight" - 4:12 #"Malignant Midwinter Murders" - 4:22 #"Comme Il Faut" - 4:51 #"Benign Bohemian Brilliance" - 3:55 #"Prudence Kept Her Purity" - 3:34 #"Seven Dead Orchids" - 3:06 #"The Dying Buds of May" - 4:53 #"Fifteen Minutes" - 5:38 #"Ye That Tempteth, Ye That Bequeth" - 4:00 #"C17-H19-NO3-H2O" - 3:12 #"Tangled in Grand Affection" - 3:46 #"Crowd of Mourners" - 3:58 Musicians * Ole Alexander Myrholt - Vocals * Tony Eugene Tunheim - Guitar, Keyboard * Asgeir Mickelson - Drums * Hans-Aage Holmen - Bass * Julie Johnson - Vocals Other personnel * Sten Brian Tunheim - Cove ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sabotage (Black Sabbath Album)
''Sabotage'' is the sixth studio album by English heavy metal band Black Sabbath, released in July 1975. The album was recorded in the midst of a legal battle with the band's former manager Patrick Meehan. The stress that resulted from the band's ongoing legal woes infiltrated the recording process, inspiring the album's title. It was co-produced by guitarist Tony Iommi and Mike Butcher. Recording Black Sabbath began work on their sixth album in February 1975, again in England at Morgan Studios in Willesden, London. The title ''Sabotage'' was chosen because the band were at the time being sued by their former management and felt they were being "sabotaged all the way along the line and getting punched from all sides", according to Iommi. "It was probably the only album ever made with lawyers in the studio," said drummer Bill Ward. Iommi credits those legal troubles for the album's angry, heavier sound. In 2001, bassist Geezer Butler explained to Dan Epstein, "Around the tim ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fireworks (Pele Album)
Pele were an English indie rock band, formed in Ellesmere Port, Cheshire, England in 1990, by the guitarist and frontman Ian Prowse and keyboard player Andrew Roberts. They were joined by Dally on drums, Jimmy McAllister on bass guitar and finally Nico on violin. Despite never reaching the Top 40 of the UK Singles Chart, the band built up a loyal live following, but split in 1995 due to a legal wrangle with their record label. Biography After gigging around Chester and Liverpool, the band were signed to Polgram backed label M&G Records, after their head of A&R heard a demo of "Megalomania". Within weeks the band set about recording their debut album, ''Fireworks'', at the Metropolis recording studios in London, with record producer, Gary Langan. As the album took shape, "Raid the Palace" was released as the first single. In the week after release, Pele began a tour at Kingston University, which culminated at the (University of Wales) in 1995, and included gigs across Europe. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kissin' Dynamite
Kissin' Dynamite is a German heavy metal band from Burladingen and Münsingen. History Kissin' Dynamite started as a school band. Since 2007, the band has worked with the Flensburg production team Elephant Music. At the end of 2007, they started sending demos to various music labels, leading to a record contract with Capitol Records / EMI in the same year. They released their debut album ''Steel of Swabia'' in 2008, and in that year also started appearing in music festivals, which included Bang Your Head. Their second album, also produced by Elephant Music, was titled ''Addicted to Metal'' and had twelve tracks. The title track, ''Addicted to Metal'' features vocals by Udo Dirkschneider of U.D.O. for whom Kissin' Dynamite frequently opened. In March 2011, Kissin' Dynamite announced that they had started working on their third album, which would be published by their new label, AFM Records. The album was completed in 2011, and released under the title ''Money, Sex and Power'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
False Gestures For A Devious Public
''False Gestures for a Devious Public'' is the Blood's debut album, originally released in late 1983 on the short lived Noise label, and which reached No. 5 in the Independent Chart. Uber Rock website noted that "Back in 1983 the album ‘False Gestures For A Devious Public’ somehow managed to merge the very best elements of punk rock and shock rock and propelled itself into the world as a cataclysmic 11 track rock ‘n’ roll insurrection. One that should have propelled the band behind it on to bigger and better things. The band I’m talking about of course are The Blood". Track listing # "Done Some Brain Cells Last Nite" # "Degenerate" # "Gestapo Khazi" # "Well Sick" # "Sewer Brain" # "Sucker" # "Mesrine Jacques Mesrine (; 28 December 1936 – 2 November 1979) was a French criminal responsible for numerous murders, bank robberies, burglaries, and kidnappings in France, the US, and Canada. Mesrine repeatedly escaped from prison and made i . ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Of Darkness
''Of Darkness...'' is a debut studio album released in February 1991 by the Swedish band Therion and it contains songs written in the early years of the band, during the 1980s. The album is indicated by the band itself as an end of its first era. The album was re-released on 27 November 2000 under Nuclear Blast label as a part of ''The Early Chapters of Revelation'' box-set. It contains remastered songs, as well as four bonus tracks. Recording and production After releasing the third demo record '' Time Shall Tell'' EP in 1990, Therion got attention from the British label Deaf Records, a subsidiary of Peaceville Records, and signed the band's first contract. ''Of Darkness...'' was recorded in Swedish studio Sunlight in Stockholm from August to September 1990 and released in February 1991. The initial line-up has not been changed since its last production. The album was produced by Tomas Skogsberg and the band itself. The title track and the song "Dark Eternity" were not used f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mega-Lo-Mania
''Mega-Lo-Mania'' is a real-time strategy video game developed by Sensible Software. It was released for the Amiga in 1991 and ported to other systems. It was released as ''Tyrants: Fight Through Time'' in North America and ''Mega-Lo-Mania: Jikū Daisenryaku'' (''メガロマニア時空大戦略'') in Japan. The game was re-released on ZOOM-Platform.com via Electronic Arts on August 31st, 2022. Gameplay ''Mega-Lo-Mania'' is an early real-time strategy game that predates ''Dune II'' by a year. The player takes control of one of four gods; Scarlet (red), Caesar (green), Oberon (yellow) and Madcap (blue). There are no differences between them except colour and AI behaviour when opposing. Each level takes place on an island divided into two to sixteen "sectors". The objective is to defeat up to three opposing gods and conquer the island. Before a level begins, the player decides which sector to place their first tower in, and how many men to deploy. The men can perform various tas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Narcissistic Personality Disorder
Narcissistic personality disorder (NPD) is a personality disorder characterized by a life-long pattern of exaggerated feelings of self-importance, an excessive need for admiration, a diminished ability or unwillingness to empathize with others' feelings, and interpersonally exploitative behavior. Narcissistic personality disorder is one of the sub-types of the broader category known as personality disorders. It is often comorbid with other mental disorders and associated with significant functional impairment and psychosocial disability. Personality disorders are a class of mental disorders characterized by enduring and inflexible maladaptive patterns of behavior, cognition, and inner experience, exhibited across many contexts and deviating from those accepted by any culture. These patterns develop by early adulthood, and are associated with significant distress or impairment. Criteria for diagnosing personality disorders are listed in the fifth chapter of the ''International ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |