Lovecraft & Witchhearts [Import]

Lovecraft & Witchhearts [Import]

Track Listings

1. Creatures That Kissed In Cold Mirrors

2. Dusk And Her Embrace

3. Beneath The Howling Stars

4. Her Ghosts In The Fog

5. Funeral In Carpathia (Be Quick Or Be Dead Version)

6. The Twisted Nails Of Filth

7. From The Cradle To Enslave

8. Saffrons Curse

9. Malice Through The Looking Glass

10. Cruelty Brought Thee Orchids

11. Lord Abortions

12. Once Upon Arocity

13. Thirteen Autumns And A Widow (Red October Mix)

14. For Those Who Died (Return To Sabbat Mix)

15. Sodomy And Lust

16. Twisting Further Nails

17. Amore E Morte (Lycanthropy Mix)

18. Carmillas Masque

19. Lustmord And Wargasm II

20. Dawn Of Eternity

See all 24 tracks on this disc

Editorial Reviews
Product Description
2001 compilation is the culmination of the band's five years signed to Music For Nations. This double album features 24 classic Cradle tracks, with over 143 minutes of music. Included are the best tracks from their three albums & one EP with Music For Nat

Lovecraft & Witchhearts,Cradle of Filth,Music for Nations,Heavy Metal

Necronomicon
Average customer rating:

Pure Atmospheric Awsomeness.

A musical tribute to H.P. Lovecraft

The Mythos comes alive!

A Masterful Musical Depiction Of A Terrifying Tome

Simply Brilliant

Necronomicon
Nox Arcana
Manufacturer: Monolith Graphics
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B0006OHMS8
Release Date: 2004-10-31

Tracks:

Mythos
The Nameless City
Alhazreds Vision
Necronomicon
Ancient Shadows
Azathoth
The Black Throne
Nyarlathotep
Temple Of The Black Pharaoh
Eldritch Rites
The Haunter Of The Dark
The Awakening
Yog-Sothoth
Guardian Of The Gate
Lords Of Darkness
Dagon
The Stars Align
Cthulhu
Ritual Of Summoning
Cthulhu Rising
The Great Old Ones

Album Description

Delve into the Necronomicon, a dark symphony based upon H.P. Lovecraft's forbidden tome of unspeakable horrors. This epic concept album is a spellbinding tribute to the Cthulhu Mythos, featuring 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 grimoir is a powerful and sinister soundtrack to evoke your darkest nightmare.

Customer Reviews:

Pure Atmospheric Awsomeness........2007-01-11

A "Must Have" for any Lovecraftian fan, afficianado...Or even if you just like creepy background music. Amid the haunting scores are several well done quotes from the fabled Lovecraftian tome, a chant to Nyarlathotep and the infamous "Ia Cthulhu Phtagn" passage done with 'proper' reverence and fanatascism. Definitely a "mood music" CD but one that sets the mood it intends very well

A musical tribute to H.P. Lovecraft.......2006-11-06

In this, the second CD realease from Nox Arcana, the focus is on Lovecraft and his works. The music explores the deities that roamed the earth when men lived in darkness and served these Gods as slaves. The listener is taken through a musical journey that explores the visions of Alhazred, the Mad Arab. The mythos of the Necronomicon takes you to the realms of Azathoth, Yog-Sothoth, Dagon, and Cthulhu.

I highly recommend this for anyone who has a healthy respect for myth, and can appreciate the dark musical talents of these gifted people. I certainly do.

The Mythos comes alive!.......2006-10-31

This is the perfect companion for sitting down and reading the works of Lovecraft. It makes for wonderful ambience! Excellent.

A Masterful Musical Depiction Of A Terrifying Tome.......2006-09-27

Not long ere this time, we were taken on a journey through the haunted halls of a ruined Victiorian mansion, home of the notorious Darklore family. Now we are invited to once again pay heed to the call of Nox Arcana... masterful and peerless minstrels of the macabre, as they invite us to walk with them once more. This time our journey is into a horrifying yet captivating musical opus depicting the pages of the mythos long ago scrawled by H.P. Lovecraft. Before you now lies, related to us in music, the ancient tome of the Necronomicon. Do you dare to open its pages and gaze upon them?

1. Mythos - Here we stand, at the beginning of a new journey, into both terror and wonder. It is begun with the sound of a howling wind. That frigid gale seems to have a keening quality to it, a moaning sound if you like, and a touch of faint "rumbling". It is soon joined by mournful yet melodious male chorus. Over this floats another voice, that of co-composer Joseph Vargo. He assumes the role of 'storyteller' for us once more, relating for us the following preamble:

"Long before mankind existed, the Old Ones trod upon the Earth. They worshipped the elder gods and served them as slaves, but in time, the Old Ones gained the knowledge of dark magic, and dared to use their sinister powers against their masters. The wrath of the elder gods was merciless and terrible, and those who rebelled against them were banished to distant dimensions, and imprisoned within the darkest recesses of the Earth. In deathless sleep the Old Ones dream and lie in wait for the time when they shall rise again. For when the stars come right, they shall awaken from their eon-old slumber. Then shall they return to hold dominion over our world once more, bringing woe and destruction unto mankind."

