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Mystica (The Blood Divine Album)
''Mystica'' is the second and final studio album by the British Gothic metal band The Blood Divine. Track listing #"Mystica" – 4:18 #"As Rapture Fades" – 3:24 #"Visions in Blue" – 4:32 #"The Passion Reigns" – 2:54 #"Leaving Me Helpless" – 3:06 #"Visions Part II: Event Horizon" – 2:04 #"I Believe" – 2:43 #"Enhanced by Your Touch" – 1:55 #"Sensual Ecstasy" – 4:04 #"Fear of a Lonely World" – 6:31 #"Prayer" – 4:24 Credits * Darren White - Vocals *Paul Ryan - Guitars *Benjamin Ryan Benjamin Ryan (brother of Paul Ryan (agent), Paul Ryan) is a keyboard player and multi instrumentalist from Sudbury, Suffolk, Sudbury, in Suffolk, England. His earliest collaborations were with his guitar playing older brother Paul Ryan, with wh ... - Keyboards *Steve Maloney - Bass *Was Sarginson - Drums, Percussion 1997 albums The Blood Divine albums {{1990s-metal-album-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Blood Divine
The Blood Divine were a British gothic metal band, founded in the summer of 1995 by Paul Allender, brothers Paul and Benjamin Ryan, and Darren White. Allender and the brothers Ryan had recently left Cradle of Filth after the release of '' The Principle of Evil Made Flesh'' and White had recently parted ways with Anathema. They recruited drummer William A. 'W.A.S.' Sarginson and bassist Steve Maloney and were quickly signed up by Peaceville Records. Their debut album '' Awaken'' was recorded in early 1996 and released through Peaceville Records later that year. At the end of 1996, they toured throughout Europe with Cathedral and label mates, My Dying Bride. In the early summer of 1997, they recorded their second album, '' Mystica'', and guitarist Paul Allender left the band to spend more time with his family (however he eventually rejoined Cradle of Filth). '' Mystica'' was released later that year, again through Peaceville Records. The album had less of a goth sound and more ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gothic Metal
Gothic metal (or goth metal) is a fusion genre combining the aggression of heavy metal with the dark atmospheres of gothic rock. The music of gothic metal is diverse with bands known to adopt the gothic approach to different styles of heavy metal music. The genre originated during the early 1990s in the United Kingdom originally as an outgrowth of death-doom, a fusion of death metal and doom metal. Lyrics are generally dark and introspective with inspiration from gothic fiction as well as personal experiences. Pioneers of gothic metal include Paradise Lost, My Dying Bride and Anathema, all from the north of England. Other pioneers from the first half of the 1990s include Type O Negative from the United States, Lake of Tears, Tiamat and Katatonia from Sweden, and the Gathering from the Netherlands. Norwegian band Theatre of Tragedy developed the "beauty and the beast" aesthetic of combining aggressive male vocals with clean female vocals, a contrast that had been adopted by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Doom Metal
Doom metal is an extreme subgenre of heavy metal music that typically uses slower tempos, low-tuned guitars and a much "thicker" or "heavier" sound than other heavy metal genres.K. Kahn-Harris, ''Extreme Metal: Music and Culture on the Edge'' (Berg Publishers, 2007), , p. 31. Both the music and the lyrics are intended to evoke a sense of despair, dread, and impending doom. The genre is strongly influenced by the early work of Black Sabbath, who formed a prototype for doom metal. During the first half of the 1980s, a number of bands such as Witchfinder General and Pagan Altar from England, American bands Pentagram, Saint Vitus, the Obsessed, Trouble, and Cirith Ungol, and Swedish band Candlemass defined doom metal as a distinct genre. Characteristics Instrumentation The electric guitar, bass guitar, and drum kit are the most common instruments used to play doom metal (although keyboards are sometimes used), but its structures are rooted in the same scales as in blues. Guit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stoner Metal
