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Virgin Black
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Adelaide, Australia (1995 – present)
Virgin Black is an australian gothic doom metal band.
Formed in Adelaide, Australia in 1995, Virgin Black’s line-up features
Rowan London (vocals, piano, keyboards),
Samantha Escarbe (lead guitar, cello),
Grayh (bass),
Luke Faz (drums).
After series of demo recordings in 1995/1996, the group began gaining international recognition with 1998’s “Trance” EP, eventually signing with The End Records a year later.
Boasting a complex, cinematic sound, both gothic and metallic in nature, their debut album “Sombre Romantic” followed in 2000 and saw their core line-up augmented by choirs and string sections in the studio, the better to embellish their grandiose mood metal.
The second album “Elegant…and Dying” is creating a sad, epic but romantic sound. The extremely emotional arrangements are further enhanced by Rowan London’s unique mournful yet poetic singing style. The songs are presented with numerous angles and at times coming out as soundtrack scores, at others as classical compositions or even as subtle weeping lullabies that make the music as dynamic as it is dark and passionate!
On March 10, 2006, The End Records announced in a press release that Virgin Black will be releasing three albums. The trio of albums is collectively titled Requiem.
Formed in Adelaide, Australia in 1995, Virgin Black’s line-up features
Rowan London (vocals, piano, keyboards),
Samantha Escarbe (lead guitar, cello),
Grayh (bass),
Luke Faz (drums).
After series of demo recordings in 1995/1996, the group began gaining international recognition with 1998’s “Trance” EP, eventually signing with The End Records a year later.
Boasting a complex, cinematic sound, both gothic and metallic in nature, their debut album “Sombre Romantic” followed in 2000 and saw their core line-up augmented by choirs and string sections in the studio, the better to embellish their grandiose mood metal.
The second album “Elegant…and Dying” is creating a sad, epic but romantic sound. The extremely emotional arrangements are further enhanced by Rowan London’s unique mournful yet poetic singing style. The songs are presented with numerous angles and at times coming out as soundtrack scores, at others as classical compositions or even as subtle weeping lullabies that make the music as dynamic as it is dark and passionate!
On March 10, 2006, The End Records announced in a press release that Virgin Black will be releasing three albums. The trio of albums is collectively titled Requiem.
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I Sleep with the Emperor
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he_dies wrote:
wtf! where is Pianissimo? >_<
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nilzzzberghman wrote:
How is it possible to not understand that "joke"? lulzZzZz
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Maxmaider wrote:
i dont care if there christian or not, they make fantastic music and that is all that matters :)
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Soride wrote:
@synd465: couldn't agree more
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Midrel wrote:
They should have sticked to their homepage. Myspace sucks too much for words...
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ab1lity wrote:
Nope, they still exist, but gave up their homepage and told us to use their myspace instead.
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winter_demon wrote:
Actually, black virgins are inexistant.
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arturferraro wrote:
Fuck >< I can not wait for Pianissimo. [2]
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lmn275 wrote:
VB gave up their domain: virginblack.com. Anybody knows why?
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uvita wrote:
Well this band is epic... I don't support religion, but I don't ban people that believe in a god or gods. I asked for the relation between Christianity and the band because it seems (like synd465 points out): "What is with everybody labeling virgin black a christian band"?
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corpsewarrior wrote:
SatanicPotato - I wouldn't call VB "Preachy". They write about what affects them, same as any other band does. If their Faith is such a huge obstacle for you then just stop listening to them and stop complaining endlessly about it. Seriously, everytime I visit this page you seem to be complaining and it never evolves beyond the exact same thing you say. I've encountered bands who's lyrics haven't sat well with me and so I decided I didn't want to listen to them no matter if I thought they were good or nor. I didn't go on and on about it, I got on with life and looked for other bands.
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SatanicPotato wrote:
fine,they belive in god and always sing about their god the fact they hate the church means nothing since they are almost just as preechy as the church
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synd465 wrote:
What is with everybody labeling virgin black a christian band? Most of their lyrics are about how organized religion has destroyed spirituality. They sing songs about raping jesus for fucks sake. They are less of a "christian" band than Ulver, or really any black metal band that borrows themes from christian theology and presents them in contrast to the corruption of the christian church.
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SatanicPotato wrote:
i agree i just rather Mournful Congregation because their lyrics are better in my opinion its hard to relate to christian lyrics when your not christian, but i agree both bands are amazing
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Maxmaider wrote:
SatanicPotato: Virgin Black and Mournful Congregation are fantastic, good to see both of them come from Adelaide
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SatanicPotato wrote:
they are a good band but so is mournful congregation and their most recent album has a similar feel to Fortissimo so i would take them over virgin black just because mournful congregation are not christian
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TheMadGod wrote:
who cares if they're christian? they are an amazing band. leave it at that.
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corpsewarrior wrote:
Endlessly complaining about why Pianissimo hasn't come out yet will NOT speed up a release date. Instead of constantly berating the band for not doing what YOU want how about you show them some damn support and enjoy the CD's they have released. In time Pianissimo will be out and you can enjoy it, till then stop with the bickering.
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gujjumetalhead wrote:
where's museum of Iscariot !?
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ab1lity wrote:
"We'd like to advise that virginblack.com is no longer active. Please continue to visit our MySpace site for information and updates. Thank you so much for your support. We will have some news about the release of Pianissimo very soon!" (Source: Virgin Black's Facebook-Page)
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METAL STORM AWARDS / LISTENERS POLLVoted "Requiem - Fortissimo" as best doom-metal album of 2008.http://www.metalstorm.ee/awards/categories. …
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