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Going Down-Market: Satan Rules the Night at Jaxx [Black Metal- a dark anti-Christian music genre]
Washington Post ^ | March 2, 2008 | Michelle Boorstein

Posted on 03/03/2008 12:16:26 PM PST by Between the Lines

-snip- "Sin stands for beauty, sin stands for life. Sexual sin is every man's right!! He will exalt the wicked of man: our king the Antichrist!"

Self-described Satanist Lord Ahriman, lead singer for the Swedish black-metal band Dark Funeral, is scream-growling at an internal-organ-rattling volume inside Jaxx's concert hall. Thrilled fans, many of them teenagers clad in black, shoot Devil-horn hand signs into the air. A horned, fang-toothed man-beast roars from a massive banner across the stage.

Most common T-shirt of the night: "The day you die is the day I smile." Most common adjective: brutal (in a good way). Most common piece of jewelry: It's a tie between chains and upside-down crosses.

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"The more intelligent you are, the more unlikely you are to believe in God; it's a fact," says Bittinger, drinking a beer with a group of childhood friends. "People in the underground scene tend to have higher IQs -- my own being 143."

Bittinger is a good example of a black-metal fan because he's actually quite interested in religion. He is well read on the occult and the dark arts. Though not a Satanist, he can easily rattle off different Satanist sects, and he mocks black-metal fans who don't know that Saint Peter is said to have died upon an inverted cross. He knows all about black metal's connection with violence. (In the 1990s in Norway, members of two bands committed murder, and another group's lead singer killed himself; meanwhile, fans burned dozens of churches in a supposed tribute to pagan traditions wiped out by Christianity.) And Bittinger identifies strongly with the genre's clear theme: the role of evil in humankind and the world.

"Black metal is an outlet for darker things," he says. "It's mostly driven by anger, frustration, dark thoughts."

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TOPICS: Current Events; Religion & Culture
KEYWORDS: fairfaxcounty; goth; music; occult; satanism; teens; virginia
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To: Greg F
Who wants to vote Democrat?

Exactly! Kraft makes Vegemite. We used to be able to get it in the Albertson's in Broken Arrow, OK. It's good on fried-egg sandwiches; tastes a lot like beef bouillon.

61 posted on 03/03/2008 2:04:53 PM PST by Tax-chick (I am snide and not intellectual today. How are you doing?)
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To: AnAmericanMother
Have you ever heard Doc Watson talk about that story? Doc's grandma new those kids. The way she tells it, there was 2 guys and 2 gals - Tom Dooley and Mr. Grayson were involved with both gals.

Tom Dooley said Annie Melton stabbed Laura and Tom covered up.

Years later Doc's grandma said she was the next room when Annie Melton died. The women in the room said there were sounds coming from Annie's bedroom that sounded like hot stones tossed into cold water and the flames of h#ll. Annie told the women that if she didn't get well again, she had something to tell them.

She told her husband the secret right before she died, and he was said to have lost his mind.

62 posted on 03/03/2008 2:13:17 PM PST by stainlessbanner
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To: stainlessbanner

Shoot. Vampires and Zombies, wouldn’t you know.


63 posted on 03/03/2008 2:17:55 PM PST by Tax-chick (I am snide and not intellectual today. How are you doing?)
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To: Tax-chick

Well, Doc has that Southron propensity to spin some yarns. I love to hear those stories though - it’s a creepy mountain murder story.


64 posted on 03/03/2008 2:26:12 PM PST by stainlessbanner
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To: stainlessbanner

And it might even be true. The important part is the banjo :-).


65 posted on 03/03/2008 2:30:23 PM PST by Tax-chick (I am snide and not intellectual today. How are you doing?)
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To: Between the Lines

The most evil musician I’ve ever heard of is GG Allin, a punk singer. He’s dead now.


66 posted on 03/03/2008 2:32:54 PM PST by ovrtaxt (Member of the irate, tireless minority, keen on setting brushfires of freedom in the minds of men.)
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To: stainlessbanner
Yep, I have all his albums, and I know a guy who actually knew him pretty well as a young man.

