#obscura macabre

[dolly-macabre]

Obscura Macabre Face Claims Ahoy!

Gotta start it off with Dolly!

Dahlia (Dolly) Birkett

Joan Jett

Jade Birkett (Dolly's Aunt)

Janis Joplin

Marion Birkett-Lane & David Birkett (Dolly's Parents)

Sharon Tate & Anthony Hopkins

Grace Lane (Dolly's Grandmother)

Angela Lansbury

Keeran Patel (Tomahawk Local/Styx Bar Owner)

Amrish Puri

Jess (Klokateer #6616)

Nathan Lane

Sydney Graves (Dolly's Ex)

Henry Rollins

[manicmadhouse]

Mythic Legions have done it again with this year’s Halloween Figura Obscura special bringing the macabre work of Marry Shelly’s haunting classic to chilling life with Frankenstein’s Creature. You know I ordered myself one!

[leviticusjewelry]

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[tilly-tiger]

Obscura

Obscura merges grit and grace with a blend a of rugged industrial aesthetics with the raw, gritty texture of distressed, old-world charm. These grunge wallpapers set the stage for all things macabre, where darkness and mystery intertwine. Featuring 11 wall murals all with repeating patterns. Found in Miscellaneous in the game catalogue.

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[marmolita]

so I used to watch this tv show Oddities that was a reality show about Obscura Antiques and Oddities, a shop carrying strange and macabre items in NYC (it was great fun, definitely recommend, and I did indeed go to their shop when I had the opportunity, though apparently it's gone now). In any case today I'm thinking about Jon watching this show before he became the Archivist, and possibly spooky stuff happening there after?

I'm imagining for example Martin looking at a piece of Victorian hair art and being like, "Is that-- is that human hair?" and shuddering but also being fascinated...

[ausetkmt]

There are a few urban legends that poke up here and there that certain libraries — usually dusty, private, or academic ones which are not easily accessible by the public — hold books bound in human skin. Few of these stories turn out to be true: the “human” skin is often proven to be lamb, sheep, or deer. But Harvard University’s Houghton Library was recently surprised — and somewhat taken aback — to find one of its books was absolutely an example of the practice known as anthropodermic bibliopegy.

Houghton’s book, however, is bound in the skin of an unwilling participant, an unnamed woman who died of apoplexy or a stroke while confined to a mental institution. The author, Houssaye (1815-1896), presented this copy of the publication to his friend, a medical doctor and book collector named Ludovic Bouland (1839-1932).

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It was Bouland who chose to use the skin of a deceased patient, whose body had remained unclaimed by friends or relatives. By the 1930s, another bibliophile acquired the book and deposited it with Houghton Library. Accompanying the book was a note from Dr. Bouland describing the origin of the book’s gruesome binding.

More recently, Harvard staff tested the book to determine the veracity of Bouland’s claim. Using techniques including “Liquid Chromatography-Tandem Mass Spectrometry” (LCMSMS) and assessing the “peptide mass fingerprint” (PMF), tests announced this June proved with 99% certainty that the binding of this book was human skin. It is the only proven example of anthropodermic bibliopegy at Harvard.

Two other Harvard libraries — the Harvard Law Library and Countway Library of the Harvard Medical School — also claimed to have similarly bound books, but tests proved the skin came more conventional sheepskin. The book from the Law Library, a Spanish law book, included the horrific description that its source was Joans Wright who, according to an inscription in this copy, “was flayed alive” in 1632.

A 1933 article from the Harvard Crimson refers to an example slightly less gruesome: a miniature book titled Little Poems for Little Folk was bound in the skin of a donor who remained happily alive and healthy after the removal of 20 square inches of skin from his back. The book was privately owned; the book’s current whereabouts are unknown.


Not so far from Harvard, the Boston Athenaeum also owns a skin bound in human skin: a memoir of James Allen, which Allen wrote himself and specifically requested be bound in his skin. The book is often on display in the library and remains one of the most well-known examples of anthropodermic bibliopegy thanks in part due to frequent mentions on walking tours highlighting spooky local history.

