Satanic bands

[Theogonia]

lol ever heard of hyperbole?

 

[Zecryphon]

Marilyn Manson is Satanic. Three of the four members of Led Zeppelin are/were Satanic. I think you're basing Satanic off of their image, but does Led Zeppelin really sound Satanic? No, but they are.

Three of the four members of Led Zeppelin are/were Satanic.

Who are the members that either were or are Satanic? The fact that you don't even know if their "satanism" was a thing of the past or present really hurts your credibility. You sound like you don't know what you're talking about.

I think you're basing Satanic off of their image, but does Led Zeppelin really sound Satanic? No, but they are.

Why are they? Because you say so? Can you give us some blatantly satanic material that they've produced?

 

[Zecryphon]

What? NO.

And Marilyn Manson isn't just trying to get anyone's goats. He is a member of the Church of Satan and a very famous Satanist.

Yeah, but the church of Satan does not recongnize Manson as a member. They regard his "membership" as more of a publicity stunt.

 

[Gamezilla]

Dunno if this thread already exists, but I thought that it's often pretty hard to tell if bands are satanic (sometimes its spelt out, so those are a little easier) so I thought this would be a good place to compile a list of satanic bands. No 'unchristian' bands that have 'bad' songs or themes or crap like that (Cradle of Filth), but just outright openly satanic bands. Such as the likes of:

Slayer

*add more below*

Actually, Slayer is not satanic. They do sing very vile lyrics, but they don't proclaim satanism. Actually, bands that are blatantly satanic are Dimmu Borgir, Mayhem, Gorgoroth, Deicide, Belphegor, Dissection, and many more. All of these bands are what's known as "Black Metal". You can look up videos of these guys on Youtube. Believe me, they are truly satanic. Some may use it for shock, but these are really into it.

 

[Gamezilla]

I thought Slayer were ALL atheists. Didn't know that Tom Araya is a Christan. I am well aware that Kerry King is an AVOWED atheist.

If one listens carefully to Slayers lyrics you will see the content is atheistic rather than satanic.

Actually, if I'm not mistaken, Tom was raised Catholic. I don't think he practices it now (obviously). Seriously, he can say he's Christian all day, but I wouldn't believe him until his lyrics reflected it. Seriously, how can you sing hate against you own faith?

 

[Tallerthanatree]

Deicide is probably at the tip of old thrash metal / satanic. Their lyrics are extremly anti christian

Immolation slaughters that pathetic excuse for death metal.

Actually.. Slayer may not be out as a "Satanic" band, however their lyrics beg to differ. For example; Altar of sacrifice has a verse which praises Satan.

Slayer's "satanism" is entirely for shock value.

Actually, Slayer is not satanic. They do sing very vile lyrics, but they don't proclaim satanism. Actually, bands that are blatantly satanic are Dimmu Borgir, Mayhem, Gorgoroth, Deicide, Belphegor, Dissection, and many more. All of these bands are what's known as "Black Metal". You can look up videos of these guys on Youtube. Believe me, they are truly satanic. Some may use it for shock, but these are really into it.

Dimmu is NOT Black metal. A good listen now and then, but only the first two albums were Black metal. And their Satanism is, in fact, for shock value. Shagrath is the only member who is actually a Satanist, but he's probably LaVeyan, and doesnt worship Satan as a deity. Dissection used to be Black metal, but their most recent release Reinkaos was melodic death metal. Belphegor is just Death metal with Black metal influence.

I may sound like I'm nitpicking genres here, but I'm bored.

 

[sevendaughters]

The biggest crime that Deicide (et. al) have committed is less to be Satanist and more to be downright dull.

 

[Tallerthanatree]

The biggest crime that Deicide (et. al) have committed is less to be Satanist and more to be downright dull.

Thank you!

 

[A7X ST3V083]

I love Bloodbath, Cannibal Corpse, CoalChamber, TheRedChord( I dont knowif they're really satanic but they sound like it) Marilyn Manson, Slayer, I listen to them ALOT!lol

 

[very_irreverand_Bill]

Dunno if this thread already exists, but I thought that it's often pretty hard to tell if bands are satanic (sometimes its spelt out, so those are a little easier) so I thought this would be a good place to compile a list of satanic bands. No 'unchristian' bands that have 'bad' songs or themes or crap like that (Cradle of Filth), but just outright openly satanic bands. Such as the likes of:

Slayer

*add more below*

LoL!!! Dude, Slayer are no more Satanic than CoF, less so probably.
Dani Filth once called himself a Luciferian{symbolic likely}, but I suspect he's more of a dark pagan or just a general freethinker.

