Albums based on books

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Poe - Haunted is based on Book of Leaves, to the best of my knowledge

Klaus Schulze's "Audentity" is allegedly based on Trakl's "Sebastian im Traum"
>The piece is about the life history of Sebastian, starting on 'Cellistica' and moving through Sebastian's childhood ('Tango - Saty', 'Amourage' and 'Opheylissem') and adulthood ('Spielglocken') to the dream-summary of what he has learned ('Sebastian im Traum').

Honestly, I'd recommend just getting into opera if you want music+story. Most of them are adaptations of literary works. There are also oratorios and passions if you don't want any physical action.

>>8726759
Also Poe
Tales of Mystery and Imagination by the Alan Parsons Project

also I Robot by the same band

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mfBpxfRAPo4

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2112 is based on Ayn Rand's Anthem, or at least inspired by it.

Blind Guardian did stuff on LOTR and the Iliad
the Summoning makes a lot of LOTR stuff

also 1984 by David Bowie
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KByxC7B9WH0

Mastodon - Leviathan is Moby Dick in album form.

>>8727232
It's only based loosely on moby dick

>>8726745
I guess you should try metal in general, literally thousands of metal albums are based on novels

>>8727189
>Alan Parsons Project

Not to mention 'Eve'
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E9e9tp3_PE8
And 'I Robot' picks up the Bible too (in addition to Asimov)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UhD9u5oMrOI

>>8727232
WHITE

WHALE

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Land of Kush - Against The Day

Pynchon's weirdest book orchestrally rendered chapter by chapter by some French Canadians

>>8727502
fuck this is good. HAvent read ATD yet though, I've had it for a while now.

>>8727303
>>8727232
No. The Call of the Wretched Sea is the true Moby Dick.

>>8726745
There's a VALIS opera, I thought it was pretty weak but I don't know about opera

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Not a direct adaption, but it uses the same concept of sheep, dog and pig.
Probbly their best album, too.

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>>8727658
Here´s a better pic.

Gravity's Rainbow by Pat Benetar

Scentless Apprentice by Nirvana is about Perfume.

>>8727502
>>8727513

I'm about halfway through the book, and it's shaping up to be my favorite Pynchon. Really interested in the album now.

>>8727264
I wonder why this is the case. Why metal.

>>8729882
Metal guys tend to be huge nerds. But metal albums about literary stuff tend to incorporate only the most superficial aspects. Like, listening to blind guardian is a huge waste of time

>>8726745
Rick wakeman - journey to the centre of the earth

Rick wakeman - the myths and tales of king arthur and the knights of the round table

>>8731073
>journey to the centre of the earth
Loved this book as a kid, going to check this one out.

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1984

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PlrW9SUCINo

WELL

I don't like metal as a general rule, but Metallica has a great song "One" based on Johnny Got His Gun (a fantastic book).

>I guess you should try metal in general, literally thousands of metal albums are based on novels

Can you name just a couple that you particularly like?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TOSDrT_eDhk

>>8731483
This is a pretty kickass album and a joy to listen to btw.