Houghton staff note that the object is not merely a macabre piece nor an object of morbid curiosity, but also as a reminder that practices, no matter how unsettling to those in the 21st century, were at one time, in at least one place, considered acceptable.

[chupacabracrafts]

Finished up a custom order of 10 mummified mouse heads..... What a cute little troop

[longdaystravel]

The Black Monarch Hotel

The Black Monarch Hotel

[phantasmeow]

Ghouls and Ghosties.... the Tarot Deck is Live on Kickstarter!!! http://kck.st/2Dnn2LB

[natural-selections]

At a cemetery in Point Hope, Alaska, rows of whale mandibles stand at an eternal vigil around the bodies of the dead.

Weathered by the elements, they provide a rustic testament to the centuries of traditional whaling by those who have passed, and live on, in this harsh northern environment.

Here is some additional information by my friend Travis Shinabarger (who snapped this photo):

"There are at least 540 whales represented in the cemetery fence alone. That’s 1080 mandibles. That doesn’t include the probably other thousand mandibles in the houses and sisulak (ice cellars) in the old town site. These have been collected over hundreds of years.

...These days the community is allowed 10 strikes a season. So if you stick a harpoon and the whale gets away, that counts against your strikes. If you catch one, obviously, it also does."

[dolly-macabre]

Obscura Macabre Ch. 1

“For you, there’ll be no more crying

For you, the sun will be shining

And I feel that when I’m with you

It’s alright, I know it’s right

To you, I’ll give the world

To you, I’ll never be cold

Cause I feel that when I’m with you

It’s alright, I know it’s right

And the songbirds are singing

Like they know the score

And I love you, I love you, I love you

Like never before”

Chapter 1

(197?, Tomahawk, WI)

“♬♪♫♩Now here you go again. You say you want your freedom. Well, who am I to keep you down? ♩♫♪♬”

*Flick*

A beat-up lighter comes alive, warm, and inviting. Unlike the frigid Fall rain outside of the tiny Wisconsin home. A brief flash of lightning, followed by a low rumble came from above and a single light remained on, glowing softly from the attic window. Inside, a record player sang with the sweet sound of Stevie Nicks’ voice while a plume of smoke billows out to fill the whole room with a funky-smelling haze.

“♬♪♫♩Like a heartbeat drives you mad in the stillness of remembering what you had. And what you lost. And what you had. And what you lost. ♩♫♪♬”

Dolly could never get enough of Stevie’s captivating vocalization. She sang along, every note more heavenly than the last as she sat on her twin-sized mattress, attempting to tackle her math homework.

Why do they have to make this shit so confusing?? Whoever came up with algebra should be drug out into the street and shot….

Thankfully backup was on the way! She had invited over her best friend that night for a good ol’ triple S. Study and smoke sesh. Downstairs, Dolly’s Aunt Jade snoozed away in her room. She had to be the heaviest sleeper in the world. Her snores could wake the dead.

Fortunately, that’s what she was banking on, loving nothing more than the late-night company it granted. Unfortunately, her eyes were growing heavy. Her mind tended to drift to dark places when she slept. Preferring the insomnia over the nightmares, she slapped a hand on each cheek to wake up.

“♬♪♫♩Now here I go again I see the crystal visions. I keep my visions to myself ♩♫♪♬”

Her eyes fluttered again, this time she was met with a horrid image. Before her, shrouded in darkness, stood what appeared to be a scraggly figure with glowing eyes. They seemed to pierce through her like a knife.

*TIC*

Dolly’s eyes were wide open now, horrified to close them again. Beads of sweat dotted her pale forehead.

One too many horror movies… Shit

Lightning overtook the sky once more.

“♬♪♫♩Thunder only happens when it’s raining. Players only love you when they’re playing. ♩♫♪♬”

A deep rumble seemed to shake the whole house this time.

“Enough of this album for now..” She made her way over to her record player and switched it over to Fleetwood Mac’s White Album. As she headed back to her blanket nest on the bed she was startled by a clicking against her window. 

*TIC-TIC*

Who’s chucking shit at my window???

“Oh shit! Pickles!!” 

