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Inferno I Album, Kyterion (2016)

November 29, 2021 By Harrison Betz, FSU '25

inferno-i-kyterion-album-coverItalian death metal band Kyterion released their album titled Inferno I on July 22, 2016. The track titles and songs make frequent reference to the text of the Divine Comedy including “La selva de’ suicidi”, “Limbo”, and “L’etterno dolore”. This album will be discussed by scholar Francesco Ciabattoni in his contribution to the forthcoming volume Dante Alive.

The Metal Archives User “Samtropy” has this to say about the album:

“This is the first of trilogy Black/Death metal interpretation of Dante’s Divine Comedy by a band of anonymous Italians.

“As a concept, it’s pretty interesting: turning Dante’s words (in their original Florentine vernacular) into relentless song-sized chunks furious blackened death metal. If you’re short on time, the takeaway is: listen to this if that idea sounds good to you. Don’t if it doesn’t.” [. . .]     –User “Samtropy”, The Metal Archives, June 8th, 2020 (retrieved November 29, 2021)

The full text of this archival review is available here.

A music video for one of the songs (“Gerione”), as well as other videos from the band, can be found here.

See our post about another metal adaptation of the Inferno here.

Categories: Music
Tagged with: 2016, Albums, Bands, Death Metal, Inferno, Italian Bands, Italy, Limbo, Metal, Music

Francine Prose, “If Dante had filmed the Inferno on his iPhone, it would look like this” (August 10, 2021)

November 27, 2021 By Harrison Betz, FSU '25

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“The second-largest island in Greece, not far from Athens, Evia has (as I write this) been on fire for a week. It is – or was – a natural paradise of forests, mountains, and clear streams, popular with the tourists who prop up the country’s shaky economy.

“Sadly, it takes something special, something unusual, to stand out from the nonstop evidence of the damage done by global heating. If the Evia fire ferry video seems extraordinary, it’s not only because of what it shows but because of how it shows it – because of its strangeness.

“At first, the video is simply disorienting. It takes a while – it took me a while – to figure out what I was seeing.

“Perhaps what makes the film clip so scary is also a matter of timing. The Greek fire video surfaced around the time of the release of a new report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. That document states definitively: We are on the brink of too late. Unless we dramatically reduce our emissions and our dependence on fossil fuels, our world will soon become ‘a hell’.

“The ferry video is a vision of hell. It’s as if Dante filmed the Inferno on his iPhone.” [. . .]     –Francine Prose, The Guardian, August 10, 2021 (retrieved November 27, 2021)

Categories: Written Word
Tagged with: 2021, Climate Change, Fire, Greece, Hell, Inferno, Natural Disasters, News, Videos

Convict-Actors Recite Dante

November 27, 2021 By Hannah Raisner, FSU '25

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“Three long-term convicts turned actors who appeared in the Taviani brothers’ prison-set Caesar Must Die Shakespearian film drama are to get out of jail for three hours to recite Dante’s Inferno at a Rome university symposium Thursday marking the 700th anniversary of the Supreme Poet’s death.

“Filippo, Giovanni and Francesco, serving lengthy terms for criminal association in the mafia wing of Rebibbia Prison, will be special guests at the event organized by the pontifical Dante commission.

“The three men said they hoped the three hours would be long enough for them to ‘see the stars again’ like Dante does when he emerges from the pit of Hell.”    –ANSA, November 23, 2021

Categories: Performing Arts, Places
Tagged with: 700th anniversary, Hell, Inferno, Italy, Live Performances, Mafia, Paolo and Francesca, Performance Art, Prisons, Rome, Stars, Ugolino, Ulysses, Universities

Darby’s Inferno Blog Post by Wrestling Fan Molly Belle (2021)

November 26, 2021 By Harrison Betz, FSU '25

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“Of all I have found fascinating about the journeys within All Elite Wrestling since its inception, one has piqued my interest more than any other. It’s one that has been a masterful work of art since the beginning, both in storytelling and in execution. Highlighted by subtle, emotional cues and incredibly beautiful black and white independent film work, Darby Allin has become this enigmatic darkness while simultaneously existing as AEW’s light.

“He doesn’t shy away from challenges – even in the face of certain destruction. His body, merely a vessel for a drive unmatched in professional wrestling; Darby walks alone. The obstacles he has had to overcome – both in his life and in his career – have been immense. Yet, he hasn’t strayed when many would have. He stays true to himself and grinds through the blackness to walk out the other side a changed man, but not in the way many would change. No, Darby emerges from hell as determined as ever and ready to fight another day.

“But that doesn’t mean his journey isn’t a perilous one. He will have lost pieces of himself along the way. Defining moments in one’s life require such sacrifice. Not only does Darby enter such hazardous conditions willingly, but he does so with the understanding that one day one journey will be his last. Until then, he walks on – half of his face painted to remind us and to remind himself that many years ago, part of his soul already entered into the unknown. He walks, still with honor to distinguish himself among monsters who may do him harm. He walks, still determined to walk through hell and climb out not unscathed but instead unburnt. He walks, still…

“This is Darby’s Inferno.” [. . .]     –Molly Belle, Wrestle Inn, March 3, 2021

Belle makes further connections between Darby Allin’s journey within wrestling and Dante’s Inferno including references to various sins (namely, violence). Read more here.

Categories: Written Word
Tagged with: 2021, AEW, Blogs, Inferno, Journeys, Sports, United States, Wrestling

Paolo & Francesca paintings by Derek Overfield (2020)

November 25, 2021 By Harrison Betz, FSU '25

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“Immortalized by Dante’s Inferno and Rodin’s, The Kiss, the historical couple of Paolo and Francesca have moved audiences for over 700 years. The young couple fell in love while reading the romance of Lancelot and Guinevere, but their affair was cut short in tragedy. This collection contains 3 paintings, the first of the couple embracing. The second and third capture a moment – perhaps before their embrace, perhaps following their discovery. Twelve preparatory drawings in charcoal also accompany the painting of the embracing couple.”     –from the portfolio of Derek Overfield

For more information about Derek Overfield and their work, view their portfolio here.

Categories: Visual Art & Architecture
Tagged with: American Art, American Painting, Fairmont, Inferno, Inferno 5, Paintings, Paolo and Francesca, United States, Visual Arts, West Virginia

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