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Necronomicon (album)
Necronomicon appear as he imagined the famed fictional book to be
from Lovecraft’s descriptions.[3]
A hidden track on the CD also contains a backward
masking of the phrase "Klaatu barada nikto," a well-
known quote from the film The Day the Earth Stood Still and
Army of Darkness, which in turn borrowed thematic ele-
ments from Lovecraft.
Some of the songs titles are also titles of Lovecraft
stories, such as "The Nameless City" and "The Haunter
of the Dark", while others song titles such as Azathoth,
Dagon, Nyarlathotep, Cthulhu and the Great Old Ones are
the names of gods, demons or other supernatural enti-
ties from Lovecraft’s fiction. A chapter in the book, The
Strange Sound of Cthulhu: Music Inspired by the Writings of H.
P. Lovecraft was devoted to this album. [4]
Studio album by Nox Arcana
Released October 10, 2004 Controversy
Genre Dark Ambient In 2008, Nox Arcana announced they had filed suit
against German rapper Bushido for copying their music
Label Monolith Graphics
on his album Von der Skyline zum Bordstein zurück. The al-
Professional reviews bum, which contains three musical works by Nox Arcana
(two songs from Darklore Manor and the song "Cthulhu
The reviews parameter has been deprecated. Rising"), ranked Platinum on the German charts. Von der
Please move reviews into the “Reception” section
Skyline zum Bordstein zurück was pulled from major retail-
of the article. See Moving reviews into article
space. ers like iTunes and Amazon worldwide.[5] [6] [7]
Flames Rising, Music Street Journal Horror Magazine Italy
Nox Arcana chronology
Track listing
1. "Mythos" — 1:58
Darklore Manor Necronomicon Winter’s Knight 2. "The Nameless City" — 3:38
(2003) (2004) (2005)
3. "Alhazred’s Vision" — 2:55
4. "Necronomicon" — 2:03
Necronomicon is an album by gothic horror musical group 5. "Ancient Shadows" — 2:28
Nox Arcana published by Monolith Graphics in 2004. The 6. "Azathoth" — :28
music is inspired by the stories of horror writer H. P. 7. "The Black Throne" — 2:01
Lovecraft and is a tribute to the Cthulhu Mythos.[1] 8. "Nyarlathotep" — :40
9. "Temple of The Black Pharaoh 3:50
Background Infos 10. "Eldritch Rites" — 1:33
11. "The Haunter of The Dark" — 2:38
Orchestra strings, drums, pipes, guitars and choirs are ac- 12. "The Awakening" — 2:59
cented by ominous chanting, strange sound effects and 13. "Yog-sothoth" — 1:00
brief narratives that combine to tell the story of an al- 14. "Guardian of The Gate" — 3:26
chemist who dares to raise an ancient race of other- 15. "Lords of Darkness" — 2:08
worldly beings.[2] 16. "Dagon" — :35
The "language of the Old Ones" developed by Love- 17. "The Stars Align" — 1:57
craft as a literary plot element but considered by many to 18. "Cthulhu" — :55
be unpronouncable, is effectively spoken aloud by Joseph 19. "Ritual Of Summoning" — 1:21
Vargo on several of the tracks. Vargo, who is a huge fan 20. "Cthulhu Rising" — 2:38
of Lovecraft’s work, also illustrated the CD packaging to 21. "The Great Old Ones" — 4:06 *hidden track
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External links [4] Hill, Gary (2006). The Strange Sound of Cthulhu: Music
Inspired by the Writings of H. P. Lovecraft. Music Street
• Nox Arcana official website Journal. pp. 141–145. ISBN 978-1847287762.
• Discovery of the Necronomicon (Nox Arcana’s http://books.google.com/
"Legends" page). books?id=ZyFoBl6M6LEC&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_navlin
• The Necronomicon Mythos (Nox Arcana’s "Legends" Retrieved 2009-08-24.
page) [5] "Nox Arcana sues rapper Bushido.". Fangoria.
• Nox Arcana on Myspace http://www.fangoria.com/musick/musick-news/
• All Music Guide 103-nox-arcana-ripped-off-by-rapper.html.
Retrieved 2009-08-24.
References [6] "Nox Arcana alleges that Midnight Syndicate
produced an album, The 13th Hour, that was
[1] "Interview with Joseph Vargo for Necronomicon". deceptively similar to Darklore Manor and
Music Street Journal. Necronomicon". Google News.
http://www.musicstreetjournal.com/ http://news.google.com/archivesearch?&as_src=-
interviews_display.cfm?id=100086. Retrieved newswire+-wire+-presswire+-PR+-press+-release+-
2009-08-24. wikipedia&q=%22Darklore+Manor%22. Retrieved
[2] "Music reviewer describes album characteristics". 2009-08-24.
Flames Rising. http://www.flamesrising.com/ [7] "German rapper ’Bushido’ steals from American
necronomicon-nox-arcana-review. Retrieved Gothic group Nox Arcana". Sideline Magazine.
2009-08-25. http://www.side-line.com/
[3] "Joseph Vargo comments on album". Gaming news_comments.php?id=36244_0_2_0_C. Retrieved
Report. December 2004. 2009-08-25.
http://www.monolithgraphics/interviews/
GamingReport.pdf.
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