She shook her fear off, throwing her patch-clad denim jacket on as she hurried down the stairs as fast as she could. After fumbling with the lock on the front door, she saw her friend sitting on her porch. Soaked through and through, he looked sorely dejected. His leather jacket rested on one shoulder and his head was low, watching as the rain pattered against the wood below them.

“Oh, dude… I’m so sorry… I started dozing off and-”

A sob caught in his throat, eyes refusing to meet hers. But she could catch a glimpse. They were swollen and very red.

“Hey… Whoa…” She sat down in front of him peering closer into his pained gaze, “Is Seth fucking with you again??? I swear to god I’m gonna horsewhip that bastard…”

“Not Seth… Not this time…” he choked out.

Dolly crawled next to him, her arms wrapping around his shoulders, bringing with them that warm aura of hers. He buried his face in her shoulder, he was safe now. Her smell was the most comforting to him. Cigarettes, pot, strawberries, and musk. So sweet and familiar. 

Must be that Betty Boop Angel spray. I helped Jade pick out for her birthday this year. She wears it all the time now.

He breathed in deep and melted into her.

“C’mon. Let’s go in. I got some tunes goin' and I can smoke you up! I think I still have that small bottle of whiskey stowed under my bed too!” Her hands met his cheeks, giving him an encouraging smile. Inevitably turning them a little pink. She didn’t seem to realize just how much and for how long he yearned to just kiss her. Or maybe she did and he was just bad at picking up signals.

“Let’s talk about it. You’ll feel better. I promise.”

“Kay…” He took her hand, following her past Jade’s room and up the stairs to hers. The air already reeked of weed before they could even open the door. Her record player clicked, waiting for side 2. While she attended to that, Pickles plopped down in her bean bag chair, removing his damp jacket.

“You need somethin’ dry? I can throw what you got in the dryer and borrow you something! I’m sure I gotta have somethin’ that’ll fit ya…”

“♬♪♫♩Have mercy, baby, on a poor girl like me. You know I’m falling, falling at your feet.♩♫♪♬” Stevie sang gracefully.

The words made Pickles blush even more. Across the room, Dolly dug through her dresser, throwing articles every which way until at last she plopped a pair of basketball shorts and an oversized Black Sabbath tee.

“I’ll just wait outside the door for ya, okay?”

“Yeah, okie..”

Pickles went to work, peeling his soaking clothes from his freckled skin, and removed the soggy athletic tape that was binding his chest.

“I just did the laundry a little bit ago so they should be nice n' warm!” she said through the door. 

They were… and it felt like heaven. 

“♬♪♫♩Cause when the lovin’ starts and the lights go down. But there’s not another living soul around. You woo me until the sun comes up. And you say that you love me♩♫♪♬”

Why does she always gatta play that sahppy stuff..

He thought as his face grew red. Not that he didn’t find the music well-made but this was too much. Was she trying to hint at something?

Nah she’s just a Stevie fanatic...

He finished dressing and opened the door between them and in an instant, she had her arms around him again. His hand came to rest on top of her head. She was so short. Even compared to him. He liked that about her. It made him feel big about himself.

Once the bottle and pipe were passed between them, they basked in the glow of their intoxication. Just enjoying having one another in the same space.

“So… What happened, man?” Dolly was the first to speak up.

Pickles let out a haggard sigh.

“I gaht into it with my folks…”

“I kinda gathered that..” her voice was soft, “Do you wanna talk about it? We don’t have to if-”

“Mom found out I’ve been tapin' my chest... She threatened to take me to a surgeon who can ‘fix me’...”

He could feel her anger seething from across the room.

“And him… That fuckin’ bastard… He told me I belong in a garbage can, cause ‘no son of mine is gonna be a fuckin’ fruit.’”

His dear friend was quiet for a moment before she crossed the room, dropped to her knees, and held him close once more.

Pickles bit his lip, trying to keep his emotions at bay.

“Maybe he’s right… I mean, there’s obviously sumthin wrahng with me..”

“There is NOTHING wrong with you… If anything, there’s something wrong with all of them…”

“I’m runnin' away, Dolls... I can’t take another day in that fuckin’ house..”

