First of all - a happy new year for everybody.
I've spend some insignificant part of my last 2 weeks of holidays making some music of a more alternative kind. Last month I posted the sacred graveyard dance generally inspired by Paulini's latest book, Brisingr.
This time I continued with this inspiration and took the first chapter from the book as inspiration and created a "soundtrack" to this chapter.
Gates of Death
This requires a serious amount of parental guidance. It does not contain any profanities of any kind, but being deeply settled in the Gothic Rock* genre, some sensitive fans might not be comfortable with it. On the other hand, if you enjoy bands like Midnight Syndicate, Nox Arcana, Paramaze, Lacuna coil, or even Slayer, you might find this just up your alley.
If I continue with the inspiration from Brisingr - which I hope to do indeed - not everything will fall in this same sub-genre. The overall ruling genre of soundtrack music would still be maintained.
Lastly, if you have not read the book, and you like fantasy stories like Lord of the rings, I would recommend you to
read the book indeed. The book is relative cheap compared to most other forms of entertainment. It would cost you less than about 1 week's worth of Internet access (in South Africa that is), but it however does require some of your time to read it.
* In my view, the term "Gothic" has been overused far too much when it comes to culture and art. Today, this term does not refer to the Gothic religion as such, but rather to the culture that has developed, which is often being referred to as "Gothic". In general, I use it here when referring to a dark subject containing elements of death and fantasy. In this sense, Lord of the rings may be regarded as a Gothic text as well. Please feel welcome to google any of the bands referred to above, but please do not get into the trap of thinking only heavy death metal are allowed to claim ownership of this genre.
