The Soil Bleeds Black
Encyclopedia
The Soil Bleeds Black is a pagan
Neo-Medieval
band from Ashburn, Virginia
.
folkloric
expression. Shortly after this realization, Mark and Mike added Eugenia Wallace to their ranks. Eugenia's vocal contribution helped to bring to fruition the final elements that would make up the portrait of their endeavors. Essentially, The Soil Bleeds Black aim to convey an enchanting conglomeration of raw sound, medieval customs, and self-expression through ancient allegory
, alchemical
tract, and their entourage of medieval instruments.
Pagan rock
Pagan rock is music created by adherents of one of the many Neopagan and occult traditions that emerged in the middle to late 20th century. In some cases this definition is stretched to include bands embraced by modern Pagans and occult practitioners...
Neo-Medieval
Neo-medieval
Neo-medieval refers to a modern revival of Medieval culture.*Neo-medieval music*Medieval architecture*Neo-medievalism...
band from Ashburn, Virginia
Ashburn, Virginia
Ashburn, Virginia is a census-designated place located in Loudoun County, Virginia, northwest of Washington, D.C., and is part of the Washington Metropolitan Area...
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History
The Soil Bleeds Black was conceived in the year 1992 as a project that focused on the experimental visions of twin brothers, Mark and Michael Riddick. Over years the concepts changed as the brothers searched for a complete sound that could appropriately exhibit their transformative thoughts and interests. This endeavor reached a particular climax in the year 1994, when TSBB took on a sound of pure medievalMedieval music
Medieval music is Western music written during the Middle Ages. This era begins with the fall of the Roman Empire and ends sometime in the early fifteenth century...
folkloric
Folklore
Folklore consists of legends, music, oral history, proverbs, jokes, popular beliefs, fairy tales and customs that are the traditions of a culture, subculture, or group. It is also the set of practices through which those expressive genres are shared. The study of folklore is sometimes called...
expression. Shortly after this realization, Mark and Mike added Eugenia Wallace to their ranks. Eugenia's vocal contribution helped to bring to fruition the final elements that would make up the portrait of their endeavors. Essentially, The Soil Bleeds Black aim to convey an enchanting conglomeration of raw sound, medieval customs, and self-expression through ancient allegory
Allegory
Allegory is a demonstrative form of representation explaining meaning other than the words that are spoken. Allegory communicates its message by means of symbolic figures, actions or symbolic representation...
, alchemical
Alchemy
Alchemy is an influential philosophical tradition whose early practitioners’ claims to profound powers were known from antiquity. The defining objectives of alchemy are varied; these include the creation of the fabled philosopher's stone possessing powers including the capability of turning base...
tract, and their entourage of medieval instruments.
Cassette demos
- Summoning the Dragons of Wyth (1995, Dark Age Productions)
- Because the World Is So Untrue, I Go My Way So Full of Rue (1995, Dark Age Productions)
Albums
- The Kingdom & Its FeyThe Kingdom & Its FeyAfter releasing their first two cassette productions, The Soil Bleeds Black published their debut album, The Kingdom & Its Fey. The album contains the band's first two cassettes, originally released through Dark Age Productions, along with several other tracks...
(1996, Cruel Moon International) - March of the InfidelsMarch of the Infidels-Track listing:#"Sound the Trumpet" – 0:18#"In Days of Victory" – 2:17#"The Journey is Not Yet Over" – 2:41#"Autumn Call" – 2:25#"Woodnymphs in the Hazel Patch" – 1:49#"Ceilidh" – 1:17#"The Bog" – 3:46#"We Wave our Flags in Triumph" – 2:45...
(1997, Draenor Productions) - May the Blood of Many a Valiant Knight Be AvengedMay the Blood of Many a Valiant Knight Be AvengedMay the Blood of Many a Valiant Knight Be Avenged is the third album by The Soil Bleeds Black. The album contains many samples from Monty Python and the Holy Grail, and even takes its title from a quote from the film.-Track listing:#"This is a Tale..."...
(1998, Draenor Productions) - AlchemieAlchemieAlchemie is the fourth album by The Soil Bleeds Black. The album is a conglomeration of songs based heavily upon the medieval occult science for which the album is named . The album also features other songs portraying Arthurian legend and the bravery of knights on the battlefield...
(1999, World Serpent, re-released in 2005) - QuintessenceQuintessence (The Soil Bleeds Black album)Quintessence is the fifth album by The Soil Bleeds Black. The album moves more in a Neo-folk direction from their previous works, while keeping a foot in the neo-Medieval sounds for which they are known.-Track listing:#"Earthe" – 5:45#"Air" – 7:09...
(2001, World Serpent) - Lead Into GoldLead Into GoldLead Into Gold was a side project of American industrial musician Paul Barker, best known as the bassist for Ministry. Primarily a solo project by Barker, Lead Into Gold featured occasional guest performances by his Ministry bandmates Al Jourgensen and Bill Rieflin.Lead Into Gold only released two...
(2002, Lichtbringer) - Mirror of the Middle AgesMirror of the Middle AgesMirror of the Middle Ages is the sixth album by The Soil Bleeds Black.-Track listing:#"Ring Around the Rosey"#"So Saith the Song of Sigurd"#"Kyrie Eleison"#"Pastime with Good Company"#"Solus Maestitia Desperatio"#"Tempus Est Iocundum"...
(2003, The Fossil Dungeon) - Three Living, Three Dead (2004, Old Europa Cafe)
- Alchemie, 2nd Edition (2005, Twilight Records)
- The Knightly Years (2009, Twilight Records)
External links
- The Soil Bleeds Black's official website
- The Soil Bleeds Black on MySpaceMySpaceMyspace is a social networking service owned by Specific Media LLC and pop star Justin Timberlake. Myspace launched in August 2003 and is headquartered in Beverly Hills, California. In August 2011, Myspace had 33.1 million unique U.S. visitors....