#st. vitus

[starfuckerzzz]

shoutout to old metal band posters, gotta be one of my favorite genders

[metalsongoftheday]

Thursday, December 7: Goatess, "Murphy Was an Optimist"

Although Christian Linderson was in St. Vitus for a brief spell in the early ‘90s, his output with Goatess was far less indebted to doom conventions, at least lyrically: the music was very much classic mournful doom metal in the St. Vitus mold, and Linderson had that distinctly mid ‘70s Ozzy vocal tone, but “Murphy Was an Optimist” indicated something different was afoot with its title.  And the tune had a different aesthetic even though it fit the mold, being a lumbering beast with more than a little insouciance lurking beneath the surface.  This was sort of song that seemingly could have only come out of Sweden, as few American acts would be willing to have this particular type of fun playing with the form.

[musicmags]

[stromuprisahat]

sv. Vít

… podle tradice syn zámožného pohana ze Sicílie, jenž byl tajně svým vychovatelem a kojnou veden ke křesťanské víře, kvůli níž byl pronásledován; kolem roku 304 zemřel coby sedmnáctiletý chlapec mučednickou smrtí v Římě na příkaz císaře Diokleciána, vládnoucího v letech 284-305 …

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St. Vitus

… according to tradition, the son of a wealthy pagan from Sicily, who was secretly led by his tutor and nurse to the Christian faith, for which he was persecuted; around the year 304 he died as a seventeen-year-old boy by martyrdom in Rome on the orders of the emperor Diocletian, who ruled in the years 284-305…

Bohové dávných Slovanů ~ Gods of ancient Slavs (Martin Pitro, Petr Vokáč)

Somehow the fact the people, whose education and upbringing doomed him, are not even his FAMILY makes it much, much worse.

You're given the responsibility over other person's child and you decide to impose your own religion on them, knowing well enough they're likely to be persecuted for it?

The Diocletianic or Great Persecution was the last and most severe persecution of Christians in the Roman Empire.

I understand choosing your own faith, as an adult, but using your influence over a child of parents with other believes? To instil in them something that's likely to get them killed...

Different times perhaps, but I'm still disgusted.

[mfhunter]

Different logos from bands I admire and like

[therobotmonster]

I wonder if it was lonely to not dance in Strasbourg.

[theseimmortalcoils]

St. Vitus cathedral, Prague - from Pointed Arch on IG.

[letsgethaunted]

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Episode 70: The Dancing Plague of 1518 Photodump

Image 01: Strasbourg , France. 1572. Image 02: In July of 1518 a haunted woman begins to dance in the street. She dances for days days on end with no food or water until she collapses. Anyone who tries to help the woman becomes inflicted with the same uncontrollable urge to dance. A crowd of dancers forms in the street, unable to stop dancing. Image 03: The religious leaders of Strasbourg decide to enlist musicians to play music and aid the people suffering from this “Dancing Plague.” The hope is that the dancers will get it out of their system by dancing the plague out of their bodies. Image 04: This plan obviously backfires. People hear the music and then see the dancers, instantly becoming infected with Dancing Plague. Within weeks hundreds of people are dancing themselves to death. Image 05: St. Vitus is thought to be the culprit of the Dancing Plague. People believe the saint cursed the people of Strasbourg with Dancing Plague. Image 06: St. Vitus’ shrine in a grotto above Saverne. In a desperate move to please St. Vitus, dancers were tied to wagons and brought to this cave to pray to the Saint for mercy. It works! The dancers are cured. Image 07: 8 years after the Dancing Plague of 1518 a physician and alchemist named Paracelsus visits Strasbourg to find out the cause of the plague. He guesses that it’s just a medieval feminist protest. *eyeroll* Image 08: Another viable theory is the dancing was caused by Chorea- a movement disorder that causes involuntary muscle movements. But why would that be contagious? Image 09: Another theory blames the dancing on hallucinations from Ergot - a fungal disease on grain which causes hallucinations and other poison symptoms. However, the symptoms of ergotism make people very sick and would be too severe to allow any dancing while experiencing the illness. What do you think happened?

[howamidrivinginlimbo]

The statuary of St. Vitus, mounted on the Charles Bridge in Prague

This sculpture is on the north side of the Charles Bridge (the houses in the background are part of the Lesser Town, or Malá Strana. It was sculpted in 1714 by Ferdinand Brokoff of brass. It depicts one of the patron saints of Prague, St. Vitus, standing on top of a rock, with lions climbing up.

[angeloftheodd]

Last night, I had a dream that there was a triangular maroon tent behind my house. Black Sabbath was playing throughout the entirety of this dream, from beginning to end.

I instinctually went into the tent and it was pitch black except for a small slit of light by the entrance. Then an old man covered that small slit of light with tinfoil so it became complete darkness. I wasn’t scared because I felt like I knew I was supposed to be completely immersed in darkness.

Then, while fully enveloped in darkness, visions began to flash right before my eyes. I don’t remember most of them. I only remember the visions I had of a bumble bee landing on a flower and the green-tinged face I saw at the very end. I sensed that the green face belonged to a dead person, but I wasn’t afraid at all. I realized upon waking that the face looked more like a faery, so perhaps it was a faery associated with the powers of death.

I wish I remembered the Black Sabbath songs that were playing the whole time. But the only one I can remember playing at one point is “St. Vitus”.

[hornyforpoetry]

St. Vitus Cathedral Interior (part II) // Prague, Czech Republic

[metalsongoftheday]

Tuesday, August 15: Debris Inc., "Dancin' on My Grave"

“Dancin’ on My Grave” was pretty fast for a theoretical doom metal track, especially one from a semi-supergroup featuring players with bands like St. Vitus, Trouble and Down on their resumes.  But what arguably stood out even more than the pacing was Dave Chandler’s laid back, conversational and semi-sarcastic vocals- they were sort of punky in a way that felt more early ‘90s alt rock than hardcore.  The track largely plowed along and felt insouciant in a similar manner to most of the tracks on Debris Inc.’s one album, and despite the pedigree didn’t really sound or feel like doom.  “Dancin’ on My Grave” was a fun number, though even the guys in Debris Inc. seemed to know it wasn’t a sustainable sound since they disbanded just a few years later.

[musicmags]

[faggotfungus]

Stained-glass Window designed by Alphonse Mucha at St. Vitus Cathedral, Prague (Early 1930s)

[jareckiworld]

Jaroslav Paur (1918-1987) — Cathedral III (oil on canvas, 1984)