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Oblivion
Oblivion may refer to: Film * ''Oblivion'' (1994 film), an American space Western * ''Oblivion'' (2013 film), an American post-apocalyptic science fiction film Literature * ''Oblivion'' (''Power of Five''), a 2012 novel by Anthony Horowitz * ''Oblivion'' (Stone novel), a 1998 Bernice Summerfield/''Doctor Who'' novel by Dave Stone * ''Oblivion'', a novel by Peter Abrahams * '' Oblivion: Stories'', a 2004 story collection by David Foster Wallace * ''Oblivion'', a 1999 book by Harry Maihafer about the disappearance of Richard Colvin Cox * ''Oblivion'', a play by Carly Mensch Music Artists and labels * Oblivion (metal band), an American band formed in 2007 * Oblivion (punk band), an American band 1988–2000 * Oblivion Records, an American record label 19721976 * Oblivion, a sub-label of the German record label SPV GmbH Albums * ''Oblivion'' (Biff Bang Pow! album), 1987 * ''Oblivion'' (Kaliopi album) or the title song, 2009 * ''Oblivion'' (Orphanage album), 1995 * ''Obl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oblivion (1994 Film)
''Oblivion'' is a 1994 space Western film directed by Sam Irvin and written by Peter David from a story by Charles Band, John Rheaume, Greg Suddeth, and Mark Goldstein. The film, starring Richard Joseph Paul, Andrew Divoff, George Takei, Julie Newmar, Musetta Vander, Isaac Hayes and Meg Foster, follows a sheriff's son who defends a futuristic Western town from a reptilian alien. Despite negative reviews, a sequel, ''Oblivion 2: Backlash'', was released in 1996. Plot Set in the year 3031 on a frontier planet light years away from Earth, a bizarre gang of futuristic desperadoes have their sight set on turning the tumbleweed town of Oblivion into their own private playground. The action begins with the murder of the town's Marshal Stone by a power-hungry villain called Red Eye (Andrew Divoff). Using a substance prized on the planet—which also happens to short out electrical devices—Red Eye cheats his way to victory during a showdown on the street, killing Stone and disabling h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oblivion (T-Pain Album)
''Oblivion'' (stylized as ''OBLiViON'') is the fifth studio album by American musician T-Pain, released through Konvict Muzik, RCA Records and his own label Nappy Boy Entertainment on November 17, 2017. It is his second album released after the closure of Jive Records and his final album under Akon's Konvict Muzik label. Recording sessions for the album took place from 2014 to 2017. Critical reception HipHopDX said, "Fans of T-Pain will find that his fifth go-around is a quality cure for their six-year itch. One thing can be said for the rapper/singer: he never under-delivers — even if the expectation is for him to totally drop a masterpiece onto the world". Damien Morris of ''The Guardian'' expressed a negative response of the album saying that "the music is just tasteless and tired, the sound of a migraine struggling to maintain an erection". Track listing Credits adapted from Tidal and '' XXL''. Personnel Credits adapted from Tidal and ''XXL''. Performers * T-Pain – ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
30 Seconds To Mars (album)
''30 Seconds to Mars'' is the debut studio album by American rock band Thirty Seconds to Mars. It was first released on August 27, 2002, by Immortal Records and distributed by Virgin Records. The album was produced by Bob Ezrin, Brian Virtue, and Thirty Seconds to Mars, and was recorded in rural Wyoming during 2001 and early 2002. It had been in the works for a couple of years, with lead vocalist Jared Leto writing the majority of the songs. ''30 Seconds to Mars'' was described as a concept album centering on human struggle and self-determination, characterized by personal lyrics that use otherworldly elements and conceptual ideas to illustrate a truthful personal situation. The album incorporates progressive sounds with influences and elements from new wave, space rock, and electronica. Upon release, ''30 Seconds to Mars'' received mostly positive reviews from music critics, who commended the album's lyrical content and the band's musicianship, which has been compared to the w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oblivion (Terrorvision Song)
