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* ArcWords: "Black Ships", "Menstrual night", "Imperium", "Arise arise, full of eyes, of eyes", "Baalstorm, sing Omega", "Theinmostlight", "Hallucinatory Patripassianist"... loads of them, really, both arcs within albums and arcs linking albums.

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* ArcWords: "Black Ships", "Menstrual night", "Imperium", "Arise arise, full of eyes, of eyes", "Baalstorm, sing Omega", "Theinmostlight", "Hallucinatory Patripassianist"..."Theinmostlight"... loads of them, really, both arcs within albums and arcs linking albums.



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* DigitalPiracyIsEvil: He takes this a bit more literally than most. Promotional releases of "Aleph At Hallucinatory Mountain" even opened with the following (half-joking) announcement:

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* DigitalPiracyIsEvil: He takes this a bit more literally than most. Promotional releases of "Aleph At Hallucinatory Mountain" even opened with the following (half-joking) announcement:


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* Creepy Children Singing

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* DigitalPiracyIsEvil: He takes this a bit more literally than most. Promotional releases of "Aleph At Hallucinatory Mountain" even opened with the following (half-joking) announcement:
-->This is a promotional CD. Anyone illegally selling, copying, uploading or downloading this material is condemned to eternal hellfire. Happy listening, God is love.
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* {{Gratuitous |Foreign Language}}Coptic: And sometimes Greek, too.

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* {{Gratuitous |Foreign Language}}Coptic: And sometimes Greek, too.GratuitousForeignLanguage: Greek and Coptic.
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* {{Gratuitous |Foreign Language}}Coptic: And sometimes Greek, too.
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* ApocalypseWow: His end-of-the-world scenarios can get particularly bizzarre or spectacular, from reality-destroying, malevolent boats to bizarre chains of events triggered by the end of time itself.

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* ApocalypseWow: His end-of-the-world scenarios can get particularly bizzarre or spectacular, from reality-destroying, malevolent boats to bizarre chains of events triggered surrealistic displays brought about by the end of time itself.angry dieties.

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* ArcWords: "Black Ships", "Menstrual night", "Imperium", "Arise arise, full of eyes, of eyes", "Baalstorm, sing Omega", "Theinmostlight". In other words, loads of them: both arcs within albums and arcs linking albums.

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* ApocalypseWow: His end-of-the-world scenarios can get particularly bizzarre or spectacular, from reality-destroying, malevolent boats to bizarre chains of events triggered by the end of time itself.
* ArcWords: "Black Ships", "Menstrual night", "Imperium", "Arise arise, full of eyes, of eyes", "Baalstorm, sing Omega", "Theinmostlight". In other words, "Theinmostlight", "Hallucinatory Patripassianist"... loads of them: them, really, both arcs within albums and arcs linking albums.

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* FakeGuestStar: Steven Stapleton.

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* FakeGuestStar: Steven Stapleton.Stapleton, Michael Cashmore, and others.


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

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

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* {{Leitmotif}}: Shows up in a sizeable portion of his output.

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* {{Leitmotif}}: Shows up in a sizeable sizable portion of his output.



* SelfBackingVocalist

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* ShoutOut: Everything from old children's rhymes to the works of Louis Wain.
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* ApocalypseHow: Most of his works play with this trope in some way or another.
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* EldritchAbomination: The Black Ships.
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Experimental musician turned experimental/experimental folk musician, David Tibet is an English musician who records primarily under the name Current 93. Active since 1982, he has worked with such artists as Chris And Cosey, ThomasLigotti, the Hafler Trio, and Tiny Tim. Recurring themes of his work include mythology, philosophy (with particular attention to the Gnostic aspects of Christianity), nihilism and Christ.

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Experimental musician turned experimental/experimental folk musician, David Tibet is an English musician who records primarily under the name Current 93. Active since 1982, he has worked with such artists as Chris And Cosey, ThomasLigotti, the Hafler Trio, and Tiny Tim. Recurring themes of his work include theism, gnosticism, (particularly with regards to Christianity) mythology, philosophy (with particular attention to the Gnostic aspects of Christianity), nihilism philosophy, and Christ.
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* BSODSong[=/=]LoopedLyrics: The title track of ''Black Ships Ate The Sky''.
** Similarly, "Sleep Has His House".



