HOMERIK

CINEMATIC METAL/DARK MYTHOLOGY

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Doing some reviews of the gear and plugins I use. Check out @th3madc0mp0ser in this brand new series on Homerik's YouTube page! . . . WWW.HOMERIK.ORG . . . #AntelopeAudio @antelope_audio #universalaudio @uaudio #HOMERIK #cinematicmetal #audioreview #plugins #protools #avid @avid.protools #dsp #daw #audioengineer #gearporn #epicmetal (at New York, New York) https://www.instagram.com/p/B-St78RAdf9/?igshid=1ts67gjaajxd9

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This is @theempyress - a voice so beautiful, you'll fall right under her spell. A master at harmony, Elizabeth has been working on wonderful melodies to take you straight to #hell. You will hear her mesmerizing vocals on #TheCircleOfDeadChildren by #HOMERIK. Are you prepared to enter the underworld? . . . WWW.HOMERIK.ORG . . . #TheEmpyress #empyrean #dantesinferno #dantesparadiso #dantesdivinecomedy #inferno #salem #witch #metalvocalists #femalefrontedmetal #heavymetal #themusicbox #musicbox #deathmetal #cinematicmetal #epicmetal #symphonicmetal #nightwish #epica #demonology #darkmyths #darkmythology https://www.instagram.com/p/B4Bx1n4ATW8/?igshid=lva7pe54wlnq

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New studio update! Welcome to the new and improved studio for #HOMERIK. Let's start with one of the coolest parts of this new set up: the microphone. We are using the @antelope_audio #EdgeDuo - a very special piece of gear. This mic has the ability to emulate many different microphones, including old, vintage tube ones very accurately. As an intern, I saw #AntelopeAudio in the mastering studio, @masterdisk_nyc and loved their gear ever since. Very happy to add this to the new rig and can't wait to show you guys what this baby can do! Hint: it's AWESOME!! . . . WWW.HOMERIK.ORG . . . #newmusic #thecircleofdeadchildren #protools #gigabyte #designare #discrete8 #sapphirerx580 #studiogear #studioporn #antelope #audio #audioengineer #recording #cinematicmetal #epic #epicmetal (at New York, New York) https://www.instagram.com/p/B28SEqlgKYt/?igshid=i4691hzjd690

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What was your #inferno? #HOMERIK went through a huge change back in May. We had to rebuild a new team to work with. Losing bandmates can be the hardest thing. But the trials and yribulations led to something greater: a new studio, more powerful hardware to work with, better bandmates, and piece of mind. If we had not gone through our own inferno, we would never be able to reach #purgatory and into paradise. It's time for us to climb the mountain! . . . WWW.HOMERIK.ORG . . . #positive #trialsandtribulations #hell #dantesinferno #dantespurgatorio #dantesparadiso #love #hate #bandmates #relationships #duty #honor #purpose (at The Satanic Temple of Salem) https://www.instagram.com/p/B24idNugs1o/?igshid=13nvp1gho7ado

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DANTE'S INFERNO: CANTO XXXIV . Still journeying toward the center of the Ninth Circle of Hell, Dante becomes aware of a great shape in the distance, hidden by the fog. Right under his feet, however, he notices sinners completely covered in ice, sometimes several feet deep, contorted into various positions. These souls constitute the most evil of all sinners—the Traitors to their Benefactors. Their part of Hell, the Fourth Ring of the Ninth Circle, is called Judecca. . . . WWW.HOMERIK.ORG . . . #HOMERIK #thecircleofdeadchildren #codc #lucifer #hell #satan #dantesinferno #divinecomedy #dantealighieri #winterofsouls #inferno #demon #demonology #witchcraft #witch #vvitch #traitor #treachery https://www.instagram.com/p/B2Ua_rRgkYI/?igshid=1b5tapjexv0kl