"Oblivion" is a song by English rock band Terrorvision. Written by the band and produced by Gil Norton, the song was included as the second track on the band's second studio album, ''How to Make Friends and Influence People'' (1994). Like most Terrorvision songs, "Oblivion" contains political themes, but according to bass player Leigh Marklew, the messages were not taken seriously because of the song's doo-wop chorus. Released as the album's first single on 28 March 1994, the song peaked at number 21 on the UK Singles Chart and number 65 in Australia. Release and reception On 28 March 1994, "Oblivion" was issued as the lead single from ''How to Make Friends and Influence People''. When the album was released on 18 April 1994, "Oblivion" appeared as the second track. According to AllMusic reviewer Leslie Mathew, the song is a satirical critique on "squatter hippies". Upon the single's release, ''Music & Media'' magazine likened the song to the Smithereens' "Top of the Pops" (1991 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oblivion (Mastodon Song)
''Oblivion'' is the second single from ''Crack the Skye'' by American progressive metal band Mastodon (band), Mastodon. It is their second-most successful single and song from ''Crack the Skye'', reaching #30 on the Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks chart; however, it has since been surpassed by "Curl of the Burl," which peaked at #16. It is the opening track on the band's live album ''Live At The Aragon''. Music video The music video alternates between clips of the band playing in a wasteland, and clips of each member on a space station, aptly named 'Skyelab'. They seem to be trying to repair the space station. Dailor is outside the station, frozen and not wearing his helmet at the beginning of the video, with Sanders attempting to retrieve him with a mechanical arm. Eventually, Sanders gives up and Hinds is given the task to effect repairs to the space station. While he is outside, he begins to see strange lights, which are also noticed by Kelliher. Hinds takes off his helmet and is ki ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oblivion (M83 Song)
"Oblivion" is a song by French band M83 featuring lead vocals from Norwegian singer Susanne Sundfør. It was released as part of the film soundtrack album '' Oblivion: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack'' to accompany the film of the same name. It was composed by Anthony Gonzalez. Composition "Oblivion" has been classified as a "soaring ballad" that features "interstellar synths and cloud-surfing lead vocals" amidst a mixture of "M83′s dream pop ndmore traditional string and horn arrangements." ''Rolling Stone'' observed that the song is "capped with a jazzy instrumental section, just like M83's 2011 hit Midnight City", while it reminded ''Consequence of Sound'' of "Tangerine Dream’s scores from the '80s". Featuring Sundfør's "booming vocals," the song's choir repeats "In the night, you'll hear me calling" over a "bombastic synth swell."" Release and reception The song was released as a single on 26 March 2013, and later as part of the film soundtrack '' Oblivion: Origin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oblivion (Hastang Song)
{{notability, music, date=March 2015 "Oblivion" is a song by the Cebuano rock band Hastang. The song's lyrics was written by Julie Ann Ladanan (née Redoble), with the melody and music written by lead singer Tessa Manto and bass player Guile Canencia. The musical arrangement of the song is credited to Hastang. Music video The music video for "Oblivion" is conceptualized and directed by Rember Gelera. The video features all the band members performing in an old, run-house. The music video debuted in MYX Myx (, stylized as MYX or myx) is a Philippine pay TV channel based in Quezon City, owned by Creative Programs Inc., a subsidiary of ABS-CBN Corporation. The channel is targeted to youth audiences and primarily airs music videos. It was intr ... on February 3, 2007. Referenceslights, camera ...(http). ''Blog.hastang.com''. Retrieved on February 5, 2007.Hastang to shoot 'Oblivion' video(http). ''IndieCultureonline.com''. Retrieved on March 31, 2008. External linksOfficial Si ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oblivion (Grimes Song)
"Oblivion" is a song by Canadian musician Grimes from her third studio album, ''Visions (Grimes album), Visions'' (2012). It was released as a promotional single in 2012 by 4AD. Creation In an April 2012 interview with Jacinda Govind for ''Music Feeds'', Boucher explained that the song is about a violent assault: It made me crazy for a few years. I got really paranoid walking around at night and started feeling really unsafe. The song is more about empowering myself physically amongst a masculine power, and the hate of feeling powerless, making light of masculine physical power, making it jovial and non-threatening. I took a typically violent cultural situation and made it pop and happy. Chandler Levack for ''Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, CBC'' in 2020 and Caz Tran for ''Australian Broadcasting Corporation, ABC'' in 2022 have reported on Grimes' sexual assault, with Tran writing that "as a survivor of a violent sexual assault, 'Oblivion' was the result of [Grimes'] most deter ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oblivion (Bastille Song)
