インキュバス・サキュバス
淫らな夢に人を誘う夢魔。男性の夢魔はインキュバス、女性の夢魔はサキュバスと呼ばれる。西洋の民間信仰の中で度々見受けられる何とも禍々しいその名を冠したInkubus Sukkubusに対し、私はあまりにストレートで安易な印象を受けるその名から三流の低俗なゴシック・バンドとの偏見を長らく持っていた。
しかしその偏見は、ある日購入したコンピレーション・アルバムにInkubus Sukkubusの楽曲が収録されていたことで大いに改められることになる。80年代のニュー・ウェーブを強く思い起こさせるような、やや古臭い音楽性。そして転調を頻繁に繰り返す変幻自在なリドリーのヴォーカル。楽曲によっては余りにポップ過ぎるものも存在するが、その根底にあるのは紛れもなく正統派のゴシック・ロックであった。
Inkubus Sukkubusは1989年にイギリスで結成。メンバー達の興味関心がペイガニズム(異教信仰)や魔術、吸血鬼信仰といったところにあり、バンドは自然とペイガニズム的色彩の強いものとなる。当初バンドはその綴りがIncubus Succubusであったものの、95年にドラムマシーンを導入した際にInkubus Sukkubusへと改められ、それに伴いサウンドもよりドラマティックな展開のものが多くなった。特に『Away With The Faeries』以降はキーボードの使い方も洗練され、それまでしばしば垣間見られた妙な古臭さは完全に払拭されたように思われる。
その活動歴の長さに比べ我が国では知名度がやや低く、しばしばゴシック・メタルとして紹介されていることもあるInkubus Sukkubusではあるが、80年代の香りを濃厚に漂わせたそのサウンドはオリジナリティを十分に兼ね備えた、実力派のゴス・バンドである。The Sisters of MercyやAll about Eveと言った80年代ゴスを愛する方達に強力にお勧めしたいバンド。
Discography (Album)
Released 1993
01.Beltine / 02.Midnight Queen / 03.Trinity / 04.Belladonna & Aconite / 05.Soul Inside / 06.Song Of The Siren / 07.Vampyres / 08.Eternity / 09.Incubus / 10.All The Devil's Men / 11.I Am The One / 12.Old Hornie / 13.Vlad / 14.Samhain
Released 1994
01.Wytches / 02.Queen Of The May / 03.Pagan Born / 04.Gypsy Lament / 05.Leveller / 06.Call Out My Name / 07.Conquistadors / 08.Burning Times / 09.Song To Pan / 10.Enchantment / 11.Catherine / 12.Church Of Madness / 13.The Rape Of Maude Bowen / 14.Dark Mother / 15.Devils
Released 1995
01.Heartbeat Of The Earth / 02.Young Lovers / 03.Underworld / 04.Prince Of Shadows / 05.Craft Of The Wise / 06.Corn King / 07.Witch Hunt / 08.Fire Of Love / 09.Love Spell / 10.Song For Our Age / 11.Intercourse With The Vampyre / 12.Sabrina / 13.Catherine / 14.Take My Hunger
Released 1996
01.Beltaine / 02.Wytches I / 03.Pagan Born / 04.Song To Pan / 05.Goblin Jig / 06.Midnight Queen / 07.Trinity / 08.I Am The One / 09.Vampyre Kiss / 10.Wytches II / 11.In Defence / 12.Burning Times / 13.The Leveller / 14.Church Of Madness / 15.Wytches (Chant)
Released 1997
01.Heart Of Lilith / 02.Woman To Hare / 03.Hail The Holly King / 04.Wake Of The Christian Knights / 05.Paint It Black / 06.All Along The Crooked Way / 07.The Witch Of Berkeley / 08.Danse Vampyr / 09.Vampyre Erotica / 10.Wild Hunt / 11.Sweet Morpheus / 12.Hell-Fire / 13.Whore Of Babylon
Released 1998
01.Wytches Chant '98 / 02.Away With The Faeries / 03.Turnera / 04.Starchild / 05.Come To Me (Song Of The Nymph) / 06.Io Pan / 07.Woman To Hare / 08.Paint It Black / 09.Craft Of The Wise / 10.Heartbeat Of The Earth / 11.Witch Hunt / 12.Queen Of The May / 13.Take My Hunger / 14.Vampyre Erotica / 15.Belladonna & Aconite
Released 1999
