Eva O Halo - Children Of The Light (1994)
Sometimes erroneously given the title "Children Of the Night" on some music and lyrics websites. This recording is from my CD, Gothik: Music from the Dark Side, 1995, however it was released in 1994 on Evo O's album, Demons Fall for an Angel's Kiss. Eva O (Eva Ortiz), born in Las Vegas, Nevada, is also known as Eva O Halo and was a member of Christian Death, Super Heroines, and Shadow Project, and awarded the title of Queen of Darkness. She wrote this song after studying a book on angels by Billy Graham and becoming a born again Christian. Most of the songs on Demons Fall For An Angel's Kiss are similarly along the same theme. Currently she is a member of Mz O and Her Guns and Christian Death 1334 (1334 is an angel number).
Despite the strong pro-Christian, anti-demonic stance of the song, it is still regarded as a Gothic rock, Death rock classic. Initially I had wanted the instrumental passages to feature a battle between good and evil theme, but decided it would look too campy, too comic bookish, and decided to emphasize the darker side instead. It represents what is being fought against. Despite online lyrics that print "Children of the Light" in each refrain, twice she admonishes the Children Of The NIGHT (and you can clearly hear the "N" being enunciated) to pray as well to escape inevitable damnation. Of course their prayers would be dark prayers to a dark god, so the admonishment is without much hope, although the effort and intent is to bind the light and dark together to achieve a common goal rather than to place them in opposition. Although sin is railed against in the opening lyrics, the "people bleeding from their mouths" are clearly vampires, and these appear in the video as well, courtesy of Hammer Film Productions. Even so, very strong Christian images from three different sources appear throughout to support the "Children Of The Light" refrains: Die Deutchen: Hildegard von Bingen, The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc, and Gregorian, Master of Chants.
Along with the moving rock music and vocals by Eva, the video is a beautiful and stunning montage of darkness and light. For fans of the early 1960's TV series Thriller (aka Boris Karloff's Thriller), the opening sequence which has been given contrast and deeper hue is from what I consider to be the very best episode of the entire series, "The Incredible Doktor Markesan" (aired on February 26, 1962), following on the heels of "The Hollow Watcher" and "The Weird Tailor," two other greats of the series. In my opinion, Thriller blew away all of the competition, including The Twilight Zone and the Alfred Hitchcock Hour.
Despite the strong pro-Christian, anti-demonic stance of the song, it is still regarded as a Gothic rock, Death rock classic. Initially I had wanted the instrumental passages to feature a battle between good and evil theme, but decided it would look too campy, too comic bookish, and decided to emphasize the darker side instead. It represents what is being fought against. Despite online lyrics that print "Children of the Light" in each refrain, twice she admonishes the Children Of The NIGHT (and you can clearly hear the "N" being enunciated) to pray as well to escape inevitable damnation. Of course their prayers would be dark prayers to a dark god, so the admonishment is without much hope, although the effort and intent is to bind the light and dark together to achieve a common goal rather than to place them in opposition. Although sin is railed against in the opening lyrics, the "people bleeding from their mouths" are clearly vampires, and these appear in the video as well, courtesy of Hammer Film Productions. Even so, very strong Christian images from three different sources appear throughout to support the "Children Of The Light" refrains: Die Deutchen: Hildegard von Bingen, The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc, and Gregorian, Master of Chants.
Along with the moving rock music and vocals by Eva, the video is a beautiful and stunning montage of darkness and light. For fans of the early 1960's TV series Thriller (aka Boris Karloff's Thriller), the opening sequence which has been given contrast and deeper hue is from what I consider to be the very best episode of the entire series, "The Incredible Doktor Markesan" (aired on February 26, 1962), following on the heels of "The Hollow Watcher" and "The Weird Tailor," two other greats of the series. In my opinion, Thriller blew away all of the competition, including The Twilight Zone and the Alfred Hitchcock Hour.
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