History Music / QueenOfTheWave

* CrossoverCosmology: The Greek story of Atlantis is merged with [[Literature/TheBible the pre-flood history from Genesis]]. The knowledge and technology of Atlantis is a direct result of man eating from the Tree Of Knowledge in Eden (unlike the Biblical account, this is portrayed as an unambiguously good turn of events), and Nepth is just Noah by a different name.

Musically, the album is [[NeoclassicalPunkZydecoRockabilly a fusion of numerous styles]], most prominently PsychedelicRock, BaroquePop, and SurfRock.

* NeoclassicalPunkZydecoRockabilly: This album straddles the lines separateing PsychedelicRock, BaroquePop, and SurfRock, with additional influences from early electronic music, soul, acid folk, 60's girl-band pop, trip-hop, easy listening, and opera.

* YourCheatingHeart: Zailm's great mistake, leading to his ultimate downfall, is his affair with the barbarian princess Lolix, after he had married the princess of Atlantis, Anzimee.

* MonsterSobStory: Mainin had already turned to the Black Arts to seek knowledge, but it was the death of the woman he loved that provoked him into complete supervillainy.

'''Queen of the Wave''' is Music/PepeDeluxe's fourth studio album, released in 2012.

* RockOpera

''Queen of the Wave'' is Music/PepeDeluxe's fourth studio album, released in 2012.

!!This album provides examples of:

* CrossoverCosmology: The Greek story of Atlantis is merged with [[TheBible the pre-flood history from Genesis]]. The knowledge and technology of Atlantis is a direct result of man eating from the Tree Of Knowledge in Eden (unlike the Biblical account, this is portrayed as an unambiguously good turn of events), and Nepth is just Noah by a different name.

* {{Atlantis}}
* BittersweetEnding: The album ends with all the protagonists and antagonists dead, and Atlantis sunk into the ocean. However, Nepth escapes the destruction and finds a new home for humanity to rebuild, "and the future will sparkle again."

* TheFairFolk: Mentioned offhand in "A Night and a Day": "The hole where the fairies said their word / a perverse thing to follow."

* TheFairFolk: Mentioned offhand in "A Night and a Day": "The fairies' word, a perverse thing to follow."

* LostTechnology: Atlantean technology included iron automatons, AntiMatter light, airships, aerial water generators, television, and astral interplanetary travel.

* {{Sampling}}: This album continues Pepe Deluxé's quest to record music that doesn't use samples, but sounds like it does.
* TheWorldTree: The Tree of Knowledge, mentioned in "Contain Thyself".

* AllThereInTheManual: While the broad strokes of the plot may be gleaned just from listening to the music, a lot the of details (like the esoteric technology, or ''characters' names'') only show up in the liner notes, or in the album supplements that were released online.

* {{Retraux}}: Music/PepeDeluxe's efforts to emulate the sound of the 1950s to the 1970s are noted on their trope page, and this album is no exception. They were pretty successful, too: when Guitar Cobra uploaded her FanVideo of "The Storm" (the one PD retroactively made official), she initially thought the song was "probably from [the] 60's or something."

* BoleroEffect: "Queenswave" repeats a chorus and instrumental motif three times, adding instruments and volume with each repetition. The second half of "Grave Prophecy" repeats a motif while increasing the tempo.

* DisproportionateRetribution: Mainin's wife was stoned to death under false pretenses. In response, Mainin vowed vengeance against all mankind.

* LightIsNotGood: Mainin's name means "light".

* LostTechnology: Atlantean technology included iron automatons, AntiMatter light, airships, aerial water generators, and astral interplanetary travel.
* MonsterSobStory: Mainin was driven to evil after the death of his wife.
* NeoclassicalPunkZydecoRockabilly: This album straddles the lines separateing PsychedelicRock, BaroquePop, and SurfRock, with additional influences from early electronic music, acid folk, 60's girl-band pop, trip-hop, and opera.
* {{Retraux}}: Pepe Deluxé love the music of the 1940s to 1960s, and used genuinely vintage recording equipment (in many cases, using the actual mixers, pre-amplifiers, or tape decks that their musical heroes used) to achieve the sound of that era.

* SinisterMinister: Mainin plots the destruction of humanity while serving as the chief priest of Atlantis' great temple.
* {{Sampling}}: Played with. In years past, Pepe Deluxé made use of numerous samples in their music, but they eventually decided that samples were too much trouble to work with. Now, their approach is to record everything themselves, then mix the recordings to make the finished song sound like it was constructed from samples.

* TheBoleroEffect: "Queenswave" repeats a chorus and instrumental motif three times, adding instruments and volume with each repetition. The second half of "Grave Prophecy" repeats a motif while increasing the tempo.