07-21-2009, 01:01 AM
(This post was last modified: 07-21-2009, 01:02 AM by AlexKawajima.)
Thanks for taking this and making it a thread Monica. So I had this big reply to this thread all typed up on my pc and it froze and deleted it all, so here I am starting over.
Well being a musician since I was chosen by the metal gods to be a metalhead and Iron Maiden and Metallica became my religion at age 11 or 12 perhaps.
Also didn't hurt that a very attractive older blond woman had corrupted me and gave me some Metallica and Guns and Roses stuff to jam out around age 11 and it just floored me. Don't Cry by GNR totally evoked some wierd love curiousity back in my wee young lad years. A year or 2 later becoming a guitarist, inspired by my uber talented friends from Mexico, we ended up forming a band and then years later we went some separate ways and back again into even more crazy Death and Black metal music.
Initially when they introduced me to the band Deicide (which was one of their favorites), it was really extreme to me as it was so very Anti-Christian and to a somewhat young kid who came from a Mormon background that is just crazy. The music was also too intense for me at the time, but later I somehow got into it more and I really started digging this crazy extreme stuff.
It all got even more intense from there with the likes of this band Emperor, The Notorious Black Metal band Mayhem, and more. I don't know what it was, but this music and ideology was so fascinating and the riffs and dark element was just so awesome. It had also been a few years since I broke away from my mormon teachings as they just did not make any sense to me.
Religion in general did not flow with me and I really did not understand it. With my crowd being a bunch of crazy satanic metalheads, I found myself following what they were into, although I did not necessarily understand it. I ended up forming my own band (The Obliterate Plague) and initializing some of these themes although it wasn't until later when I matured a bit, that I realized I didn't really support a lot of this ideaology, but the music sure was killer.
I still feel that way these days, and I still listen to all this crazy black metal (although Pink Floyd, The Cure, Led Zepplin are ever more present), but with this music such as black metal there are a lot of bands that really are serious and I don't know where I stand ya know. The Obliterate Plague is unfortunetly coming to its end due to many things, not just me going in a different direction, but thats a big part of it.
I have already started a new band (Dark Metal of course, without limits and even a more neo-classical element perhaps) in which I wanted to incorporate the likes of something more positive, still keep the element regarding metaphysics, new age, and even some spiritual stuff that came out of Obliterate. My goal is to have those subjects involved a lot more and get away from the typical black metal situation.
I mean I am still against religion in some ways, but I find myself being a lot more open minded and I don't hate people for what they believe as I used to. People can believe what they want to, it doesn't make them all bad people. Occasionally I find my misanthropic tendencies creeping in my veins, but I do hope for the best in the world.
So finally getting to the point. I still do really enjoy some sick and twisted negative metal. Does this really effect me. I read earlier about it possibly lowering the vibration, but what can one do? Black metal and death metal just has some very catchy sickness to it. I mean this band Mystifier from Brazil or say Mayhem from Norway. Mystifier is really satanic, but they sure are original and very talented musicians. It appeals to me very much musically and is very sick (I say sick a lot by the way and its a way to express how bad ass something is).
Mayhem is notorious for being involved with Church burnings, murders, and more, but they have almost fascinated me even more. The singer Attila is a very smart individual and very much interested in metaphysical stuff and I have a lot of respect for him as he reminds me of myself as in some interviews, I have noticed that he is very much seeking the answers to what is happening in the world as well. He is very curious of the old ancient gods, fascinated about the mighty monoliths of Baalbek, he expresses disgust of the manipulation of the world by the hidden hand, and the last Mayhem album Ordo Ab Chao seems to me, by lyrical interpretation to be a concept about the nephilim.
I think a lot of us are on a path of truth. To me I don't know where I would be without this music. Iron Maiden is still my favorite band and have saved me from numerous droughts in my life. I could very well be a metalhead for life.
Thanks for reading my words .
Peace and Perseverance my friends.
-Alex
Well being a musician since I was chosen by the metal gods to be a metalhead and Iron Maiden and Metallica became my religion at age 11 or 12 perhaps.
Also didn't hurt that a very attractive older blond woman had corrupted me and gave me some Metallica and Guns and Roses stuff to jam out around age 11 and it just floored me. Don't Cry by GNR totally evoked some wierd love curiousity back in my wee young lad years. A year or 2 later becoming a guitarist, inspired by my uber talented friends from Mexico, we ended up forming a band and then years later we went some separate ways and back again into even more crazy Death and Black metal music.
Initially when they introduced me to the band Deicide (which was one of their favorites), it was really extreme to me as it was so very Anti-Christian and to a somewhat young kid who came from a Mormon background that is just crazy. The music was also too intense for me at the time, but later I somehow got into it more and I really started digging this crazy extreme stuff.
It all got even more intense from there with the likes of this band Emperor, The Notorious Black Metal band Mayhem, and more. I don't know what it was, but this music and ideology was so fascinating and the riffs and dark element was just so awesome. It had also been a few years since I broke away from my mormon teachings as they just did not make any sense to me.
Religion in general did not flow with me and I really did not understand it. With my crowd being a bunch of crazy satanic metalheads, I found myself following what they were into, although I did not necessarily understand it. I ended up forming my own band (The Obliterate Plague) and initializing some of these themes although it wasn't until later when I matured a bit, that I realized I didn't really support a lot of this ideaology, but the music sure was killer.
I still feel that way these days, and I still listen to all this crazy black metal (although Pink Floyd, The Cure, Led Zepplin are ever more present), but with this music such as black metal there are a lot of bands that really are serious and I don't know where I stand ya know. The Obliterate Plague is unfortunetly coming to its end due to many things, not just me going in a different direction, but thats a big part of it.
I have already started a new band (Dark Metal of course, without limits and even a more neo-classical element perhaps) in which I wanted to incorporate the likes of something more positive, still keep the element regarding metaphysics, new age, and even some spiritual stuff that came out of Obliterate. My goal is to have those subjects involved a lot more and get away from the typical black metal situation.
I mean I am still against religion in some ways, but I find myself being a lot more open minded and I don't hate people for what they believe as I used to. People can believe what they want to, it doesn't make them all bad people. Occasionally I find my misanthropic tendencies creeping in my veins, but I do hope for the best in the world.
So finally getting to the point. I still do really enjoy some sick and twisted negative metal. Does this really effect me. I read earlier about it possibly lowering the vibration, but what can one do? Black metal and death metal just has some very catchy sickness to it. I mean this band Mystifier from Brazil or say Mayhem from Norway. Mystifier is really satanic, but they sure are original and very talented musicians. It appeals to me very much musically and is very sick (I say sick a lot by the way and its a way to express how bad ass something is).
Mayhem is notorious for being involved with Church burnings, murders, and more, but they have almost fascinated me even more. The singer Attila is a very smart individual and very much interested in metaphysical stuff and I have a lot of respect for him as he reminds me of myself as in some interviews, I have noticed that he is very much seeking the answers to what is happening in the world as well. He is very curious of the old ancient gods, fascinated about the mighty monoliths of Baalbek, he expresses disgust of the manipulation of the world by the hidden hand, and the last Mayhem album Ordo Ab Chao seems to me, by lyrical interpretation to be a concept about the nephilim.
I think a lot of us are on a path of truth. To me I don't know where I would be without this music. Iron Maiden is still my favorite band and have saved me from numerous droughts in my life. I could very well be a metalhead for life.
Thanks for reading my words .
Peace and Perseverance my friends.
-Alex