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May 2008
The new Grimm Tales
CDs are in! Go here to order.
Haunts: remember to register
your music license.
April 2008
A new interview with Joseph Vargo has been posted at Metafysiko. Joseph has also been recruted as a judge
in the 100% Music Songwriting Contest.
And, Christine has finally created an animation for Shadow
of the Raven (better late than never). Stay tuned for a new
Grimm Tales page soon, with more song samples and a pre-order
option. It looks like the new CDs will be shipping to us in early
May.
February 2008
Darker Projects presents GOTHIK,
an original audio drama inspired by H.P. Lovecraft, Bram Stoker,
and featuring music by Nox Arcana. Darker Projects is a theatrical
group dedicated to preserving the nostalgia of early radio dramas.
The voice actors perform original radio plays inspired by classic
literature and pop-culture. Anyone may download the mp3 available
free on their site. It's a huge file (85 mb) but well worth the
time. Enjoy!
January 2008
Get a sneak preview of Grimm Tales...
Shadow of the Raven picked as one of the Best Albums of 2007
by Crowgirl's Perch
HAPPY NEW YEAR!
[ 2007 News Archives ]
December 2007
Congratulations to: Ron Oliver, David Carlson, Angie Cormier,
Jeremie Rueff, Brent Stewart, Amanda Klecker, Lindasy Gibson,
Patricia Gonzalez, Alexandra Dimou, and Brittany Proctor for
entering the "Ebonshire" contest and winning a Winter's
Knight CD.
Happy Holidays!
October 2007
Our favorite season is upon us and we have some nightmarish
news for all darklings and creatures of the night. Nox Arcana,
who never leave their dungeon studio, have begun work on a new
album of sinister soundscapes. The next musical nightmare from
the masters of the macabre will be titled Grimm
Tales, and will be set in an enchanted realm of dark
fables and spellbinding lore.
Joseph Vargo reveals "The
concept will center around dark fairies, wicked witches, and
creatures that lurk in the deepest shadows of childhood nightmares."
Grimm Tales
will be the band's ninth album in four years, and promises
to deliver Nox Arcana's trademark mixture of haunting melodies,
menacing orchestrations, creepy narratives and eerie sound effects.
The album is slated for an early 2008 release.
Nox Arcana CDs are available at Spirit Halloween Superstores now through
the end of the spooky season. (Look for the creepy carnival display).
Also Hot Topic will be offering Shadow of the
Raven CDs. Tell your friends!
Check out the Eerie Events page for
fun things to do in your area this Halloween!
August 2007
Shadow of the Raven is here!
A new interview with Joseph Vargo is up at the Halloween Database.
July 2007
Shadow of the Raven (preview):
We present 4 tracks from Nox Arcana's upcoming album, available
later this summer.
Nox Arcana music in a major motion picture release! New Line
Cinema, the studio that gave us Lord of the Rings, has tapped
Nox Arcana for their "Music Box" track, from the Darklore
Manor album, to be featured in the upcoming horror film AMUSEMENT.
The "Music Box" track is to play in a death scene and
plays through an old Victrola machine. Other themes from Nox
Arcana's Carnival of Lost Souls album are also being considered.
The film is being done as
a trilogy, and centers around three women who are stalked by
a killer with an old grudge against them. When a traumatized
woman is questioned by a detective and a psychiatrist, she tells
them three strange and sordid tales-one involving a clown, one
centering around a hotel, and one concerning a convoy. Oddly,
all three stories also seem to involve her and two childhood
friends.
The release date is to be announced
shortly, but will probably be in early 2008. We'll keep you posted.
June 2007
Nox Arcana on Haunt
Space and MP3.com
Nox Arcana help boost morale for U.S. troops stationed in Iraq,
when they contribute several cases of cds to the troops attending
the Ziggurat Games, held on June 9, 2007. This is the first-ever
game convention of its kind held in a war zone. Read
more...
May 2007
New interview with Joseph Vargo at Parallel Perspectives
April 2007
New Licensing
Registry: All public venues
are required to register
before using Nox Arcana music.
March 2007
New reviews are in for Blood
of Angels and Blood of the Dragon...
February 2007
Congratulations to Sir William Christy, the first to discover
the Treasure of the Four Crowns.
Darklore Manor remastered; CDs now in stock. The CD
currently being sold from Monolith is the remastered version. As
Joseph stated earlier, "We aren't making a big deal out
of it or changing the packaging because the cd's are essentially
the same. We have too much respect for our fans and don't want
to mislead them into buying something they already own. We have
the best fans in the world and we don't ever want to let them
down."
