Citings & Sightings of Dante's Works in Contemporary Culture
Australian metal band Above/Below released an EP titled The Sowers of Discord on January 12, 2017. The album features track titles that reference various parts of the Divine Comedy, including “I.I Purgatory”, “I.II Inferno”, and “I.III Paradise”.
For more information about the album, see its entry on Bandcamp here.
The full EP can be streamed on YouTube here.
“Zao refer to the Divine Comedy on their 1999 album Liberate Te Ex Inferis, covering the first five circles of the Inferno.” —Wikipedia
“Austrian gothic metal band Dreams of Sanity’s album Komödia is partially based on The Divine Comedy.” —Wikipedia
“American post-hardcore band Alesana’s fourth album, A Place Where the Sun Is Silent, is primarily based on the Inferno.” —Wikipedia
“American progressive metal band Symphony X’s 2015 album Underworld is based on the Inferno.” —Wikipedia
