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LOGICAL FALLACIES OF CHRISTIAN PERSPECTIVE ABOUT HEAVY METAL MUSIC AND BANDS (PART 4)

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FALLACY #17: FAITH IN GOD IS CRUCIAL FOR HAPPINESS

The author states that Behemoth´s (band) goal is to persuade people that faith is not crucial for achieving happiness. After this statement, his answer follows:
 

“It is sad that people think that they can achieve happiness by worshipping the One who is the founder of all evil, and the One is the Devil, Satan.”[1]

Now, Behemoth´s goal and author´s reply do not add up. If their goal is to persuade people that faith IS NOT crucial for happiness, then how can one assume that they worship Satan. Sure, Behemoth is a satanic metal band, but how can one assume that they actually believe in a mystical being Satan? Someone who has a Christian perspective over worship and gods will surely think that Satan is a mystical being which is the embodiment of all evil. In this case, if Behemoth band members think that faith is not crucial for happiness, then how can they have faith in some mystical being called Satan? I think anybody who has such perspective over religion in a way that everything is mystical should try looking outside the box and realize that not every religion is about almighty, mystical deities. Maybe they should understand some things differently, like Satanism in this case, that you cannot see everything from your own perspective. Maybe the author wants to say that if you do not have belief in God or belief at all, it is also Satan worship?

  FALLACY #18: BURZUM IS SATANIC

Burzum is a one-man project created by (in)famous Varg Vikernes. He wrote that in 1993. Album “Aske” there is an instrumental song called “Dominus Sathanas” or Lord Satan. He didn´t explicitly say that Burzum is Satanic, but, since his goal from the beginning was to show how all these bands have “bowed down to Satan”, I believe that he wanted to imply it.

Burzum´s mini-LP “Aske” from 1993.

Now, I will prove that Burzum is definitely not a Satanic metal band/project.

This is the front and back cover of the “Aske” mini-LP (taken from burzum.org). The back cover is excellent physical evidence that Burzum is not Satanic. You have the song “Dominus Sathanas”, but the interesting part here is that in the bottom right corner, there is a picture of Anton LaVey, the founder of the Church of Satan, crossed out. This is definite evidence that Burzum is not Satanic, and this can also be evidence that the second wave black metal was not Satanic and that Satan was indeed a codename for Odin.

  FALLACY #19: WAS JESUS A SAVIOUR OR A FANATIC?

When contacting the band Demoncy, they sent him a poster via e-mail where it says that Jesus is wanted for crimes against humanity and nature. Christ is wanted as an accomplice to the persecution and murder of countless millions. Christ is the founder of Christianity, a fanatical sect that promises eternal life but results in human slavery.

Now, I will not elaborate much about this, but the problem I see here is the battle of perspectives. One perspective can say that is the worst thing that ever happened, while the Christians will, of course, say that he is the ultimate idol.
Perspectives aside, I can also add that Christians should also see the history of their religion- inquisitions, persecutions, murders such as Hypatia´s murder, wars and so forth. The history of Christianity is not as “heavenly” as they think it is.

  FALLACY #20: THE MEANING OF LIFE

This fallacy concerns what the author stated in his book about Jon Nodtveit, former frontman of Dissection and his meaning of life. He stated (from Croatian to English):

  “He left a note on which was written that he fulfilled the meaning of his life by founding a true Satanic band. The truth is that he missed the meaning of his whole life and the band he left behind is actually doing evil things.”[2]

The statement that the band is “doing evil things” is not explained to the point, therefore I will not worry about it now. The main point here is about the meaning of life. This is probably one of the most common questions in philosophy. What is actually the meaning of life? Is that something universal and can be applied to every one of us or is it merely an individual thing, to fulfill your meaning of life? To judge someone that on the fact that he or she has missed the meaning of life, the “judge” first needs to know what is the meaning of life and then he can apply it to Jon Nodtveit.

NOTA BENE! I will also research if Jon actually said that (his meaning of life) because the author didn´t give us the source for it.

  FALLACY #21: THOSE WHO WORSHIP SATAN END UP COMMITTING SUICIDE

When writing about Enthroned, a Belgian black metal band, the author stated how Dan Vandenplas, a.k.a Cernunnos, made a suicide on the 19th of April 1997 by hanging himself, and then he said how those who worship Satan end up this way. I do not think I need to explain this fallacy much further. This is an another case of  “if you worship Satan, something bad will happen to you”. I think that there should be much more explanation why someone even commits suicide.

