The Rooster's Crow- Blackbriar

Blackbriar is a gothic symphonic metal band and their songs often engage with mythical creatures and the theme of female suppression/rage.  Fairytales and dark romanticism is a huge influence on the band. Their song The Rooster's Crow  engages with the myth that a rooster's crowing at the break of dawn has the power to disperse dark and evil entities. The inspiriation for this song came from the Danse Macarbre and Camille Saint Saens' symphonic poem which portrays the legend of Death's appearence on Midnight on Halloween to raise the dead and have them dance while he plays his fiddle. The song depicts someone struggling with their grief and visiting the graveyard to dance with their deceased lover until the break of dawn. Like many Blackbriar songs, The Rooster's Crow engages with Gothic themes of isolation, the supernatural, horror, setting, and transgression.