2. The Nameless City - This piece to me is beautiful. It depicts for me a wondrous journey to an unknown place, both dark and splendid. The piece is begun with a melding of what sounds like flutes combined with keyboard work whose tone is strongly choral in nature. It conveys a feeling of dread and awe together. Soon, percussion and strings join in with beautiful choir to complete the piece. The pacing is not quite a march-like one, but slightly quicker... depicting travel. In my mind I visualize traversing a desert amidst a raging sandstorm, and then crossing a turbulent waterway to behold an ancient city alive with dark and brooding majesty.

3. Alhazred's Vision - This piece has a very adventurous feeling to it. It seems to be a companion piece to track two but that's a good thing. Brooding strings and purcussion are joined by the tambourine to give it a more exotic flavor. Majestic choir returns to the piece in a way that gives it a very nice completion and fleshing out.

4. Necronomicon- Here, it seems, we are given a thematic piece. Haunting keyboards and sinister choral work pay us a visit to reprise and expand on the tune from the first track, making it the "star" of this piece rather than an undercurrent to narration. This is a good thing. It depicts in music the Necronomicon itself and is a more than fitting theme for a tome whose ancient pages are replete with dark wonders and ghastly secrets.

5. Ancient Shadows - Percussion, keyboards and strings do another dance for us. Choral accents here are very strong and powerful. As I close my eyes here, I can conceive in my mind an image of a barren land with a flame-red sky, slowly being swallowed by gathering stormclouds. It's a very strong piece and a great mood-setter for the terror to come.

6. Azathoth - This piece is a description of one of what Lovecraft's mythos refers to as the Great Old Ones. We are treated to a macabre choral melody over which Joseph Vargo's own voice gently drifts telling us of this creature : "From his black throne at the center of ultimate chaos, Azathoth, lord of madness and the abyss, rules supreme over all time and space... for he is the master of all that dwells in the darkness."

7. The Black Throne - Darker and darker it seems do we get. Ominous chorals and percussion mate with keyboards and tolling bells. To me, this piece blends terror and majesty in a manner that I might only call completely flawless.

8. Nyarlahotep- Here is another descriptive piece. Once again beautiful keyboard work with choral accents joins Joseph Vargo's hypnotic narration as we hear him say: "To Nyarlahotep must all things be told, for he is the traveller between the spheres, and the messenger between the realms of the living and the dead. He shall summon forth the ancient ones, and wake them from their deathless slumber. Then shall the Elder Signs be shattered, and the lords of darkness be released."

9. Temple Of The Black Pharoah - If I had to use one word to describe this piece, that word would be exotic. It is a beautiful piece, comprised of soft keyboard wizardry and chorals, mated with Egyptian style percussion and mysterious chanting. Part of it for a while sounds like pan pipes were used, at the beginning perhaps. Again I visualize crossing a river in a rustic canoe and coming to an ancient temple, a site to inspire both terror and awe being rooted deep within the heart of any who see it.

10. Eldritch Rites - Here, we are given a dose of the ominous and the sinister. This is a "simple" piece but I say that in a good way. It is a genuinely frightening vignette, given to us in a simple manner...proving that sometimes less is indeed more. A chilling sound, a resonant gong... is joined by brooding male chorals. They are overlaid by the voice of Joseph Vargo performing what appears to be an incantion of sorts... one that seems to summon the Great Old Ones by name, to bring them back from their deathless sleep.

11. The Haunter Of The Dark - This piece to me is scary but beautiful. A tolling bell is coupled with ominous choral melody and darkly majestic keyboard work and strings. Pipe organ compliments and fits into the piece wonderfully. The impression is one of being watched and stalked by a relentless and unstoppable force. The thunderclap at the end is an awesome touch and welcome indeed. Beautiful work.

12. The Awakening - "That is not dead which can eternal lie... and with strange eons even death may die." With this famous line from Lovecraft does the hypnotic narrating voice of Joseph Vargo introduce us to this piece. Heartbeat-like percussion soon drifts in, coupled with the steady, swirling sound of strings. Compelling choir soon makes its prescence known to us. I would name this one "invigorating". It's pace is march-like, and it carries a quite epic feel.

13. Yog Sothoth- Another homage to one of the Great Old Ones. Stately percussion and a soft but deep and resonant gong are the backdrop. Joseph Vargo's narrative voice joins us once more, as if telling a chilling tale of imminent catastrophe that merely awaits the right moment to fall upon us. "From across the black seas of infinity and beyond the mists of time, Yog Sothoth watches and waits. For he is the guadian of the gateway between worlds, and he alone holds the key to unlock the gate. For when the ancient rites have been spoken, and the lords of darkness have been awakened and summoned forth, then shall the gateway between the stars open once more. Past, present, future... All are one in Yog Sothoth."

