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Torture By Roses combines the talents
of musician Abby Helasdottir and performance artist The
Magdalene. Although the themes of the project range across
Gnosticism and Western Magickal tradition, the focus is
on the sexual, and particularly queer, undercurrents that
are to be found in Christian mythology and iconography.
Within what is often thought to be a prudish and intransigent
religion, is a wealth of heretical ideas relating to homosexuality,
transgressive sexuality, and the fluidity of gender and
gender roles.
Works created by Torture By Roses included
Sebastian~Salome (released as a full-length CD by
Mediatrix Publishing in 2001), and Ignis Spiritus:
Liber Magdalena (performed at the Darkness Gathering
festival in Wellington, 2002).
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Name: TORTURE
BY ROSES
Description:
Sacrasexual Dark Ambient and Industrial. Concerning itself
with the merging of the religious and the sexual, as particularly
seen in the queer interpretations of the stories of Salome,
and of St. Sebastian. The sound of Torture By Roses has
been compared to Zamia Lehmanni-era SPK.
Members: Abby Helasdottir, The Magdalene.
Releases: Sebastian~Salome CD
(Mediatrix, 2001).
MP3 Samples: TortureByRoses@soundclick
Website: Torture
By Roses
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