There's a lot of that (creepy damnation stories) going around in the mountains. Vengeance is mine, saith the Lord.

67 posted on 03/03/2008 2:44:57 PM PST by AnAmericanMother ((Ministrix of Ye Chase, TTGC Ladies' Auxiliary (recess appointment)))
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To: martin_fierro; stylecouncilor

LOL


68 posted on 03/03/2008 2:52:10 PM PST by windcliff
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To: Between the Lines

So . . . sexual sin is “cool,” but “social injustice” has to be wiped out?


69 posted on 03/03/2008 2:54:14 PM PST by Zionist Conspirator (Zeh yittnu kol-ha`over `al-hapequdim, machatzit hasheqel besheqel haqodesh . . .)
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To: Between the Lines

Umm since when is this unknown? An excellent book about Norway’s death metal culture is “Lords of Chaos”

Tampa, Florida is also a popular in the Death Metal circuit.


70 posted on 03/03/2008 5:14:40 PM PST by lastchance (Hug your babies.)
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To: Clemenza

They were the last 2 targets of the PMRC.


71 posted on 03/03/2008 5:26:17 PM PST by darkangel82 (If you're not part of the solution, you are part of the problem. (Say no to RINOs))
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To: Clemenza
I used to listen to both in high school back in the mid 80s. Merciful Fate was more of a melodic power metal band (With a demonic shtick of course) though.

Anyways I hope I don’t get in trouble for this but it’s so funny it cracks me up every time I listen to “evil Joe” looking for a “black” metal guitarist.

Warning very crude language.

http://www.racerxband.com/audio/eviljoecall.mp3

72 posted on 03/03/2008 5:50:25 PM PST by rollo tomasi (Working hard to pay for deadbeats and corrupt politicians.)
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To: AppyPappy

Ha!

excellent!


73 posted on 03/04/2008 8:03:13 AM PST by subterfuge (Obama will NOT get the nomination.)
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To: Tax-chick

I have become a full blown Marmite fanatic in the last few days. It is fantastic on a triscuit with mozarella cheese. My wife spit it out and it made my daughter cry. But I don’t care! Last night I came home from a meeting at 9:30 and my first thought was Marmite. I kissed my wife and chatted with her . . . but my heart and mind were set on Marmite.


74 posted on 03/06/2008 9:58:09 AM PST by Greg F (Do you want a guy named Hussein to fix your soul? Michelle Obama thinks you do.)
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To: Greg F

LOL! As new dietary enthusiasms go, Marmite is healthier than fois gras :=).


75 posted on 03/06/2008 1:18:27 PM PST by Tax-chick (I am snide and not intellectual today. How are you doing?)
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To: Between the Lines
"The more intelligent you are, the more unlikely you are to believe in God; it's a fact,"

Yet these schmucks have no problem believing in satan and the powers of darkness.

I think this dweeb's IQ should have had a minus sign before it.
76 posted on 03/06/2008 1:28:23 PM PST by reagan_fanatic (Brush your hair and comb your teeth, honey - Obama's comin' to town!!!)
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To: Tax-chick

fois gras
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Good source of iron and vitamins. Seriously. Moderation is required of course but I want to add a little pate to our diet.


77 posted on 03/06/2008 2:23:37 PM PST by Greg F (Do you want a guy named Hussein to fix your soul? Michelle Obama thinks you do.)
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To: Greg F

Maybe it’s good with Marmite. Won’t know until you try!


78 posted on 03/06/2008 2:39:57 PM PST by Tax-chick (I am snide and not intellectual today. How are you doing?)
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To: Tax-chick

It could be good — foie gras and marmite. B vitamins + magnesium. Salt and fat. Oh, glory!


79 posted on 03/06/2008 3:15:54 PM PST by Greg F (Do you want a guy named Hussein to fix your soul? Michelle Obama thinks you do.)
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To: Greg F

Not quite to my taste, I have to say.


80 posted on 03/06/2008 3:46:16 PM PST by Tax-chick (I am snide and not intellectual today. How are you doing?)
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