Heavy Metal and the Occult

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Permalink Reply by Lilitu Xoc on September 28, 2012 at 8:21am

The occult is not necessarily pagan. Are you looking for pagan bands or are you looking for occult ones?

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Permalink Reply by Dylan Gabriel on September 28, 2012 at 9:10am

I'm not looking for bands, yet if someone knows of a good one that they don't think I've heard of I'm more than willing to lend an ear to them.  I'm simply presenting the tendency for a LARGE percentage of metal to deal with themes involving the occult and pagan religions, and I'm capable of providing examples if it is desired.

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Permalink Reply by Lilitu Xoc on September 28, 2012 at 9:14am

Most of that is just for show, it has nothing to do with them being serious.

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Permalink Reply by bob on September 28, 2012 at 9:18am

agreed

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Permalink Reply by Dylan Gabriel on September 28, 2012 at 9:31am

I understand why you're skeptical, and it probably has something to do with the associated theatrics and how they present themselves.  A lot of them in fact do adhere to the lyrical themes of their music, but there has to be entertainment value as well in order to win over new listeners, who can potentially discover things for themselves by actually reading into the lyrics.

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Permalink Reply by Dylan Gabriel on September 28, 2012 at 3:49pm

Yes a lot of it is really "Hollywood", but it still holds water.

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Permalink Reply by Lilitu Xoc on September 30, 2012 at 2:48pm

Well, someone like Jimmy Page is seriously into it. Someone such as Ozzy, it's more of a showmanship thing than it is a serious pursuit.

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Permalink Reply by bob on September 28, 2012 at 8:33am

in my opinion if someone does what they think a song is about(suicide solution ect) its there ignorance

alot of metal bands are in the occult but alot of them sing what peaple asume is the occult

good example (a good day to die) by exodus--peaple listen to that song and try to comit suicide in reality its about bein a coward if you do

what drives me crazy is because i love slayer peaple assume im a devil worshiper lol,

i just saw motley crue there were peaple with signs and screamin your goin to hell (the best comment back is im all ready there)

my point is there alot of stupidity out there,i can understand a parent whats to blame some one for what there child does in the name of metal but they should listen to some lyrics (suicide solution--a good day to die)

sayin that its allways nice to meet another metal head

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Permalink Reply by Dylan Gabriel on September 28, 2012 at 9:12am

Yeah, there's a huge popular misunderstanding of metal as a whole.  Possibly due to the strong nihilistic tendencies of metal and the common lack of understanding of that as well.

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Permalink Reply by Dylan Gabriel on September 28, 2012 at 9:14am

And by "that" I mean nihilism.

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Permalink Reply by Aurora on September 28, 2012 at 8:34am

Pagan is actually a very wide term that means any religious belief that is not xtian (as I've always understood it) but I know what you were getting at Dylan.
I also am a gianormous metal fan & king has always been one of my favs as well as Marilyn, both are (or were) satanists and their music often projects those beliefs but not in a way most ppl ~ who have not listened to them ~ would believe.
I always liked king becuz he puts 2 of my fav things together... metal & horror;-)

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Permalink Reply by Dylan Gabriel on September 28, 2012 at 9:06am

I know what pagan is, and there's metal that represents the numerous facets of it (different religious doctrines) or at least a great deal of them..

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