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Dirge Defined

A poem of grief or lamentation, especially one intended to accompany funeral or memorial rites.
Sidelight: In contrast to an elegy, the principle aim of the dirge is to lament the dead, rather than to console survivors.
(See also Epitaph, Monody)

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Burning Witch / Asva: Crippled Lucifer (Ten Psalms for Our Lord of Light) / What You Don't Know Is Frontier

Published September 2, 2008, 3:24 am, Pitchfork

Crippled Lucifer , originally released in 1998 and now reissued, collects two EPs by Burning Witch, the early band co-founded by Sunn O)))'s Stephen O'Malley. Another member of Burning Witch, bassist Stuart Dahlquist (who collaborates with Sunn O))) on occassion), went on to form Asva, whose latest features contributions from members of Mr. Bungle and Earth. read more

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  • Album review: Dirge - Wings Of Lead Over Dormant Seas: "As the old saying goes, the devil is in the details, and here you can chase him across walls of heavy guitar and muted electronic tones, and in the spaces between the languid, funereal beats that bring to mind the solemn bitter pace of a death march ...

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