“You can always stay with us! You’re a part of the family here..”

“No, I’m goin’ to LA… I’m gonna make sumthin’ of myself... Then they’ll be sahrry..”

He watched as her face fell. The excitement she momentarily felt, was gone.

“I- I don’t know what to say… All I know is that you need to do what’s best for you… I’ll.. I’ll really miss havin' you around..” tears started to form in her eyes but she did her best to hide it with that caring smile.

“Come with me…”

“What?? But- But what about Jade… and school?? I can’t just uproot myself… I promised her I’d go to community college... I-”

“Think about it, Dolls… We could start fresh... Really make a name for ourselves. I know you’ve always dreamed of singing somewhere other than karaoke night at Styx… I jest… I don’t wanna do this without you…”

“What’re you saying, Pickles…”

“I’m sayin’ that I…” He struggled to put the words together. All of this vulnerability was almost too much to bear, “I need ya…I- I think I kinda love you or sumthin'…”

She sat there stunned. He instantly regretted it. There was no way. She was so cute and she had so much promise. She’d do just fine without him…

“Fuck… What was I thinkin’? I can’t-”

Her lips quickly found his. They were just as soft and tender as he imagined.

“D-Does that mean yer comin’ with me?” he asked, a glimmer of hope in his sweet green eyes.

“Of course it does Ding-Dong!” she grinned.

Her smile could melt even the coldest of hearts. He initiated this time, catching her lips with his. It felt different now… A little sloppy and awkward but lovely nonetheless. They got to their feet and migrated to her bed,not once breaking the kiss. They were closer to each other than they had ever been. 

They were just kids, but they had been through more together than any teenager should have to go through. Life was unfair, there was no questioning that. All they had was each other and that was enough.

***

Their cigarettes glowed in the dimly lit space as they huddled close together as the night grew colder. Winter was well on its way…

Maybe we can avoid it this year! 

She thought to herself. After all the years of dealing with “Wisconsin weather,” she was very much ready for a tepid Winter.

“Do you think things are gonna get better now?.. Do you really think we can make it out there?” Dolly extinguished her cigarette in the little pinch pot on her nightstand

“Yeah... I really do.” 

He kissed her forehead and pulled her gently to lay against his chest.

“We’re gonna make our dreams come true, Dolls. I jest know it..”

[obeetlebeetle]

character song ask !!

harrow ; miles Edgeworth ; eragon ; Irving severance

harrow - terrible. brutal. i have to pick for your blorbo and i can't even pick a definitive harrow song bc they're all from your playlist. honorable mentions are tip toes by half alive and caving by seavera, but ultimately i went with may seem macabre by peter bjorn & john (shout out the body)

miles - SAME ISSUE but for ari >:( who is the certified edgeworth understander. they can chime in with better choices, but i’m gonna say desire lines by camera obscura for a post-trilogy, post-7yg miles. honorable mentions being a slow, slow death and stray italian grayhound.

eragon - so he's like a brother to me. idk there are so many angles u can go but im leaning towards kind of a post-series eragon -- & even though he’s spending his long life rebuilding the riders, so much of that is defined by his loneliness, not his triumph

irving - gay old man! this is for his severed self, but if i picked for the unsevered self it would be charlie by mallrat (bc the thought made me laugh). anyways. i struggle with religious characters bc they are always looking for something i’ve never felt, but i like the weirdness of local natives’ vogue for him

[leviticusjewelry]

Check out the sparkle on this Deep Purple Crystal Talon Rings These rings pair nicely with the Leviticus Spider Web Ring. It is shown with two spider web halo rings. www.LeviticusJewelry.com Worldwide Shipping #crystals #macabre #obscura #occult #bespokejewelry #shopsmall #talon #clawring #cocktailring https://www.instagram.com/p/CqO_Sj5rSoD/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[house-of-1000-corpses]