January 2007
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Nox Arcana's Winter's Knight hits
the Billboard
Music Charts at #8 for Top Holiday Albums! |
Billboard Magazine emailed with the news that Winter's
Knight hit #8 in the Holiday music charts. We were amazed
at first, considering we didn't submit anything to Billboard.
But they do their own tracking and, well, there you have it!
This is so cool because it's all thanks to YOU, the people who
purchased CDs or downloaded the album from itunes. We hope it
stays up there on the charts for a while, but if not, it's really
cool to have been recognized. Thank you, everyone!
On the Horizon...
Nox Arcana, who have been locked away in their dungeon
studio since 2003, announce several new projects in the works
for 2007. The new year is barely underway and Joseph and William
have already finished their first musical undertaking, which
involved re-mastering their debut album Darklore Manor.
William Piotrowski explains "We didn't make any drastic
changes, but since Joseph and I are both perfectionists, we wanted
to tweak and sharpen a few of the things that were somewhat buried
in the original production.
Joseph Vargo reveals, "In
the meantime, we've already begun work on the new Nox Arcana
cd, Shadow of the Raven, which will be a musical tribute
to the gothic works of Edgar Allan Poe. The music will be haunting
and darkly romantic with sinister overtones, along the lines
of Darklore Manor and Transylvania. After Shadow
of the Raven is complete we will be re-mixing and re-mastering
our Necronomicon album to bring out more of the original
dynamics.
[ 2006 News Archives ]
December 2006
A new review for Carnival of Lost Souls is up at
Big
Ole Face Full of Monster
November 2006
Cover art and a sample medley has been uploaded for Blood of the Dragon. The release date
has been set for 11.27.06
Three Nox Arcana songs, "Temple of the Black Pharoah,"
"Alhazered's Vision" and "Snake Charmer,"
have been featured in Belly Dance for Beautiful Freaks,
an instructional video by Gothic belly dance performer, Tempest,
for sensual dance and exercise. More...
Nox Arcana's music has also been licensed by paranormal expert
Mike Roberge and is featured in his four-part series of educational
DVDs from the Demonology Resource Center. The instructional DVDs
cover ghost hunting, demonology, spirit classification, and mystical
and occult practices. More...
Nox Arcana's Carnival of Lost Souls has been rated a perfect
10 out of 10 by Austria's Arising
Realm Magazine and was the Number One recommendation
by music editor Pascal Zuger.
Legion
of the Night has been recently updated.
October 2006
Our favorite time of year! We wish
everyone a Happy Halloween!
Nox Arcana music at Busch Gardens Howl-O-Scream and Knott's
Scary Farm. We have received notice that these major haunts are
featuring the music of Nox Arcana throughout the parks and haunted
houses. It was news to us. Cool, huh?
10-25-06 An excellent review just in from Legends
10-13-06 We arrived home from the cd release party to find this
excellent review of Carnival of Lost Souls from Fangoria
in our inbox.
Blood of Angels CD Release Party
Friday, October 13, 2006
The Chamber, 11814 Detroit Rd., Lakewood, OH 44107
Doors open at 10pm. Ages 18 and over.
Join Nox Arcana and vampire author Michelle Belanger for an evening
of enchanting music and tales of forbidden passion. There will
be great giveaways, and CDs for sale.
September 2006
Vargo Movie-sized Posters are now available at AllPosters.com
Nox Arcana have finished music for the album Blood
of Angels with vocalist Michelle Belanger. A release date
has been set for Friday, October 13th.
Also looming on the horizon is Blood of
the Dragon a new sword and sorcery epic from Nox Arcana.
The CD is due for release this Winter.
New Interviews with Joseph Vargo at Flames Rising and Music Street Journal
August 20, 2006
Celebrating Lovecraft's birthday today with The Strange Sound
of Cthulhu: Music Inspired by the Writings of H.P. Lovecraft
by Gary Hill. Read more...
July 2006
Check out Legion of the Night for the true history
about Vargo's past experience with Midnight Syndicate.
New Interview with Joseph at The
Perch.
June 30, 2006
No Rest For The Wicked: Less than a month after the release
of Carnival of Lost Souls, Nox Arcana is already well
into the recording stages of their next cd, Blood of the Dragon.
As Joseph Vargo states, "Its an epic sword and sorcery concept
centering around an ancient quest." In July, Michelle Bellanger
will be working with Joseph and William at Phantom Zone studios
once again, this time to record songs for her forthcoming release
Blood of Angels. In October, Nox Arcana will begin work
on a new Gothic theme.
