seems like a pretty metal place. That being said I have heard only one
band from that country, but it's a good one. Negură Bunget is an
"atmospheric" black metal band from Timişoara that produces excellent
music. To quote the description on last.fm, they "combine Romanian
history and folklore into a mystical sonic adventure, quite literally
inspired by their homeland of Transylvania". If the term 'mystical
sonic adventure' strikes you as pretentious, consider the drummer's
description of the band's name:
Negură Bunget is a black fog coming from a deep dark dense forest.
The name tries to picture somehow the kind of atmosphere, both
musical and spiritual we'd want to create through our music. It has
also an esoteric nature, standing for the inexpressible parts of our
ideology. The two words are also from the Tracic substrate of the
Romanian language (the oldest one, containing about 90 words) as the
interest for our local history and spirituality is something of
crucial importance and meanings for us as a band
The name tries to picture somehow the kind of atmosphere, both
musical and spiritual we'd want to create through our music. It has
also an esoteric nature, standing for the inexpressible parts of our
ideology. The two words are also from the Tracic substrate of the
Romanian language (the oldest one, containing about 90 words) as the
interest for our local history and spirituality is something of
crucial importance and meanings for us as a band
Despite (or perhaps because of) the band taking itself so seriously it
manages to produce a unique blend of black metal, traditional
instruments, and experimental atmospheric elements. This is best
displayed on Om, their fourth full-length release. This is not an album I listen to often but rather a favorite that I drag into my playlist once in a while when I wish to enjoy a great piece of music
in its entirety. The album is a rich tapestry of sounds - the band makes much use of keyboards to provide an ambiance which suits the guitar, drums and traditional instruments well. Each track bleeds into the next as we are transported into a higher realm. I highly recommend listening to this album through in one sitting in order to experience it to its fullest.
Highlight tracks: it's all great, but Țesarul de Lumini (track 2) might be my favorite.
Enjoy!
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Ok so I wanted to tell you all a story, but it's not about music or anything so I didn't want to give it it's own post since I missed my day.
I found a book while working in the middle school library today. The title of this gem is David Livingstone: Foe of Darkness. I think you especially, Tom, could learn a lot from this 1947 masterwork. It's even illustrated in that weird, 1950s young adult literature way. My favorite line from my brief page-through is a "quote" from Stanley in coversation with Livingstone: "'Nothing seems to shock you,' he said; 'not the multiplicity of wives nor the horrid witch doctors nor the stupid superstitions and vile heathenism. You even receive Allah's blessing from every dirty Arab who passes your door in Ujiji. Your saintlike tolerance is beyond me'"
You should know that "to this very day the heart of Africa thrills to the remembered lovingness of David Livingstone."
As a final note, you'll be thrilled to learn that this wonder of historical study was checked out of the library as recently as November 2005. So yeah, food for thought.
As true today as it was when it was written.
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