01.Rune / 02.Wounded / 03.Kiss Of Hades / 04.Struwwelpeter / 05.Bright Star / 06.Lord Of The Flame / 07.Aradia / 08.Storm / 09.Smile Of Torment / 10.Reptile / 11.Nymphomania / 12.Lammas Song / 13.Wild / 14.Delilah
Released 2001
01.Supernature / 02.Lucifer Rising / 03.Take The Kiss / 04.Fey / 05.Hang Around / 06.Concubine / 07.Vermilion Rush / 08.Whore Of Heaven / 09.Wings Of Desire / 10.We Belong With The Dead / 11.Preacher Man / 12.Gypsies, Tramps & Thieves
Released 2004
01.Hecaté Cerridwyn / 02.Lily Bolane / 03.Star Of Venus / 04.Hedonistic Gene / 05.Vampyra / 06.Beast With Two Backs / 07.I Just Can't Get You Out Of My Head / 08.Vampire Punk Rockers From Hell / 09.She Is Gone / 10.City Of The Dead / 11.Take My Lust / 12.Erotic Engel / 13.Jagermeister
Released 2005
01.Heartbeat Of The Earth / 02.Take My Hunger / 03.Belladonna & Aconite / 04.I Am The One / 05.Beltaine / 06.Midnight Queen / 07.Vampyre Erotica / 08.Heart Of Lilith / 09.Away With The Faeries / 10.Starchild / 11.Wild / 12.Lord Of The Flame / 13.Supernature / 14.Preacher Man / 15.Wytches / 16.Catherine
Released 2007
01.Science & Nature / 02.Messalina / 03.Nightwing / 04.Sanctuary / 05.Lie With Me / 06.Catholic Taste / 07.Inner Demon / 08.Aryan Adrian / 09.Three Women & The Sea / 10.Fool / 11.The Fallen / 12.Sympathy For The Devil
Released 2008
01.Love Eternal / 02.Fiesta De Amor / 03.Death Comes (The Wedding Night) / 04.Living Death / 05.Emergence / 06.We Walk Again / 07.(Our) Love Will Endure / 08.Live To Hate (The Living Fear The Dead) / 09.Decaying Beauty / 10.The Endless Night
Released 2010
01.The Dark Goddess / 02.Lose Yourself At The Nymphaeum / 03.Ferryman / 04.Night Angel / 05.One Of The Dead / 06.Bacchanalia / 07.Lunacy / 08.Hammer Of The Witches / 09.Kissed By Eros / 10.Karnayna
Released 2011
01.The Goat / 02.Sweet Fallen Angel / 03.Gone / 04.Two Penny Whore / 05.Forever / 06.Rites Of Pan / 07.Pagan Born (Acoustic) / 08.Fire & Ice / 09.Breath Of Wanting / 10.Melancholy Blue
Released 2013
01.Lilith, Kali, Nemesis, Morrigan / 02.Forest Hill / 03.At The End Of The World / 04.One In A Million / 05.The White Stag / 06.Corn King (Wicca Man Remix) / 07.The Dark Prince / 08.Broken Doll (Song Of Papusza) / 09.Goddess Of Samhain / 10.Lilith Unbound / 11.Winter Rain / 12.The Dark Side Of Love / 13.The Last Boy On Earth / 14.Hearth Of Lilith (Daemon Romantica Remix) / 15.Queen Of Heaven, Queen Of Hell / 16.Take My Hunger (Sukkubus Intoxica Remix)
Released 2013
[Disc1]
01.Heartbeat Of The Earth / 02.Take My Hunger / 03.Belladonna & Aconite / 04.All The Devil's Men / 05.Beltaine / 06.Vampyre Erotica / 07.Heart Of Lilith / 08.Away With The Faeries / 09.Wild / 10.Supernature / 11.Preacher Man / 12.Wytches / 13.Devils / 14.Catherine / 15.Beast With Two Backs
[Disc2]
