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In Greek mythology, Comus (/ ˈ k oʊ m ə s /; Ancient Greek: Κῶμος, Kōmos) is the god of festivity, revels and nocturnal dalliances. He is a son and a cup-bearer of the god Dionysus . He was represented as a winged youth or a child-like satyr [2] and represents anarchy and chaos .
Comus are a British progressive folk band who had a brief career in the early 1970s. Their first album, First Utterance, has garnered them a cult following that persists to today. They reunited in 2009, and have played several festivals and released a new album called Out of the Coma.
- Roger Wootton, Glenn Goring, Andy Hellaby, Colin Pearson, Bobbie Watson, Jon Seagroatt
- 1969–1972, 1974, 2008–present
- London, England
Comus is a masque against “masquing,” contrasting a private heroism in chastity and virtue with the courtly round of revelry and pleasure. It was Milton’s first dramatizing of his great theme, the conflict of good and evil. The allegorical story centres on a virtuous Lady who becomes separated from her two brothers while traveling in the woods.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
In John Milton’s 1634 poetic work of the same name, Comus is an enchanter, the son of Circe, who, like her, attempts to seduce travelers. Like many of Milton’s other works, Comus contrasts the grossness of temporal life and the jarring discord of sin with the eternity and harmony of heaven and good.
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Forged in the creative crucible of 1968’s ‘Summer of Love’, Comus took a decidedly darker path than flower-draggled hippiedom, with a prophetic counter-culture vision of ferocious, glowering firepower. Their seminal album ‘First Utterence’ has continued to mesmerise and subvert since its release in 1971. In 2008 Opeth's Michael Akerfeld persuaded the band to reform.
Comus was an acoustic oddball group that mixed acid folk, prog-rock, and avant-garde influences in the early '70s. Learn about their history, discography, songs, and related artists on AllMusic.
