I find myself compelled to honor those individuals who contributed to Voltaire's new album, by anagramming dark, dark names for them.
Hannah Thiem (violin)
=
Nahemah NihtNahemah: name of the queen of all the succubi.
Niht: Old English word for "night."
Franz Nicolay (accordion)
=
Czarno FinlayCzarno: name derived from
czarny, the Polish word for "black."
David J. Haskins (legendary Bauhaus bassist)
=
Daksha J. IsvindDaksha: a goat-headed god in Hindu mythology.
Isvind: Norwegian for "ice wind."
Mike "Daarken" Lim (album cover artist)
=
Mikail M. DraekenDraeken: derived from the Norwegian and Swedish words for "dragon."
Melora Creager (of Rasputina, cello)
=
Rámalócë GreerRámalócë: feminine Quenya (Elvish) name (pronounced rah-mah-loh-keh), meaning "winged dragon."
Greer: Scottish surname, meaning "watchful."
-- Nephele