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Reminds me of how everyone mentions Kurt Cobain and how he was SUCH AN HERO. >_>

I'm sick of hearing about him.

Anyway, just heard this gem:

"We destroy angels with sound!
We destroy angels with silence!"

- Nergal, Decade of Therion, Behemoth

LOL.
 
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I don't think you can label a band satanic. They might be heavy metal and sing songs about Satan, but if a band doesn't actively BELIEVE in Satan, or simply uses Satan as a metaphor, I don't think they're satanic. Yes, I like metal. And rock. (And Finnish folk music.)

I mean, look at these (translated) lyrics from Ramms+ein (a band often accused of being satanic or pro-Nazi):

I'm going to go into the fir trees
There where I last saw her
But the evening is throwing a cloth upon the land
and upon the ways behind the edge of the forest
And the forest it is so black and empty
Woe is me, oh woe
And the birds sing no more

It's just a love song. And there's this from Metallica:
I'll tear me open, make you gone
No more can you hurt anyone
And the fear still shapes me
So hold me until it sleeps


That can arguably be construed as an anti-Satan song (getting rid of evil).

Even the mention of Satan in a song doesn't mean a band is "satanic":

On their knees the War Pigs crawling,
Begging mercies for their sins
Satan, laughing, spreads his wings

That's about the punishment of those who seek and profit from violence.

I think too much about these things.
 
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Yes but lyrics like these are what people are talking about:

 
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Agreed. I quite like dark lyrics. The poetic nature of so many darker songs is what draws me in.

I also get a kick out of people who say certain types of music are satanic just because of the sound. Anytime I listen to death metal at home, I get some comment about it.
 
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