241 songs bangers for any occasion

1.MASTODON - Blood and Thunder 03:48 2.RED FANG - Wires 05:43 3.DYING FETUS - Second Skin 04:42 4.OBITUARY - Sentence Day 02:49 5.DEATH - Pull The Plug 04:26 6.AMORPHIS - Black Winter Day 03:50 7.MYRKUR - Leaves of Yggdrasil 04:00 8.NOTHING - Say Less 04:15 9.TORCHE - Admission 04:00 10.BARONESS - March to the Sea 03:11 11.THE DILLINGER ESCAPE PLAN - 43% Burnt 04:31 12.PIG DESTROYER - Trojan Whore 01:34 13.NASUM - Scoop 02:21 14.NILE - Cast Down The Heretic 05:45 15.SUFFOCATION - Catatonia 03:55 16.INCANTATION - Entrails of the Hag Queen 04:33 17.NEUROSIS - Through Silver In Blood 12:11 18.HIGH ON FIRE - Blessed Black Wings 07:43 19.YOB - Ablaze 10:13 20.WINDHAND - Diablerie 05:20 21.MONOLORD - THE LAST LEAF 05:14 22.BONGZILLA - Amerijuanican 06:46 23.GATECREEPER - From The Ashes 03:59 24.EXHUMED - Ravenous Cadavers 01:49 25.FULL OF HELL - Burning Myrrh 02:12 26.INTEGRITY - Hymn, For The Children of the Black Flame 02:16 27.GISM - Endless Blockades For The Pussyfooter 03:46 28.CONTROL DENIED - Expect The Unexpected 07:16 29.NECROPHAGIST - Only Ash Remains 04:11 30.OBSCURA - The Anticosmic Overload 04:16 31.REVOCATION - The Grip Tightens 04:10 32.GRUESOME - A Waste of Life 06:00 33.ZOMBI - Breakthrough & Conquer 03:46 34.GENGHIS TRON - Board Up The House 05:54 35.SURVIVE - A.H.B. 04:25 36.THE ALBUM LEAF - Ambo 04:53 37.CEREMONY - Turn Away The Bad Thing 04:02 38.BORIS WITH MERZBOW - Away From You 07:35 39.ROYAL THUNDER - Parsonz Curse 06:57 40.KING WOMAN - Hierophant 07:59 41.CLOAKROOM - Seedless Star 07:37 42.AUTHOR & PUNISHER - The Speaker Is Systematically Broken 04:14 43.DISFEAR - Deadweight 02:52 44.IRON REAGAN - A Dying World 02:24 45.TOXIC HOLOCAUST - Nuke The Cross 02:47 46.CANDY - Super-Stare 04:01 47.RINGWORM - Death Becomes My Voice 05:19 48.INTER ARMA - Citadel 06:40 49.PRIMITIVE MAN - Menacing 08:00 50.UNEARTHLY TRANCE - Famine 06:14 51.LYCUS - Solar Chamber 10:41 52.DEVOURMENT - Cognitive Sedation Butchery 04:53 53.SKINLESS - The Optimist 05:42 54.DEVIL MASTER - Black Flame Candle 02:46 55.OUTER HEAVEN - Bloodspire 04:15 56.GENOCIDE PACT - Conquered and Disposed 04:37 57.COFFINS - Hour of Execution 04:55 58.MAMMOTH GRINDER - Superior Firepower 02:38 59.LIVING GATE - Heaven Ablaze 03:35 60.REPULSION - Maggots In Your Coffin 01:45 61.AGORAPHOBIC NOSEBLEED - Agorapocalypse Now 02:25 62.MISERY INDEX - Fed To The Wolves 03:47 63.MORTICIAN - Rabid 02:01 64.BRUTAL TRUTH - Sugardaddy 02:36 65.HUMAN REMAINS - Rote 03:31 66.-(16)- - Me and the Dog Die Together 03:05 67.ALABAMA THUNDERPUSSY - Motor-Ready 04:21 68.ASG - Avalanche 04:17 69.CEPHALIC CARNAGE - Endless Cycle Of Violence 04:14 70.CHERUBS - Sooey Pig 04:44 71.COUGH - Haunter of the Dark 07:50 72.CRIPPLE BASTARDS - Non Coinvolto 02:04 73.DISEMBOWELMENT - Your Prophetic Throne Of Ivory 07:40 74.EX EYE - Opposition/Perihelion; The Coil 12:29 75.GADGET - Pillars Of Filth 01:20 76.GRAVES AT SEA - The Curse That Is 11:14 77.HAEMORRHAGE - WE ARE THE GORE 02:15 78.HORSEBACK - Mithras 05:04 79.ILSA - SHIBBOLETH 02:39 80.INDIAN - The Impetus Bleeds 06:40 81.INVERLOCH - Distance Collapsed (In Rubble) 08:39 82.IRON MONKEY - Crown of Electrodes 04:21 83.JOHN FRUM - Presage of Emptiness 04:47 84.LOCRIAN - Arc of Extinction 