Mulgarath the Ogre is a fictional character in the Spiderwick Chronicles by Holly Black and Tony Diterlizzi.
He is the main antagonist of the novels although he does not appear until the fourth book of the series, namely The Ironwood Tree.
Fictional character history
Although he is not seen until The Ironwood Tree Mulgarath makes a complex plan to take over the world that spans the books. He is first mentioned in Lucinda's Secret. He gathers all the Dwarves and Goblins to him, the Goblins to serve as his footsoldiers and the Dwarves to help build weapons for the Goblins. Mulgarath promises the Dwarves that when he rules the world he will "rebuild it in iron and copper and gold" because he is aware that the Dwarves are obsessed with metal. He posseses powers of shape-shifting and transforms into Simon to steal Arthur Spiderwick's Field Guide to use in his plan. He also frames Jared.
Once the Dwarves have served their purpose Mulgarath has them ruthlessly killed then sends his minions to obduct the Grace children's mother to lure the children into a trap.
At some unidentified point, Mulgarath has an immense palace of trash built in the waste disposal area on the edge of the town. He sends the Goblin to obduct cows to bring to his palace where he uses them to breed Dragons.
When Jared, Simon and Mallory along with their hobgoblin friend Thimbletack, find Mulgarath's palace to rescue their mother and retrieve the Field Guide they discover his plan : to create an army of Dragons which when allied with the Goblins will form an unstoppable force with which Mulgarath will conquer the world. Fortunately the Dragons are still babies and have not yet matured so Mallory is able to use her fencing skills to kill the mother Dragon whilst Simon begrudgingly kills the infant Dragons, something which he does not do lightly as he is a very sensitive individual who cares greatly about animals.
Jared, Simon and Mallory then infiltrate the palace and find their mother imprisoned in a tower along with their father whom they release but they discover to their horro that he is in fact Mulgarath in disguise. Mulgarath seizes Simon and Mallory (who drops her sword) and mocks Jared saying that he can do nothing to stop him. Jared, knowing that Mulgarath like most Ogres is narcissistic tricks him into bragging about his plan and revealing the whereabouts of the Field Guide; beneath his Throne. He then flings Simon and Mallory out of the window. Fortunately they grab onto chains and hang on for their lives. Jared seizes Mallory's sword in a rage and attacks Mulgarath who falls out of the window but catches onto a chain. Jared then goes to rescue his siblings but sees Mulgarath turn into a Dragon and climb up the chain. Jared cuts away the chain with a sword and Mulgarath falls but transforms into a bird in the nick of time and is about to lead his army of Goblins into the palace to kill the children when Thimbletack the hobgoblin seizes Mulgarath out of the air and bites off his head, killing the evil ogre instantly. Jared, Simon, Mallory and Thimbletack then subsequently escape with the Field Guide.
Personality
Mulgarath is regarded as highly ruthless and sadistic by those around him, viewing all others as tools to be used or obstacles to be demolished. He is in many ways the archetypal evil overlord. He has a twisted genius, a psychopathic outlook on human life and a fantastic ego accompanied by an insatiable lust for power. Mulgarath possesses a great intellect, able to concot highly convoluted evil schemes, a trait he shares with most ogres according to Arthur Spiderwick. He has also shown Machiavellian tendencies with regards to his connections with others, an example being him lying to the Dwarves to manipulate them into serving him then disposing of them when they were of no further use to him. Another trait Mulgarath shares with other ogres is his arrogance with leads to his downfall when he reveals the whereabouts of the Field Guide before disposing of his enemies believing that they cannot defeat him. This is a mistake of many villains in fiction who will gloat when they have their enemy at their mercy so that said enemy can appreciate the brilliance of the villain's plan before meeting his or her demise.
Film
In the film adaptation of The Spiderwick Chronicles, Mulgarath will be voiced by Nick Nolte.
He is the main antagonist of the novels although he does not appear until the fourth book of the series, namely The Ironwood Tree.
Fictional character history
Although he is not seen until The Ironwood Tree Mulgarath makes a complex plan to take over the world that spans the books. He is first mentioned in Lucinda's Secret. He gathers all the Dwarves and Goblins to him, the Goblins to serve as his footsoldiers and the Dwarves to help build weapons for the Goblins. Mulgarath promises the Dwarves that when he rules the world he will "rebuild it in iron and copper and gold" because he is aware that the Dwarves are obsessed with metal. He posseses powers of shape-shifting and transforms into Simon to steal Arthur Spiderwick's Field Guide to use in his plan. He also frames Jared.
