IT WAS A DARK &
STORMY NIGHT...
A sort-of concept album, taking as its starting point the Prophecies of St Malachy which, among other things, claim that the next Pope after the current one, who Malachy calls Peter the Roman, will be the last one. Go google him if you dont believe me / want to know more - loads about it on the internet.
So, anyway - the album starts with St Malachy's ghost being called up to reiterate its prophecy and ends with the erstwhile last Pope being buried at a cross-roads with a stake through his heart.
Other stuff happens in-between, including - on the basis that you cant shoe-horn too many spectres into one album - an appearance from the ghost of William Blake on a reworking of his poem The Garden Of Love.
STORMY NIGHT...
A sort-of concept album, taking as its starting point the Prophecies of St Malachy which, among other things, claim that the next Pope after the current one, who Malachy calls Peter the Roman, will be the last one. Go google him if you dont believe me / want to know more - loads about it on the internet.
So, anyway - the album starts with St Malachy's ghost being called up to reiterate its prophecy and ends with the erstwhile last Pope being buried at a cross-roads with a stake through his heart.
Other stuff happens in-between, including - on the basis that you cant shoe-horn too many spectres into one album - an appearance from the ghost of William Blake on a reworking of his poem The Garden Of Love.
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01- Malachy, Come Forth From Your
Grave
02- It Was A Dark & Stormy Night...
Listener feedback for It Was A Dark & Stormy Night...
> "Very cool ! Dont know if it's intentional or not but I hear the Black Sabbath tritone setting back in the mix."
> "This track feels in place in a video game like Quake or something. I love the retro feel the song has.Great tune."
> "Great FX and even the distorted guitar sound is like lightning. Weird but well done."
> "Very cool ! Dont know if it's intentional or not but I hear the Black Sabbath tritone setting back in the mix."
> "This track feels in place in a video game like Quake or something. I love the retro feel the song has.Great tune."
> "Great FX and even the distorted guitar sound is like lightning. Weird but well done."
It Was A Dark & Stormy Night... the title track was actually recorded on a real-life dark & stormy night, to see if any of the elemental ambience lent itself to the piece. I think it probably did. The thunderclaps, though, come from a sound effects album.
03- World News At Midnight
04- Das Vatican Ist Gefallen
05- Out In The Fields
06- Stormclouds Gathering
Listener feedback for Stormclouds Gathering
> "Captures the mood perfectly."
> "Captures the mood perfectly."
07- Voices In The Storm
08- Rome Burning
Listener feedback for Rome Burning
> "Fracking bizarro. not sure what to make of this. certainly original."
> "robotic and interesting...way to go :)"
> "now here's an unusual track. full marks for originality."
> "Fracking bizarro. not sure what to make of this. certainly original."
> "robotic and interesting...way to go :)"
> "now here's an unusual track. full marks for originality."
09- Pope On The Run
10- White Throat / White Dress
11- Agent Of Destiny
12- Accused Of Prophecy
13- The Signs & Portents Show - 1
14- Wm. Blake & The Garden Of Love
15- The Signs & Portents Show - 2
16- A Discourse On The Nature Of Angels
17- Dancing On A Pinhead
18 - Zagreb ? Warum Zagreb ?
19 - Whom The Gods Love
20 - Les Cardinaux Pendant
21 - Lex Talionis
22 - ...But They're Closing In...
23 - An End To It...