I usually stick to reviewing literature on this blog rather than music, but I’ll make an exception for especially literary music. This categorization can be used to describe much of the music by gothic metal band Valentine Wolfe, whom I had the honor of interviewing about their relationship with literature last year. Their newest album takes that love of books even further. The Haunting of Mary Shelley, which released earlier this month, is a concept album revolving around the author Mary Shelley and her celebrated novel, Frankenstein. The band describes their genre as “Victorian chamber metal,” which is exactly the sort of sound that pairs perfectly with anguished monsters, regretful scientists, and desperate chases across arctic landscapes.
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