Once the Dwarves have served their purpose Mulgarath has them ruthlessly killed then sends his minions to obduct the Grace children's mother to lure the children into a trap.
At some unidentified point, Mulgarath has an immense palace of trash built in the waste disposal area on the edge of the town. He sends the Goblin to obduct cows to bring to his palace where he uses them to breed Dragons.
When Jared, Simon and Mallory along with their hobgoblin friend Thimbletack, find Mulgarath's palace to rescue their mother and retrieve the Field Guide they discover his plan : to create an army of Dragons which when allied with the Goblins will form an unstoppable force with which Mulgarath will conquer the world. Fortunately the Dragons are still babies and have not yet matured so Mallory is able to use her fencing skills to kill the mother Dragon whilst Simon begrudgingly kills the infant Dragons, something which he does not do lightly as he is a very sensitive individual who cares greatly about animals.
Jared, Simon and Mallory then infiltrate the palace and find their mother imprisoned in a tower along with their father whom they release but they discover to their horro that he is in fact Mulgarath in disguise. Mulgarath seizes Simon and Mallory (who drops her sword) and mocks Jared saying that he can do nothing to stop him. Jared, knowing that Mulgarath like most Ogres is narcissistic tricks him into bragging about his plan and revealing the whereabouts of the Field Guide; beneath his Throne. He then flings Simon and Mallory out of the window. Fortunately they grab onto chains and hang on for their lives. Jared seizes Mallory's sword in a rage and attacks Mulgarath who falls out of the window but catches onto a chain. Jared then goes to rescue his siblings but sees Mulgarath turn into a Dragon and climb up the chain. Jared cuts away the chain with a sword and Mulgarath falls but transforms into a bird in the nick of time and is about to lead his army of Goblins into the palace to kill the children when Thimbletack the hobgoblin seizes Mulgarath out of the air and bites off his head, killing the evil ogre instantly. Jared, Simon, Mallory and Thimbletack then subsequently escape with the Field Guide.
Personality
Mulgarath is regarded as highly ruthless and sadistic by those around him, viewing all others as tools to be used or obstacles to be demolished. He is in many ways the archetypal evil overlord. He has a twisted genius, a psychopathic outlook on human life and a fantastic ego accompanied by an insatiable lust for power. Mulgarath possesses a great intellect, able to concot highly convoluted evil schemes, a trait he shares with most ogres according to Arthur Spiderwick. He has also shown Machiavellian tendencies with regards to his connections with others, an example being him lying to the Dwarves to manipulate them into serving him then disposing of them when they were of no further use to him. Another trait Mulgarath shares with other ogres is his arrogance with leads to his downfall when he reveals the whereabouts of the Field Guide before disposing of his enemies believing that they cannot defeat him. This is a mistake of many villains in fiction who will gloat when they have their enemy at their mercy so that said enemy can appreciate the brilliance of the villain's plan before meeting his or her demise.
Film
In the film adaptation of The Spiderwick Chronicles, Mulgarath will be voiced by Nick Nolte.
Adam Beason (born August 25, 1969, in Los Angeles, CA) is sn American actor/production assistant who is best known for his appearances on the CBS-TV hit series "JAG".
Beason is also the husband of actress Catherine Bell, who he met when she appeared as Isabella Rossellini's nude body double in the movie Death Becomes Her (1992). He was director Robert Zemeckis' assistant on the film. Beason also acted in three episodes
on the TV series "JAG", where his wife co-starred.
Beason and Bell were married on August 8, 1994 and have one child, a daughter named Gemma, born on April 16, 2003. They reside in Hollywood.
Beason is also the husband of actress Catherine Bell, who he met when she appeared as Isabella Rossellini's nude body double in the movie Death Becomes Her (1992). He was director Robert Zemeckis' assistant on the film. Beason also acted in three episodes
on the TV series "JAG", where his wife co-starred.
Beason and Bell were married on August 8, 1994 and have one child, a daughter named Gemma, born on April 16, 2003. They reside in Hollywood.
