Band Name Explanation

I chose to call my band, Danse Macabre for a number of reasons. I decided to somehow incorporate the word "macabre" into my band name as it means "disturbing and horrifying because of involvement with or depiction of death and/or injury." I thought that this worked well with the horror theme I wanted my band to have, as a lot of metal bands focus on death and injury as a main theme. I decided that the use of macabre was a good way to describe my band straight from its name. I looked up macabre online and was directed to 'Danse Macabre' which is a latin phrase for 'The Dance of Death'. It symbolises that death is universal and that no matter our race, class or sex, we must all face the 'Dance of Death'. I found this very stimulating as an idea, as it symbolises a kind of grotesque equality. I decided to choose it as my band name as I feel a lot of their main ideas and themes could be based around this.