Nox Arcana's Necronomicon

Pickman · Post by **Pickman** » Sat Oct 09, 2004 2:27 pm

(news item from Unfilmable.com)

Nox Arcana's The Necronomicon CD is due for release October 21, 2004. Necronomicon is a dark symphony based on H.P. Lovecraft's legendary book of shadows. The concept album contains 21 tracks of dark orchestrations, gothic choirs, and ominous chants. The cover art was painted by Monolith Graphics Joseph Vargo. Sound samples will be available soon.

Joseph Vargo reveals, "The theme for the Necronomicon cd basically centers around the Great Old Ones, the forgotten race of beings that inhabited the Earth long before mankind existed. They were ancient sorcerers who were imprisoned deep within the Earth and banished to distant dimensions by the Elder Gods. The Necronomicon holds the key to releasing them and summoning them back to our world."

For further information, click here: http://www.noxarcana.com/

Take care,

Craig
http://www.unfilmable.com
H.P. Lovecraft Cinema

"It is not likely that any really finely wrought weird story - where so much depends upon mood, and on nuances of description - could be changed to a drama without irreparable cheapening and the loss of all that gave it power."

- H.P. Lovecraft

nortonew · Post by **nortonew** » Sat Oct 09, 2004 6:41 pm

The site didn't have much info on the upcoming Necronomicon release, but it was a pretty cool site otherwise. Their Darklore Manor CD sounded pretty cool.

Pickman · Post by **Pickman** » Wed Oct 13, 2004 4:14 pm

nortonew,

Nox Arcana have updated their site with some background info on Necronomicon and some MP3s!

Check it out!

Take care,

Craig

Post by **Aleister** » Thu Oct 14, 2004 5:15 pm

Just listened to the samples. I love them!

More background music than anything else, but perfect for what it is I think.

Pickman · Post by **Pickman** » Thu Oct 14, 2004 6:17 pm

Good reading music! I always have a hard time reading if the music playing (in the background) has vocals in it...

Post by **Aleister** » Tue Oct 19, 2004 6:16 pm

I received this in the mail today. It looks like the album is quite close to release

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Monolith Graphics is proud to announce

NECRONOMICON
by Nox Arcana
A dark symphony based on H.P. Lovecraft's legendary book of shadows.
http://www.noxarcana.com

This epic concept album is a spellbinding tribute to the Cthulhu Mythos. The Necronomicon is believed to contain the lost knowledge of the Great Old Ones, the ancient lords of darkness that held dominion over the Earth aeons ago. The book is said to hold the forbidden rituals of summoning that will bring about their resurrection and open the forgotten gateway between worlds. This CD is a mixture of exotic, dark fantasy themes and features 21 tracks of foreboding orchestrations, Gothic choirs, Egyptian and Middle-Eastern melodies, eerie voices and ominous chants.

Nox Arcana's debut album "Darklore Manor" met with world-wide critical acclaim and was hailed as "the ultimate gothic expression" by Side-Line Magazine. Other reviewers praised the CD as "darkly elegant," "spectacular," and "a masterpiece." While the music and concept of "Darklore Manor" possessed several Lovecraftian elements, the band's latest release "Necronomicon" is a full-blooded offering to the Great Old Ones.

NOX ARCANA Biography:
Members: Joseph Vargo & William Piotrowski

Joseph Vargo is an internationally acclaimed artist whose visions of gothic fantasy have graced the covers of books, magazines and cds worldwide. He began his artistic career in 1991 and achieved worldwide status by 1993 with the release of a series of art collections entitled "Born of the Night." In 1998, as a member of the band Midnight Syndicate, Vargo applied his musical influence and trademark title "Born of the Night" to the band's breakthrough release, which he conceived and produced. Vargo radically altered Midnight Syndicate's sound, giving the band a new direction and streamlining their experimental mix of styles to focus exclusively on a darker sound that would appeal to his established gothic audience. In 1999, Vargo directed the follow-up release "Realm of Shadows," and in the following years, he created various artistic projects; most notably to date is "The Gothic Tarot" and the illustrated gothic anthology "Tales from the Dark Tower." In 2003, Vargo returned to the music arena with his new project Nox Arcana and began to compose the ghostly melodies and lyrics for the band's debut CD "Darklore Manor," a gothic soundtrack based on a legendary haunted house near Salem, Massachusetts. Vargo's avid interest in horror writer H.P. Lovecraft's Cthulhu Mythos served as the inspiration for Nox Arcana's second album, "Necronomicon."

William Piotrowski began his professional music career at the early age of 15 when he was hired to create the musical score for an independent video production entitled "Ghosts of Ohio". In 2003, he joined forces with Joseph Vargo to compose and engineer the foreboding orchestrations for "Darklore Manor." He plays several instruments including guitar and keyboards, and is well versed in midi and digital recording technology. William's interests in the realm of the supernatural are reflected in his dark, symphonic compositions.

NECRONOMICON will be available OCTOBER 21, 2004 from Monolith Graphics http://www.monolithgraphics.com. * Download music samples, view animations and read the mythos at http://www.noxarcana.com

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This is a one-time mailing. I would greatly appreciate if you would pass this along to your friends and newsgroups. If you would like to join the Nox Arcana newsgroup, Legion of Shadows, to receive future band updates, just send an email to legion@noxarcana.com.

Thank you, and Happy Halloween!!!

Monolith Graphics
4377 West 60th Street
Cleveland, Ohio 44144

Monolith: http://www.monolithgraphics.com
Email: goth@monolithgraphics.com

Pickman · Post by **Pickman** » Wed Oct 27, 2004 10:09 am

Should have my copy in a couple of weeks or so...

Will let you know how it is!

Craig

Post by **Aleister** » Wed Oct 27, 2004 7:41 pm

Please do! I may have to get it myself, just for the samples I heard.

Lagwolf · Post by **Lagwolf** » Thu Oct 28, 2004 3:47 am

I have emailed them about getting a review copy for myself. I have not heard back yet but I will post it on blogcritics when its done.

Pickman · Post by **Pickman** » Thu Nov 11, 2004 7:17 am

My copy came the other day...

I wasn't able to devote my full attention to it, but it sounds pretty good!

Will post my thoughts when time allows...

Craig
http://www.unfilmable.com
H.P. Lovecraft Cinema

Lagwolf · Post by **Lagwolf** » Thu Nov 11, 2004 10:34 am

My copy has come and its very good. I listened to it reading a review book on the way down to Devon and its excellent stuff. Will write a review for it when I get back to London next week.

Pickman · Post by **Pickman** » Sat Apr 30, 2005 6:59 am

We used a Nox Arcana song (with permission of course) to score the teaser trailer for my upcoming short film, Read me a story...

It fit's perfectly, and I couldn't be happier with the results! I should have it online soon for all to see (hope it's worth the wait).

Take care,

Craig
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H.P. Lovecraft Cinema
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