Introduction

Being a blog dedicated to the use of gargoyles, grotesques, statues and carvings in album art, especially that of Doom Metal (and related genres). It may also include similar archaic images such as standing stones, monoliths, or mediaeval illustrations.

To my mind Doom Metal (when done correctly) evokes a feeling a great age, spirituality and contemplation, and this is enhanced by the imagery. I have a love of churches and other old buildings, and the two things go hand in hand for me; the images of gargoyles, statues and crosses used by Doom and Doom/Death bands, especially in the early 90s, seemed to perfectly fit the music. Also, the band names like Cathedral, Church Of Misery, Chapel Of Rest, and Castle; all these added to my imagined link between the music and churches and other old buildings.

Monday, 16 January 2012

Funerary Call -- A Comselh De Ors


Not a Doom band, Funerary Call are a Dark/Ritual ambient act from Canada. This image of a weeping stone angel is the same as the one from the inside of Revelation's "Salvation Answer" cassette inlay (which I posted in an earlier post), and is also used on the inside of the inlay for Godflesh's "Pure" CD: http://www.discogs.com/viewimages?release=73745

After many years of searching for the source of the image, the members of the Cemetery Enthusiasts group on Facebook identified it as being on the tomb of Henry Honoré in Graceland Cemetery, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
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