* {{Leitmotif}}: "Idumaea," from ''Black Ships Ate the Sky."
* LyricalDissonance: Rather common. Instances include his rousing, upbeat rendition of "Misery Farm" and "The Beautiful Dancing Dust" (from ''Black Ships Ate The Sky'') a calm, sweet piano number about [[spoiler:how the listener will soon be destroyed by the Black Ships.]]
* MadnessMantra: Very often.
* NeoclassicalPunkZydecoRockabilly

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* {{Leitmotif}}: "Idumaea," from ''Black Ships Ate the Sky."
Shows up in a sizeable portion of his output.
* LoopedLyrics: Common, and in multiple instances, overlapped with BSODSong or MadnessMantra.
* LyricalDissonance: Rather common. Instances include his rousing, upbeat rendition of "Misery Farm" and "The Beautiful Dancing Dust" (from ''Black Ships Ate The Sky'') a calm, sweet piano number about [[spoiler:how the listener will soon be destroyed annihilated by the Black Ships.{{Eldritch Abomination}}s.]]
* MadnessMantra: Very often.
* NeoclassicalPunkZydecoRockabilly
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.
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* Leitmotif: "Idumaea," from ''Black Ships Ate the Sky."

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* Leitmotif: {{Leitmotif}}: "Idumaea," from ''Black Ships Ate the Sky."


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* MadnessMantra: Very often.
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* BSODSong[=/=]LoopedLyrics: The title track of ''Black Ships Ate The Sky''

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* BSODSong[=/=]LoopedLyrics: The title track of ''Black Ships Ate The Sky''Sky''.
** Similarly, "Sleep Has His House".
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Experimental musician turned experimental/experimental folk musician, David Tibet is an English musician who records primarily under the name Current 93. Active since 1982, he has worked with such artists as Chris And Cosey, ThomasLigotti, the Hafler Trio, and Tiny Tim. Recurring themes of his work include mythology, philosophy (with particular attention to the Gnostic aspects of Christianity) and nihilism.

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Experimental musician turned experimental/experimental folk musician, David Tibet is an English musician who records primarily under the name Current 93. Active since 1982, he has worked with such artists as Chris And Cosey, ThomasLigotti, the Hafler Trio, and Tiny Tim. Recurring themes of his work include mythology, philosophy (with particular attention to the Gnostic aspects of Christianity) Christianity), nihilism and nihilism.Christ.



* ArcWords: "Black Ships"

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* ArcWords: "Black Ships"Ships", "Menstrual night", "Imperium", "Arise arise, full of eyes, of eyes", "Baalstorm, sing Omega", "Theinmostlight". In other words, loads of them: both arcs within albums and arcs linking albums.
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* ScaryMusicianHarmlessMusic: Alternatingly inverted and averted.

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* BSODSong[=/=]LoopedLyrics: The title track of ''Black Ships Ate The Sky''



* LyricalDissonance: Rather common. Instances include his rousing, upbeat rendition of "Misery Farm" and "The Beautiful Dancing Dust," a calm, sweet piano number about [[spoiler:how the listener will soon be destroyed by the Black Ships.]]

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* LyricalDissonance: Rather common. Instances include his rousing, upbeat rendition of "Misery Farm" and "The Beautiful Dancing Dust," Dust" (from ''Black Ships Ate The Sky'') a calm, sweet piano number about [[spoiler:how the listener will soon be destroyed by the Black Ships.]]



** SanitySlippageSong[=/=]MadnessMantra: The title track of ''Black Ships Ate The Sky.''

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* IronicNurseryTune



* LyricalDissonance: Rather common.

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* LyricalDissonance: Rather common. Instances include his rousing, upbeat rendition of "Misery Farm" and "The Beautiful Dancing Dust," a calm, sweet piano number about [[spoiler:how the listener will soon be destroyed by the Black Ships.]]
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* FakeGuestStar: Steven Stapleton.

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* ArcWords: "Black Ships"



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

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* NightmareFuelColoringBook: The liner notes for ''Black Ships Ate the Sky.''
* PunnyName: ''Looney Runes.'' They He even played this up by having a pastiche of a GoldenAge character on the cover, with the back reading ''Merry Malaise.''
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* LyricalDissonance: Rather common

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* LyricalDissonance: "Misery Farm."