June 2006
Pictures are posted from the 666 party!
6-6-6 We had a blast at the cd release
party for Carnival of Lost Souls! Thank you to everyone
for coming by. Photos will be posted soon. Cds are available.
Explore the attractions.
March-May 2006
A release date has been set for CARNIVAL OF LOST SOULS - June
6, 2006
Listen to Music Samples and join
us for the CD Release party!
February 2006
New Babydoll Tees available!
New Reviews and Fan
Mail and Interviews with Joseph
and William have been posted! Thank you for your support and
praise!
January 2006
Vargo movie-sized posters
Check out the cool new posters by Joseph Vargo available at Spencers...
Fangoria gives kudos to Transylvania
Some super cool comments from the mighty monster magazine. Read
the story...
Ring in the New Year with NOSFERATU and NOX ARCANA!
The 1922 silent film Nosferatu gets a soundtrack! The
audio-enhanced version of Nosferatu will air on New Years'
Eve, hosted by Dr. Gangrene, on the WB58 Creature Feature in
Nashville TN. This classic vampire film will be accompanied by
the music of Nox Arcana exclusively! More
details on the forum...
[ 2005 News Archives ]
December 2005
Happy Holidays everyone!
November 2005
New Reviews and Interviews
just posted! Also some wonderful new Fan
Mail has just been posted.
October 2005
Welcome to TRANSYLVANIA
Nox Arcana's new album Transylvania
is here!
New Interview with Nox Arcana
Nuked Metal
presents the "Real Deal..." 20 questions with Nox Arcana.
Vampires: A&E Biography Special
Joseph Vargo's artwork appears on a televised documentary "The
Secret Life of Vampires" premiering on A&E October 28th.
The show features Michelle Belanger, who performed vocals on
the Winter's Knight album, as well as Don Henrie and several
other real-life vampires.
Happy Halloween to everyone!
September 2005
Music Samples for TRANSYLVANIA
Hear a medley of songs from the forthcoming cd from Nox Arcana.
Check out the sounds and sights of Transylvania
The Monolith Forums
Monolith Graphics has just opened a new Gothic
Forum to provide a gathering place for dark minds... join
us in exploring the shadows.
New Reviews
Legends Magazine has returned a great review of NECRONOMICON.
Read the Reviews page.
August 2005
Winter's Knight Holiday Gift Set
To celebrate the release of WINTER'S KNIGHT, Nox Arcana and Monolith
Graphics offers this exclusive Greeting
Card Set. Perfect for sending gothic holiday wishes.
July 2005
No Rest for The Wicked...
While Nox Arcana is wrapping up final mixes on TRANSYLVANIA,
Joseph and William have already begun writing music for their
next cd, entitled CARNIVAL OF LOST SOULS. The music and storyline
will transport listeners to a creepy old time carnival that harbors
living nightmares and sinister secrets. Music samples from TRANSYLVANIA
coming soon.
Winter's Knight cds have arrived...
WINTER'S KNIGHT guest vocalists include gothic writer and songstress
Michelle
Belanger, Jeff Endemann of the bands Seven and Hollow, and gothic poet and singer Eric Gustafson.
Fan Mail
New page for Fan Mail has also been
posted. Thanks to everyone for writing in to us!
June 2005
Nox Arcana in TRANSYLVANIA
Joseph and William are already back in the studio working on
a new musical nightmare entitled TRANSYLVANIA. The cd will be
powerful, eerie and darkly romantic---a musical venture
into the land of vampires, werewolves, witches and ghosts---utilizing
many story elements from Bram Stoker's Dracula. The guys
are already done with several preliminary mixes, and TRANSYLVANIA
is on schedule for an October release.
NECRONOMICON rated top pick at Chaosium Games. Thanks Cthulhuians!
Vargo Art Books have arrived!!!
Born of the Night: The Gothic Fantasy Art of
Joseph Vargo features over 100 full-color paintings and illustrations
by gothic fantasy artist Joseph Vargo. The book also contains
detailed text concerning each work from gothic writer Joseph
Iorillo, as well as commentary from Vargo.
May 2005
A no-holds-barred interview with Joseph Vargo as he talks about
Nox Arcana and reveals the darkside of his time with Midnight
Syndicate... read it at The Gaming Report.
NEW Necronomicon T-shirts and Stickers!!!
Download the FREE 'Necronomicon Symbols' font.
