Glenn Danzig
Black Aria II (Evilive)
Best-known for incredibly catchy punk songs about murder and monsters, Misfits-Samhain mastermind Glenn Danzig is the only alumnus from hardcore's old-school scene to land an album at number one on Billboard's classical album chart, with 1993's Black Aria. More sophisticated and eclectic, Black Aria II is without lyrics, but the auteur has never written anything as wonderfully eerie. Inspired by the apocryphal tale of Lilith (Adam's pre-Eve first wife, whose fierce will led to her expulsion into the primeval wastelands (where she became a demon), Black Aria II is the sound of evil things committing wicked acts in darkness. Danzig wrote and performed the majority of the album himself, breathing deep like a demon and using keyboards to overlap classical, tribal, and Eastern themes, simulating sounds from deep strings to kettle drums. The result is Philip Glass-style minimalism, with a Wagner-worthy leitmotif that floats through the album like a giant vampire bat. Vocalist Tania Themmen joins the dark maestro on album closer "Lamenta Lilith," wailing like Enya reborn as a succubus. Eternal doom never sounded so beautiful.
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