Ran across this last night while doing some reading: ... In my view, the reason that the art of the medieval/renaissance period was so wondrous is because the artists were trying to aspire to the heavens, expressing very lofty concepts. Interestingly, as you know, heavy metal is a very religious form of music. Groups like ROTTING CHRIST, IMPALED NAZARENE and SLAYER are all attempting to make a religious statement. However, for me, there is nothing older and less original than this form of black metal. I was writing this type of stuff 20 years ago, when I was 13 years old. Everybody has already done it. And in my experience, most of these bands don’t really even believe what they are saying. They are just trying to associate themselves with darkness in order to convey the image of power. I know, I’ve been there. So, to quote Crowley, the Necronomicon and Lovecraft is, in most cases, meaningless. And to say God is dead, etc. is not an expression of power, but rather an expression of weakness. If the Roman Empire, Soviet Communism, Nietzsche, Freud, Marx, Voltaire, and others could not overthrow Christianity, I seriously don’t think ROTTING CHRIST, IMPALED NAZARENE and SLAYER really have a prayer. ‘It is a terrifying thing to fall into the hands of the Living God’ (Book of Hebrews, chapter 10, verse 31). William J. Tsamis (WARLORD/Lordian Guard)
Posted on: Mon, 18 Aug 2014 17:06:53 +0000
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