The 1991 album The Lament of Souls by Embalmed Souls, features Gustave Doré’s illustration, The Lustful, as the cassette art.
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Citings & Sightings of Dante's Works in Contemporary Culture
By Cory Balon
By Cory Balon
Australian metal band, the Oizys, released their album Hymns to the Furies, in 2010. The album art is an illustration by artist Gustave Doré. The illustration is titled The Erinnys, and is from Canto 9 of the Inferno.
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The Nocturnal Moans of the Fallen Angel is a 2997 album by the French metal band, Bloody Sign. The albums art is Gustave Doré’s, Errinys. Doré’s illustration is of Canto 9 of the Inferno.
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The French metal band In Die Nacht released their album, Eradicum Humanest, in 2005 with Gustave Doré’s, The Avaricious as the album art. Doré’s illustration is from Canto 20 of Purgatorio.
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The Everlasting is a 1997 metal album by the Swedish band, Mortum. The art for the cassette tapes features Gustave Doré’s illustration of canto 22 of the Inferno, Alichino and Calcabrina.
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