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DANTE'S INFERNO: CANTO XXXIII . Dante and Virgil are still traveling through the freezing cold ninth circle of hell in Canto 33 of Dante's Inferno. Unlike some other parts of hell, where sinners are punished with flames or boiling hot substances, the sinners in the ninth circle, called Cocytus, are submerged in ice. Similar to other circles in hell, the ninth circle's punishments vary based upon the severity of sin. Currently, they are in the second round of this circle, called Antenora, where those who were traitors to their country are trapped with only their heads above the surface of the ice. Even with all he's seen on his journey, Dante can apparently still be horrified; this becomes apparent when he lays eyes on the sinners in this particular circle. Two men are close together, with one ''gnawing'' on the other's neck. Such a punishment must have a story behind it, and Dante offers to tell their story in the land of the living if only they'll share it with him. . . . WWW.HOMERIK.ORG . . . #HOMERIK #dantesinferno #soundtrackofhell #thecircleofdeadchildren #demonology #devil #cocytus #satan #lucifer #christianity #darkmythology #darkmyths https://www.instagram.com/p/B14iF9GAohp/?igshid=1o1m612swdoy

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DANTE'S INFERNO: CANTO XXXII . Dante feels that he cannot adequately express the grim terror of what he and Virgil see next, but he states that he will nevertheless make an attempt. Walking past the giant’s feet, the two come upon a vast frozen lake, as clear as glass—Cocytus. In the ice, souls stand frozen up to their heads, their teeth chattering. The First Ring of the Ninth Circle of Hell is called Caina (after Cain, who, as Genesis recounts, slew his brother, Abel), where traitors to their kin receive their punishment. Virgil and Dante see twins frozen face to face, butting their heads against each other in rage. Walking farther, Dante accidentally kicks one of the souls in the cheek. Leaning down to apologize, he thinks he recognizes the face—it turns out to belong to Bocca degli Abati, an Italian traitor. Dante threatens Bocca and tears out some of his hair before leaving him in the ice. Virgil and Dante progress to the Second Ring, Antenora, which contains those who betrayed their homeland or party. Continuing across the lake, Dante is horrified to see one sinner gnawing at another’s head from behind. He inquires into the sin that warranted such cruelty, stating that he might be able to spread the gnawing sinner’s good name on Earth. . . . WWW.HOMERIK.ORG . . . #HOMERIK #dantesinferno #devil #lakecocytus #cocytus #treachery #evil #winterofsouls #winter #demonology #caina #satan #lucifer #horror #frozen #darkmythology #darkmyths #christianity #dante #virgil https://www.instagram.com/p/B1fP_dQgIhG/?igshid=1pgzc9amegk1w

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DANTE'S INFERNO: CANTO XXXI . The poets climb to the top of the stony chasm that ends the eighth circle and they begin their approach to the ninth and final circle, which is a great, dark pit filled with ice and cold, strong winds caused by Lucifer beating his wings. Dante thinks that he sees a city with many towers in the distance, but Virgil tells him that his eyes deceive him. The towers are actually the Giants, plugged into the center of the well up to their waists. Indeed, as they grow closer, Dante sees the Giants clearly, and at close range, Dante says that Nature was wise to discontinue the creation of these monsters. One of the Giants is Nimrod, builder of the tower of Babel, and he speaks in a nonsense tongue. Virgil reprimands Nimrod, calling him stupid and telling him that his horn is around his neck. Nimrod is condemned to babble through eternity, not understanding and not being understood. The second Giant the poets encounter is Ephialtes, who endeavored with the other Giants to war against the gods. Ephialtes is bound with a chain five times around his body, and Dante wonders who could have had the strength to bind the Giant. Ephialtes begins to rock back and forth, causing the ground to tremble and scaring Dante. The third Giant they meet is Antaeus, and Virgil praises him for his deeds and strength on Earth and with this flattery, gains passage on Antaeus' palm down to the bottom of the pit, the final circle of Hell, Cocytus. Dante is terrified that the Giant will harm him, but Antaeus gently places the poets on the bottom of the final hole. . . . WWW.HOMERIK.ORG . . . #HOMERIK #dantesinferno #hell #giants #nimrod #titans #darkmythology #darkmyths #darkness #treachery #lucifer #satan #god #christianity #dantealighieri #virgil #artgallery #art https://www.instagram.com/p/B1RHIgoA4ZN/?igshid=145wxyw20y0w0