14. Guardian Of The Gate - Here, keyboards and strings begin a new waltz for us. The strings swirl about us, as if driving us closer to the heart of a violent tempest. Darkly regal choir joins in. The tempo of these choral parts in particular, provide "spikes" of tension, as if the bolts on a great portal are being ever so slowly but surely and inevitably drawn back... it is only a matter of time before our worst nightmares come to pass.

15. Lords Of Darkness- This one is comprised of steadily paced strings, percussion and tolling bells. Choral majesty gifts us with its prescence also. This brings to mind a macabre twist on a kingly procession. It further lets us know that, all too soon... our nightmares will be real.

16. Dagon - Yet another description is given to us here... a piece of heraldry. Subtle keyboard wizardry combines with a choral moan of sorts. Joseph Vargo's voice chimes in once more: "Behold mighty Dagon... the great leviathan, risen from the black depths of the eternal sea. For he is the avatar of Cthulhu, who lies dreaming in deathless slumber... in his ancient temple in Ryleh."

17. The Stars Allign - Once again do ominous percussion and strings return to us here. Keyboards come in as well, feeling almost like horns heralding a great catastrophe. Snare drums make an effective appearance as well. This is yet another sign that our time is running out, even faster than it appeared to be doing so beforehand.

18. Cthulhu- Yet another gripping piece of descriptive homage. Choral work reminiscent of monastic chanting is joined by Joseph Vargo narrating for us very effectively. "Hail mighty Cthulhu, High Priest of the Great Old Ones. For when the stars come right, he shall rise from his ancient tomb to signal their return. Then shall the ancient ones long ago banished to the outer spheres break free from their prisons and plunge from the stars to claim the Earth once more. For those who lurk at the threshold of our world are ever vigilant for the time of their return."

19. Rite Of Summoning- This piece is just what the title suggests. Again, it is simple, yet it is also quite chillingly effective. Joseph Vargo returns yet again. This time he assumes the role of one who summons the great Cthulhu from his deathless slumber. His vocal performance is augmented really quite nicely by keyboard work that essentially gives us a dread inducing series of choral moans or a "howling wind" effect.

20. Cthulhu Rising - Keyboards, percussion and strings combine here with choral work to comprise a sinister yet stately and regal march. At long last does Chtulu awaken. The twilight of man is come. Alas and woe, the last hour is struck. All that remains is the fading of the last vesper toll into the midnight sky... and our time will cease upon this world.

21. The Great Old Ones- This piece, the CD's closer, could be called a companion piece to track 20. Again, it is martial in nature, expertly blending percussion, chorals, keyboards and strings. To me, it is a culmination... an expert depiction as Earth is swarmed and overtaken by a relentless tide of "invaders"... members of an ancient species of dark and malevolent beings. The first section of the piece is ended by what sounds like screeching bats or some other similar type of creature. There is then a fairly long period of silence until Joseph Vargo narrates for us once again: "From the wells of night to the gulfs of space let it be known: The Old Ones were, the Old Ones are, and the Old Ones shall be. Azathoth, Shug Ngurrub, Zath Ogwah, Nyarlahotep, Yog Sothoth, Dagon, Cthulhu... Man rules now where they ruled once. They wait patient and potent... for here shall they reign again..." There is another short narration at the very end of this track Honestly, if I could change anything about this piece, it would be the length of time that stands betwen then end of the musical section of the track and the first of the two narrations. It does not take away from the quality of the piece, but it is noticable and I wish it had been shortened a bit.

In closing, this is yet another brilliant piece of work by Nox Arcana. A truly terrifying tale of the imminent twillight and fall of the human race. Any fan of the writings of H.P. Lovecraft should love this, but you do not need to be a fan of Lovecraft's writing in order to enjoy it immensely. I love this work as much as all others by Nox Arcana. They are true masters of the art of musical storytelling... weavers of majestically epic horror tales, and truly gifted minstrels for the modern age.

Simply Brilliant.......2006-08-09

This is a hypnotic, dark symphony that perfectly captures the mood of the Lovecraftian Mythos. Listen to this in the quiet of night and be transported (metaphorically) across the vast gulfs of space and time to where great Cthulhu lies dreaming. This is the best HPL music I have ever heard, better than the music of Eric Zann.

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Great stuff
Somewhat of a spoiler...
LOL
Strange
Not REAL black metal.....but very impressive!