A megabeat, also known as punk drums, is a drum beat commonly found through out modern punk rock, specifically in (but not limited to) hardcore punk and pop punk music. It is played by hitting consistent eighth notes on the high hat, with one of your hands. The first beat is hit on the bass drum, with a snare hit on "one and", "two and", "three and" and lastly, on "four and".
It is not to be confused with a blast beat, which is where the snare hits start on one as opposed to "one and".
Notable bands
Notable bands that use this beat:
Saves the Day
NOFX
Blink 182
Comeback Kid
It is not to be confused with a blast beat, which is where the snare hits start on one as opposed to "one and".
Notable bands
Notable bands that use this beat:
Saves the Day
NOFX
Blink 182
Comeback Kid
Crowz was the would-be second album released by American band Slipknot. Originally to be released on October 31, 1997, the album stood as a "re-recording replacement" of the songs recorded and released a year prior on the band's 1996 debut Mate.Feed.Kill.Repeat. Crowz featured songs with current vocalist Corey Taylor, as well as former vocalist Anders Colsefini and former guitarists and drummer Donnie Steele, Josh Brainard and Marshall Parker respectively; Crowz also features input by particular members of the current line-up. The album was never released however, as the recorded material was scrapped and a five-track demo was soon recorded, this being the demo that the band was signed to Roadrunner Records for.
Background information
"'Crowz' refers to a saying started which started following a spooky incident when we where taking Paul home after a studio session, and the road his place was on was covered entirely with crows, or blackbirds, or whatever. Thousands upon thousands of them. When the headlights flashed over them, they all took to the trees as one big, black mass. It was eerie. Then, they all sat in the trees and phone lines watching us. That's where "Crowz" came from. Plus, Shawn found a dead one in his driveway, and kept it in a big, commercial pickle jar, and carried it around at shows until it turned to mush. During shows Shawn would open the jar, this would cause him to vomit all over the place and also cause fans to start vomiting all over the place. It was sick, it was kept in the jar with all the bacteria and flesh eating creatures. It started secreting this brown liquid and became a fine sauce (yum). Some kids broke the jar open and played catch with it for a while and now it's disposed."
Availability
As the album was never released, nearly a decade of inactivity and mystery surrounding the album passed before any public exposition to it. Crowz was copied onto CDs in extremely limited numbers, but these copies presumably no longer exist (although current percussionist Shawn Crahan and former guitarist Josh Brainard are said to own copies). The album's existence was supported slightly throughout the years however due to the appearances of select tracks on peer-to-peer clients, however most of these are a combination of fakes, live performances, and a few real tracks, in addition to tracks from the band's purported "basement sessions."
On April 19, 2007, the Slipknot fansite BlackGoat announced on a forum that Crowz had been uploaded and fans could now attain it. Initially however, the content was not authorised, but the following day the issue was resolved and it was made fully accessible for download. This is not the real Crowz album, but a compilation of live recordings and songs that appear on multiple versions of the Crowz bootleg.
Among the track listing only two songs featured here have ever been released commercially. The 'Apple of My Eye' demo version of "Interloper" was released on the digipak reissue of the band's Roadrunner debut Slipknot, albeit without the interlude at the beginning. "Snap" was released on the now out-of-print soundtrack to the 2003 horror film Freddy Vs. Jason.
Crowz was uploaded onto YouTube in 2007.
Track listing
# "Coleslaw" – 2:51
# "Interloper" – 2:29
# "May 17th" – 2:21
# "Windows" – 3:35
# "Carve" – 4:08
# "Prosthetics" – 4:16
# "Me Inside" – 2:49
# "The Me Inside" – 2:58
# "Only One" – 2:52
# "Gently" – 2:36
# "Interloper" – 2:54
# "Wait and Bleed" – 1:50
# "Snap" – 2:54
# "Coleslaw" – 2:33
# "Heartache and a Pair of Scissors" – 5:24
# "Despise" – 3:40
Trivia
* "Carve" is a rough demo of "Before I Forget" from Slipknot's 2004 album '.
* "Prosthetics", "Me Inside", "Only One", "Wait and Bleed", and "Heartache and a Pair of Scissors" were later re-recorded for Slipknot's 1999 Roadrunner debut Slipknot, the latter track being retitled and simplified as "Scissors".
* "The Me Inside" is also a demo of "Me Inside" from the band's Roadrunner debut.
* "Gently" was later re-recorded for Slipknot's 2001 album Iowa.
