ISLE OF THE CROSS Unveils Highly Anticipated Second Album: "Faustus The Musical"

Isle of the Cross, the US-based progressive metal powerhouse led by the multifaceted Je Schneider, is thrilled to announce the upcoming release of their eagerly awaited second album, "Faustus The Musical". The album is slated to hit the airwaves and digital platforms worldwide July 5th  2024.

This groundbreaking album is a metal opera that draws inspiration from the epic 16th-century saga, 'Doctor Faustus' by Christopher Marlowe. Led by the visionary Je Schneider, the compositions weave an engaging narrative, accompanied by a powerful vocal delivery from a stellar cast. Daniël de Jongh takes on the role of the lead vocalist, guiding listeners through an exhilarating journey. From symphonic heights to brutal depths, the entire album is masterfully mixed and mastered by the renowned Joost van den Broek (Epica, Ayreon, Powerwolf).

"Faustus The Musical" boasts an impressive lineup of talented contributors:

Eric Gillette: Guitar
Daniël de Jongh: Lead Vocalist (Faustus)
Diane Lee: Vocals (Good Angel)
Charles Elliott: Vocals (Lucifer)
Matthieu Romarin: Vocals (Mephistopheles) 
Angela Di Vincenzo: Vocals (Helen)
Amrit Sandhu: Vocals (Narrator)

The captivating artwork, crafted by Theopisti Tiftikoglou, adds a visual dimension to the musical opus.

Je Schneider expresses his excitement, stating, "Faustus The Musical is one I'm very excited about. The finished product came out well-polished and solid. It was an honor to feature the wonderful vocals of the cast and have Joost at the helm of the mix. This album is the best representation of Isle of the Cross."

Get ready to experience the world of "Faustus The Musical" with the debut single, "Ghost At The Feast" set to release today! 

Fans can listen to the single at the following link:

LISTEN - https://lnk.to/ISgatf 

PRE-ORDER "FAUSTUS THE MUSICAL" - https://bit.ly/3w8DIVZ

FOLLOW ROCKSHOTS RECORDS:

https://shop.rockshots.eu/

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Soundtrack

Dante's Inferno - Circles 1 thru 9
Dante's Inferno Soundtrack Videos: www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLD…IQy6jsI4XFmibfy42

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Dante's Inferno Soundtrack

Orchestramus

The Isle of the Cross debut album 'Excelsis' was released on February 21st, 2020 via Rockshots Records. 
All major streaming platforms and stores:
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Isle of the Cross ~ Excelsis

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The Fifth Circle ~ The Wrathful and Sullen. 
In the swamp-like water of the river Styx, the wrathful fight each other on the surface, and the sullen lie gurgling beneath the water, withdrawn "into a black sulkiness which can find no joy in God or man or the universe." Phlegyas reluctantly transports Dante and Virgil across the Styx in his skiff. On the way they are accosted by Filippo Argenti, a Black Guelph from a prominent family. When Dante was forced to leave Florence, Argenti took all his property. When Dante responds "In weeping and in grieving, accursed spirit, may you long remain," Virgil blesses him. Literally, this reflects the fact that souls in Hell are eternally fixed in the state they have chosen, but allegorically, it reflects Dante's beginning awareness of his own sin (Cantos VII and VIII). The lower parts of Hell are contained within the walls of the city of Dis, which is itself surrounded by the Stygian marsh. Punished within Dis are active (rather than passive) sins. The walls of Dis are guarded by fallen angels. Virgil is unable to convince them to let Dante and him enter, and Dante is threatened by the Furies (consisting of Alecto, Megaera, and Tisiphone) and Medusa. An angel sent from Heaven secures entry for the poets, opening the gate by touching it with a wand, and rebukes those who opposed Dante. Allegorically, this reveals the fact that the poem is beginning to deal with sins that philosophy and humanism cannot fully understand. Virgil also mentions to Dante how Erichtho sent him down to the lowest circle of Hell to bring back a spirit from there. (Cantos VIII and IX).

Dante's Divine Comedy Soundtrack: Canto VIII ~ The Fifth Circle

Tribute piece for Theo ~ the brilliant Ikosidio. 
Masterful artist - beautiful soul - kindred spirit and friend. 

Enjoy her works of art here :) 
https://www.instagram.com/ikosidio

Live version: https://youtu.be/ZUGVw8LJohc

Ikosidio | Tribute to Theo

Tribute to local Pediatrician and hero to so many of us ~ Dr. George. 
Thank you for a lifetime of care for countless children. 
I join with a large community in saying we love you!

Live Version:
https://youtu.be/mbKZkJGjEsw

Caring Hands | Tribute to Dr. Kelley George

Live Recording:
https://youtu.be/JFpXTWAh0Z0

Kyiv 🇺🇦  [Piano Tribute to Ukraine and its Citizens]

ISLE OF THE CROSS Unveils Highly Anticipated Second Album: "Faustus The Musical"
New Single & Lyric Video for "Ghost At The Feast" Out Today!