01.Stars Of Venus / 02.Witch Queen / 03.Intravenous / 04.Messalina / 05.Fool / 06.Fiesta De Amor / 07.Death Comes (The Wedding Night) (Leone Remix) / 08.One Of The Dead / 09.Night Angel / 10.Goat (Fae Remix) / 11.Pagan Born (Acoustic Version) / 12.One In A Million / 13.Intoxicata (Babylon Remix) / 14.Corn King (Wiccaman Remix) / 15.Heart Of Lilith (Daemon Romantica Remix)
Released 2014
01.Love Poltergeist / 02.The Hungry Abyss / 03.Lips Of Love / 04.Evil Men / 05.Summerlands / 06.Fae Fire And Sacred Musk / 07.At The Heart Of Darkness / 08.Do What Thou Wilt / 09.To Bast / 10.Nemesis
Released 2015
01.Mother Moon / 02.Dance Of Death / 03.Lose Yourself At The Nymphaeum / 04.Shadows In The Darkness / 05.Zephyrus / 06.My Demons / 07.I Am The One / 08.Dark Sisters / 09.Bitter Sweet Succubus / 10.Witch Child / 11.Honey Song Of Lorelei / 12.No End To War
Released 2016
01.The Enchanted Realm / 02.Woman To Hare - Daemon Romantica / 03.She Is Lost To The Sea / 04.Lily Bolane / 05.Hopkins Man / 06.Forest Hill / 07.Corn King - Wicca Man / 08.Barrow Wake / 09.Witch Of Berkeley - Daemon Romantica / 10.Death And The Virgin / 11.The Rape Of Maude Bowen / 12.Dark Mother - Spook Folk / 13.The Campden Wonder
Released 2016
01.Drawing Down The Moon / 02.Wikka Woman / 03.Vale Of Eden / 04.Field Of The Nymphs / 05.Dead Of The Night / 06.Storm Witch / 07.Lake Of Suicide / 08.Lost With The Maenads / 09.Goddess Of Darkness & Light / 10.Memento Mori
Released 2017
01.Earth To Earth / 02.On Meon Hill / 03.There Is Only The Dead Inside / 04.Gallows Lane / 05.Witch Hunt (Still Seeking Sarah) / 06.Necro Maria / 07.Love Spell (Re-Loved) / 08.Belas Knap / 09.Kicking Up Skirts / 10.At The Gate In The Park / 11.Power Of The Witch / 12.The House On The Hill / 13.Emerald
Released 2018
01.Bathory / 02.Let The Night Last Forever / 03.Angelus Mortis / 04.Nature Child / 05.Dancing The Night Away / 06.Here Come The Dead / 07.Angel Of Lust / 08.In The Darkness And The Rain / 09.Wolf Boy / 10.Vampire Queen
Released 2018
01.Sabrina - Once More And Again / 02.The Wych Elm's Secret / 03.Garden Of Pain / 04.The Uley Gorilla - John Daniel / 05.Datura Dreamer / 06.Return To Barrow Wake / 07.A Simple Girl / 08.She Has Fled To The Sacred Land / 09.In The Dark House / 10.This Bird Has Flown / 11.To The River A Life / 12.Warrior Queen / 13.Lest The Dead Return Again / 14.Sabrina - Original Version 1995
Released 2019
01.Lilith Rising / 02.Wise Woman / 03.Destroying Angel / 04.On The Blood Red Sea / 05.Angels Of Darkness & Light / 06.Back To The Wild Woods / 07.Amongst The Stone Angels / 08.Styx / 09.The World Below The World / 10.The Ruardean Bears / 11.At The Tree At The Lonely Place / 12.Who Made The Monster