Faith and the Muse: Battle Hymn

[greendaygirl141]

I was completely lost in this song :)

[shallowsleep15]

I was them live :] They were truly amazing. One of the best concerts I've ever been to.

[nostickable]

Actually, it's not pagan at all. The lyrics are largely drawn from Thunder Perfect Mind, a gnostic poem unearthed at Nag Hammadi. That is to say, it would properly belong to a very early and now extinct form of Christianity, not paganism.

[Simoom006]

FANTASTIC!

[benhandkarenh]

She also sings with The Eden House, you will not be disappointed.

[FallenStarPoetess]

Gosh, I LOVE this song--it is just superb! It indeed sounds like a true Pagan song of power; complete with the calling of the four elemental corners of the earth! It is a 'kick-butt' song if there ever was one! The Goddess Hecate would surely be most pleased with this one! It makes me want to draw down the moon and do a ritualistic dance to the beat of some fine drums!

[wiccerhiannon]

mixmaster said it, its not a mainstream ceappy pop song, it is an ancient song of power, a call of like to like :) :)

[wiccerhiannon]

lots of power in her voice to me,,,,

[MrNapalm138]

She so amazing and beautiful ......

[houseofmuses]

Well done. Dynamic, a powerful blending of music and imagery.

[ViewWatchGori19]

i think Monica and William are both incredibly ancient.

[TheBukrules]

I admit to preferring their older stuff, but still, they rarely disappoint. Good song, good video.

[Hraesvellger]

Uhm...her voice sucks.

[torrentXofXdarkness]

Awesome i just discovered them today

[m00se321]

@torrentXofXdarkness Check out!!,,ATARAXIA-(Mirsilo)

[OculusOccultus]

@m00se321

Thank you! I love Ataraxia but this song was new to me.

[gardenofarcane]

@Waver80 Keep your mouth shut then!

[maligno1000]

@gardenofarcane your a fag!!

[Zilche1]

0:04 that emblem reminds of me Nobunaga Oda's family crest(a military commander of japan) lol

[ac1dchr15t]

beautiful music, beautiful woman.

[themixmaster3]

@ac1dchr15t my briother likes this but i do seriously not understand what you can like about this depressive music genre, i'm not angry, i respect your opinion on music but i don't understand it.

ps. she is a beautiful woman

[ac1dchr15t]

@themixmaster3 Well to put it simply, This music is not depressing to me. if you ask a lot of other people in here, I think they'd say that we like the way this music makes us feel in our heart and mind. It's very empowering to the mind and to the soul. We can feel the passion in the music, the hidden truths in the meaning of the music and the passion the singer has for. This kind of music is everything that the mainstream music industry is not. This music here is based on love.

[officialmercyground]

@gardenofarcane :)

[MedicineMelanch0ly]

I agree, old chap! This phantasmagoria of sound and colour strikes as positively exuberant; one might even say quite "gay"! More gay music I say!

[felixchylde]

ask fukushima,

bet your lights and stereo are on

[Zevelton]

When I met Monica and William at area 51 in Utah I just knew that they were so unique that they would continue onward on a grand scale. These artist are awesome!

Love from a friend afar.

[iosonobrutto]

there's something divine in this music, like the call of a goddess of desire.

[MrDarkangel2401]

super goth

[GothicPaganGirl]

I have to say Faith and the Muse are one of my all time favorite bands :)

[misstressakasha]

Are you comming again to Mexico?? Please do!! we miss you

[MarryJoe22]

Well.. simple monotonous.. sound .. not for my ears.

[Aengar]

Holy crap..Ive missed this somehow and it is amazing!

[DaemonEX0]

@Aengar Baha, indeed! Recently found out about this awesome band too.. Thought I kinda lost my interest in Goth music, this certainly revived it. Filling the musical gap on it, it´s simply perfect on that.

[DrGeee]

I remember them from years ago... but just tuned and was totally blown away after hearing their latest and live DVD soundtrack. This music is fantastic!!!

[OKT0BERM00N]

OMG! This is sooooooo worth buying!.. I have the ankoku butoh Dvd/ CD/book & the shoumei DvD ( got them both for xmas) .. Faith & The Muse are the best!!

[gorepoliceguy]

@nothingUneed2no: so, so true.

[EgyDemigod]

PAGAN

[mariacurly99]

wedyan...like banget ma yg ini...ahihihi

[pjones9999]

Wow, this is good! Never heard anything by them before, but I'm off to buy the CD/DVD/Book from Amazonian :-)

[1787dude]

thunder perfect mind was written by lilith, not the pagan goddess.... it just bugged me that thunder perfect mind was quoted...im a channeler of information so im a pretty reliable source. let the hatemail begin!great tune btw

[EVERYVERSER]

@1787dude: im a channeler of information so im a pretty reliable source.

me: you're on the internet, we are all channelers of information on here.

