The new Eighth Tower Podcast is upon us, with host Raffaele Pezzella joining H.P. Lovecraft at the mysterious helm.
The episode, "The Stars Are Not for Us: Lovecraftian Cosmicism," explores the weird avenues of Howard Phillips' mythology, delving into the reasons why he ("an avowed atheist") authored such strange, omniscient entities.
A portion of the episode caters to the grand and menacing Cthulhu, but other portions cover the related philosophies of existentialism and nihilism, with serious scrutiny applied to Lovecraft's philosophical proposition, cosmicism, in which humans take a significant backseat to other lifeforms.
Pezzella does an exceptional job lending his pensive voice to the proceedings, performing much like Rod Serling or John Newland for the event, granting stirring insights throughout the sinister path presented.
In addition to Pezzella's soothing voice, the podcast features excerpts from the following for melodramatic effect: John Carpenter's Prince of Darkness; The Great Old Ones' "The Lurker at the Threshold"; Sonologyst's "Abandoned City" and "Prayers from nowhere"; Nerthus' "The Blue Temple"; SiLENi's "The Interstellar Citadel"; PLUM's "Sospensione"; Plamen Vecnosti's "The Syvronesis Temple"; Thomas Grenzebach's "Five Times Dormant"; and MLS (Mario Lino Stancati)'s "Sidereal".
This is the second episode in the Eighth Tower Podcast series and a top-notch one at that, designed for Lovecraft's many established minions and those yet anxious to seek his dark, dangerous dreams.
Enter the session at
https://www.patreon.com/posts/stars-are-not-us-127303906
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