Lovecraft & Witch Hearts
Cradle of Filth
Manufacturer: Koch Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Bitter Suites to Succubi
Nymphetamine
Midian
The Principle of Evil Made Flesh
From the Cradle to Enslave

ASIN: B000066RKT
Release Date: 2002-06-11

Tracks:

Creatures That Kissed In Cold Mirrors
Dusk And Her Embrace
Beneath The Howling Stars
Her Ghost In The Fog
Funeral In Carpathia (Be Quick Or Be Dead Version)
The Twisted Nails Of Faith
From The Cradle to Enslave
Saffron's Curse
Malice Throgh The Looking Glass
Cruelty Brought Thee Orchids
Lord Abortion

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Once Upon Atrocity
Thirtenn Autums And A Widow (Red October Mix)
For Those Who Died (Return To The Sabbat Mix)
Sodomy And Lust
Twisting Further Nails
Amor E Morte (Lycanthrop Mix)
Carmilla's Masque
Lustmord And Warasm II
Dawn Of Eternity
Of Dark Blood And Fucking (Stripped To The Bone Mix)
Dance Macabre
Hell Awaits
Hallowed Be Thy Name

Customer Reviews:

Great stuff.......2007-06-07

This is worth the price of admission, just listen to the cover of "Hallowed be thy Name" and you will know what I mean.

Somewhat of a spoiler..........2007-05-11

I really like Cradle of Filth, and I wanted to own each and every one of their albums. But albums like this kind of push me away from doing so because they contain various songs from many other CD's that make the innovative factor of those CD's go way down. It's a good album soundwise, but it totally gives too much away that prevents me from entirely wanting to own CD's like Cruelty and the Beast. I bought Midian, but I was disappointed when I found that the majority of songs on that CD were already on this one which I had come to own first. I wish that the group would stick with the innovative album strategy instead of compiling mixes like this one.

LOL.......2006-07-22

This is hilarious. These guys are making simple, uneffective music while dressing up like 10 year olds on halloween, WAY TO GO. This is stupid and anybody who likes it is probably just as stupid.

Strange .......2006-02-14

This compilation collects music from the releases produced for "Music For Nations", specifically 'Dusk... And Her Embrace', 'Cruelty and the Beast', 'From the Cradle to Enslave' and 'Midian'. Disc one is a greatest hits collection from these albums while disc two focuses on rarities. Well what can be said about this collection? Only that it doesn't work very well. While the track selection for the first disc is overall excellent, one track is quite puzzling. That being the inclusion of 'Funeral in Carpathia (Be Quick or Be Dead Version)' from the 'From the Cradle to Enslave'. Why on earth was this inferior and rushed sounding version included on this collection instead of the amazing original from 'Dusk... And Her Embrace'? Heck why was it ever recorded in the first place? The second disc fares rather poorly. Do we really need four remixes? Or the godawful techno remix 'Twisting Further Nails'? I was mostly interested in this compilation to get my hands on 'Carmilla's Masque' and their cover of Slayer's 'Hell Awaits' both from the import version of 'Dusk... And Her Embrace'. Those two tracks hardly made the purchase worthwhile. I should have known from the special edition of 'Cruelty and the Beast' that Cradle simply do not do good covers. Overall this is a disappointing compilation for completists only. For the newcomer I suggest you just pick up the albums themselves. There are simply way too many great tracks from their albums that they could not fit on this release.

Not REAL black metal.....but very impressive!.......2005-10-19

I am a huge death/black metal fan, and i have to ay i DO love CoF. They arent "True" black metal but who the hall cares!!???? They have incredible musiciansship and songs that are just plain amazing! I love Burzum, Darkthrone, Nile, Gorgoroth....etc... this is just as good! If you are only into heavy "True" black metal thats cool...but you have to admit that CoF HAS skills...even if you dont like them.

Two Classic Albums from HP Lovecraft: H.P. Lovecraft/ H.P. Lovecraft II

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"WHITE SHIP" Alone Worth The Purchase
Second album is the best!!!!
Good, must have
A first-rate acid-rock band
H.P. Lovecraft-'H.P.Lovecraft/H.P.Lovecraft II'(Collector's)

Two Classic Albums from HP Lovecraft: H.P. Lovecraft/ H.P. Lovecraft II
H.P. Lovecraft
Manufacturer: Collector's Choice
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Binding: Audio CD

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Tomorrow
Before the Dream Faded
The United States of America
Live May 11, 1968

ASIN: B00004X0AZ
Release Date: 2000-09-12

Tracks:

Wayfaring Stranger
Let's Get Together
I've Been Wrong Before
The Drifter
That's The Bag I'm In
The White Ship
Country Boy & Bleeker Street
The Time Machine
That's How Much I Love You, Baby (More Or Less)
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Both long-out-of print studio albums from one of the best psychedelic bands of the '60's. This reissue features their first two albums for Phillips, complete with original artwork, extra liner notes and two bonus tracks, 'Anyway That You Want Me', & 'It's All Over For You'. Standard jewel case. 2000 release.

