Arcturus - La Masquerade Infernale (2022 Reissue) (Digipak CD) Shang Records Wagner and the Grail mythos

Wagner and the Grail mythos (influences which Dan wears plainly on his sleeve)

Artist: Erudite Stoner

Gargoyle King

Transmission of Evil

Arcturus - La Masquerade Infernale (2022 Reissue) (Digipak CD) Shang Records Wagner and the Grail mythosOn their sophomore full length La Masquerade Infernale (1997), ARCTURUS took their musical experimenting three ambitious steps further. The Norwegians succeeded in wedding a devilish concept loosely based on the characters of Faust and Mephistopheles with an eclectic range of surreal sound elements into an album that is rightfully considered a prime example of what later came to be known as avant garde metal. From quoting Edgar Allan Poe in operatic