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''Raised by Bats'' is the tenth studio album by Cuban American dark cabaret singer Voltaire, released in 2014.〔(Aurelio Voltaire | Raised by Bats — CD Baby )〕 The album's production was crowdfunded by Voltaire's fans all over the world via a successful Indiegogo campaign; it would reach US$53,793, surpassing its originally intended goal of US$10,000.〔(Raised by Bats: A star-studded Gothrock album from Aurelio Voltaire )〕 The album is a major departure of Voltaire's musical style; instead of his usual dark cabaret style, ''Raised by Bats'' is more deathrock- and gothic rock-oriented. According to Voltaire in his official website: In truth, it's a tour of all of the kinds of music I loved growing up. There are songs on this album that are goth rock, deathrock, new wave, New Romantic, dark wave and dark folk. It's the album I've always wanted to make. Some of the songs were written as far back as 1984, when I was 17 years old!〔(Voltaire - Raised by Bats )〕 ''Raised by Bats'' is, thus far, the album by Voltaire that most features guest musicians: among them are Ray Toro of My Chemical Romance fame, Craig Adams of The Mission and The Sisters of Mercy, Melora Creager of Rasputina and much more. ==Background== The track "The Night" was previously featured on Voltaire's 2000 album ''Almost Human''; he first wrote it in 1988. "The Conqueror Worm" takes its name and lyrics from Edgar Allan Poe's eponymous poem. "The Devil and Mr. Jones" is a tribute to American actor Doug Jones, famous for portraying Abe Sapien in Guillermo del Toro's ''Hellboy'' films (Del Toro is also mentioned on the song's lyrics). He also portrayed the faun in ''Pan's Labyrinth''. "Sacrifice" was written in memory of one of Voltaire's friends, who killed herself when both were teenagers. "Captains All" is a tribute to one of Voltaire's idols, British musician Adam Ant, famous for being the frontman of now-deceased post-punk/new wave band Adam and the Ants.〔(Voltaire – News – March 20th, 2013 | Raised by Bats! )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Raised by Bats」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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