Customer Reviews:

"WHITE SHIP" Alone Worth The Purchase.......2006-10-03

HP LOVECRAFT named after the classic neo-gothic writer, was comprised of a central quintet George Edwards, Dave Michaels and Tony Cavallari. Although the group never reached permanent superstar status, they became something of a cult favorite of the folk-rock psychedelic milieu (with an emphasis on psychedelic.) Their male duets were exceptional and their music demonstrated crosscurrents with The Grateful Dead and Jefferson Airplane. Some of their tunes are uncannily remind the listener of today's Radio Head. The selection is a double CD on one and the song The White Ship inspired by the original H.P. Lovecraft's use of opium is well worth the discounted price of the CD. The White Ship is on a counter-culture pare with White Rabbit and a brilliant piece of musical construction.

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Second album is the best!!!!.......2006-04-28

Hey I am a 60's boomer but somehow never heard H.P. Lovecraft's second album until now!!! 2006! Bummer! I say "bummer" because I missed out on this music for 30+ years! It is among the best of 60's psychedelia and stands up very very well today. The fact that H.P. Lovecraft in this guise got very little play is astounding, but once again proves that great music can be pearls before swine. Will the human race - at least those capable of reason - ever wake up to the peril that is staring us right in the face, ie our own collective insanity....? - listen to this album and find out!! Groovy man!

Good, must have.......2006-03-26

I'd like to give this 5 stars as I love HP Lovecraft, but this suffers from 1960's "HI FI" recording. It is just a bit dry.

A better choice, if you have to choose, is "Live at Filmore".

That being said, you just gotta have this one too. It contains the entire collection of HP Lovecraft. They did not become the overplayed superstars they surely would have become had they not broken up so quickly. Because of that this is a beautiful glimpse of a time forgottom band, now remembered (By a few anyway).

Bob P

A first-rate acid-rock band.......2005-10-21

If you like the original Jefferson Airplane, check out Lovecraft. A very similar musical style, but a very different lyrical style based more on gothic literature than drug-culture references.

H.P. Lovecraft-'H.P.Lovecraft/H.P.Lovecraft II'(Collector's).......2004-09-22

Another one of those fabulous 2 lp's-on-1 CD releases.This Collector's Choice pressing combines the two lp's that the band had ever put out,their self-titled debut('67) and it's full-hearted follow-up 'H.P.Lovecraft II'('68) plus two bonus cuts,bringing the duration of the disc to over seventy minutes.I would best describe H.P.Lovecraft as complex psych with some elements of folk,pop and jazz clearly intact.Heard they opened for Pink Floyd once at the Fillmore East.I mean,how cool is that?Might appeal to fans of the Seeds,Tomorrow,Chocolate Watchband,13th Floor Elevators and the Electric Prunes.Nice to pull out from time to time to give the CD a spin.

Dark Adventure Radio Theatre: At the Mountains of Madness

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Ah, Those Thrilling Days Of Yesteryear....

Dark Adventure Radio Theatre: At the Mountains of Madness
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Manufacturer: HP Lovecraft Historical Society
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Binding: Audio CD

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"An expedition to the ends of the earth resulting in death and madness..." Dark Adventure Radio Theatre: At the Mountains of Madness brings Lovecraft's tale to life as it might have been adapted for radio during his lifetime. In the style of The War of the Worlds and The Shadow, Dark Adventure Radio Theatre dramatizes HPL's story with a cast of professional actors, exciting sound effects and original music by Troy Sterling Nies (composer for The Call of Cthulhu). Relive the excitement of 1930s radio with one of HP Lovecraft's most exciting and fascinating stories: At the Mountains of Madness. In addition to the full 75 minute radio drama, the CD packaging includes clippings from a 1930s newspaper chronicling the expedition's progress in the Antarctic and reproductions of photographs of the ancient city taken by Danforth and Dyer which corroborate their findings. There's even a reproduction from Danforth's sketchbook, depicting the Elder Things and their fantastical murals. And of course it's beautifully produced and packaged with the same deranged attention to detail that you'll find in other HPLHS products.

Customer Reviews:

Ah, Those Thrilling Days Of Yesteryear...........2007-03-27

The world needs more people like the guys at the HP Lovecraft Historical Society.

First, they produced a movie adaptation of Lovecraft's classic CALL OF CTHULHU. And did they do the obvious, and update the tale to the 21st century, film it in living color, with photorealistic CGI effects and self-consciously edgy modern characters? Nope. They did it right, as a picture-perfect impersonation of a silent film contemporaneous with the publication of the original story.

Now, they've followed that up with an adaptation of Lovecraft's AT THE MOUNTAINS OF MADNESS. Not a silent movie this time, but a radio play in the classic style of LIGHTS OUT or SUSPENSE (complete with commercials!). See, these guys know what I know: That cineplex- and ratings-driven fashion have not made artistry and style obsolete. If you know it, too; if you love good, old-fashioned urbane horror; if you love the timeless ambiance of a radio dramatization (played in the dark); if you want a Lovecraft adaptation that's appropriate to the life and times of the man himself, then do yourself a favor and buy this CD. You'll get well over an hour of Lovecraftian goodness and you won't be disappointed.

