In this essay, I wish to analyze the shift in anti-religious sentiment in heavy metal music from the days of the “Satanic Panic” to today. I claim that much of the idea of “Satanism” which certain conservative American groups associate... more
A Draconian Egyptian Codex is an expansion on Egyptian gods and goddesses found within A Draconian Egyptian Grimoire. It further establishes the link between Ancient Egypt and Draconian Luciferianism.
Recensione del film di Andrea Jublin (2025)
Forsideillustrasjon: S14720.12 Bunnskår / Hel bunn av kokekar (ikke spannformet). Funnet in situ i gulvlag på Hølland, Rogaland. Funnet er ikke saerskilt omtalt i artikkelen i dette nummeret, men foto inngår i den samlete dokumentasjonen... more
Har du hørt om Fra Kristiania-Bohêmen? Det intense, eksistensialistiske frihetsmanifestet som ble beslaglagt samme dag det utkom den 12. desember 1885? Arbeidernes frigjøring på 1930-tallet førte nemlig til het debatt om denne boken, som... more
A black-metal exposition on current cultural stagnation, including of the black metal counterculture, with a call to deliberate regression back to a past "that is alive" in order to reject vacuous contemporaneity.
Hervör sem dúvida foi um nome a despertar a criatividade de artistas escandinavos ao longo dos tempos, a figura de mulheres guerreiras desperta o interesse em leituras como as Eddas e as Sagas e nas representações românticas do séc. XIX... more
This article pioneers an exploration of the child and childhood in metal music. Using a grounded-theory approach, it examines the prevalence of 'the child' in metal music lyrics. The findings reveal a strong correlation between childhood... more
"Allure is a special and intermittent experience in which the intimate bond between a thing's unity and its plurality of notes somehow partially disintegrates" (Guerrilla Metaphysics , p.143) Wolf tones tend to be characterised as... more
Muinaiset jumaltarut ovat erottamaton osa black metal -musiikin ja -kulttuurin kuvastoa. Lukemattomat genren yhtyeet ovat ammentaneet jo vuosikymmeniä inspiraatiota oman kulttuurinsa esikristillisestä menneisyydestä ja muinaisista... more
This thesis documents practice-led research exploring the intersections of, and tensions between, improvised invocation ritual within a chaos magick paradigm and Buddhist insight meditation. I explore the extra-normal self-those aspects... more
The piece consists of nine (or ten) sections alternating between free and scored; the scored sections all consist of silences of different qualities asking the players to explore ways to facilitate the scored silences. In composing with... more
This paper examines the enduring tension between witchcraft and Christianity, particularly in African contexts, through the existential lens of Danish philosopher Søren Kierkegaard. By invoking Kierkegaard's categories of despair, dread,... more
This chapter presents an analysis of the Danish black metal artist Myrkur’s song Ulvinde: p. 117. (She‑wolf) as a feminist digression from previously established expressions of the black metal subculture and music genre as a masculine... more
Black metal is steeped in a harsh, raw, dissonant sonic world. Its misanthropy and blasphemy are screamed into the void. However, this is not the whole story. Black metal has always also been about songs and atmospheres, and many acts... more
Contracted with Anthem press, tentatively scheduled for publication early 2027. The book offers a set of coherent reflections upon - or rather, performances of - ‘black metal theology’. Like black metal theory, black metal theology is a... more
La storia del Project inizia nel 1974, quando Alan Parsons, londinese ventiseienne ed Eric Woolfson, scozzese di 29 anni si incontrano negli studi di Abbey Road, a Londra. Il primo è di casa negli studios, visto che in quel tempio della... more
A retrospective of Running with the Devil: Power, Gender, and Madness in Heavy Metal Music by Robert Walser (1993), one of the first academic books written about heavy metal; subsequent metal research has often grown in complementary... more
Following on from current debates about historical reenactment linked to right-wing extremism, the German reenactment group Ulfhednar is analyzed as an example of how strongly archaeologically inspired historical reenactment can be... more
L'intervista è apparsa originariamente sul mio blog di musica 1) Ciao e benvenuti! Presentatevi ai nostri lettori! Ciao e grazie per la disponibilità e lo spazio! Il progetto Ierru vuole unire le sonorità tipiche del Black Metal alle... more
A discoverie ov violence as a core tenet of the Black Metal Kult (second ov the Four Ice-Truths ov Black Metal Gnosis).
Interview for Norwegian paper Klassekampen about the key Ukraine's mobilization problem: "A popular explanation is the inadequacy of weapons provided by the US and Europe. Another explanation highlights the fact that it is practically... more
Baal-cykeln är en viktig representant för den kanaaneiska mytologin som var okänd, förutom vad Bibeln nämnde om, fram till mars 1928 då en bonde vid Nordsyriens kust plöjde in i en stenplatta som visade sig täcka över en gravkammare. Det... more
This essay is one attempt to address the mind-boggling question: why are we in such denial about the likely extermination of everything. I explore this problematic from a soul phenomenological perspective. "Our current notion of the... more
The image of the forest serves as a key symbol in atmospheric black metal, facilitating a connection with the past—an essential component of this music genre's conceptual essence. It also conveys a unique attitude toward nature, often... more
ROT ISSUE ONE 2023: IMMUNITY Sara Manente (ed.) ROT is the catalogue for a community of practices. ROT is a medicine and a ritual. The prescription for a new therapy. ROT is a manual without instructions. A map. A party. ROT touches upon... more
Book Chapter from the volume Staging the Pagan Past Ethnicist History Conceptions and Popular Culture in Central Europe. Edited by Ralf Hoppadietz and Karin Reichenbach.
The allure of the Pagan past—the prehistoric and early medieval eras before Christianisation—pervades modern media, from fantasy novels and video games to Viking TV series and comics about ancient heroes. This volume explores the deeper,... more
Prima di vedere gli aspetti distruttori di Kali e Shiva, un breve accenno alla "demonologia" vedica. Nell'India antica l'energia negativa è incarnata già nei Veda negli Asura, termine che originariamente significava "signore potente,... more
Artykuł porusza temat transgresji w muzyce popularnej, analizując sposoby przekraczania fizycznych granic albumu muzycznego. Po krótkim prześledzeniu historii albumów muzycznych autor omawia pomysły muzyków rockowych na ominięcie... more
Jotunheim, Jotunhem eller Jättehem är i nordisk mytologi jättarnas och de andra onda makternas värld, beläget bortom Asgård och Midgård. En tolkning av jättarnas värld: Mellan Asgård och Jotunheim flyter floden Ifingr (Vimur, Donau) som... more
O grindcore e uma dissidencia mestica do punk e do heavy metal , em suas vertentes mais rapidas e pesadas, surgidas nos anos 80. A brutal cacofonia marca sua postura anticomercial, e as perspectivas libertarias de suas capas e letras... more
1. Editorial: Halloween: Cultural and Experiential Entanglements - Jack Hunter 2. The Night of Exception: Understanding Halloween through Schmitt's Political Thought - Bruce Peabody 3. Jack-o'-lanterns, will-o'-the-wisps, and ignis... more
Metal T-shirts represent a fusion of music, identity, and ideology. This case study approach explores the meaning of the metal T-shirt. Findings show that the metal T-shirt had several signatory functions, such as personal taste and a... more
Queríamos, e ainda queremos, de todas formas, pôr em evidência a potência em ato da Música Extrema como manifestação legítima de uma anti/contra/sub/outra cultura, que, se por um lado, não se submete aos ditames do capital, do Estado, da... more