Yeah, I'm fine with that. I'll do it now.
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Integrated.
I played around a bit with the Greek mythology section: Deconstructing albums where it made sense, having sub-categories and including album information. Just to have an idea for how we could format it later on.
EDIT: Two albums are too varied in their subjects to deconstruct them, because we would have a lot of sub headers with just one song each. I'm marking those for later, in case we find more material as research progresses.
Concept albums that focus on one myth only (e.g. Argonautica) aren't deconstructed.
Also, Underworld by Symphony X doesn't seem to specifically be about Greek mythology. It references it here and there, but it also has other references, so I'm thinking we should leave it out in general.
ANOTHER EDIT: Just to add another thought before somebody mentions it, I'm leaving out the topic of Atlantis from the Greek Mythology section, because it strictly speaking isn't Greek Mythology. I'm therefore also still pondering over whether to leave the Atlantean Kodex albums in; again, strictly speaking they are not so much about the story of Atlantis, and more about an occultist view of prehistory.
EDIT: Two albums are too varied in their subjects to deconstruct them, because we would have a lot of sub headers with just one song each. I'm marking those for later, in case we find more material as research progresses.
Concept albums that focus on one myth only (e.g. Argonautica) aren't deconstructed.
Also, Underworld by Symphony X doesn't seem to specifically be about Greek mythology. It references it here and there, but it also has other references, so I'm thinking we should leave it out in general.
ANOTHER EDIT: Just to add another thought before somebody mentions it, I'm leaving out the topic of Atlantis from the Greek Mythology section, because it strictly speaking isn't Greek Mythology. I'm therefore also still pondering over whether to leave the Atlantean Kodex albums in; again, strictly speaking they are not so much about the story of Atlantis, and more about an occultist view of prehistory.
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I agree, I think the only song from Underworld that should stick is Charon.
Well, I lean towards chopping down mythology aggressively.
I haven’t dug deep into the lyrics but I’m pretty sure the entire album is based on the story of Orpheus and Eurydice. What is the criteria for qualifying? Does every song need to reference the characters directly? Are artistic liberties allowed?
If that is the declared topic of the album, I guess we can keep it. But is there a source for that?
Also, somebody moved "Mad Piper" by Civil War from Overlord to WW1. Even the lyrics reference Normandy. Does somebody know something I don't?
I guess I’m misremembering, it seems to be a cross between Orpheus and the Divine Comedy. Not sure how you would categorize that.
https://www.nuclearblast.de/en/labe...41.71100.symphony-x-new-album-underworld.html
If we ever include a specific "reception" category, we might want to put that in there, but for now, let's put it aside.
My bad, didn't see the Normandy reference and assumed it referred to the Mad Piper legend of WW1.
What's that?
Same thing but WW1.
Black Wizard
Pleb Hunter
It refers to WW2. The Scottish Piper Bill referred to in the lyrics was born in 1922 and was the personal piper to the commander of 1 Special Service Brigade at D-day.
