joe_fierce
07-28-2009, 12:37 AM
Good band, amazing album. But one thing I'm personally having a problem with here is the icon on the album cover, and I was wondering whether it's just me, or it's completely wrong.
http://www.kindamuzik.net/gfx/thrice-cvr-1107.jpg
The icon is meant to be representative of each disc of the album, each of which being representative of one of the core four, earth, fire, air and water. The center Icon I fully recognize as the process or creation of a philosopher's stone, where it get's hazy is the exterior icons, the west position they are using to represent air, north fire, east water, and south earth. But these aren't what I've known these symbols to mean I was always taught that the one on the west would be considered either Alum or in the case of ouroboros an eternal return, the one to the north being gold, the one to the east being salt, and the one to the south being that of sal armoniac.
Is it a simple mistake upon the bands part or something else?
I can sort of see where gold would be used for heat or fire as it is dominated by sol, and that's the main source for heat and fire, the one on the west stepping further from the meaning and making the stretch that one would assume it's referring to the salt content of the sea, but as for the other two I'm at an EPIC loss. I'm just mildly confused as to whether or not this is a mistake of the bands, or a lack of information on my part, I only knew (know) of the triangular symbols representing air earth water and fire.
http://www.kindamuzik.net/gfx/thrice-cvr-1107.jpg
The icon is meant to be representative of each disc of the album, each of which being representative of one of the core four, earth, fire, air and water. The center Icon I fully recognize as the process or creation of a philosopher's stone, where it get's hazy is the exterior icons, the west position they are using to represent air, north fire, east water, and south earth. But these aren't what I've known these symbols to mean I was always taught that the one on the west would be considered either Alum or in the case of ouroboros an eternal return, the one to the north being gold, the one to the east being salt, and the one to the south being that of sal armoniac.
Is it a simple mistake upon the bands part or something else?
I can sort of see where gold would be used for heat or fire as it is dominated by sol, and that's the main source for heat and fire, the one on the west stepping further from the meaning and making the stretch that one would assume it's referring to the salt content of the sea, but as for the other two I'm at an EPIC loss. I'm just mildly confused as to whether or not this is a mistake of the bands, or a lack of information on my part, I only knew (know) of the triangular symbols representing air earth water and fire.