07:16 85.MARUTA - Hope Smasher 02:19 86.MIRACLE - Light Mind 04:49 87.THE OBSESSED - Sodden Jackal 04:23 88.PINKISH BLACK - Concept Unification 05:13 89.PUBLICIST UK - Slow Dancing To This Bitter Earth 03:36 90.RWAKE - Leviticus 07:17 91.SUMERLANDS - The Seventh Seal 03:46 92.TERMINAL BLISS - Clean Bill of Wealth 00:51 93.TRAPPIST - Victims Of A Bomber Raid 01:38 94.TRUE WIDOW - Four Teeth 06:16 95.WEEKEND NACHOS - Jock Powerviolence 01:23 96.WRONG - Culminate 02:33 97.USNEA - Lathe of Heaven 09:44 98.VICTIMS - The Horse And Sparrow Theory 03:41 99.ZEKE - Two Lane Blacktop 01:37 100.ZONAL - System Error -ft. Moor Mother 04:06 101.ARCADEA - Infinite End 03:28 102.BLACK SALVATION - In A Casket's Ride 07:03 103.BRAIN TENTACLES - Fruitcake 02:35 104.ABSCESS - Naked Freak Show 01:15 105.ABYSMAL DAWN - Inanimate 04:15 106.AGENDA OF SWINE - Gethsemane 01:08 107.ANAL CUNT - Radio Hit 01:11 108.ANATOMY OF HABIT - Radiate and Recede 20:11 109.ANTIGAMA - Pursuit 01:16 110.ATRIARCH - Entropy 05:53 111.BEDEMON - Child Of Darkness 04:12 112.BENUMB - Once And Never Again 01:00 113.BIRDS OF PREY - Hustling the Coroner To Overlook the Strychnine 03:27 114.BLACK ANVIL - May Her Wrath Be Just 04:25 115.BLACK TUSK - Bring Me Darkness 03:05 116.BLOOD DUSTER - Porn Store Stiffi 01:33 117.BLOODIEST - BROKEN TEETH 07:31 118.BRIAN POSEHN - Cuddling 03:55 119.BROUGHTON'S RULES - Reversers 03:50 120.BURIED INSIDE - IV 06:07 121.BURNT BY THE SUN - Soundtrack To The Worst Movie Ever 02:32 122.BURST - Where The Wave Broke 03:36 123.BUZZOVEN - Mainline 05:30 124.CALL OF THE VOID - Bottom Feeder 01:42 125.CAR BOMB - Gum Under The Table 03:27 126.CHRIS CONNELLY - Wait For Amateur 02:05 127.CIRCLE OF ANIMALS - No Faith 04:21 128.CHRISTIAN MISTRESS - Over & Over 02:41 129.COALESCE - Have Patience 03:11 130.COLDWORKER - The Interloper 02:38 131.COLISEUM - Defeater 02:01 132.COLUMNS - Mudfucker 01:18 133.CRETIN - Ghost of Teeth and Hair 03:54 134.CRYPTIC SLAUGHTER - Lowlife 02:32 135.CULTED - BROODING HEX 19:13 136.DAVIE ALLAN - Buzz Saw Effect 02:36 137.DAYLIGHT DIES - Four Corners 08:11 138.DEAD WORLD - The Machine 08:06 139.DEATH BREATH - Death Breath 02:55 140.DEKAPITATOR - The Storm Before the Calm 06:39 141.DISRUPT - Domestic Prison 02:00 142.DON CABALLERO - Railroad Cancellation 05:16 143.DUKATALON - ZX 06:23 144.DYSRHYTHMIA - Appeared at First 03:06 145.EAST WEST BLAST TEST - Magnetic Field 00:51 146.ECSTATIC VISION - Don't Kill The Vibe 05:00 147.EMBALMER - There Was Blood Everywhere 01:51 148.ENEMY SOIL - Sentencing 01:39 149.EXIT-13 - When I Get Low, I Get High 02:36 150.EXPULSION - Altar of Slaughter 01:43 151.FACEDOWNINSHIT - NPON 04:19 152.FATHER BEFOULED - Sacrilegious Defilement of Deranged Salvation 03:20 153.FLESH PARADE - Backstabber 01:14 154.FUCK THE FACTS - The Wrecking 04:39 155.GENERAL SURGERY - Slithering Maceration Of Ulcerous Facial Tissue 01:11 156.GENOCIDE SUPERSTARS - Hatestomp 03:08 157.GOD MACABRE - Lost 04:01 158.GOBLIN REBIRTH - Requiem for X 04:16 159.GRAVES OF VALOR - Suffocation of the Last King 03:45 160.HAIL! HORNET - Beast Of Bourbon 03:11 161.HARVEY MILK - The Anvil Will Fall 07:34 162.HALO - Buried In Light 04:37 163.HEMDALE - Delicious Gory Fun 01:11 164.HERO DESTROYED - That's An Axe 03:27 165.HOODED