Slayer. They are'nt Satanists and there really is nothing all that satanic about most of their stuff even. I suspect most of them are Atheists/Sgnostics or some other freethinker/rationalist. Tom Araya{singer} is nominally Catholic, but I suspect from what he says that simply is just a simple theist or deist and does'nt realize that these labels are much more apt for him.

Satanic Bands/metal musicians:
-King Diamond{member of Laveys/Gimores CoS/ Church of Satan}
-Acheron
-Behemoth{I'm unsure about this one, they are actually more "Thelemite" or "Crowley-ite" and dark paganish or Chaos Magicians/all around "occultists", but I suspect they also borrow from Satanist philosophy as well}
-David Vincent, vocalist of Morbid Angel{CoS member}
-Infernus of Gorgoroth{Theistic Satanist}
-Gaahl of Gorgoroth{Individualist Satanist, Norse Shamanist}
-Shagrath of Dimmu Borgir{Modern Satanist}
-Dissection{Luciferians}
-Glen Benton of Deicide{individualist Satanist, suspect also a rationalist in some sense- moreso now than he used to be}
-Marilyn Manson{Nominally a Satanist}
-Dark Funeral{particularly Lord Ahriman and Emperor Magis Caligula; Modern/sybolic Satanists

I'm getting tired of listing em, LoL!

Um...a large number of metal bands- particuarly in black and death metal{black especially} use Satan, Satanism, satanis imagery or ideas or philosophies for gimmick purposes, shock value, or merely just because they agree with ASPECTS of some form of Satanism but do not consider themselves Satanists. Alot of these, would indeed fall under the category of "Romantic Satanists" or "Literary Satanism"{like the Romantic/Literary Satanists of the 1800's, poets, authors, anti-clerical types, anti-christian/religion pagans and rationalists,etc; note that not all anti-christian or anti-revealed religion pagans and rationalists were romantic satanists as well}.

There are also many metal musicians whom at one time considered themselves Satanists but not anymore... Ishahn of Emperor/Ishahn for example; but they still could fit nicely under the category of "Romantic Satanism" or maybe even 'Philosophical Satanism" but are'nt and don't believe themselves to be "Religious Satanists"{that is, practioners of ritual, believers in magic or ritual/ceremony; whether Lavayans are other Modern/Symbolic religious Satanists or theistics}.

My personal favorite Romantic Satanists in the metal scene are Dimmu Borgir{allthough, Shagrath DOES consider himself an actual Satanist in the religio-philosophical sense I think; the others don't for themselves}. i think they also represent Satanism{whether religio-philosophical or Romantic/Literary} much more maturely and intelligently than do many of their black metal contemporaries, except of course for Emperor/Ishahn- whom also does so in a very thoughtful, mature manner.

But yeah. They're out there. But you really have to dig to find out if they breally are Satanic or Satanists in any sense or not, or if they use the imagery/etc for shock/gimmick. Sometimes a great way to tell if they are real or using it for shock is if they overdo the shock{both in music and in their everyday lives} or if they present themselves maturely and intelligently both musically and in their lives or at least in their lives
But even still...you have to dig. Alot of time bands/musicians that are simply against christianity or religion as a whole,etc, or whom actually are Pagans or Occultists or diehard rationalists are mistaken for Satanists and as Satanic{of course some of them have no problem with beeing called or having their music called "SatanIC", but will deny beeing "SatanISTs"}.

In Reason:
Bill

 

[very_irreverand_Bill]

Yes but lyrics like these are what people are talking about:

[/font]

Dark Funeral- "hail murder", great song, great album. Kick-butt black metal.

Two of the members are Satanists as far as I know. Lord Ahriman and Emperor Magus Caligula[formely vocalist for "Hypocrisy" in their early days]

 

[Vehementi Dominus]

I listen to quite a bit, I find the terminology in the lyrics, that wouldn't be available if you were singing about anything else, adds to the brutality.

Here's a few:

Venom - Their stuff's more tounge in cheek, though.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I6RSPd6NWb0

Marduk are brutal.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iCuoHo1a_is

Onslaught own live, simple as.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AVq3V_eeslY

That'll do f'now.

 

[Im_A]

Man, i though you really knew what you were talking about, until you said slayer.

For clarity's sake, slayer adopted a satanic appearance (lyric and music wise) for shock purposes, simple as that.