I just wish more people had this much respect for the style and artistry of the past.

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google divineindustries
The perfect geek band
One of, if not my favorite CD
Very cool
In a word: excellent

Spaceship Zero
The Darkest of the Hillside Thickets
Manufacturer: Divine Industries
ProductGroup: Music
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Cthulhu Strikes Back
Great Old Ones
The Shadow Out Of Tim
Necronomicon
The Call of Cthulhu: The Celebrated Story by H.P. Lovecraft

ASIN: B00004YA7Q
Release Date: 2000-08-15

Tracks:

Theme to Spaceship Zero
20 Minutes of Oxygen
The Innsmouth Look
Power Up
BTL Drive
Frogstar
The Math Song
Dies Is Unverschamtheit
Oblivion
The Chosen One
Slave Ship
Requiem for a Clone Hunter
KABLAM!
Sounds of Tindalos
End Credits

Album Description

Catchy pop/punk rock that will set your tenticles a tappin'!

Customer Reviews:

google divineindustries.......2006-07-01

Discovered The Darkest of the Hillside Thickets by accident via some soundtracks on a game preview at by kerberos-productions, like the music but disappointed in Amazon. Placed my original order for Spaceship Zero and Cthulhu Strikes Back on 5-14-06 and still don't have either as of 7-1-06.

The perfect geek band.......2005-10-17

How much do I love this group? I found it by accident, downloaded their Lovecraft-inspired tune "The Innsmouth Look", and that was that. This album is the band's 'soundtrack' for a favorite film of theirs, and it's chock-a-block full of great lyrics and catchy tunes that even non-geeks will love.

While "The Innsmouth Look" is the best tune on the album, there are plenty of good, solid pieces. I'll definitely be picking up their other albums. :)

One of, if not my favorite CD.......2004-04-02

This is a great CD. Period. I first herd of this band through the Vancouver Gaming Guild, and have not been disappointed with it at all. The songs are creative and have a good beat. I play this CD almost every day, because the popular rock bands such as Nickleback, System of a Down, etc. are not for me. In this age of file sharing, The Darkest of the Hillside Thickets are one of the few bands that I will always support.

Very cool.......2004-02-02

I used to live in Vancouver, part of the hunting range of these excellent young men. The music they make is wonderous indeed, but this album might be considered their magnus opus. I love putting it on the car stereo and really cranking it so people who hear it either fall in love with the eldritch sounds or faint in dispair over the coming of the Old Ones. Either way, I win. Buy this album now so you have something to show when The Stars Are Right.

In a word: excellent.......2003-10-18

I'm a newcomer to The Darkest of the Hillside Thickets and after a lot of searching, was able to get my copy of this CD. I've listened to it several times and have yet to grow tired of a single song.

The songs are all very catchy and the Thickets show great promise as they quickly hone their skills with their instruments. The singer, Toren MacBin, and the bassist, Bob Fugger, particularly shine in songs like The Innsmouth Look and 20 Minutes of Oxygen, two of my favorite songs.

The Math Song is also an oddly charming little number that I find myself whistling to unconsciously. The theme of old school sci-fi and Lovecraftian literature is definately a pleasant switch from so many mainstream bands which, in my opinion, are mostly either insipidly vapid pop groups that sound like they came out of cloning vats, or doom and gloom angry white male bands who also sound as if they came out of cloning vats.

The creative ensemble of this group really is a pleasant switch. If you're looking for something different with a catchy punk-ish edge, I recommend The Darkest of the Hillside Thickets.

H.P. Lovecraft II
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A lost classic gem from the 60's

This is the one.

FAR OUT ! ! !

H.P. Lovecraft II
H.P. Lovecraft
Manufacturer: Radioactive
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B0001AV5AS
Release Date: 2006-08-01

Tracks:

Spin, Spin, Spin
It's About Time
Blue Jack of Diamonds
Electrallentando
At the Mountains of Madness
Mobius Trip
High Flying Bird
Nothing's Boy
Keeper of the Keys

Album Description

Having relocated to Marin County in Northern California in the Spring of 1968, H.P. Lovecraft's second, & it must be said, superior album, appeared later that same year. H.P. Lovecraft II was reputedly the first major label album (both records were originally released on the Philips label) where all those involved in the recording were actually high on acid! Radioactive.

Customer Reviews:

A lost classic gem from the 60's.......2007-01-14

Easily one of the best and most innovative "psychedlic" albums from the era. Freakout hippie jams combined with classical and electronic(yes early electronic) touches- great harmony vocals ala Jefferson Airplane which H.P. resembles at time but in my opinion much better. This album is truly a lost classic album and has been one of the better purchases ive made in recent years. My only complaint is the short duration- just over 33 minutes and no liner notes in the booklet. It isnt to often that one stubles onto something so good as this- if this album was recorded on acid then the trip was worth it!

