Citation

Bolea. Symposion 2018; 5(1): 11-19.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2018)

DOI

10.5840/symposion2018512

PMID

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Abstract

In the present paper I analyze the theme of death in Gothic Metal songs such as Forever Failure (1995) by Paradise Lost, Everything Dies (1999) by Type O Negative, The Hanged Man (1998) by Moonspell or Gone with The Sin (1999) by HIM. The subthemes I am mostly interested in are the death of anima, the suicide of the self and the universal death. Several Romanian poets - Mihai Eminescu (1850-1889), Iuliu Cezar Săvescu (1866-1903), George Bacovia (1881-1957) and D. Iacobescu (1893-1913), who all have in common the pursuit of nihilism - used death to enhance their nihilist poetical universe. I will trace the aforementioned subthemes in some of their most spectacular poems. © 2018 Gheorghe Zane Institute for Economic and Social Research, Romanian Academy, Iasi Branch.

Language: en

Keywords

Symbolism; Romanticism; Death of the anima; Death-in-life; Gothic Metal music; Liebestod; Nihilist poetry; Personal apocalypse