Episode #55 - Ancient Evil

Night Demon Heavy Metal Podcast

This week’s episode focuses on “Ancient Evil,” an underrated classic on the four-song Night Demon EP. Jarvis goes into detail about how the writings of American horror author H. P. Lovecraft influenced heavy metal, Night Demon, and this song specifically. The lyrics’ numerous references to Lovecraftian characters and concepts are explained. You will hear how this song was written, why it is Armand’s favorite track on the EP, and how the tempos have accelerated on “Ancient Evil” from the demo stage to the studio recording to the current live version. Jarvis hints at a strong comeback for this oft-overlooked track in upcoming Night Demon setlists, and describes how it works so effectively live when sandwiched in between “Road Racin’” and “Satan.”

Become a subscriber today at nighdemon.net/subscriber. This week, subscribers have access to the bonus content below:

• Ancient Evil (Demo) streaming audio track
• Ancient Evil isolated instrumental and vocal tracks

Night Demon “Ancient Evil” (studio) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C41TpMt3xfE

Night Demon “Ancient Evil” (live) - https://nightdemon.bandcamp.com/track/ancient-evil-2

H. P. Lovecraft Wikipedia page - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H._P._Lovecraft

The H. P. Lovecraft Archive - https://www.hplovecraft.com/

Metallica “The Call of Ktulu” - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t1RTgznup5c

Metallica “The Thing That Should Not Be” - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bYJGt67Mwmo

“The Unnamable” movie - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y3cRnotRArg

“Reanimator” movie - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Es6f5jcnR0

Night Demon “Road Racin’” (live 2014) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WMomOtkEaNM

Listen at nightdemon.net/podcast or anywhere you listen to podcasts!

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