This font was designed especially for the Necronomicon CD and
contains 26 elder symbols. Really cool for making your own secret
codes!
April 2005
Music samples for WINTER'S KNIGHT have been posted, marking Nox
Arcana's third project in as many years. Joseph and William are
in the final stages of mixing the cd, which is scheduled for
release this summer. WINTER'S KNIGHT is a ghostly symphony for
the winter holiday season and contains over 60 minutes of haunting
original songs and gothic renditions of traditional holiday carols.
March 2005
NECRONOMICON is announced at Chaosium Games, publishers of Call
of Cthulhu. The CDs sell out overnight! Thanks to all the devoted
Lovecraft fans!
[ 2004 News Archives ]
December 2004
NECRONOMICON is available worldwide through Diamond Comic
Distributors.
November 2004
Nox Arcana announces their upcoming release WINTER'S KNIGHT,
"a ghostly symphony for the winter holiday season that will
contain haunting original songs and gothic renditions of traditional
holiday carols." In addition to Vargo's ghostly chants and
narrations, guest vocalists will be featured on some of the tracks.
October 2004
Nox Arcana's NECRONOMICON is released, "an epic concept
album based on H.P. Lovecraft's legendary book of shadows."
This latest release is heralded as "a spellbinding tribute
to Lovecraft's Cthulhu Mythos."
[ Read the Mythos ]
September 2004
Nox Arcana has finished production on NECRONOMICON, a
dark symphony based on H.P. Lovecraft's legendary book of shadows.
This epic concept album contains 21 tracks of dark orchestrations,
gothic choirs, and ominous chants.
Joseph Vargo reveals, "The
theme basically centers around the Great Old Ones, the forgotten
race of beings that inhabited the Earth long before mankind existed.
They were ancient sorcerers who were imprisoned deep within the
Earth and banished to distant dimensions by the Elder Gods. The
Necronomicon holds the key to releasing them and summoning
them back to our world."
Meanwhile... Joseph and William are already hard at work on their
3rd cd, entitled WINTER'S KNIGHT, a ghostly symphony for the
Holiday Season. Joseph Vargo describes the new cd as "a
mixture of haunting original songs and gothic renditions of traditional
holiday carols." WINTER'S KNIGHT will also feature guest
musicians and vocalists on some of the tracks.
April 2004
DARKLORE MANOR is available nationwide at Hot Topic stores,
and through Diamond Comic Distributors for stores worldwide.
Nox Arcana is currently in the studio working on NECRONOMICON,
a dark symphony based on H.P. Lovecraft's legendary book of shadows.
The album will be a musical opus with gothic choirs chanting
the forbidden rituals contained within the pages of this ancient
tome.
Vargo Art Book
Joseph Vargo will be releasing an art book that will feature
over 100 of his gothic fantasy paintings and illustrations, reproduced
in full-color. The book will also contain detailed text concerning
each work from gothic writer Joseph Iorillo, as well as commentary
from the artist. The book, Born of the Night: The Gothic Fantasy
Art of Joseph Vargo, will be published by Monolith Graphics
and is due for release in Winter 2004.
March 2004
DARKLORE MANOR featured at TransWorld's Haunted Attractions
Show.
[ 2003 News Archives ]
December 31, 2003
Nox Arcana's DARKLORE MANOR is released, "a musical
journey throughout a legendary haunted house with a dark and
sinister history." This concept cd is based on a
haunted Victorian mansion located along the eastern coastline
near Salem, Mass.
[ Read the Legend ]
December 10, 2003
In an interview in Dark Realms Magazine #13, for the upcoming
release of Nox Arcana's DARKLORE MANOR, Vargo is asked about
future projects and states, "We have several ideas for future
concept albums, but we don't want to reveal all of them too far
in advance. We are currently putting the finishing touches on
NECRONOMICON, a dark symphony based on H.P. Lovecraft's legendary
book of shadows. The album will be a musical opus with gothic
choirs chanting the forbidden rituals contained within the pages
of this ancient tome."
[ Read the Interview ]
January 2, 2001
From an interview in Dark Realms #1 with Joseph Vargo's previous
band, Midnight Syndicate: Born of the Night and Realm
of Shadows have netted impressive sales and met with critical
acclaim, but alas, all good things must come to an end, as Vargo
reveals, "We won't be working together on future projects."
Douglas and Goszka will continue as Midnight Syndicate; while
Vargo promises his new project won't disappoint fans... "The
music is classic dark orchestration, but will incorporate more
vocals and take the concept to another level."
[ Read
the Interview ]
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