This is the one........2005-12-06

Heard this years ago. Until I stumbled onto it by accident, I couldn't remember who did it, nor what the "album" was called. Anyway, this one is best by itself, not embedded in amongst other H.P.Lovecraft material. Nothing else measures up. This is the one, all by itself.

FAR OUT ! ! !.......2005-03-30

H.P LOVE CRAFT IS ONE OF THE BEST PSYCH BANDS THAT CAME OUT OF THE 60S.THIS ALBUM IS FAR-OUT AND FOR ALL THOSE WHO LIKE PSYCH
MUSIC THIS IS THE MOTHER LOAD

Dreams in the Witch House: The Complee Philips Recordings

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Lost 60"s Gem Poorly Remastered
H.P. Lovecraft - 'Dreams In The Witch House:The Complete Philips Recodings' (Rev-Ola)
Epitome of an Era

Dreams in the Witch House: The Complee Philips Recordings
H.P. Lovecraft
Manufacturer: Rev-Ola
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Tomorrow
Live May 11, 1968

ASIN: B0006U8DR6
Release Date: 2005-02-07

Tracks:

Wayfaring Stranger
Let's Get Together
I've Been Wrong Before
Drifter
That's the Bag I'm In
White Ship
Country Boy & Bleeker Street
Time Machine
That's How Much I Love You Baby (More or Less)
Gloria Patria
Spin, Spin, Spin
It's About Time
Blue Jack of Diamonds
Electrollentando
At the Mountains of Madness
Mobius Trip
High Flying Bird
Nothing's Boy
Keeper of the Keys
Anyway That You Want Me
It's All Over for You
White Ship [Single Edit]
Keeper of the Keys [Single Mix]

Album Description

Remastered 23-track collection of the legendary Chicago psychedelic band's entire recorded output on one CD. Includes previously uncompiled alternate single versions of 'The White Ship' & 'Keeper Of The Keys'. Rev-Ola. 2005.

Album Details

Legendary Chicago Psychedelic Band's Entire Recorded Output on One CD. Features Previously Uncompiled Alternate Single Versions.

Customer Reviews:

Lost 60"s Gem Poorly Remastered.......2005-10-30

The first H.P. Lovecraft album is one of the great unrecognized recordings of the era. It has almost as much imagination and variety as "Rubber Soul" or "Revolver". It was well recorded and well performed. Unfortunately the remastering from REVOLA does not do it justice. It is muddy and unbalanced. The high end is shrill and some parts almost disapear. H.P. LovecraftII is not as strong.

H.P. Lovecraft - 'Dreams In The Witch House:The Complete Philips Recodings' (Rev-Ola).......2005-10-21

Except for the disc's last two tracks,a couple of single edits,for the tunes "White Ship" and "Keeper Of The Keys",this import release features the same exact track listing as the domestic pressing H.P.Lovecraft-'H.P.Lovecraft/II' 2-lp's-on-one-CD(see my review).Thought that Rev-Ola used a nice cover here.

Epitome of an Era.......2005-08-16

I never got into H P Lovecraft (the band) back in the days when it was a working, touring unit. My unfamiliarity with them was not for lack of interest, but mainly because I was in junior high school with a budget limited to what I earned doing yardwork in the neighborhood. For the past several years now, I have been buying CDs that were critically acclaimed (as albums)by the musical underground in my youth but which for some reason I missed. Sometimes this approach results in a very pleasant surprise, at other times it results in disappointment.
After listening to Dreams In The Witch House several times, I find the material sorely dated. Though it epitomizes the times in which it was current, the music has not aged well. The songwriting and musicianship is weak, while the vocals are indifferent and amateurish. For those of you who have not heard H P Lovecraft, maybe it will help if I liken their sound to that of a second-rate Jefferson Airplane/Starship and/or Dan Hicks and His Hot Licks. Though the band is from Chicago, they have what came to be known as the "San Francisco Sound" and indeed, they spent a lot of time playing that scene.
Despite my complaints, the CD is at least listenable, particularly if you are in the mood to mentally drift back to the bygone psychedelic era. This CD will likely be of interest ultimately to only the very small number of people who made the psychedelic scene. However, I warn fans of H P Lovecraft (the writer) that despite that some of the song titles are also titles of Lovecraft stories, that's where any relationship between song and story ends. Since I am a huge fan of Lovecraft the writer, I found that somewhat disappointing. I won't be playing this recording often, but I am not going to get rid of it either.

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A Midwest Music Fans Dream

Oh Yeah! The Best of Dunwich Records
Various Artists
Manufacturer: Sundazed Music Inc.
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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If You're Ready! The Best of Dunwich Records, Vol. 2
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Garage Beat '66, Vol. 1: Like What, Me Worry?!
Garage Beat '66, Vol. 3: Feeling Zero...
Garage Beat '66, Vol. 2: Chicks Are for Kids!