Isle of the Cross, the US-based progressive metal powerhouse led by the multifaceted Je Schneider, is thrilled to announce the upcoming release of their eagerly awaited second album, "Faustus The Musical". The album is slated to hit the airwaves and digital platforms worldwide July 5th  2024.

This groundbreaking album is a metal opera that draws inspiration from the epic 16th-century saga, 'Doctor Faustus' by Christopher Marlowe. Led by the visionary Je Schneider, the compositions weave an engaging narrative, accompanied by a powerful vocal delivery from a stellar cast. Daniël de Jongh takes on the role of the lead vocalist, guiding listeners through an exhilarating journey. From symphonic heights to brutal depths, the entire album is masterfully mixed and mastered by the renowned Joost van den Broek (Epica, Ayreon, Powerwolf).

"Faustus The Musical" boasts an impressive lineup of talented contributors:

Eric Gillette: Guitar
Daniël de Jongh: Lead Vocalist (Faustus)
Diane Lee: Vocals (Good Angel)
Charles Elliott: Vocals (Lucifer)
Matthieu Romarin: Vocals (Mephistopheles) 
Angela Di Vincenzo: Vocals (Helen)
Amrit Sandhu: Vocals (Narrator)

The captivating artwork, crafted by Theopisti Tiftikoglou, adds a visual dimension to the musical opus.

Je Schneider expresses his excitement, stating, "Faustus The Musical is one I'm very excited about. The finished product came out well-polished and solid. It was an honor to feature the wonderful vocals of the cast and have Joost at the helm of the mix. This album is the best representation of Isle of the Cross."

Get ready to experience the world of "Faustus The Musical" with the debut single, "Ghost At The Feast" set to release today! 

Fans can listen to the single at the following link:

LISTEN - https://lnk.to/ISgatf 

PRE-ORDER "FAUSTUS THE MUSICAL" - https://bit.ly/3w8DIVZ

FOLLOW ROCKSHOTS RECORDS:

http://www.rockshots.eu
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Faustus the Musical

Ghost at the Feast

Ghost At The Feast

Immortal Kiss

Seventh Circle Video: https://youtu.be/uNIzGh0xqz4
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLDHfjTvQRznzYV8MIQy6jsI4XFmibfy42
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Dante's Divine Comedy 
Canto XII~XVII ~ The Seventh Circle

The Violent
Murderers
Suicides 
Violent against God

Outer ring: This ring houses the violent against people and property. Sinners are immersed in Phlegethon, a river of boiling blood and fire, to a level commensurate with their sins: Dionysius I of Syracuse, Guy de Montfort, Obizzo d'Este, Ezzelino III da Romano, Rinier da Corneto, and Rinier Pazzo are also seen in the Phlegethon as well as references to Attila the Hun. The Centaurs, commanded by Chiron and Pholus, patrol the ring, shooting arrows into any sinners who emerge higher out of the river than each is allowed. The centaur Nessus guides the poets along Phlegethon and across a ford in the widest, shallowest stretch of the river (Canto XII). This passage may have been influenced by the early medieval Visio Karoli Grossi.

The Gianfigliazzi family was identified by a heraldic device of a lion (blue on yellow background).
Middle ring: In this ring are suicides and profligates. The suicides – the violent against self – are transformed into gnarled thorny bushes and trees and then fed upon by Harpies. Dante breaks a twig off one of the bushes and from the broken, bleeding branch hears the tale of Pietro della Vigne, who committed suicide after falling out of favour with Emperor Frederick II (his presence here, rather than in the ninth circle, indicates that Dante believes that the accusations made against him were false). Also here are Lano da Siena and Jacopo da Sant' Andrea. The trees are a metaphor for the state of mind in which suicide is committed. Dante learns that these suicides, unique among the dead, will not be corporally resurrected after the final judgement since they gave away their bodies through suicide; instead they will maintain their bushy form, with their own corpses hanging from the thorny limbs. The other residents of this ring are the profligates, who destroyed their lives by destroying the means by which life is sustained – i.e., money and property. They are perpetually chased and mauled by ferocious dogs. The destruction wrought upon the wood by the profligates' flight and punishment as they crash through the undergrowth causes further suffering to the suicides, who cannot move out of the way (Canto XIII).
Inner ring: Here are the violent against God (blasphemers) and the violent against nature (sodomites and, as explained in the sixth circle, usurers). All reside in a desert of flaming sand with fiery flakes raining from the sky, a fate similar to Sodom and Gomorrah. The blasphemers lie on the sand, the usurers sit, and the sodomites wander about in groups. Dante sees the classical warrior Capaneus there, who for blasphemy against Zeus was struck down with a thunderbolt during the Siege of Thebes. Dante converses with two Florentine sodomites from different groups. One of them is Dante's mentor, Brunetto Latini; Dante is very surprised and touched by this encounter and shows Brunetto great respect for what he has taught him ("you taught me how man makes himself eternal; / and while I live, my gratitude for that / must always be apparent in my words"), thus refuting suggestions that Dante only placed his enemies in Hell. The other sodomite is Iacopo Rusticucci, a politician, who blames his wife for his fate. Those punished here for usury include the Florentines Catello di Rosso Gianfigliazzi, Guido Guerra, Ciappo Ubriachi, and Giovanni di Buiamonte and the Paduan Reginaldo degli Scrovegni (who predicts that his fellow Paduan Vitaliano di Iacopo Vitaliani will join him here). They are identified not primarily by name but by heraldic devices emblazoned on the purses around their necks, purses which "their eyes seemed to feast upon" (Cantos XIV through XVII).

