I really need some sort of icon for when I talk about Bombast!

[cupcake_goth]

Would you people believe that I had never actually heard anything by Nox Arcana?^* I told you, I live in this weird musical bubble.

Anyway, thanks to a random email, I went to their site, and discovered that each release has a sample medley you can listen to. It turns out that Nox Arcana make exactly the sort of spooky, oh-so-gothic, and did I mention GOTHIC, instrumental music I like. Some of it about vampires! Or creepy circuses! I had no idea! I am so gleeful about the instrumental bombast that I am stuck on exclamation points!

I've now put a bunch of their CDs on my wish list on Amazon, so I will occasionally remember to purchase them. Which do I want to get first: Transylvania, Carnival Of Lost Souls, or Shadow Of The Raven? (clicky-links to each release's page.)



^* I vaguely remember there was some sort of DRAMA! concerning Nox Arcana, but I didn't find reference to any during my half-hearted googling.

Comments

[tiatsuchi.livejournal.com]

Oooh, I always love good bombast recommendations.

[matrixrefugee.livejournal.com]

SQUEEE!!! Nox Arcana! I utterly love their stuff, and have loved it from the moment I first heard one of their CDs in The Magic Parlor in Salem, MA. Personal favorites are "Transylvania" and "Necronomicon", followed by "Carnival of Lost Souls", and their two Christmas/Yuletide themed albums.

spoken word / instrumental bombast

[tkil.livejournal.com]

I don't even remember where I picked this gem up, but:
Behind the Day - Journey of a Vampire (http://www.amazon.com/Behind-Day-Journey-Vampire/dp/B000QQOWXE/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=dmusic&qid=1279085456&sr=8-1) by Lee Blaske.

As for where I find new music... I mostly followed record labels, helped by a really excellent record store back in Denver. Labels: 4AD (obviously), then Nettwerk for a while, then Projekt (probably bought something like 75% of their releases in the early 2000s).

Happy listening!

[oldhalloween.livejournal.com]

Carnival of Lost Souls - oh my! Can't wait to paint walls at the new house with this CD. :0 )

Dark Realms

[kambriel.livejournal.com]

Please tell me that at least you had gotten copies of "Dark Realms Magazine" when it was coming out? Joseph Vargo was a major part of that too doing the cover art, etc... and it was a superbly done, exceptionally high quality publication.

You can still order some back issues here:
http://www.monolithgraphics.com/darkrealms.html

(The next to last issue, #31 has a feature on my designs which came out quite lovely!)

I don't remember any drama surrounding it all ~ on the contrary, I've been in contact with Christine (J's partner) since 2002, and she's been nothing but incredibly friendly and kind.

Re: Dark Realms

[cupcake-goth.livejournal.com]

Oh, I do have a bunch of issues of Dark Realms. I thought it was a lovely magazine, and am sad to hear it doesn't exist any more.

I like Nox Arcana, too.

[kuzibah.livejournal.com]

And the drama was actually over Joseph Vargo breaking up with his previous band, Midnight Syndicate, who you might also like if you don't know them. (The drama mostly involved a lot of name-calling on the internet, but the upshot was that the first two MS albums are now unavailable due to all the legal posturing, which is too bad.)

[morseren.livejournal.com]

I have all three and my favorite is "Shadow of the Raven". It does have that dark spooky voice intro that I sometimes find irritating when all I want is the atmospheric music, but it is great "storm music".

Rebecca W.

[lylassandra.livejournal.com]

So over the top super goth, I adore them! I love their "Carol of the Bells", too.

[opiatevampire.livejournal.com]

I have "Translyvania", and I heard most of their other albums while working at Spirit Halloween.
Besides a few tracks that are less music and more "spooky background noises", it's a very good CD.

[devonsego.livejournal.com]

Necronomicon is probably my favorite, but that's because I'm koo-koo for Lovecraft.