ASIN: B000003H0C
Release Date: 1994-10-19

Tracks:

Oh Yeah - Shadows Of Knight
Lonely I - The Warner Brothers
The Girl I Threw Away - The Knaves
Last Time Around - The Del-Vetts
Everytime - The Del-Vetts
My Generation - The Rovin' Kind
Gotta Get Away - Sounds Unlimited
Radio Spot - Saturdays Children
Searchin' - The Mauds
That's The Way It Is - The Del-Vetts
I Won't Be The Same Without Her - The Warner Brothers
Man With Money - Saturday's Children
I Call My Baby STP - The Del-Vetts
Radio Spot (Partidge Weiners) - The American Breed
Project Blue - The Banshees
Light Bulb Blues - Shadows Of Knight
Tease Me - The Knaves
The Great Train Robbery - The Little Boy Blues
A Girl As Sweet As You - Sounds Unlimited
Leave That Baby Alone - Saturdays Children
Girl - The Pride & Joy
Radio Spot (Temperature's Rising) - The American Breed
Leave Me Alone - The Knaves
You Dove Deep In My Soul - The Little Boy Blues
Radio Spot: Ban Roll-On - H.P. Lovecraft
You Don't Know Like I Know - The Mauds
Inside Outside - The Knaves
Your Stuff - The Rovin' Kind
She - Shadows Of Knight
Uncle Wiggly's Airship/Interview/Potato Chip - Shadows Of Knight

Customer Reviews:

A Midwest Music Fans Dream.......2005-11-10

Me being from Chicago this collection was a blessing....had some of the best Chicago groups featured and a few from other parts of Illinois. Stuff like "Last Time Around", "Oh yeah" and "The Girl I Threw Away" are all worth while, great tracks. But above all the Warner Brothers song, "I Won't Be The Same Without Her" (Yes this is the same song as the Monkees, I actually think this was released before the Monkees version) is on of the better songs I have heard in a long time. I have played it 142 times on my WMP and still playing it. All in all a great CD, worth the money, and if u wanna get into the midwest garage scene this is a good first step.

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A Good Effort...

Great Old Ones

Manufacturer: Divine Industries Inc.
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Cthulhu Strikes Back
Spaceship Zero
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Necronomicon
The H.P. Lovecraft Collection Volume 2: Rough Magik

ASIN: B0006H5M7S
Release Date: 2004-11-02

Tracks:

Tarred and Feathered
My Tank
Battered
One Gilled Girl
Jimmy The Squid
Chunk
Diggin' Up The World
Colour Me Green
Space Ghosts
A Thousand Fists
Big Robot Dinosaur
Rocket Science
Flee!
Mustard Gas
Everyone Calls Me Ted
Diggin' Up The World - Acoustic
Yog-Sothoth
Hookworm-Live
Burrow Your Way To My Heart-Live
Please God No
Walking On The Moon
Six-Gun Gorgon Dynamo

Album Description

The dread Necronomicon - The Book of Dead Names - whispered of throughout history and made popular by pulp horror author H.P. Lovecraft; filled with sonic "keys" that open gateways in between the spaces we know, where the mysterious Great Old Ones, with unpronounceable names like "Cthulhu", wait to walk the earth again; few know the book's secrets and fewer still can produce a copy. It is rumored, however, that a certain rock band out of the Fraser Valley in British Columbia have access to this, and other forbidden tomes - or at the very least, access to the internet.

Customer Reviews:

A Good Effort..........2005-09-13

...but lackluster compared to their later CDs.

They obviously weren't able to sink too much money into the recording of the tracks on this CD because they recorded it when they were first starting off, so the sound isn't extremely "clean" but it's alright.

Anyway, this is a damn good effort for their first CD. They managed to make a unique (and successful) mixture of Stoner Rock and Punk that I've yet to see any other band do.

Standout tracks include "Jimmy the Squid" and "Diggin' Up The World (acoustic)".

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Far-out, man!

Live May 11, 1968
H.P. Lovecraft
Manufacturer: Diablo Records UK
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Blows Against the Empire

ASIN: B00004SW6H
Release Date: 2000-05-30

Tracks:

Wayfaring Stranger
The Drifter
It's About Time
The White Ship
At The Mountains Of Madness
The Bag I'm In
I've Been Wrong Before
Country Boy & Bleeker Street

Customer Reviews:

Far-out, man!.......2001-05-22

The H.P. Lovecraft were one of the truly acid-soaked bands of the late sixties. Not in it to commercially benefit from the popularity of psychedlia at the time, but simply tripping, their way through their music. Luckily H.P. Lovecraft consisted of good diciplined muscians, which prevented their music from turning into complete chaos during live-performances. With this album they proved to be able to recreate their trippy studio-sound on stage. It's great stuff to (if you allow it) be taking on a trip by, though watch out for some dark paths they take here and there. This creepy dark aspect reminds me of the Doors. Fortunately, they have a self-assured, upbeat Santana-like jam-quality, to compensate this. Spicy stuff!

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