Blind Guardian, Lionheart (2006)
Loudwire’s Katy Irizary explains that the “cover-art alone… is very Dante-esque.” A dragon, which Irizary claims “could be a representation of the centaur Cacus who has a fire breathing dragon in Canto 25.”
Lionheart describes meeting Ulysses in Hell with the lyrics “Drown Ulysses / Drown here in the silence / Cause down to Hades I’ve gone / But I cannot get out.”
Read the full Loudwire article here.
Sighting Citation:
“Blind Guardian, Lionheart (2006).” Dante Today: Citings and Sightings of Dante’s Works in Contemporary Culture. Elizabeth Coggeshall and Arielle Saiber, eds. November 27, 2021. https://www.dantetoday.org/sightings/lionheart-by-blind-guardian/.
Posted November 27, 2021