Dante's Divine Comedy Soundtrack: Canto XII - XVII ~ The Seventh Circle

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLDHfjTvQRznzYV8MIQy6jsI4XFmibfy42
8th Circle Inferno Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yS5gT9T-tMI
Warren Miller 
Warren Miller's 2016: Here There & Everywhere Fenway Park/Inferno Clip: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CTzzoq92UIo
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The last two circles of Hell punish sins that involve conscious fraud or treachery. These circles can be reached only by descending a vast cliff, which Dante and Virgil do on the back of Geryon, a winged monster traditionally represented as having three heads or three conjoined bodies, however, Dante describes Geryon as having three mixed natures: human, bestial, and reptilian. Dante's Geryon is an image of fraud, having the face of an honest man on the body of a beautifully colored wyvern, with the furry paws of a lion and a poisonous sting in the pointy scorpion-like tail (Canto XVII).

Dante's Inferno Canto XVIII - XXXI ~ The Eighth Circle

Surgery Center Showreel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ny4Fy_j8658

Tomophobia

In memory of Aisling Layne Schneider. 

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The Adventures of Ariel & Aisling ~ Journey to Ridgeland

1st Movement of 'The Eighth Circle'

Complete Track: https://soundcloud.com/jeschneider/dantes-inferno-canto-xviii-xxiii-the-eighth-circle?in=jeschneider/sets/dantes-infernou-soundtrack

Dante's Inferno Soundtrack - The Eighth Circle [1st Movement]

Till death do us part

The Diary of Ariel Renee ~ Release the Wolves

The Diary Of Ariel Renee ~ My Great Escape

Video: https://youtu.be/1SGCbf8ragY

In Honor of a True American Hero and Legend. 
One of America's Finest Sons ~ Chris Kyle. 
Dedicated to the Kyle Family.

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In Memoriam: Chris Kyle ~ The Legend

Dedicated to Karin... May you and your Mother one day reunite...

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The Fallon House concludes with a Mother's cry from the depths... Through her attempted sacrifice, they both, being unable to escape the flames, remain locked in the spirit realms of The Fallon House for eternity.... Unwilling to cross over, she utters her final elegy to her Daughter...........

....I can't control this division
....My sacrifice is burn
....I want your pain
....Your Mother's failure
....is Agony....

The Fallon House ~ Elegy

Transcendental Space Adventure ~ Earthrise

Transcendental Space Adventure ~ The Fifth Ray

You'll always have my heart..

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Daddy's Prayer

Live video: https://youtu.be/eEPSjuGCTvM
A jaunt down the road was nothing short of an endless journey for a young boy. An overwhelming anticipation overcomes the deepest sleep as he awakes to the road in his dreams.
Engulfed in the euphoric enchantment of a warm breeze and eucalyptus trees, he shares a smile with his Dad and awaits 461. The magical driveway is longer than ever and the slow arrival is always greeted by her soothing smile. 
Bursting out of the car, a renewed energy is fueled by the savor of star jasmine and a special love he forever shares with her. 
As night falls and the clock ticks, the dim amber lights bring comfort and rest. In the distance, a soft and melancholy piano is ever present. 
Ever at ease, he falls into his deepest of sleep. 

I hope somehow in heavenly realms, you can hear my heart in the final passage of this song…I will always hold these memories dear and remember you and your love. 
I love you, Jeruel.

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Eleanor Drive

Holocaust

Track with included Vox from my video:
The Epic Showdown II 
https://youtu.be/TYVEUSgcJhc

Track without Vox:
http://jeschneider.com/epicshowdown2

The Epic Showdown II

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLDHfjTvQRznzYV8MIQy6jsI4XFmibfy42
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Dante's Divine Comedy Soundtrack: Canto V - The Second Circle

Dante's Divine Comedy Soundtrack: Canto VI - The Third Circle

The Isle of the Cross debut album 'Excelsis' was released on February 21st, 2020 via Rockshots Records. 
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Sacrifice

Breatheia

Excelsis

The Wolf, Pt. I. Invocation

The 9th Circle, Pt. I. Caina

The 9th Circle, Pt. II. Judecca

The Wolf, Pt. II. Sanctuary

Lyric Video: http://youtube.com/watch?v=uXbHeWtAVds
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The 9th Circle, Pt. III. Inferno

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KgEBS6385Xg
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