Here's a list of downright satanic bands

Marduk
Emperor
Darkthrone
Dark Funeral
Mayhem
Immortal
Carpathian Forest
(i.e. many black metal bands)

as for stuff like cradle of filth and possibly slipknot, i think they adopt the satanic image (whether or not its there, people still think so) to further imbue that they're so 'dark'...bleh...

in fact, just to help
www.wikipedia.org/wiki/black_metal

one thing about Emperor's Isahan that i found out from an interview with Mikael Åkerfeldt of Opeth is that at least Ishan isn't really into satanism and that stuff anymore, just more into Nietzche. i wish i could find the link i read this on. if i find it i'll post it here.

 

[Tallerthanatree]

Deathspell Omega - Jubilate Deo

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xn4iONgHgp0

Ondskapt - Djavulens Ande

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WEH-8qPn2pQ

Inquisition - Crush The Jewish Prophet

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bdi97F7imko

Mgla - Mdlosci I

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=va0Lq3CIs4U

 

[very_irreverand_Bill]

one thing about Emperor's Isahan that i found out from an interview with Mikael Åkerfeldt of Opeth is that at least Ishan isn't really into satanism and that stuff anymore, just more into Nietzche. i wish i could find the link i read this on. if i find it i'll post it here.

Immortal are'nt Satanic NOR Satanists.
Most of Immortals stuff has been about subjects relating to winter and ice and coldness and grimness, occasional occult referances, occasional Paganistic referances,etc.

From an interview ith Immortal at ultimateguitar.com, february 21, 2008

{Quote/}One of the most noticeable differences found in Immortal which separates them from other black metal bands is the loss of Satanic references in their lyrics. Whereas most of the more popular black metal acts like Marduk, Enthroned, and Darkthrone were praising Satan, Immortal chose to write about...well, Blashyrkh, an imaginative land of ice and frost ruled by a gigantic raven God named “Mighty Ravendark”. Remarks Abbath, “Well, yeah. Most people think that we were Satan worshippers with sacrifices and everything. I mean, we never set out to be Satanists. We’re a metal band. Sure, we love KISS and we love Judas Priest, but we love good metal. Immortal never set out to be Satan worshippers. All the other bands were standing in the forest looking down in the ground, and we were standing in the snow looking up at the sky.”[Unquote/}

Immortal are a band with a sense of humor. They are just rock n/roll metalheads of the black metal persuasion out to have fun and be essentially like Kiss or Manowar,etc. Read their lyrics sometime, and read or watch interviews with them.

In Reason:
Bill

 

[BlackSabb]

In another note, don't anybody even THINK of saying Black Sabbath because they are so far away from Satanist its not even funny.

Oh, I do like you brother!

Anyone who says Sabbath are "satanic" obviously don't know Sabbath.

 

[Lord Of The Forest]

If this is a discussion of bands whose lyrics are hailing Satan, technically it shouldn't be in the secular music forum.

 

[darkshadow]

Man, this tread brings back memories.

Any of you remember those old 80's video tapes made about 'satanic music', and they'd bring up bands like AC/DC, Metallica etc, or just any rock music in general?

It's wierd, I remember this feeling in my mind that while the producers of those videos had good intentions, their message just didn't sit right with me for some reason. I do have a pretty diverse taste in music, and will listen to anything from Enya, to Bach, to Metallica to REM. It's wierd though, that the genre I'm into the most now is metal, especially some of the Scandinavian bands, like Nightwish and Evergrey.

If I don't choose to listen to a band, it's more often than not based on the fact that I find something about that band that turns me off to listening to 'em. Classic case in point - Led Zeppelin. I can't stand Robert Plant's vocal style. The same is pretty much true for almost all of modern 'mainstream' radio today. So many of the bands just don't interest me.

I remember those days. Seemed like everyday someone was saying, "Oh such and such, they are Satanic." No matter who the band was, and there names all had hidden meanings. AC/DC - After Christ the Death Comes, KISS- Knights In Satan's Service.

 

[darkshadow]

Actually, Dio is an admitted Satanist. Alesteir Crowley has nothing to do with Anton LaVey or the Satanic church.

Anton LaVey studied the writing of Alesteir Crowley and was influenced by his beliefs.

"A few years earlier LaVey had explored the writings of Aleister Crowley, and in 1951 he met some of the Berkeley Thelemites. He was unimpressed, as they were more spiritual and less “wicked” than he supposed they should be for disciples of Crowley’s libertine creed." - Anton LeVey: A Biographical Sketch

 

[very_irreverand_Bill]

Actually, Dio is an admitted Satanist.

Where did you get this idea from? I've never ehard him say he is a Satanist? Sure you have'nt got him confused with someone else?

In Reason:
Irrev.Bill