[DoctorEldritch]

Hello Legion Gamers!

Traditionally, in October, one of the topics focuses on spooky music. This week, we started talking about Lovecraftian horrors, so I thought a small thread about this genre of music could be nice. Unfortunately, I am not familiar with any, though 😅

So a quick search on the Internet got me something like this:

Sounds decent enough, but not as energetic as I would have liked. So as a jazz fan, I tried to find something of both worlds, and lo and behold, there was something:

Not sure what makes this jazz Lovecraftian, but I'll take it.

But this is all I got. Maybe someone knows other Cthulhu Mythos music? @DracoTarot, here is a chance to share those Lovecraftian Metal you mentioned 😉

[DracoTarot]

@DoctorEldritch In no particular order, here are the bands mentioned in the previous post.

Black Sabbath, "Behind the Wall of Sleep"

Metallica, "Dream No More"

Opeth, "Pyre"

GWAR, "Horror of Yig"

The Black Dahlia Murder, "Thy Horror Cosmic"

Nile, "Beneath Oceans of Eternal Sand"

Sleep, "Antarcticans Thawed"

Electric Wizard, "Dunwich"

Septicflesh, "Lovecraft's Death"

Mercyful Fate, "The Mad Arab"

Cradle of Filth, "Cthulhu Dawn"

The Jazz Lovcravtian music sounds cool. 😊

[Aaricia]

@DracoTarot thank you for sharing the playlist with us! One of my best friends was a huge fan of Opeth a while ago 😊

[RatlleRo]

I can't listen that music more than 15 mins, why do this? I understand to spoke some friend entering when comes to visit, but then I end it. I prefer classic rock.

[DracoTarot]

@Aaricia, you're welcome 😊. These bands may not appeal to everyone, and they are not soft on the ears.

Opeth has a bunch of great songs. I wonder what happened to the band. No new updates or releases recently.

[DoctorEldritch]

@RatlleRo That's the thing about music, it can be quite personal. I have friends who can't stand jazz at all, for example. If you prefer classic rock to Lovecraftina, that's cool too 😉

[DoctorEldritch]

@DracoTarot Thank you indeed! That is a lot, will take me a bit of time to check them all out.

As for Opeth, maybe their music made it through the veil to the other side and beings dwelling there in the land beyond human comprehension liked it so that they booked Opeth for a tour through their lands unimaginable? That could explain it.

Well, that or the creators block. But I like the version with Eldriuch beings gathering for a metal concert better 😅

[DracoTarot]

@DoctorEldritch You're welcome. I know some of the bands mentioned are a bit heavy for some. It's all about the topic at hand.

Opeth is a strange band indeed and who knows, you may be right.

[DoctorEldritch]

@DracoTarot I wonder if that's how "heavy" metal got its name. I always assumed it was about the tone of the music, but maybe it's more about the impression it leaves on the audience 😅

Well, hopefully, it is nothing too serious. Creative blocks and lack of new ideas is a current problem evident for most if not all artistic industries, music and heavy metal included. Such are the times we live in...

[DracoTarot]

@DoctorEldritch Well, there are so many different genres of music out there and I also would like to know how they came up with all those names.

In certain cases, musicians hang up their gear for a while not because they want to, they have no alternative because life happens. Family issues are mostly the case.

Touring all over the world also seems not to be a big thing anymore.