"Oblivion" is a song by British band Bastille from their 2013 album '' Bad Blood''. It was released digitally in the UK on 5 September 2014 as the eighth overall and final single from the album. A limited edition 7-inch vinyl edition of the single, featuring the previously unreleased track "Bad News" as the B-side, was also released on 8 September. The song was featured on an episode of the television series ''The Vampire Diaries'' in 2012. Release The band confirmed during their headline set at London's Somerset House on 15 July that "Oblivion" will be the next single from ''Bad Blood''. Music video The music video was exclusively premiered on MSN Music UK on Monday 21 July. It was later published through Bastille's Vevo channel on YouTube the same day. The video was directed by Austin Peters (who previously directed the band's " Flaws" and "Laura Palmer" music videos) and stars actress Sophie Turner (known for her role in the television series ''Game of Thrones''). She is seen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Redshift (group)
Redshift is a British electronic music group, founded in 1996 by Mark Shreeve. Their musical style is rooted in the early to mid 1970s German electronic music era, often described as Berlin School of electronic music, Berlin School, and transcends the genre using musical originality, multi-instrumentation, and complex harmonic arrangements using analogue sequencing. Their pieces are described as both exciting and haunting in equal measure, expressing strong central themes, and include contrasting atmospheres of rich sonic textures. Redshift music has been played on BBC TV and some listeners have likened certain pieces to film score, neo-industrial, as well as dark ambient. Listeners have commented on the hypnotic quality of the musical compositions. Their sound is largely dependent upon older synthesiser technology, notably instruments such as the Moog synthesizer, Moog 3C which they combine with more recent digital technology. The basic technological philosophy of Redshift is to us ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
D-Rok
D-Rok was a British hard rock band notable for its Warhammer 40,000-influenced lyrics. At the beginning of the 1990s, Games Workshop began to diversify its activity, including combining its game world with music. As well as collaborating with death metal band Bolt Thrower, whose Warhammer 40,000-themed album '' Realm of Chaos'' was released on Earache Records, Games Workshop set up their own label, Warhammer Records, signing hard-rock acts such as Wraith and D-Rok. In 1991 the band released its only album, ''Oblivion''. The songs have the common theme of the universe in Warhammer 40,000 and the inlay reflected this by including black and white illustrations from Games Workshop's extensive portfolio of paintings next to the lyrics for each song. The cover, which originally appeared as the box art for the original Epic Space Marine tabletop game, was painted by artist Jim Burns, and has subsequently been used on the cover of the Black Library collection of short stories named ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Crematory (band)
Crematory is a German gothic metal band formed in Mannheim in 1991. History The band received its earliest recognition in the mid-1990s by touring with My Dying Bride, Tiamat and Atrocity. Much like the latter two groups, the band had begun as traditional death metal, then evolved in an industrial music and gothic metal musical direction on later albums. The band received heavy rotation on ''MTV Germany'', and made appearances at various extreme metal festivals, including Germany's ''Wacken Open Air'' in 1996, 1998, 1999, 2001 and 2008, in addition to inclusion on Nuclear Blast compilation samplers. The band re-signed to Massacre Records in 2006 after a 10-year stint with Nuclear Blast; Massacre had been the band's first label. In 2013 they signed with Steamhammer/SPV to release their next album, '' Antiserum''. In 2019 they moved to Napalm Records, and their 15th studio album, ''Unbroken'', was released under their label, on 6 March 2020. Active for 30 years (with a bri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |