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Oh Satan, you rascal
As of late, I’ve been on this Black Metal kick. Mayhem, Burzum, Krallice, Sigh, Cobalt, Liturgy, Wolves in the Throne Room, etc. So a buddy lent me this book called Lords of Chaos: The Bloody Rise of the Satanic Metal Underground by Michael Moynihan and Didrik Soderlind. It’s not very well written, by which I mean the composition isn’t particularly engaging, the organization is less than fluid, the structure is uninspired, and the insights are rarely explored beyond their basic recognition; but, as a primer for the genre, I thought it was pretty good. (Plus, there’s a bunch of crazy pictures depicting Norwegians in corpsepaint.) Before I read it I didn’t know anything about Black Metal, and now I feel like I have a fair understanding of its origin. Plus, I learned a little about Vikings, a little about murder, and a little about Satanism, which are all interesting things to learn a little about.
Here’s the opening paragraph:
The Devil has always treasured music. What better arena to inspire, cultivate, and propagate his will into the affairs of man? Music serves as both balm and excitant, soothing the savage or awakening dormant passions. In spiritual terms music is a magical operation, a vehicle for man to communicate with the gods. Depending on whom the celebrants invoke, this can mean soaring to heaven on the voices of angels or raising beasts from the pits of hell.
Tags: lords of chaos, satanic metal
Interesting how speaking about the devil and satan centered literature is much more accepted in literary circles and, ahem, somehow more interesting than discussions and literature about God capital G.
Interesting how speaking about the devil and satan centered literature is much more accepted in literary circles and, ahem, somehow more interesting than discussions and literature about God capital G.
burzum, dude. burzum.
look into “lurker of challice”
highly recommended.
burzum, dude. burzum.
look into “lurker of challice”
highly recommended.
Got it, thanks David! I’m new to Black Metal and am horrible at spelling in general…when I go to the board my students always snicker because they know I’m bound to misspell at least half of what I write. :)
Off to find “Lurker of Challice” — thanks!
Got it, thanks David! I’m new to Black Metal and am horrible at spelling in general…when I go to the board my students always snicker because they know I’m bound to misspell at least half of what I write. :)
Off to find “Lurker of Challice” — thanks!
I have a couple friends who grew up in a small town (~5000) in north-central Kansas. They said that people there only believe in Satan. They said that people there didn’t believe in God, really, only Satan. One’s from a fairly fundamentalist Christian family and the other’s from a moderately fundamentalist Christian family.
I have a couple friends who grew up in a small town (~5000) in north-central Kansas. They said that people there only believe in Satan. They said that people there didn’t believe in God, really, only Satan. One’s from a fairly fundamentalist Christian family and the other’s from a moderately fundamentalist Christian family.
You make a good point, mjm. In general it seems that the dark side holds stronger court in the land of the literati — but that said, it seems like Adam did a post a while back that dealt with his belief in God which generated a lot of positive feedback. I remember a bunch of people encouraging him to write more about his faith.
You make a good point, mjm. In general it seems that the dark side holds stronger court in the land of the literati — but that said, it seems like Adam did a post a while back that dealt with his belief in God which generated a lot of positive feedback. I remember a bunch of people encouraging him to write more about his faith.
totally ok. i can’t spell either. it’s “chalice” with one L
Lurker is good stuff, indeed.
Weakling, Striborg, WOLD…there’s a really good one-man Black Metal/Shoegazer band called Wrath of the Weak.
totally ok. i can’t spell either. it’s “chalice” with one L
Lurker is good stuff, indeed.
Weakling, Striborg, WOLD…there’s a really good one-man Black Metal/Shoegazer band called Wrath of the Weak.
The book’s a little sensationalist. Trust some of it, but not all of it. Have you read A Blaze in the North American Sky. Really good stuff.
Also, Hideous Gnosis. Audio files mid-page.
The book’s a little sensationalist. Trust some of it, but not all of it. Have you read A Blaze in the North American Sky. Really good stuff.
Also, Hideous Gnosis. Audio files mid-page.
i was really impressed with that Believer article when i first read it. i didn’t expect to be, but i was.
i’m pretty huge on the french scene these days: deathspell omega, blut aus nord. there’s a heavy emphasis on twisted sonics, new textures. it feels like they’re building upon what the US stuff did with the 2nd wave scandinavian stuff. very, very exciting.
i was really impressed with that Believer article when i first read it. i didn’t expect to be, but i was.
i’m pretty huge on the french scene these days: deathspell omega, blut aus nord. there’s a heavy emphasis on twisted sonics, new textures. it feels like they’re building upon what the US stuff did with the 2nd wave scandinavian stuff. very, very exciting.
Oh badass!!! Thanks for the link to the audio, Matthew! I’ve had that Hideous Gnosis up on my computer in its own tab, debating if I should buy it, for a while now. Thanks also for that Believer link, I hadn’t seen that.
Oh badass!!! Thanks for the link to the audio, Matthew! I’ve had that Hideous Gnosis up on my computer in its own tab, debating if I should buy it, for a while now. Thanks also for that Believer link, I hadn’t seen that.
That sounds like an interesting town. If I made documentaries, I’d certainly want to make a documentary about a Satanist town in Kansas.
That sounds like an interesting town. If I made documentaries, I’d certainly want to make a documentary about a Satanist town in Kansas.
haha! cheers!
Excellent, thanks for these tips!
haha! cheers!
Excellent, thanks for these tips!
the black metal posts are my favorites htmlgiant posts
the black metal posts are my favorites htmlgiant posts
Profound Lore Records has some artists I really love. WOLD is there.
And if you give me a bottle of wine and a night with no plans and no writing to do, this happens.
Profound Lore Records has some artists I really love. WOLD is there.
And if you give me a bottle of wine and a night with no plans and no writing to do, this happens.
I just went and found a link to all the Blut Aus Nord albums:
http://lordmessiah.wordpress.com/2008/07/24/blut-aus-nordfrance/
plus this great quote from the band:
“Blut Aus Nord is an artistic concept. We don’t need to belong to a specific category of people to exist. If black metal is just this subversive feeling and not a basic musical style, then Blut Aus Nord is a black metal act. But if we have to be compared to all these childish satanic clowns, please let us work outwards [from] this pathetic circus. This form of art deserves something else than these mediocre bands and their old music composed 10 years before by someone else.”
I just went and found a link to all the Blut Aus Nord albums:
http://lordmessiah.wordpress.com/2008/07/24/blut-aus-nordfrance/
plus this great quote from the band:
“Blut Aus Nord is an artistic concept. We don’t need to belong to a specific category of people to exist. If black metal is just this subversive feeling and not a basic musical style, then Blut Aus Nord is a black metal act. But if we have to be compared to all these childish satanic clowns, please let us work outwards [from] this pathetic circus. This form of art deserves something else than these mediocre bands and their old music composed 10 years before by someone else.”
you should check out wind’s poem
you should check out wind’s poem
wind’s poem is awesome
wind’s poem is awesome
wow. totally unnoticed somehow. looks awesome. thank you. you aren’t by any chance the same lorian who writes for tinymixtapes, are you?
wow. totally unnoticed somehow. looks awesome. thank you. you aren’t by any chance the same lorian who writes for tinymixtapes, are you?
agreed
agreed
goldmine… hope you likes
goldmine… hope you likes
Ive read and own that book, but the more Ive engaged BM the more Ive learned its exploitative and false.
There is a new movie touring the country called Until the Light Takes Us, that is a better representation, more so because it comes from the mouths of Varg and Ferniz – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sr_RaCM-1ug
Chris, find Darkthrone. Listen to Darkthrone.
Ive read and own that book, but the more Ive engaged BM the more Ive learned its exploitative and false.
There is a new movie touring the country called Until the Light Takes Us, that is a better representation, more so because it comes from the mouths of Varg and Ferniz – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sr_RaCM-1ug
Chris, find Darkthrone. Listen to Darkthrone.
a french band whic did one album but exists no more (but were great) = nothingness
a french band whic did one album but exists no more (but were great) = nothingness
Burzum and Wolves are the shit. Love writing to black metal. Started listening to it in high school. Can’t wait see the documentary.
Burzum and Wolves are the shit. Love writing to black metal. Started listening to it in high school. Can’t wait see the documentary.
Burzum and Wolves are the shit. Love writing to black metal. Started listening to it in high school. Can’t wait see the documentary.
They’re not Satanists. They don’t worship Satan. The general idea is that there’s a struggle between good and evil, God and the Devil, right? I think my friends were saying that the fundamentalist Christians there (and probably other places) don’t have much to say about ‘how good God is’ but have a lot to say about ‘how evil Satan is.’ There is a lot more time spent being ‘afraid of hell’ than being ‘hopeful of heaven.’ It’s not a joke or anything. It’s just regular Christian conservatism and fear-mongering. Their parents think that Satan is as real as anything (realer than God, maybe) and is out there tempting people. Their parents think they are going to hell, that they will literally be thrown into a pit of fire for eternity or some shit. It’s fucked up.
They’re not Satanists. They don’t worship Satan. The general idea is that there’s a struggle between good and evil, God and the Devil, right? I think my friends were saying that the fundamentalist Christians there (and probably other places) don’t have much to say about ‘how good God is’ but have a lot to say about ‘how evil Satan is.’ There is a lot more time spent being ‘afraid of hell’ than being ‘hopeful of heaven.’ It’s not a joke or anything. It’s just regular Christian conservatism and fear-mongering. Their parents think that Satan is as real as anything (realer than God, maybe) and is out there tempting people. Their parents think they are going to hell, that they will literally be thrown into a pit of fire for eternity or some shit. It’s fucked up.
They’re not Satanists. They don’t worship Satan. The general idea is that there’s a struggle between good and evil, God and the Devil, right? I think my friends were saying that the fundamentalist Christians there (and probably other places) don’t have much to say about ‘how good God is’ but have a lot to say about ‘how evil Satan is.’ There is a lot more time spent being ‘afraid of hell’ than being ‘hopeful of heaven.’ It’s not a joke or anything. It’s just regular Christian conservatism and fear-mongering. Their parents think that Satan is as real as anything (realer than God, maybe) and is out there tempting people. Their parents think they are going to hell, that they will literally be thrown into a pit of fire for eternity or some shit. It’s fucked up.
“The reason Milton wrote in fetters when wrote of Angels and God, and at liberty when of Devils and Hell, [because] he was a true Poet and of the Devil’s party without knowing it”
“The reason Milton wrote in fetters when wrote of Angels and God, and at liberty when of Devils and Hell, [because] he was a true Poet and of the Devil’s party without knowing it”
“The reason Milton wrote in fetters when wrote of Angels and God, and at liberty when of Devils and Hell, [because] he was a true Poet and of the Devil’s party without knowing it”
Lurker is EEEVVVVVIIIIIIILLLLLLLLLL, as are Weakling & Striborg. Haven;t heard WOLD.
Lurker is Wrest from Leviathan, no?
Wrath is Great.
Check out Dead Reptile Shrine, Bone Awl, Mutiilation, Shining……
And Anything Andee from tUMULt recomends – he coruns the Aquarius Records Distro, and they have very good BM reccomendations.
Lurker is EEEVVVVVIIIIIIILLLLLLLLLL, as are Weakling & Striborg. Haven;t heard WOLD.
Lurker is Wrest from Leviathan, no?
Wrath is Great.
Check out Dead Reptile Shrine, Bone Awl, Mutiilation, Shining……
And Anything Andee from tUMULt recomends – he coruns the Aquarius Records Distro, and they have very good BM reccomendations.
Lurker is EEEVVVVVIIIIIIILLLLLLLLLL, as are Weakling & Striborg. Haven;t heard WOLD.
Lurker is Wrest from Leviathan, no?
Wrath is Great.
Check out Dead Reptile Shrine, Bone Awl, Mutiilation, Shining……
And Anything Andee from tUMULt recomends – he coruns the Aquarius Records Distro, and they have very good BM reccomendations.
Dominic Fox’s book “Cold World: The Aesthetics of Dejection and the Politics of Militant Dysphoria” deals with Xasthur quite a bit. I’m getting a copy.
