Comus are a British progressive folk band who had a brief career in the early 1970s. Their first album, First Utterance, has garnered them a cult following that persists to today. They reunited in 2009, and have played several festivals and released a new album called Out of the Coma.

The Reign of Comus by Lorenzo Costa. In Greek mythology, Comus (/ ˈ k oʊ m ə s /; [1] Ancient Greek: Κῶμος, Kōmos) is the god of festivity, revels and nocturnal dalliances. Cup-bearer of the god Dionysus, he was represented as a winged youth or a child-like satyr. [2]

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Comus was the ancient Greek god of revelry, merrymaking and festivity. He was the son and cup-bearer of the god Dionysus. Comus was depicted as either a winged youth or a satyriscus (child-satyr) with balding pate and asses' ears.

Comus is a masque against “masquing,” contrasting a private heroism in chastity and virtue with the courtly round of revelry and pleasure. It was Milton’s first dramatizing of his great theme, the conflict of good and evil.

First Utterance is the debut album of the progressive folk band Comus. It was released in 1971, with the opening song "Diana" being released as a single. First Utterance was notable for its unique blend of progressive rock, folk, psychedelia, and elements of paganism and the macabre.

Despite existing only for a brief period during the early 70s and being largely obscure throughout that period, it's undoubtable that COMUS was one of the most interesting bands to emerge …

It was released in 1971, with the opening song "Diana" being released as a single. The cover artwork was drawn in ball point pen by Roger Wootton, lead singer and songwriter of the band. The...

Get fresh music recommendations delivered to your inbox every Friday. Forged in the creative crucible of 1968’s ‘Summer of Love’, Comus took a decidedly darker path than flower-draggled... hippiedom, with a prophetic counter-culture vision of ferocious, glowering firepower.