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DANTE'S INFERNO: CANTO XXVIII . Virgil and Dante continue on to the Ninth Pouch, where they see a line of souls circling perpetually. Dante sees they bear wounds worse than those suffered at the battles at Troy and Ceparano. A devil stands at one point of the circle with a sword, splitting open each sinner who walks by. One of the sinners speaks to Dante as he passes—it is Mohammed, prophet of the Muslims. These are the Sowers of Scandal and Schism, and for their sins of division they themselves are split apart. Worse, as they follow the circle around, their wounds close up so that they are whole by the time they come back to the sword, only to be struck again. . . . WWW.HOMERIK.ORG . . . #HOMERIK #dantesinferno #hell #schism #fraud #fraudulent #division #dante #virgil #eternity #hellfire #darkmythology #darkmyths https://www.instagram.com/p/B0j-x9XADud/?igshid=1dy49opou6132

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DANTE'S INFERNO: CANTO XXVII . After hearing Ulysses’ story, Virgil and Dante start down their path again, only to be stopped by another flame-immersed soul. This soul lived in Italy’s Romagna region, and now, hearing Dante speak the Lombard tongue, he asks for news of his homeland. Dante replies that Romagna suffers under violence and tyranny but not outright war. He then asks the soul his name, and the sinner, believing that Dante will never leave the abyss and thus will be unable to spread word of his infamy, consents to tell him. . . . WWW.HOMERIK.ORG . . . #HOMERIK #dantesinferno #darkmythology #darkmyths #hell #inferno #darkmetal #cinematicmetal #symphonicmetal #evil #homer #odysseus #christianity #fraud https://www.instagram.com/p/B0OaBOigKEg/?igshid=mbvcd5qmfwwq

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DANTE'S INFERNO: CANTO XXVI . Dante and Virgil take the dangerous climb up some rocks and Dante can see the eighth trench lit up by many small, twinkling fires. Dante compares the small, moving fires to fireflies and then to Elijah's flaming chariot that rose to heaven. Virgil tells him that under each flame is a tortured soul. . Dante sees a flame split in two and asks who is under that flame. Virgil tells him that it is Ulysses and Diomedes. In Homer's Iliad these two heroes fought together in the Trojan War and stole the city's palladium (a sacred religious object). They also both participated in the trickery of the Trojan horse. They now pay for their deceit here. . . . WWW.HOMERIK.ORG . . . #HOMERIK #dantesinferno #hell #dante #virgil #burn #odyssey #inferno #darkmythology #darkmyths #demonology #devil #satan #burninhell #fraud #deceit #christianity #darkmetal #cinematicmetal #epicmetal #darkness https://www.instagram.com/p/B0GpOjRg9Cf/?igshid=lwkxdjd9j3ig

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DANTE'S INFERNO: CANTO XXV . Cursing God with an obscene gesture, Fucci flees with serpents coiling around him, and Dante now relishes the sight. Moving further along the pit, he and Virgil behold an even more incredible scene. Three souls cluster just beneath them, and a giant, six-footed serpent wraps itself so tightly around one of them that its form merges with that of its victim; the serpent and soul become a single creature. As the other souls watch in horror, another reptile bites one of them in the belly. The soul and the reptile stare at each other, transfixed, as the reptile slowly takes on the characteristics of the man and the man takes on those of the reptile. Soon they have entirely reversed their forms. . . . WWW.HOMERIK.ORG . . . #dantesinferno #HOMERIK #dante #virgil #hell #serpent #snake #transmutation #fraud #embark #metal #cinematicmetal #darkmetal #darkmyths #darkmythology #christianmyth #christianity #demonology #demons #medieval #dantealighieri https://www.instagram.com/p/B0Bdc6PgNzG/?igshid=kw4x1icxj84n

