History Music / Current93

* BeethovenWasAnAlienSpy[=/=]HistoricalVillainUpgrade: "Hitler As Kalki (SDM)", which posits that Adolf Hitler's end goal was to bring about the apocalypse and murder Christ in preparation for the Satya Yuga.

* EverythingIsAnInstrument[=/=]BizarreInstrument: Jerry-rigged Speak-n-toy on ''I Have A Special Plan For This World.''

* BeethovenWasAnAlienSpy: PlayedForHorror on "Hitler As Kalki (SDM)", which posits that Adolf Hitler's end goal was to bring about the apocalypse and murder Christ in preparation for the Satya Yuga.

* PunnyName: ''Looney Runes.'' He even played this up by having a pastiche of a GoldenAge character on the cover, with the back reading ''Merry Malaise.''

* LongTitle: ''The Seven Seals Are Revealed At The End Of Time As Seven Bows: The Bloodbow, The Pissbow, The Painbow, The Faminebow, The Deathbow, The Angerbow, The Hohohobow'' certainly qualifies.

* DreamTeam: Quite a few:
** ''Swastikas For Noddy'' features [[Music/{{Coil}} Jhonn Balance]], [[Music/DeathInJune Douglas Pearce]], Rose [=McDowall=], and Boyd Rice.
** ''Thunder-Perfect Mind'' features all of the above except for Boyd, but it does feature Shirley Collins and Edward Ka-Spel.
** ''The Inmost Light'' features Shirley Collins, Jhonn Balance, Nick Cave, and Thomas Ligotti.
** ''Black Ships Ate the Sky'' features William Basinski, [[Music/SoftCell Marc Almond]], [[Music/{{AntonyAndTheJohnsons}} Anhoni]], Bonnie "Prince" Billy, Chris & Cosey, and Shirley Collins.
** ''I Am the Last of All the Field That Fell'' features [[Music/{{Coil}} Ossian Brown]], Tony [=McPhee=], Jack Barnett, Reiner Van Houdt, Nick Cave, Anhoni, and ''John Zorn.''
** Attila Csihar, of Music/{{Mayhem}} and Music/SunnO, has also provided vocals for him live.

* NotChristianRock: Despite the dark and sometimes iconoclastic nature of his art, David Tibet [[https://www.nastymagazine.com/art-culture/david-tibet-current-93/ identifies as Christian]], and there are certain C93 lyrics [[https://songmeanings.com/songs/view/3530822107858517970/ which make this plainly evident]]. Whether or not one is aware of this can affect how the meanings of some songs are interpreted. That said, his themes tend to be concerned with the more esoteric aspects of Christianity and other religions, and he does not attempt to preach or proselytize. It seems safe to say that Current 93 enjoys significantly more renown among the occult-adjacent goth/industrial fanbase than among the Christian rock fanbase.

* BeethovenWasAnAlienSpy: PlayedForHorror on "Hitler As Kalki (SDM)"

* NeoclassicalPunkZydecoRockabilly: As a folk singer--he primarily does English or Celtic folk, but will link it together with such things as drone, noise rock and industrial.

* ScaryMusicianHarmlessMusic: Alternatingly inverted and averted. His music can be panic inducing at times, but the guy himself is a polite and friendly man who adores cats.

* RearrangeTheSong: Reworkings and alternate mixes are a very common practice, be they individual songs (some of which get mashed up live) or entire albums (as was the case with ''Swastikas For Noddy'', ''Sleep Has His House'', and ''Black Ships Ate The Sky'', among others), to say nothing of ''Like Swallowing Eclipses'', in which Andrew Liles remixed five of his albums and two of his EPs.

[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/c93_colour_00023.jpeg]] Current 93 is an experimental neofolk band that has been actively recording since 1982. At the helm is David Tibet (né Bunting), who was born in Malaysia from English parents and immigrated to England in his childhood. Originally releasing harrowing {{Industrial}} music, Tibet transitioned to a vein of Neofolk known as Apocalyptic Folk by 1988. He has worked with members of Music/DeathInJune, {{Music/Coil}} and Music/ThrobbingGristle, as well as Creator/ThomasLigotti, Tiny Tim and Shirley Collins. Steven Stapleton of Music/NurseWithWound was also a regular collaborator, appearing on nearly every Current 93 release until TheNewTens, when his bandmate Andrew Liles stepped in (and Tibet also regularly appears on Nurse with Wound releases.) Recurring themes of his work include religion (primarily esoteric offshoots of Christianity), mythology, philosophy and nihilism.

** ''Sleep Has His House'' is an album built entirely on this, provided by a harmonium. It even had the additional CD filled with nothing but drones.