Stoner rock, also known as stoner metal or stoner doom, is a rock music fusion genre that combines elements of doom metal with psychedelic rock and acid rock. The genre emerged during the early 1990s and was pioneered foremost by Kyuss and Sleep. Characteristics Stoner rock is typically slow-to-mid tempo and features a heavily distorted, groove-laden bass-heavy sound, melodic vocals, and "retro" production. Due to the similarities between stoner and sludge metal, there is often a crossover between the two genres. This hybrid has traits of both styles, but generally lacks stoner metal's laid back atmosphere and its usage of psychedelia. Bands such as Weedeater, High on Fire and Electric Wizard creatively fuse both styles. Terminology The descriptor "stoner rock" may originate from the title of the 1997 Roadrunner Records compilation ''Burn One Up! Music for Stoners''. Desert rock is also used interchangeably as a descriptor, and was coined by a MeteorCity Records intern, arou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peaceville Records
Peaceville Records is a British independent heavy metal record label. The label was founded by Paul "Hammy" Halmshaw (of the bands Instigators and Civilised Society) in Dewsbury, England in 1987, who was also a one-time drummer of Sore Throat. Originally a tape label releasing anarcho punk, the releases moved towards metal through crust punk and similar forms of metal-influenced English hardcore punk. Halmshaw started running the label full-time in 1988, although the original tape label incarnation was founded in 1981 as a vehicle for releasing Instigators demo cassettes. The label is therefore known for the connection between doom metal and the 1980s English crust punk scene. Sister labels 'Deaf' and 'Dreamtime' concentrated more on thrash metal (Deaf) and psychedelic electronica (Dreamtime). However, the bands My Dying Bride, Darkthrone, Katatonia, Autopsy, Anathema, Paradise Lost, and Opeth - known as the 'Peaceville Stable' - have been the label's most recognizable acts ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Awaken (The Blood Divine Album)
''Awaken'' is the debut album by the British gothic doom band The Blood Divine. It was released on Peaceville Records in 1996. The album continues the concepts Darren White had begun developing in his final EP with Anathema, '' Pentecost III'', through very little reliance on a chorus and occasionally psychedelic progression as evidenced in the intro to "So Serene". Track listing #"So Serene" – 9:21 #"Moonlight Adorns" – 5:16 #"Visions (Of a Post-Apocalyptic World): Part 1" – 1:01 #"Wilderness" – 4:50 #"These Deepest Feelings" – 2:37 #"Aureole" – 6:46 #"Oceans Rise" – 3:20 #"Artemis" – 4:20 #"In Crimson Dreams" – 5:49 #"Heart of Ebony" – 4:18 #"Warm Summer Rain" – 4:29 #"I Will Bleed" - 4:25 (bonus track on Limited Edition CD book format) Credits * Darren White - Vocals *Paul Ryan - Guitars *Benjamin Ryan - Keyboards, Organ, Vocals *Paul Allender Paul Allender (born 17 November 1970) is a lead guitarist best known for his work with the British extre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rise Pantheon Dreams
''Rise Pantheon Dreams'' is a compilation album by the British gothic metal band The Blood Divine. It features tracks from both the band's albums '' Mystica'' and '' Awaken'', plus some previously unreleased material. The title was originally intended to be used by Anathema for the album that became ''The Silent Enigma'' after the departure of vocalist Darren White. Track listing #"Aureole" – 6:47 #"Visions in Blue" – 4:31 #"As Rapture Fades" – 3:24 #"Revolt" – 1:31 (Previously unreleased) #"Wilderness" – 4:51 #"Sensual Ecstasy" – 4:06 #"Enchanted by Your Touch" – 1:56 #"I Will Bleed" – 4:28 #"The Passion Reigns" – 2:54 #"Leaving Me Helpless" – 3:06 #"Forever Belongs" – 1:52 (Previously unreleased) #"So Serene" – 9:20 #"Crazy Horses" –- 2:21 (Live Osmonds cover) #"Aureole" – 4:43 (Live) Credits * Darren White - Vocals *Paul Allender - Guitars *Paul Ryan - Guitars *Benjamin Ryan Benjamin Ryan (brother of Paul Ryan (agent), Paul Ryan) is a keyboar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Studio Album