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DANTE'S INFERNO: CANTO XXIII . . This canto deals with the Hypocrites, represented by Caiaphas. For their punishment, they are forced to wear coats that are beautiful on the outside, but lined inside with heavy lead, forcing them to bend over and struggle to move. This punishment fits the sin since they glitter on the outside but are so weighted down that there is no chance of spiritual progress. . . . WWW.HOMERIK.ORG . . . #HOMERIK #dantesinferno #dante #virgil #hypocrisy #hell #inferno #infernal #demonology #darkmyths #darkmythology #thecircleofdeadchildren #codc #fraud https://www.instagram.com/p/By-wdH2ACR_/?igshid=2r302zbgznzy

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DANTE'S INFERNO: CANTO XXII . The demons are skeptical of a sinner's attempt to escape their punishment. And indeed, while they are distracted, he escapes their notice and dives into the pitch in what Dante calls "a merry prank," (22.118). The angry demons try to pursue him, but he has already gone down deep into the pitch where they cannot see him. The demons are frustrated and blame each other for their mistake. One of them attacks another, and the two of them accidentally fall into the pitch, where they are stuck. Virgil and Dante leave the band of devils behind. . . . WWW.HOMERIK.ORG . . . #HOMERIK #dantesinferno #hell #infernal #metal #cinematicmetal #newmusic #demon #demonology #darkmythology #darkmyths #mythology #christianity #devil #virgil #thecircleofdeadchildren #codc #evil #symphonicmetal #avantegarde #mrbungle #darkmetal https://www.instagram.com/p/ByWnXekASS8/?igshid=1vobn1168o47j

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DANTE'S INFERNO: CANTO XXI . Entering the Fifth Pouch of the Eighth Circle of Hell, Dante sees “an astounding darkness.” The darkness is a great pit filled with a kind of boiling tar similar to what the Venetians used to patch their ships (XXI.6). As Dante examines the pitch to determine its composition, Virgil yells for him to watch out: a demon races up the rocks on the side of the pit, grabbing a new soul and tossing him into the blackness. As soon as the sinner comes up for breath, the demons below—the Malebranche, whose name means “evil claws”—thrust him back underneath with their prongs. . . . WWW.HOMERIK.ORG . . . #HOMERIK #codc #TheCircleOfDeadChildren #evil #Hell #inferno #dantesinferno #fraud #malebranche #malebolge #darkness #IWILLTRIUMPH #eighthcircle #demon #demonology #darkmythology #darkmyths https://www.instagram.com/p/Bxx9PLvA0Ag/?igshid=1eayt1trn1h5i

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Little preview of one of the melodies on the new album. Played on the @langlangpiano #BlackDiamond #Steinway #piano. 🎹 My GOODNESS is this such a GORGEOUS instrument or what?! Ken works on @goodmorningamerica and had the rare privilege to play on Lang Lang's piano during setup for the show. . . . The song is called #InTheLandsOfHell from #TheCircleOfDeadChildren . WWW.HOMERIK.ORG . #darkmyths #HOMERIK #dantesinferno #hell #heavenly #virgil #iwilltriumph #darkness #france #wwii #normandy #nazi #sad #journey #inferno #darkmythology (at Good Morning America Studios) https://www.instagram.com/p/BxtzwYTA_0T/?igshid=13fsz2v6rxssp

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DANTE'S INFERNO: CANTO XX . In the Fourth Pouch, Dante sees a line of sinners trudging slowly along as if in a church procession. Seeing no apparent punishment other than this endless walking, he looks closer and finds, to his amazement, that each sinner’s head points the wrong way—the souls’ necks have been twisted so that their tears of pain now fall on their buttocks. Dante feels overcome by grief and pity, but Virgil rebukes him for his compassion. . . . WWW.HOMERIK.ORG . . . #HOMERIK #dantesinferno #canto20 #sorcery #sistersoffate #seer #damnation #infernal #epicmetal #cinematicmetal #horror #malebolge #thecircleofdeadchildren #terror #woebegone #sinner #hell #fireandbrimstone #metalmusic #darkmetal https://www.instagram.com/p/Bwx1YWNAWdf/?igshid=x8ep0jjeqq7f