[1787dude]

@EVERYVERSER no i was working with spirits, they were telling me alot of stuff. i don't work with things like that at the moment, but i kinda miss it.you can tell thunder perfect mind was lilith though.i wonder what she meant when she said that she was the first and the last.

[OllamhDrab]

Now *this* is what the 'God is Coming and Is She Pissed' bumperstickers were all about. :)

[lyrestonehart]

That was so kickass. I have discovered a new band to love :)

[solnegrolunaroja]

When I die I wish this song in my funeral and my sword in my hand.

[Empusa69]

Sutiles, rayando en la perfección

[Foxik70]

Oh my Goth...!

[Clematisian]

……. of course, this made me cry, that's how much the music of Faith & the Muse resonate with me. but these are tears of cleansing joy. Thank you, William & Monica, for the Art that you've helped to bring back. See(r) y'all s(w)oon ~ (•8-D

[MagnaMater2]

Hm, the refrain reminds me a bit on ancient Isis-hyms and Nebronte of the NagHammadi texts: I'm the first I'm the last... I'm the honoured, I'm the scorned...

wonderful modern adaption

[LACKO101]

Perfect!!!!!!!!

[kleintjepip]

They are briljant live!

[zeonb]

XD gotta love the drummer's mohawk

[abmaximus]

@zeonb correct me if i'm wrong, but the mohawk guy plays the electric cello, not the drums. i guess it just looks like he's playing drums at 0:08 - 0:11 due to video editing so that many layers blend with one another

[officialmercyground]

@abmaximus - William played the taiko drums and cello on this track, so we filmed him doing both!

[666ligeia]

masters!!!!!!!!!!!!!

don't stop......

[LLLLEWSEYBOB]

incredible track along with the Eden House,best goth stuff at the moment

[MenadeDj]

this is so perfectly true

[ABMayweather]

This song is so amazing this is the good stuff fuck ebm and that industrial shit. ebm=metal/techno that has nothing to do with goth.

[JacobDeadman]

ive listed to a lot of goth music..but these guys are aboultley epic.

[MDizzle3282]

This is so the shit.

[bozaki87]

The clash of the worlds is at hand. That were divinity in the tiniest things, Meets disregard, flat denial, dogma, or the wretched mistaking. Dominion - The wholesale merchandising of belief That sells sickness - Born to sleepers, The unnatural seems Natural, It is slow death Waking from this world... Damn they are good!

[birinbirinbirin]

shivers down my spine

[Unitedvoid69]

J'ai jamais rien entendu de tel, à part Dead Can Dance. Parait que c'est du goth, Faith and the Muse... Eh bien - pardon - mais c'est mieux que du goth, à mon avis ! Pourquoi tous les groupes ne sont pas aussi bons ?

[genglemt]

This really grows on you. Very impressive!

[SwanDust]

It's about goddamn time this band has received more exposure.... I've been in love with them for over 12 years.... Incredibly talented & very beautiful musicians.....

[riffgoth]

wonderful composition. Beautiful music video

[askmannie]

They are amazing



[Yagutka]

I've seen them in Leipzig this year and I was really impressed.

[isegrinns]

@Yagutka

Same here!

[ultranka]

waiting on concert on Castle Party in Bolków-POland :)))

[sscham]

they come to Hungary in August! yay!

[Treknor]

yeah .. I will see them in Leipzig this year ... *smile*

[Garboist]

wow wow wow they never cease to impress no matter how long

[pittghost666]

saw tem inPittsburgh monday and then cleveland the next day how lucky to see them 2 days in a row afte rnot seeing them for 11 years!!

[GreenEyeslikeLeaves]

absolutely breathtaking

[Ravenixrising]

This is awesome. Why haven't I listened to these before?!

[PouKii]

@Ravenixrising becose is not Mtv?

[Ravenixrising]

@PouKii Haha. I don't watch MTV anyway. I had heard of them, I'd just never listened to them.

[worldinside]

Can't wait to see them this week. It has been around 10 yrs since I saw them last.

[deathfearsnone]

see them in concert they are all so very nice too got pictures with the whole band and the two dancers!

[nothingUneed2no]

real and true goth music. they keep it going. there aren't many left who are this good. I love her without makeup! raw honest. they are tuned in to the past and the future at the same time.

[PLERKTA]

@nothingUneed2no i know. it's so insulting that it's stooped down to sloppily played hard rock with screaming angst filled lyrics about wrist slitting being considered goth. or techno music with soundclips of women saying "i'm a whore. fuck me"

[ScoutGreen11]

@PLERKTA So true! 

