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Exploring the Ancient Forest

Patrick Maiwald

In this podcast, we celebrate and explore the plot, the context, and the symbolic significance of the story behind a piece of classic doom metal history.

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Episode 09: Paramaecium's other lyrics, part 3:...

Exploring the Ancient Forest ·

2024/10/11

The trilogy of episodes dealing with Paramaecium's "non-Forest" lyrics concludes with the final album, "Echoes from the Ground". Once more this is a full-blown concept album, which follows a fictional 19th-century theologian's journey to Palestine in order to uncover the hard facts about the Biblical narrative. It has been a lot of fun to revisit these lyrics as well as the accompanying prose narrative in the CD booklet. I conclude with thoughts about whether there is an overarching theme to all of

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38:39

Episode 08: Paramaecium's other lyrics, part 2: A...

Exploring the Ancient Forest ·

2024/09/12

This time we take a deep dive into the lyrics to Paramaecium's third album, "A Time to Mourn" from 1999. A lot of the songs seem to be about religious hypocrisy, personal growth and maturity. Revisiting these lyrics was quite an intense emotional experience for me... Blooper: I once said "Ian Arkley" when I meant to say "Andrew Tompkins".

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46:37

Episode 07: Paramaecium's other lyrics, part 1:...

Exploring the Ancient Forest ·

2024/08/26

A rather impressionistic reaction to Paramaecium's early lyrics. While the lyrics to "Repentance" (a.k.a. "Silent Carnage") are largely turn-or-burn Chick tract material (and - side note - include a backward-masked message), "Exhumed of the Earth", often seen as one of the greatest death-doom metal albums of all time, tells of the life of Jesus in a gory and somewhat obscure manner, at times involving a heavy dose of medical terminology. Errata: I made mistakes about the order of songs and the

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36:37

Episode 06: Joseph Campbell & the Hero's Journey

Exploring the Ancient Forest ·

2018/03/22

In this episode, we apply Joseph Campbell's concept of the Hero's Journey to "Within the Ancient Forest". - Segments of "I Am Not Alive" and "Gone Is My Former Resolve" by Paramaecium: Written by Andrew Tompkins. Used with the writer's permission. Additional vocals by Christina Domene.

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Episode 05: "Darkness Dies" (chapter 13) &...

Exploring the Ancient Forest ·

2018/02/26

Dé-nyl is at the end of his quest. A song of life and fire is sung as he enters a pool of water and thus comes full circle. - Segments of "I Am Not Alive" and "Gone Is My Former Resolve" by Paramaecium: Written by Andrew Tompkins. Used with the writer's permission.

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Episode 04: “Gone Is My Former Resolve” & “Of My...

Exploring the Ancient Forest ·

2017/11/19

After trying in vain to resuscitate those dead in life, Dé-nyl runs off to face his darkest hour under the ground. - Segments of "I Am Not Alive" and "Gone Is My Former Resolve" by Paramaecium: Written by Andrew Tompkins. Used with the writer's permission.

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14:46

Episode 03: “I Am Not Alive” & “The Grave, My...

Exploring the Ancient Forest ·

2017/11/11

The Kindle edition of "Within the Ancient Forest" is now available on Amazon! In today's two chapters, his Falcon's sudden death leads Dé-nyl to an unexpected discovery in a fossilized part of the forest. - Segments of "I Am Not Alive" and "Gone Is My Former Resolve" by Paramaecium: Written by Andrew Tompkins. Used with the composer's permission.

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14:26

Episode 02: “In Exordium” & “Song of the Ancient”...

Exploring the Ancient Forest ·

2017/11/05

The first track on the album sets the atmosphere and in doing so contains some interesting differences to the book. In the second track, Dé-nyl meets Destiny, who introduces him (via the medium of song) to the mythological backdrop of the world he is living in. - Segments of "I Am Not Alive" and "Gone Is My Former Resolve" by Paramaecium: Written by Andrew Tompkins. Used with the composer's permission.

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Episode 01: Introduction & book chapters not...

Exploring the Ancient Forest ·

2017/10/28

About the allegorical nature of the story, the meaning of names, and the first four chapters of the book. - Segments of "I Am Not Alive" and "Gone Is My Former Resolve" by Paramaecium: Written by Andrew Tompkins. Used with the composer's permission.

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06:52

Episode 00: Teaser

Exploring the Ancient Forest ·

2017/10/21

Who I am, and what this podcast will be about. Stay tuned for more! -Segment of "I Am Not Alive" by Paramaecium: Music composed by Andrew Tompkins. Used with the composer's permission.

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