References
" Wait, this reminds me of..."rReferentiality is always fun. Here's some albums that have references to artists, novelists, poets,or philosophers. I'm sure there are tons of others but here are some according to my preferences. Feel free to add yours! |
| 1 |  | Arcturus
La Masquerade Infernale
Their love for poetry and stuff is clear. Not to mention the several references to the Byronic Hero and the figure of Lucifer as revolutionary, they dressed Poe's "Alone" with the most proper music it could be done.(For those who have the physical copy, search a little and you may find some Sade lines) |
| 2 |  | Dredg
El Cielo
Salvador Dali here and there. |
| 3 |  | Neutral Milk Hotel
In the Aeroplane Over the Sea
Anne Frank's diary( yeah, I wonder if she stands as an artist, but the album is a poem itself. ) |
| 4 |  | Pink Floyd
Animals
Orwell's Animal Farm |
| 5 |  | Blind Guardian
Nightfall in Middle-Earth
Tolkien's Silmarilion. The album is amazing and so is the concept.( several epic, and black metal bands can be inserted here for the Tolkien universe) |
| 6 |  | Bruce Dickinson
The Chemical Wedding
Everything here has to do with alchemy and mysticism stuff. But notable are the several William Blake references( album cover, Urizen, etc). Bruce has done a great job with this one as far as the lyrics are concerned. |
| 7 |  | Isis
Panopticon
I have no idea if the album has anything to do with Bentham's or Foucault's concept of panopticon. Please enlighten me. Still, the the lyrics, though sparse, are great. |
| 8 |  | Kamelot
The Black Halo
Goethe's Faust |
| 9 |  | Mastodon
Leviathan
Some Moby Dick loving is always needed. Album creates a stormy feeling like no other. |
| 10 |  | Sufjan Stevens
Seven Swans
Several Biblical References, which are quite good. Sufjan works with Christianity themes brilliantly, bringing a solemn, authentic feeling with exceptional ease. |
| 11 |  | Symphony X
The Odyssey
Homer's epic. Album isn't extraordinary though... |
| 12 |  | The Antlers
Hospice
Well, I only got one line: Syyylviiiaaaa, put your head out of the oveeen.... |
| 13 |  | The Ocean
Aeolian
Where to begin with these literature geeks? The City in The Sea is a poem from E.A. Poe, while "Une Saison en Enfer" is a collection of poems from Arthur Rimbaud |
| 14 |  | The Ocean
Precambrian
This one is a treasure. The whole album displays many of Lautremont's lines form The Chants of Maldoror, which is easily the most metal and prodigious piece I've read. You can also find Nietzsche , Baudelaire , and Trakl here. |
| 15 |  | The Ocean
Heliocentric
This one is full of references too. Genesis, Ptolemy, Giordano Bruno, Rimbaud, Nietzsche, Darwin and (as expected) Dawkins |
| 16 |  | The Ocean
Anthropocentric
Anthropocentric is another album questioning the fundamentalism of christian morality. Dostoevsky, Nietzche, Epicurus, David Hume, John Stuart Mill are some of the name related. |
| 17 |  | MewithoutYou
Brother, Sister
Jewish, Muslim and Christian imagery here, all presented with mastery by a band which has deeply explored matters of faith. |
| 18 |  | Amorphis
Tuonela
Based on the Finnish epic "Kalevala" |
| 19 |  | Rush
Moving Pictures
Tom ****ing Sawyer. Peart obviously loved literature,and it's obvious from each of the band's album. |
| 20 | | Ulver
Themes from William Blake's The Marriage of Hea...
William Blake's poem by the same name. Band is him reincarnated. |
| 21 |  | Fleet Foxes
Fleet Foxes
"One day at Innisfree/One day that's mine there." Yeat's spirit throughout the album. |
| 22 |  | Rotting Christ
Theogonia
Hesiod's Poem in the greek black metal way. |
| 23 |  | The Tea Party
The Interzone Mantras
Named after Burroughs' Interzone book, you can also find some Bulgakov here. |
| 24 | | shit
I forgot
you tell me |
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