An album is a collection of audio recordings issued on compact disc (CD), Phonograph record, vinyl, audio tape, or another medium such as Digital distribution#Music, digital distribution. Albums of recorded sound were developed in the early 20th century as individual Phonograph record#78 rpm disc developments, 78 rpm records collected in a bound book resembling a photograph album; this format evolved after 1948 into single vinyl LP record, long-playing (LP) records played at revolutions per minute, rpm. The album was the dominant form of recorded music expression and consumption from the mid-1960s to the early 21st century, a period known as the album era. Vinyl LPs are still issued, though album sales in the 21st-century have mostly focused on CD and MP3 formats. The 8-track tape was the first tape format widely used alongside vinyl from 1965 until being phased out by 1983 and was gradually supplanted by the cassette tape during the 1970s and early 1980s; the populari ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Darren "Daz" White
Darren White is an English musician raised in Liverpool and best known as the original vocalist for the band Anathema. His low death grunts on the band's early recordings pinpointed the group's early identification with the death/doom genre. White also fronted other bands, including The Blood Divine with former members of Cradle of Filth (for which he did backing vocals/spoken words on '' The Principle of Evil Made Flesh'') and Dead Men Dream. His project, Serotonal, has been described as "drone/atmospheric doom". In February 2009 Serotonal signed a record deal with Union Black Records, and debut album ''Monumental - Songs of Misery and Hope'' was released on 24 November 2009. Darren is also erroneously said to have played drums for Cradle of Filth in 1991–92. This, however, was Darren Gardner. He is now singing in Antifear alongside ex-Anathema bandmate Duncan Patterson. Discography * Anathema - ''An Iliad Of Woes'' (1990) * Anathema - ''All Faith Is Lost'' (1991) * Anat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Ryan (musician And Agent)
Paul Ryan is a British music agent for The Agency Group, and former guitarist of Cradle of Filth. Career His first foray into the music industry was as the original guitarist for Cradle of Filth, along with his brother Benjamin Ryan, and school friend Daniel Davey. Ryan played with Cradle of Filth from its inception until they signed to Cacophonous Records in 1993. After the recording of The Principle of Evil Made Flesh, Paul and Benjamin Ryan plus fellow guitarist Paul Allender left Cradle of Filth and would eventually form The Blood Divine in 1995. The Blood Divine recorded two albums and toured extensively for the next three years, until the band split in 1998. Paul Ryan continued working as a musician until his career as a concert promoter took off, and he was offered a job with The Mean Fiddler Group. After two years with the Mean Fiddler he was approached by The Agency, and switched from concert promoter to booking agent. The Agency Group was acquired by United Talent A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Benjamin Ryan
Benjamin Ryan (brother of Paul Ryan (agent), Paul Ryan) is a keyboard player and multi instrumentalist from Sudbury, Suffolk, Sudbury, in Suffolk, England. His earliest collaborations were with his guitar playing older brother Paul Ryan, with whom he went on to form Cradle of Filth, along with their school friend Daniel Davey (a.k.a. Dani Filth). After recording several demos, and a false start with their 'lost album' entitled 'Goetia', Cradle of Filth attained some success in the 1990s metal scene. Eventually the band signed to Cacophonous Records whilst Ryan was still only 16 years old, and released ''The Principle of Evil Made Flesh''. After the recording of ''The Principle of Evil Made Flesh'', both the Ryan brothers and bandmate Paul Allender left Cradle of Filth and formed cult metal band The Blood Divine. The Blood Divine recorded two studio albums and toured extensively for three years, building a following during the time they were together until 1998 when the band spl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1997 Albums
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