Citings & Sightings of Dante's Works in Contemporary Culture
The song “…is about a hell that is even more vile and terrifying than Dante’s version,” says Loudwire’s Katy Irizary.
The lyrics directly reference Dante, “All damned in this Inferno / Where even Virgil averts his eyes.”
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The lyrics “I went into the demon’s gate / Across the Styx among the mists of Hades / A gate of stone marks the path / To soul’s damnation and hell’s wrath” are “a nice homage to Dante’s epic writing style,” according to Loudwire’s Katy Irizary.
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Loudwire’s Katy Irizary explains that the “cover-art alone… is very Dante-esque.” A dragon, which Irizary claims “could be a representation of the centaur Cacus who has a fire breathing dragon in Canto 25.”
Lionheart describes meeting Ulysses in Hell with the lyrics ““Drown Ulysses / Drown here in the silence / Cause down to Hades I’ve gone / But I cannot get out.”
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Anthrax’s “Medusa” is featured on their album ‘Among the Living.’
The song includes the lyrics “Endless curse, blood runs cold / Evil stare, will turn your flesh to stone / Land of doom, world of sin / All subside, don’t venture near / The island where she lives / Oh, she’ll suck you in,”
These lyrics reference the fallen angels, including Medusa, who deny Dante and Virgil entry into the city of Dis in Canto VIII.
Read more about the song in the Loudwire article by Katy Irizarry, 11 Metal Songs Inspired by Dante’s Inferno.
