These two videos are probably the nerdiest/scariest odes to Lovecraft and Cthulhu on the entire interwebs. Their creator thought it would make a lot of sense to take two songs by Perfume, the Japanese idol group, add random lovecraftesque images to the sound and flood the screen with weird comments in Japanese. For those who read the language and are fast enough, you’ll see that hidden in the captions the songs’ lyrics are being savagely molested and remodeled to fit the cthulheian images and theme. What a wonderful world:
In 2004, the US gothic band Nox Arcana released Necronomicon, their musical ode to H. P. Lovecraft and the Cthulhu Mythos. A fantastic piece of dark audio art for all Mythos fans and musique noire lovers.
The Necronomicon is said to contain the lost knowledge of the Elder Gods, the ancient lords of darkness that held dominion over the Earth aeons ago. Believed to hold the key to opening forgotten gateways between worlds, the text prophesies the return of the Great Old Ones and contains forbidden rituals of summoning that will bring about their resurrection.
Now, for the first time ever, the Necronomicon is set to music with this dark symphony by Nox Arcana. This epic concept album based on H.P. Lovecraft’s legendary book of shadows features a mixture of exotic, dark fantasy themes with 21 tracks of ominous orchestrations, Gothic choirs, Egyptian and Middle-Eastern melodies, eerie voices and otherworldly chants. This musical grimoire is a spellbinding tribute to the Cthulhu Mythos—a powerful and sinister soundtrack to evoke your darkest nightmare.
This cd is dedicated to the memory of Howard Phillips Lovecraft, with special thanks to August Derleth and Arkham House for keeping the mythos alive.
Although the full album can be streamed on Necronomicon’s last.fm page (you can also listen to a few tracks on Nox Arcana’s website), I’ve done a little bit of research and collected the following videos that use the album’s tracks as musical background to display mythos-related slideshows. I’m still missing Eldritch Rites (track 10) and The Great Old Ones (track 21). If anyone finds them, please post them in the comments.
1. Mythos
2. The Nameless City
3. Alhazred’s Vision
4. Necronomicon
5. Ancient Shadows
6. Azathoth / 7. The Black Throne
8. Nyarlathotep
9. Temple of the Black Pharaoh (official video)
11. The Haunter of the Dark
12. The Awakening
13. Yog-Sothoth / 14. Guardian of the Gate
15. Lords of Darkness (sound only)
16. Dagon
17. The Stars Align
18. Cthulhu / 20. Cthulhu Rising
19. Ritual of Summoning
20. Cthulhu Rising
Tracklist:1. Mythos2. The Nameless City
3. Alhazred’s Vision
4. Necronomicon
5. Ancient Shadows
6. Azathoth
7. The Black Throne
8. Nyarlathotep
9. Temple of the Black Pharaoh
10. Eldritch Rites
11. The Haunter of the Dark
12. The Awakening
13. Yog-Sothoth
14. Guardian Of The Gate
15. Lords Of Darkness
16. Dagon
17. The Stars Align
18. Cthulhu
19. Ritual Of Summoning
20. Cthulhu Rising
21. The Great Old Ones
Label:Monolith Graphics Catalog#: MG 1002 Format: CD, Album Country: US Released: 2004
Trailer for the “Mountains of Madness” DVD by The Tiger Lillies & Alexander Hacke, a musical performance based on stories by H.P. Lovecraft.
On the 18th of August 2005 the World premiere “Mountains of Madness” was dedicated to this master by the artists Alexander Hacke (known as bassist of Einstürzende Neubauten), Berlin Icon Danielle de Picciotto and the legendary English group The Tiger Lillies.
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O Yog Sothoth
O Yog Sothoth, O Yog Sothoth,
We worship you, O Yog Sothoth.
Who’s Santa Claus, who’s Jesus Christ?
We worship Yog ’cause he’s not nice.
We’ll celebrate with some stray dog,
Which we’ll carve up and serve to Yog.
O Yog Sothoth, O Yog Sothoth…
We beg you, do not eat us.