[TheErnestocore]

@nothingUneed2no real and true goth music

[HelldoradoMom]

I saw them last night in Denver, don't miss this show. AMAZING!!!

[RogerBNolan]

They are on a national tour now. I saw them in San Francisco and they are amazing!

[DamnUReality1]

Wow. Just wow. I'm only 1:35 in, and I'm already astounded by the raw power and beauty of this. This is truly one of the greatest songs I've ever heard.

[Ophelide]

wow. o_o just wow. rly... or maybe just : "♥" can explain what i feel.

[Onyromancia]

Ohlalal ! GREAT !!!! VERY VERY GREAT ! mon dieu j'adore !!

[lxlAmoKlxl]

Genial, genial !

[egdeltur666]

oh boy! New faith and the muse! Neat!

This was my absolute most favoritest band in high school... most of it anywhichways.

Meanwhile I've completely lost track of all my favorite goth bands... which really sucks when you find out later that Birthday Massacre sold out I missed bauhaus's other reunion and then they break up again.

sniff... but at least I got Ariel Pink. So there's that.

[solnegrolunaroja]

@egdeltur666 Yes, it's great that they are still here, but I feel the same about other goth bands that I recently discovered and they are already disbanded. That's the problem of living so far! I hope Faith and the Muse endure another 16 years and more!

[montse1350]

@Waver80  Thanks!!!! and 5****

[wolfdrum71]

Monica is a Priestess of a particular religion based in music. Those who know the gods' names cry out in ecstasy when evoked by Her.

[solnegrolunaroja]

@wolfdrum71 Something tells me internally "I told you!" :) Do you know the name of that cult? It's very interesting. Lisa Gerrard has that power beneath the voice, it's all an experience

[SuperS8n]

Seen these live at Whitby goth festival oct 2009.they were fantastic.

[solnegrolunaroja]

Something happens to me hearing her voice. Makes think about old lost religions and the clear sound of two swords ripping the air...

[LokiSilverFlame]

Very apt description! Her voice calls something deep within me and stirs it up like an ancient kraken.

[solnegrolunaroja]

Yes! That's exactly the Legend and Animal that fits the sensation, something old from beneath the waters

[deathfearsnone]

@solnegrolunaroja

i feel the same way they are truly amazing

[solnegrolunaroja]

@deathfearsnone Yes, indeed. Search here in youtube the A Capella version of "All lovers lost". It's good to know somebody got the same feelings about their music :)

[Celestialhost]

This can go on the list of albums I want to get.

[Celestialhost]

@Celestialhost Got it! Amazing album. Definitely one you should buy if you like Gothic/ Darkwave/ world music.

[Pellaz2112]

This performance was absolutely mesmerizing at Dragon*Con last year. One of the best shows I've seen in years!

[Nenya9]

They give me goosebumps.

[steve89z]

@Nenya9 yeah me too i'm 55 and they get to me like elp in high sc hool 1970 fresh unique sound.

[glangseth]

Amazingly amazing! I am so delighted to see them again! This video is beautiful, and I'm sitting here shaking my head because this CD/DVD/book is beautiful, and I want to share it with everyone I know!

[Rajaat13]

If you really want to share it with everyone, Glangseth (or anyone else for that matter), you should probably contact Faith and the Muse at mercytribe @ mercyground . com (without spaces, obviously).

They are actually seeking help in spreading their music. All hands are welcome.

[TheVixenne]

Faith and the Muse are one of music's greatest undiscovered treasures! The new CD is simply amazing and Monica's voice is simply incandescent.

[youdru]

gorgeous video. well done!

[glasengel]

Perfect

[peadinkle]

I'm so excited about this new album ankoku butoh!!

[jorgeduardos]

I missed them so much, welcome back!

[lunardolly]

There is so much to be appreciated here

[alechive]

Amazing. I just can´t wait. Much respect from Madrid

[DarkLightCyBorg]

This song is REALLY ASTOUNDING !!!

Just can't wait to see them here in chile again !!!

mistresselyria: Definitivamente... ¡Tenemos que compartir y disfrutar esto juntos...! ;-)

[mistresselyria]

no dejo de ver el video, está buenisimo!!! me encantoooo ♥

[peadinkle]

Gorgeous! I'm so excited to have the new album.

[mistresselyria]

I love this song!!!!

[zionengine]

YES! Tie me, beat me, make me write bad checks, YES!!!

[LadyGhoulita]

Your message is more powerful than ever, all wrapped in the enchanting beauty of your music. What a treat your new album + DVD (and tour) will be!

[avawake]

Oh Loves! This is Pure Magic! In Truth carried by taiko beating Hearts upon your tongues of flame The Message disseminated.... Oh how we Love you. In Hope, a & m