[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/c93_colour_00023.jpeg]] Current 93 is an experimental neofolk band that has been actively recording since 1982. At the helm is David Tibet (né Bunting), who was born in Malaysia from English parents and immigrated to England in his childhood. Originally releasing harrowing {{Industrial}} music, Tibet transitioned to a vein of Neofolk known as Apocalyptic Folk by 1988. He has worked with members of Music/DeathInJune, {{Music/Coil}} and Music/ThrobbingGristle, as well as Creator/ThomasLigotti, Tiny Tim and Shirley Collins. Steven Stapleton of Music/NurseWithWound was also a regular collaborator, appearing on nearly every Current 93 release until TheNewTens, when bandmate Andrew Liles stepped in (and Tibet also regularly appears on Nurse with Wound releases.) Recurring themes of his work include religion (primarily esoteric offshoots of Christianity), mythology, philosophy and nihilism.

[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/c93_colour_00023.jpeg]] Current 93 is an experimental gothic folk band that has been actively recording since 1982. At the helm is David Tibet (né Bunting), who was born in Malaysia from English parents and immigrated to England in his childhood. Originally releasing harrowing {{Industrial}} music, Tibet transitioned to a vein of Neofolk known as Apocalyptic Folk by 1988. He has worked with members of Music/DeathInJune, {{Music/Coil}} and Music/ThrobbingGristle, as well as Creator/ThomasLigotti, Tiny Tim and Shirley Collins. Steven Stapleton of Music/NurseWithWound was also a regular collaborator, appearing on nearly every Current 93 release until TheNewTens, when bandmate Andrew Liles stepped in (and Tibet also regularly appears on Nurse with Wound releases.) Recurring themes of his work include religion (primarily esoteric offshoots of Christianity), mythology, philosophy and nihilism.

[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/c93_colour_00023.jpeg]] Current 93 is an experimental gothic folk band that has been actively recording since 1982. At the helm is David Tibet (né Bunting), who was born in Malaysia from English parents and immigrated to England in his childhood. Originally releasing harrowing {{Industrial}} music, Tibet transitioned to a vein of Neofolk known as Apocalyptic Folk by 1988. He has worked with members of Music/DeathInJune, {{Music/Coil}} and Music/ThrobbingGristle, as well as Creator/ThomasLigotti, Tiny Tim and Shirley Collins. Steven Stapleton of Music/NurseWithWound is also a regular collaborator, appearing on nearly every Current 93 release (and Tibet also regularly appears on Nurse with Wound releases.) Recurring themes of his work include religion (primarily esoteric offshoots of Christianity), mythology, philosophy and nihilism.

** ''I Am the Last of All the Field That Fell'' features [[Music/{{Coil}} Ossian Brown]], Tony [=McPhee=], Reiner Van Houdt, Nick Cave, Anhoni, and ''John Zorn.''

Current 93 is an experimental gothic folk band that has been actively recording since 1982. At the helm is David Tibet (né Bunting), who was born in Malaysia from English parents and immigrated to England in his childhood. Originally releasing harrowing {{Industrial}} music, Tibet transitioned to a vein of Neofolk known as Apocalyptic Folk by 1988. He has worked with members of Music/DeathInJune, {{Music/Coil}} and Music/ThrobbingGristle, as well as Creator/ThomasLigotti, Tiny Tim and Shirley Collins. Steven Stapleton of Music/NurseWithWound is also a regular collaborator, appearing on nearly every Current 93 release (and Tibet also regularly appears on Nurse with Wound releases.) Recurring themes of his work include religion (primarily esoteric offshoots of Christianity), mythology, philosophy and nihilism.

* GrowingUpSucks: "The Bloodbells Chime," which offers a good explanation why: You'll never see things the way you did when you were a kid.

* OminousLatinChanting: The first two albums use this very effectively to create a DroneOfDread. "Patripassian" uses it to more tranquil and melancholy effect.

* NightmareFuelColoringBook: The liner notes for ''Black Ships Ate the Sky.'' Many of his more recent album covers also qualify, like ''I Am The Last of All the Fields That Fell''.

* AndIMustScream: Discussed frequently during the '90s, usually in relation to Patripassianism (which is the perspective that the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost are aspects of one entity, which suffers for all eternity.)

* AndIMustScream: Discussed frequently during the '90s, usually in relation to Patripassianism (which is the perspective that the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost are aspects of one entity, which suffers.)

* {{Gnosticism}}: His main source of inspiration. Robust knowledge of the topic will help greatly with understanding the band's lyrics.

* KindHeartedCatLover: David Tibet himself, to the point where he literally posts pictures of his cats on the band's Facebook page. ''Aww.''

* ScaryMusicianHarmlessMusic: Alternatingly inverted and averted. His music is often panic inducing, but the guy himself is a polite and friendly man who adores cats.

** "Falling Back in Fields Of Rape" does this rather deliberately--"rape" is also an old term for rapeseed, also known as canola.