MENACE - Elysium Of Dripping Death 11:33 166.HOPE DRONE - Riverbeds Hewn in Marrow 10:39 167.HOWL - Horns Of Steel 03:26 168.HUMAN REMAINS - Weeding Out The Thorns 02:37 169.INEVITABLE END - The Severed Inception 04:04 170.JOEL GRIND - The Invisible Landscape 02:12 171.JUCIFER - Blackpowder 02:16 172.KARABOUDJAN - Den Svarta Ön 07:32 173.KILL THE CLIENT - Vicious Slaughter 01:06 174.KINGDOM OF SORROW - Enlightened To Extinction 03:47 175.KRIEG - CIRCLE OF GUILT 05:20 176.LENG TCH'E - The Fist of the Leng Tch'e 01:50 177.LIBERTEER - Build No System 01:34 178.LOOKING FOR AN ANSWER - Tapias De Cementerio 02:07 179.LORD DYING - POISONED ALTARS 03:47 180.LULL - Moment 1 01:08 181.MAGRUDERGRIND - Sacrificial Hire 01:32 182.MAN MUST DIE - Kill It Skin It Wear It 04:18 183.MANTAS - Evil Dead (Death By Metal Demo) 03:22 184.MERZBOW - Woodpecker No. 1 06:43 185.MINDROT - Anguish 07:11 186.MINSK - Within And Without 07:57 187.MORGION - The Serpentine Scrolls 10:33 188.MORTA SKULD - Sacrificial Rite 03:26 189.MOSE GIGANTICUS - The Left Path 04:13 190.MUMAKIL - Brothers in Slavery 01:20 191.MURDER CONSTRUCT - Compelled by Mediocrity 02:44 192.N2K2 - Mourning 03:54 193.NOISEAR - Inevitable Extinction 01:00 194.NUM SKULL - Ritually Abused 04:27 195.NUX VOMICA - Sanity Is For The Passive 12:40 196.OBLITERATION - Goat Skull Crown 04:40 197.OPPROBRIUM - Voices From The Grave 03:23 198.ORIGIN - Finite 03:08 199.PAN.THY.MONIUM - The Battle Of Geeheeb 11:55 200.PENTAGRAM - Forever My Queen 02:25 201.PHOBIA - Rehashed 01:05 202.POISON BLOOD - The Scourge and the Gestalt 03:40 203.PRIMATE - Draw Back A Stump 01:26 204.PUTRID PILE - The Satisfying Dead 02:50 205.PYRRHON - Balkanized 04:46 206.RABBITS - A Tale Of Tales 04:44 207.RAZOR - Hypertension 03:19 208.REGURGITATE - Putrid Serenity 01:44 209.ROTTEN SOUND - Superior 01:28 210.RUMPELSTILTSKIN GRINDER - Grab a Shovel (We've Got Bodies to Bury) 04:51 211.SATAN'S SATYRS - Succubus 03:40 212.SAYYADINA - Their Control 01:04 213.SCOTT HULL - Il funerale di Bonnie 03:47 214.SACRILEGE - Shadow From Mordor 04:50 215.SERPENTINE PATH - Essence Of Heresy 03:47 216.SOILENT GREEN - It Was Just An Accident 04:12 217.SPAWN OF POSSESSION - Apparition 08:24 218.STEVE MOORE - It's Complicated 02:41 219.SUBARACHNOID SPACE - A 09:16 220.TERMINAL SOUND SYSTEM - Silt 06:43 221.THE COUNTY MEDICAL EXAMINERS - Morgagnic Anatomics 04:14 222.THE END - Throwing Stones 03:29 223.THE GREAT TYRANT - Closing In 07:42 224.THE HIGH CONFESSIONS - Chlorine And Crystal 09:35 225.TITAN - Wooded Altar Beyond The Wander 08:00 226.TOMBS - Merrimack 03:56 227.TRIAL OF THE BOW - Father of the Flower 04:07 228.TRIBES OF NEUROT - Primordial Uncarved Block 06:24 229.ULCERATE - ABROGATION 05:50 230.ULTRAMANTIS BLACK - Prescription Culture 01:04 231.UNKIND - Vihan Lapset 02:45 232.UPHILL BATTLE - Ripped Off Face 03:29 233.VVEREVVOLF GREHV - Audio Processor 04:45 234.VIDNA OBMANA - The Insane Brightness 05:33 235.VIRAL LOAD - Methlab Machete Massacre 03:07 236.VOIVOD - God Phones 05:07 237.WEAPON - Vanguard Of The Morning Star 04:19 238.WOLVSERPENT - Within the Light of Fire 16:24 239.BASTARD NOISE, SICKNESS - Death's Door 16:09 240.PSYWARFARE - Au Regal Des Voraces 20:02 241.THE SOUL REBELLION ORCHESTRA - DOLEMITE 03:01