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* LyricalDissonance: "Misery Farm."Rather common



** SanitySlippageSong[=/=]MadnessMantra: The title track of ''Black Ships Ate The Sky.

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** SanitySlippageSong[=/=]MadnessMantra: The title track of ''Black Ships Ate The Sky.''
* SelfBackingVocalist
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* AndIMustScream



* EverythingsAnInstrument[=/=]{{Xenophone}}: Jerry-rigged Speak-n-toy on ''I Have A Special Plan For This World.''

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* EverythingsAnInstrument[=/=]{{Xenophone}}: EverythingIsAnInstrument[=/=]{{Xenophone}}: Jerry-rigged Speak-n-toy on ''I Have A Special Plan For This World.''
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Experimental musician turned experimental/experimental folk musician, David Tibet is an English musician who records primarily under the name Current 93. Active since 1982, he has worked with such artists as Chris And Cosey, AndreaLigotti, the Hafler Trio, and Tiny Tim. Recurring themes of his work include mythology, philosophy (with particular attention to the Gnostic aspects of Christianity) and nihilism.

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Experimental musician turned experimental/experimental folk musician, David Tibet is an English musician who records primarily under the name Current 93. Active since 1982, he has worked with such artists as Chris And Cosey, AndreaLigotti, ThomasLigotti, the Hafler Trio, and Tiny Tim. Recurring themes of his work include mythology, philosophy (with particular attention to the Gnostic aspects of Christianity) and nihilism.

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A British band based around the work of David Tibet. Active since 1982, they originally specialized in horrific Goth/industrial music, but fairly early on, incorporated a strong English folk music influence as well. Tibet's lyrics often focus on Christianity, particularly Gnostic aspects of the religion, but he's far from a typical Christian rocker; some of his strongest influences include Aleister Crowley and the horror writer ThomasLigotti.
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A British band based around the work of Experimental musician turned experimental/experimental folk musician, David Tibet. Tibet is an English musician who records primarily under the name Current 93. Active since 1982, they originally specialized in horrific Goth/industrial music, but fairly early on, incorporated a strong English folk music influence he has worked with such artists as well. Tibet's lyrics often focus on Christianity, particularly Chris And Cosey, AndreaLigotti, the Hafler Trio, and Tiny Tim. Recurring themes of his work include mythology, philosophy (with particular attention to the Gnostic aspects of the religion, but he's far from Christianity) and nihilism.
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!!Tropes present in his works include:
* DroneOfDread: Present in
a typical Christian rocker; some lot of his strongest influences include Aleister Crowley and stuff.
* EpicRocking[=/=]MinisculeRocking: It's not uncommon for both to take place on
the horror writer ThomasLigotti.
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same album.
* EverythingsAnInstrument[=/=]{{Xenophone}}: Jerry-rigged Speak-n-toy on ''I Have A Special Plan For This World.''
* GenreRoulette
* Leitmotif: "Idumaea," from ''Black Ships Ate the Sky."
* LyricalDissonance: "Misery Farm."
* PunnyName: ''Looney Runes.'' They even played this up by having a pastiche of a GoldenAge character on the cover, with the back reading ''Merry Malaise.''
* SanitySlippage: A recurring theme.
** SanitySlippageSong[=/=]MadnessMantra: The title track of ''Black Ships Ate The Sky.
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A British band based around the work of David Tibet. Active since 1982, they originally specialized in horrific Goth/industrial music, but fairly early on, incorporated a strong English folk music influence as well. Tibet's lyrics often focus on Christianity, particularly Gnostic aspects of the religion, but he's far from a typical Christian rocker; some of his strongest influences include Aleister Crowley and the horror writer Thomas Ligotti.

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A British band based around the work of David Tibet. Active since 1982, they originally specialized in horrific Goth/industrial music, but fairly early on, incorporated a strong English folk music influence as well. Tibet's lyrics often focus on Christianity, particularly Gnostic aspects of the religion, but he's far from a typical Christian rocker; some of his strongest influences include Aleister Crowley and the horror writer Thomas Ligotti.ThomasLigotti.

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