DEAD CAN DANCE - THE SERPENTS EGG (1988)

Dead Can Dance is an Australian musical project formed in 1981 in Melbourne by Lisa Gerrard and Brendan Perry.
In 1982 they decided to move to London, and a little later they signed with the 4AD Label.
Two years later they released their self titled debut. The Serpents Egg” is their fourth studio album.

Dead Can Dance’s music consists of various world influences combined with folk and alt rock, once their music was described as ...

constructed soundscapes of mesmerising grandeur and solemn beauty

Personally i can describe their music with one word

Haunting

Host of the setaphim is the opening track and listening to this, you will understand what i mean with haunting.

If this track sounds familiar to you, it has been used in several movies like stephen kings The Mist.

Dead can Dance gained quite some following trough the years. Lisa Gerrard collaborated with several artists and music producers most famous is the collab with Hans Zimmer for the music of the blockbuster gladiator

Dead can dance released their most recent album in 2018 and they are still touring these days