* "May 17th" is a rough demo of "New Abortion" from Slipknot's 2001 album Iowa.
Personnel
* Corey Taylor – lead vocals (Tracks 1, 6, 7, 9. 10, 11, 12, 13, 16)
* Anders Colsefini – lead vocals (Tracks 2, 3, 4, 5, 8, 14, 15), percussion
* Mick Thompson – lead guitar
* Josh Brainard – guitar, backup vocals
* Craig Jones –sampling
* Paul Gray – bass guitar, backup vocals
* Shawn Crahan – percussion, turntables, backup vocals
* Joey Jordison – drums
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Background information
"'Crowz' refers to a saying started which started following a spooky incident when we where taking Paul home after a studio session, and the road his place was on was covered entirely with crows, or blackbirds, or whatever. Thousands upon thousands of them. When the headlights flashed over them, they all took to the trees as one big, black mass. It was eerie. Then, they all sat in the trees and phone lines watching us. That's where "Crowz" came from. Plus, Shawn found a dead one in his driveway, and kept it in a big, commercial pickle jar, and carried it around at shows until it turned to mush. During shows Shawn would open the jar, this would cause him to vomit all over the place and also cause fans to start vomiting all over the place. It was sick, it was kept in the jar with all the bacteria and flesh eating creatures. It started secreting this brown liquid and became a fine sauce (yum). Some kids broke the jar open and played catch with it for a while and now it's disposed."
Availability
As the album was never released, nearly a decade of inactivity and mystery surrounding the album passed before any public exposition to it. Crowz was copied onto CDs in extremely limited numbers, but these copies presumably no longer exist (although current percussionist Shawn Crahan and former guitarist Josh Brainard are said to own copies). The album's existence was supported slightly throughout the years however due to the appearances of select tracks on peer-to-peer clients, however most of these are a combination of fakes, live performances, and a few real tracks, in addition to tracks from the band's purported "basement sessions."
On April 19, 2007, the Slipknot fansite BlackGoat announced on a forum that Crowz had been uploaded and fans could now attain it. Initially however, the content was not authorised, but the following day the issue was resolved and it was made fully accessible for download. This is not the real Crowz album, but a compilation of live recordings and songs that appear on multiple versions of the Crowz bootleg.
Among the track listing only two songs featured here have ever been released commercially. The 'Apple of My Eye' demo version of "Interloper" was released on the digipak reissue of the band's Roadrunner debut Slipknot, albeit without the interlude at the beginning. "Snap" was released on the now out-of-print soundtrack to the 2003 horror film Freddy Vs. Jason.
Crowz was uploaded onto YouTube in 2007.
Track listing
# "Coleslaw" – 2:51
# "Interloper" – 2:29
# "May 17th" – 2:21
# "Windows" – 3:35
# "Carve" – 4:08
# "Prosthetics" – 4:16
# "Me Inside" – 2:49
# "The Me Inside" – 2:58
# "Only One" – 2:52
# "Gently" – 2:36
# "Interloper" – 2:54
# "Wait and Bleed" – 1:50
# "Snap" – 2:54
# "Coleslaw" – 2:33
# "Heartache and a Pair of Scissors" – 5:24
# "Despise" – 3:40
Trivia
* "Carve" is a rough demo of "Before I Forget" from Slipknot's 2004 album '.
* "Prosthetics", "Me Inside", "Only One", "Wait and Bleed", and "Heartache and a Pair of Scissors" were later re-recorded for Slipknot's 1999 Roadrunner debut Slipknot, the latter track being retitled and simplified as "Scissors".
* "The Me Inside" is also a demo of "Me Inside" from the band's Roadrunner debut.
* "Gently" was later re-recorded for Slipknot's 2001 album Iowa.
* "May 17th" is a rough demo of "New Abortion" from Slipknot's 2001 album Iowa.
Personnel
* Corey Taylor – lead vocals (Tracks 1, 6, 7, 9. 10, 11, 12, 13, 16)
* Anders Colsefini – lead vocals (Tracks 2, 3, 4, 5, 8, 14, 15), percussion
* Mick Thompson – lead guitar
* Josh Brainard – guitar, backup vocals
* Craig Jones –sampling
* Paul Gray – bass guitar, backup vocals
* Shawn Crahan – percussion, turntables, backup vocals
* Joey Jordison – drums
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