Skavau quote
What a good job you guys did for Norway. It is now one of the most secular and best places in the world to live with a bustling black metal scene.
Response
Yes, that is fine example of gratitude.
But keep in mind the Jews rejected Jesus also.
Go figure
As do you Clirus. You consistently reject His teachings and substitute your own vengeful ways.
What a good job you guys did for Norway. It is now one of the most secular and best places in the world to live with a bustling black metal scene.
Not sure I understand this comment Skavau. Yeah, we have a good black metal scene. So what? It's just music. Mighty good music, some of it. If you're pointing to people like "the count" from Burzum... Well, I hardly think that's a fair critique of a musical and cultural expression. One which is deeply misunderstood most of the time. Some are devil worshippers yes and Burzum and a few others did it's best to keep that link very strong. They did - alas - a good job. But metal \m/ is so much more than just religious affiliations. Many black-metalers are atheists, christians, pagans or other groups. Most within
black metal tend to sing about anger, death and destruction. Though not in a favorable way. Mostly as a jab at society in one way or another.
Many of the serious ones dress the part, too. Black leather, steel, silver, try to get paler and paler to look dead. (Yes. I used to be a serious metalhead. And yes, I did all of that).
But to say it is anti-social is not entirely correct. It as a subculture can deliver a stinging critique of the current society and accepted social norms by observing them from a vantage point many ignore. Often focusing on the dark aspects of society and recognizing the reality of suffering and death we all face yet few dare acknowledge. For me it was a period where I got to acknowledge and express my acknowledgement of the social injustices this world faces. The death and destruction we have wrought (Directly or by proxy) on others for our own enjoyment and material gain. It was an acknowledgement of our debt in that regard, an expression of the sorrow we should all feel.
Then again, I guess I was more into the whole goth-scene by this very focus on sorrow and regret more than yet in the company of the focus on death.
Meh. Not that I expect people to understand that, but that was my d.m/goth phase.
Want to kill me for that, too Clirus? For being a Christian metalhead and goth expressing a call to repentance and grief with - as good as - every expression of my self?