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Manifested Apparitions of Unholy Spirits by Deteriorot

April 16, 2023 By Cory Balon

manifested-apparitions-of-unholy-spirits-deteriorotIn 1993 metal band, Deteriorot, released their album Manifested Apparitions of Unholy Spirits with Gustave Doré’s The Erinnys as the album art. Dore’s piece was an illustration from Canto 9 of the Inferno. 

Find Manifested Apparitions of Unholy Spirits here.

Find The Erinnys by Gustave Doré here.

Contributed by Gianluca Giuseffi Grippa 

Categories: Music
Tagged with: 1993, Album Art, Albums, Gustave Doré, Heavy Metal, Illustrations, Metal

Holy Rites by Untory

March 17, 2023 By Cory Balon

Italian heavy baholy-ritesnd, Untory, released their demo, Holy Rites, on cassette in 1993. The cassette’s cover art is Gustave Doré’s illustration, Thieves. 

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Find Gustave Doré’s illustration here.

Contributed by Gianluca Giuseffi Grippa

Categories: Music
Tagged with: 1993, Album Art, Albums, Canto 24, Death Metal, Eighth Circle, Gustave Doré, Heavy Metal, Illustrations, Italy, Thieves

The Path of Sorrows by Christian Death Featuring Rozz Williams

March 2, 2023 By Cory Balon

the-path-of-sorrows-christian-deathThe Path of Sorrows is a 1993 album by the metal band, Christian Death Featuring Rozz Williams. The album’s cover art features the illustration The Avaricious – Adrian V from artist Gustave Doré.

Buy the album here.

Find the illustration here.

Contributed by Gianlucca Giuseffo Grippa. 

Categories: Music
Tagged with: 1993, Album Art, Albums, Avarice, Canto 19, Gustave Doré, Heavy Metal, Purgatorio

Depeche Mode, Walking in My Shoes (1993)

October 19, 2021 By Ezra Berman '23

“The video for Depeche Mode song ‘Walking In My Shoes’ (1993), directed by Anton Corbijn, was inspired by the Comedy.”    —Wikipedia

Categories: Music
Tagged with: 1993, Divine Comedy, Electronic, Great Britain, Music, Music Videos, New Wave

Transmetal, El Infierno de Dante (1993)

October 19, 2021 By Ezra Berman '23

“Mexican death metal band Transmetal released El Infierno de Dante in 1993. It was also released as Dante’s Inferno in an English version of the album.”    —Wikipedia

Categories: Music
Tagged with: 1993, Circles of Hell, Death Metal, Hell, Inferno, Mexico, Music

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