"Funeral Doom Metal" by Elijah Perseus Blumov

17/05/2023 31 min Temporada 3 Episodio 10
"Funeral Doom Metal" by Elijah Perseus Blumov

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Topics discussed in this episode include:-Matthew's episode A Winter's Tale Pt. 2 -Alice's episode Grilling Elijah Blumov -Why Metal is NOT Rock -"Black Sabbath" by Black Sabbath-"Mars, The Bringer of War" by Gustav Holst-Neoclassical Metal and Symphonic Metal-Portrait of the Artist As A Young Dork-"Stand Up And Fight" by Turisas-"Twilight of the Thunder God" by Amon Amarth-"Run To The Hills" by Iron Maiden-The sacred bond of Metalheads-Where Classical, Metal, and Poetry converge-"Bells of the Black Basilica" by Tyranny-The Tale of Bill and Fran-The Self-Grilling of Elijah Blumov-Rime Riche, Rime Sufisante, Rime Pauvre-Romain Rolland and the Oceanic Mind-Freud's Civilization and Its Discontents -Wagner's Tristan Und Isolde-Schopenhauer's Aesthetics -What people get wrong about Stoicism-Why Metal vocalists sounds like that-Rainer Maria Rilke's "The Panther"-We are a microcosm of the dying world-The Birth, Death, and Life of Tragedy Text of poem:Funeral Doom MetalFlooding chords submerge the arid minduntil it knows itself as oceanic—the crushing weight of death, of fate, of time,is bound to sound, and so is purged of panic.Stoic longing, without hope for hopes,when beautified, becomes a kind of peace—the demon of the soul wails in its ropes,and mimics pain so its true pain will cease. Slowly drowning, slowly marching towardthe end of all, the universal doom,the artist recognizes a rewardin the contemplation of the coming tomb,and becoming, out of drowning, his own ocean,at home within the tragedy of motion. Support the showBUY VERSECRAFT MERCH HERE. VISIT THE VERSECRAFT SUBSTACK HERE.Please subscribe, rate, and review! Thanks so much for listening.You can leave me a tip, support the podcast, or request a commission here! TikTok: @versecraftSend me a note at: [email protected] favorite poetry podcasts for: Sharp thoughts and cutting truths (Matthew): Sleerickets Lovely introspection and sensitive reflection (Alice): Poetry Says The landscape of Ohioan poetry (Jeremy): Poetry Spotlight Supported in part by The Ohio Poetry AssociationArt by David Anthony KlugList of the most common metrical feet: Iamb: weak-STRONG (u /)Trochee: STRONG-weak (/ u)Anapest: weak-weak-STRONG (u u /)Amphibrach: weak-STRONG-weak (u / u)Dactyl: STRONG-weak-weak (/ u u)Cretic: STRONG-weak-STRONG (/ u /)Pyrrhic: weak-weak (u u)Spondee: STRONG-STRONG (/ /)