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ABOUT THE ALBUM
“Carnival of Souls” is a conceptual musical soundscape, a mosaic composed by thirty-three fragments that, stitched together depict the incoherent flow of a surrealist lucid dream.
The music and styles portrayed through its almost 36 minutes vary impatiently from section to section, behaving like a puzzling labyrinth of dead-end hallways, a riddle with no answer where its ever-morphing nature is the only constant thread.
This record is heavily based on Italian-Slovenian experimental rock band Devil Doll, as well as in their albums’ structure, paying the due tribute by curating a mixture of original and borrowed elements in the musical, lyrical & visual dimensions.
With a thematic and imagery that shifts from a black and white 1920’s cartoon to the mystery of Hermes, Thot & Mercury’s godly trinity, the glorious creation of the Universe, up to the arrival of the foul bearded demon, and so forth, the album always navigating through an endless sea of abounding and wicked scenes. “Carnival of Souls” is a twisted journey into the subconscious mind, its darkest fears and its holiest longings, an honest promise that if everything is forgiven… amends shall be made.
ABOUT THE VIDEO
This is a simple lyric video made by using the album’s CD artwork as the main source, shifting from the lyrics to the curated images in a simple edition. The images are from different sources, some come from old alchemical and occultist books, containing encrypted messages within the symbolism. Other images are taken from Plancy’s demon grimoire “Dictionnaire Infernal”, Breton’s “Drolatic Dreams of Pantagruel”, religious imagery such as Ezekiel’s Visions, Robin Goodfellow/Puck art depictions, Tarot symbolism, various Hermetic artwork, depictions of Thoth and Mercury, famous engravings such as Flammarion Engraving or the ones found in Brant’s “Das Narrenschiff” , and so forth, the connections between Carnival Of Soul’s lyrics and images are up to the viewers free interpretation.
Some other direct references & quotes include: Carnival of Souls (1962 film) Devil Doll (band), The Kybalion (texts), The Prisoner (1955 & 1967, film and series respectively), Adolf Hitler (speech fragment) Tao Te Ching (texts), The Holy Bible (texts), Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream (play), and more.