Dominic Fox’s book “Cold World: The Aesthetics of Dejection and the Politics of Militant Dysphoria” deals with Xasthur quite a bit. I’m getting a copy.
Dominic Fox’s book “Cold World: The Aesthetics of Dejection and the Politics of Militant Dysphoria” deals with Xasthur quite a bit. I’m getting a copy.
I guested on on a radio show on thurs night, and Black Metal made tehm get their first ever call-in (the show is 1-3am) – some dude yelling “DARKTHROOOOONE!”. it was awesome.
I guested on on a radio show on thurs night, and Black Metal made tehm get their first ever call-in (the show is 1-3am) – some dude yelling “DARKTHROOOOONE!”. it was awesome.
I guested on on a radio show on thurs night, and Black Metal made tehm get their first ever call-in (the show is 1-3am) – some dude yelling “DARKTHROOOOONE!”. it was awesome.
Weakling’s “Dead As Dreams” is still my favorite Black Metal album, though I do like Wolves and Krallice (being a huge fan, as I am, of Orthrelm—and Ocrilim and Octis and even Crom-Tech)
Weakling’s “Dead As Dreams” is still my favorite Black Metal album, though I do like Wolves and Krallice (being a huge fan, as I am, of Orthrelm—and Ocrilim and Octis and even Crom-Tech)
Weakling’s “Dead As Dreams” is still my favorite Black Metal album, though I do like Wolves and Krallice (being a huge fan, as I am, of Orthrelm—and Ocrilim and Octis and even Crom-Tech)
Decent book, yup. I like Xasthur’s music, especially Nocturnal Poisoning.
Decent book, yup. I like Xasthur’s music, especially Nocturnal Poisoning.
Decent book, yup. I like Xasthur’s music, especially Nocturnal Poisoning.
That song was the perfect backdrop for the Satanic party going on in the kitchen.–Trinie Dalton, Start Me Up, from WIDE EYED
That song was the perfect backdrop for the Satanic party going on in the kitchen.–Trinie Dalton, Start Me Up, from WIDE EYED
That song was the perfect backdrop for the Satanic party going on in the kitchen.–Trinie Dalton, Start Me Up, from WIDE EYED
Matthew! Fire in my Bag? That’s you?
Matthew! Fire in my Bag? That’s you?
Matthew! Fire in my Bag? That’s you?
Okay, that’s a little less interesting than an entire town of Satanists. But still. I find it fascinating when people fixate on Satan.
Okay, that’s a little less interesting than an entire town of Satanists. But still. I find it fascinating when people fixate on Satan.
Okay, that’s a little less interesting than an entire town of Satanists. But still. I find it fascinating when people fixate on Satan.
Thanks, Brain. I’ve taken your advice and am now learning about Darkthrone’s move from death metal to black metal. Gonna pick up a few and see if I can distinguish the distinctions. Thanks for the tip!
Thanks, Brain. I’ve taken your advice and am now learning about Darkthrone’s move from death metal to black metal. Gonna pick up a few and see if I can distinguish the distinctions. Thanks for the tip!
Thanks, Brain. I’ve taken your advice and am now learning about Darkthrone’s move from death metal to black metal. Gonna pick up a few and see if I can distinguish the distinctions. Thanks for the tip!
Brian — not brain — god, sorry! — I’m cursed when it comes to spelling.
Brian — not brain — god, sorry! — I’m cursed when it comes to spelling.
Brian — not brain — god, sorry! — I’m cursed when it comes to spelling.
Here are some further thoughts on Hideous Gnosis, black metal theory, towers of silence, weirding modules . .
http://thewhim.blogspot.com/2010/08/draft-of-interview-on-hideous-gnosis.html
Here are some further thoughts on Hideous Gnosis, black metal theory, towers of silence, weirding modules . .
http://thewhim.blogspot.com/2010/08/draft-of-interview-on-hideous-gnosis.html
Here are some further thoughts on Hideous Gnosis, black metal theory, towers of silence, weirding modules . .
http://thewhim.blogspot.com/2010/08/draft-of-interview-on-hideous-gnosis.html