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Hey folks. You've arrived at a countdown of my fave releases in the neofolk, martial industrial, neoclassical, and dark ambient genres. It's impossible to hear everything, so if you have any thoughts, criticism, or most importantly - albums you'd like to share with me that aren't mentioned here, I implore you to leave a comment.

Also, if you are interested in other genres of music aside from those covered in this journal, feel free to visit my other journal entries covering the best of Heavy Metal / Hard Rock and Indie / Electronic / Etc. in 2009.

Enjoy. :-]

+ Neofolk / Neoclassical / Martial / Dark Ambient +

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1.)Rome - "Flowers From Exile"

It is hard to believe that Rome was founded in Luxembourg just four short years ago in 2005. Since then, they have recorded and released some of the most critically acclaimed, innovative, and absolutely enduring succession of brilliant albums not only in the neofolk genre…

Celebrated Poetry in Music

I’ve compiled a list of songs and albums by musicians who have taken poetry from established and renowned writers (whether only in their respective countries or in a worldly sense) and put them to music. The list didn’t turn out to be as long as I had initially hoped, but for anyone who is big into poetry – this should keep you busy for a little while. Feedback is definitely welcome (especially if someone locates me some songs using Robert Browning, Walt Whitman, or Emily Dickinson which I’m really surprised I couldn’t find).

Louis Aragon (France)
Album:
Léo Ferré – “Léo Ferré chante Aragon”

Charles Baudelaire (France)
Songs:
Alcest – “Elévation”
Amesoeurs – “Recueillement”
Das Ich – “Blutquell” (German translation of “La Fontaine de sang”)
Gorgoroth – “Litani til Satan” (Norwegian translation of “Les Litanies de Satan”)
The Ocean – “Paleoarchaean/Man And The Sea” (incorporates English translation of “L'Homme et la Mer”)
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As some of you know (and probably don't care) my long standing internet 'zine Lunar Hypnosis has come to and end and will soon be disappearing from the internet completely. Since a lot of interesting and possibly entertaining interviews were conducted over the years I thought I'd post some of them hear rather than letting them disappear into oblivion. As for the reviews maybe I'll post them on metal archives or something. Anyway here's Part II of the interview archive.

Interview with Robert Taylor of Changes
March 23, 2005

JJM: Greetings Robert let us start out by having you tell us a brief history of Changes up to this point for those that may not be familiar with the band.
Robert Taylor: We began playing music in 1969. We did so till about 1974. Then there was a gap of several years and we regrouped with several others and played till the late 1970s. Then our third incarnation came in the early 1990s with the release of Fire of Life.
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MTV have showed interest in including music from selected Cold Meat Industry bands on their worldwide Dirty Sanchez series. Right now :Golgatha: and Sephiroth has already been included in a episode: Sanchez Get High: Pritchard Vs Dainton Music Episode 2
More bands are to be followed such as Atrium Carceri, In Slaughter Natives, Dawn & Dusk Entwined, MZ.412, Deutsch Nepal and Vestigial.

1. Wenn es sein muss - dann aber sofort (0:37)
2. 5F-X - Coordinates E6° 59' 0" - N51° 34' 0" (5:44)
3. Zeta 3 - Excalibur (Radio Mix) (5:12)
4. Mass Kotki - Sweet Melody (3:12)
5. Moby - Why Does My Heart Feel So Bad? (Chronovisor Mix) (6:21)
6. Boyd Rice And Daniel Miller - Cleanliness And Order (2:50)
7. Calle Della Morte - Tardo Autunno (4:58)
8. Raison d'Etre - Euphrosyne (3:52)
9. Shivaree - Goodnight Moon (4:03)
10. And Also the Trees - Anchor Yard (3:58)
11. He Said - Watch, Take Care (8:39)
12. Passion Noire - World's Decay (4:31)
13. :Golgatha: - Garden Of Love (v.II) (2:47)
14. Michael Cretu - Zeitlose Reise (3:20)
15. Weihan - Het Eenzame Pad (3:57)
16. Bile - Rubber Love (6:01)
17. Latin Quarter - America For Beginners (5:20)
18. Rupert Hine - The Curious Kind (4:47)
19. Windir - Ætti Mørkna (7:42)
20. Another Tale - The Light (3:57)
21. Sly & Hunter - No More Vision (6:40)
22. We Be Echo - Alleycat (4:25)
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06.01. Planet Myer Day V (Cervello Elettronico, P.A.L, S.K.E.T., Haujobb), Leipzig Moritzbastei
05.02. Ben Folds (Support: Clem Snide), Berlin Postbahnhof
21.02. Deine Lakaien & Neue Philharmonie Frankfurt, Leipzig Gewandhaus
02.03. Juli (Support: Beatplanet), Leipzig Haus Auensee
10.03. Kaya Yanar, Berlin Hochschule der Künste
29.03. Johann König, Halle Steintor Varieté
31.03. Die Happy (Support: Disgroove), Wilhelmshaven Pumpwerk
12.05. Backworld, Leipzig Schaubühne Lindenfels
24.05. Herbert Grönemeyer (Support: Clueso), Leipzig Zentralstadion
25.05. – 28.05. Wave Gotik Treffen (gesehen: NVMPH, Kosmic Horrör, Pzychobitch, In Strict Confidence, Dunkelschön, Lapis Serpentis, Des Teufels Lockvögel, Pink Turns Blue, Secret Discovery, Midge Ure (akustik), Tyske Ludder, All my faith lost, Lux Interna, Rome, Der Fluch, Kammer Sieben, :Golgatha:, Apoptose & Fanfarenzug Leipzig, Dernière Volonté), Leipzig
15.06. Die Form (Bachfest), Leipzig Werk II
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I was DJing again, this time at "The Night of Ecumenical Hereticism":

Lingua Fungi - God On A Raft Of Serpents
Dead Can Dance - The Snake and the Moon
Mental Destruction - This Darker Entity
Nouvelle Vague - Fade to Grey
Current 93 - The Magical Bird in the Magical Woods
Ulver - In the Kingdom of the Blind the One-Eyed Are Kings
Death in June - Come Before Christ And Murder Love
Naevus - Cutting Tool
Rome - Wir Götter Der Stadt
Swans - Miracle of Love
Sopor Aeternus & The Ensemble of Shadows - Little Velveteen Knight

Folktarinoita kaipuusta, kiihkosta ja maan alta

Of the Wand and the Moon - I Crave For You
Sonne Hagal - Midsummernight

Varjopiiri

Hekate - Fatherland
:Golgatha: - Flesh Of The Orchid (v.II)
Sol Invictus - World Turn Green
In Gowan Ring - The Rolling of the Stones

Tuhat kuolemaa sekunnissa

Arcana - We Rise Above
Morgenstern - Hinrichtung Durch Raum Und Zeit (Re-Edit)
Inade - Chapel Perilious
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