[generationexorcist]

A Brief History of the ‘Danse Macabre’

SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE INTRODUCED US TO DAVID S. PUMPKINS, a dancing man in a jack-o-lantern suit who, along with two skeletons, inexplicably shows up on floor after floor of a haunted elevator. He is, he tells the bemused couple seeking Halloween frights, his own thing. “And the skeletons?” they ask in reply. “Part of it!” shout the skeletons. David S. Pumpkins might indeed be his own thing, but whether they knew it or not, the Saturday Night Live writers who came up with those dancing skeletons were tapping into an image with a very long history: the Danse Macabre, a medieval allegory about the inevitability of death.

In the Danse Macabre, or Dance of Death, skeletons escort living humans to their graves in a lively waltz. Kings, knights, and commoners alike join in, conveying that regardless of status, wealth, or accomplishments in life, death comes for everyone. At a time when outbreaks of the Black Death and seemingly endless battles between France and England in the Hundred Years’ War left thousands of people dead, macabre images like the Dance of Death were a way to confront the ever-present prospect of mortality.

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[supernovadragoncat]

Hi, yes, hello 👋

I’ve gotten quite a few new followers since I’ve been back so I figured I’d post this PSA.

Thank you for following me! My blog is a mashup of fandom (ASOIAF sansan) and macabre things like skeletons, haunted mansions, graveyards, and other gothic oddities (my blog is more like the Addams Family than Night of the Living Dead).

What I do not post is gore, jump scares, or horror. Not now, not around Halloween, not ever.

I consistently tag most macabre-ish things “phantasmagoria”, “curios and obscura”, or “creeptastic”.

If anything bothers you or you think a post needs a TW, I’m certainly receptive to doing so (within reason. Someone once told someone else to tag their gore on a post with a pomegranate. That might be a bridge too far lol).

Anyway, thank you for following me!