  FALLACY #22: KING´S MAIL

The author contacted the former bassist of Gorgoroth, King ov (or of) Hell, through e-mail where he warned the whole band about their concert in Krakow in 2004 and said that what they did is highly blasphemous, a massive sin and that God does not forget such things. He got a reply:

  “I don´t believe in a Christian God or Satan. I believe in elitism, freedom and personal growth. We won´t ever speak the same language, so there´s no point in sending me more emails. Thanks for your time.”- King[3]

Then the author starts asking questions in order to prove that King and the band are Satanic like, “If they don´t believe in a Christian god, why are they insulting Jesus in this way?” “If they don´t believe in Satan, why is one of their songs titled “Ad Majorem Sathanas Gloriam?”

Again, Satan does not necessarily need to be a mystical being in which someone has to believe as Christians interpret it. It can be a form of expression in many forms and in this case, it can be a form of expression of oneself´s anti-Christian perspective. If someone is a Satanist it does not mean that he is a theistic Satanist. And again, I repeat myself, if someone´s music and lyrical content is Satanic, it does not mean he or she or they are Satanists.

  FALLACY #23: MIKA LUTTINEN´S EXPLANATION OF THE BAND´S NAME “IMPALED NAZARENE”

When writing about Impaled Nazarene, the author stated how the band founder, Mika Luttinen, explained how they came up with the band´s name: “He said that the only way to kill a vampire is to impale him with a stake. I think you can, judging from this answer, understand what kind of blasphemies these people do.”

Now, in my opinion, the author misinterpreted Mika´s answer. Also, you cannot judge from his answer that they are doing some kind of “blasphemies”. I believe what Mika wanted to say is that Jesus is like a vampire. He sucks the blood of the people, meaning he brainwashes the people with his teachings, which sucks their life force and turns them into vampires (meaning his disciples). This can also be implied to The Church, priests, Christian philosophers and scholars who brainwash the people, so to speak. Note that this is my interpretation of the name and it does not need to be the actual interpretation of the name that was given to the band. I used it because one cannot judge that someone does bad things or blasphemies just because they have an anti-Christian band name. NOTA BENE! I will also get to the interpretation soon!

[1] Žažar, page 21

[2] Žažar, page 37

[3] Žažar, page 50

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LOGICAL FALLACIES OF CHRISTIAN PERSPECTIVE ABOUT HEAVY METAL MUSIC AND BANDS (PART 3)

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FALLACY #12: ANGELCORPSE´S PETE HELMKAMP´S INTERVIEW (translated from Croatian to English)

Pete Helmkamp: “Ignorance is still strong and through ignorance comes faith. The declining influence of Judeo-Christianity opened a void and people are simply filling this void with materialism, they do not develop further. And some people have simply turned their crosses upside down and said hail to Satan instead of hail to Yahweh- these are the two sides of the same coin. Develop further!”[1]

  I wanted to put this up because the author says that from his answer from the interview, they clearly state that the faith in the one true God is ignorance while saying that worship of Satan is further human development.
Now, I believe that the author misunderstood Pete´s answer. He said that the people started praising Satan instead of Yahweh and that both of them are TWO SIDES OF THE SAME COIN. What he wanted to say here is that Satan worship was just a replacement for worshipping Yahweh and that people should develop further than that (and probably from materialism). Nothing more, nothing less.

   FALLACY #13: KILLINGS ARE SATAN´S DEEDS

“They´ve killed themselves, hence this is clearly the work of Satan.”

In the book, the author presents how Apostasy´s guitarist Henrik Johansson was killed by his girlfriend with a knife pierced through his heart. I can imagine how every crime would be solved if the Christians were leading the Crime Department. Every crime would definitely described as work of Satan. First of all, that would be logical nonsense which wouldn´t solve anything. Second of all, solving crimes requires both physical evidence and imagination. In this case with Henrik and his girlfriend, one should ask himself why did this happen? For what reason? Were they both psychologically ill and so forth. To point out the most important thing about all of this, I believe that he is using murders that happened within the scene and the bands just to justify his claims how murders were, are and will be mystical Satan´s deeds without any explanation whatsoever.

 FALLACY #14: CHRISTIANITY VS KABBALAH

Apparently, Kabbalah is an esoteric school of thought. The next problem concerns the band Averse Sefira and the separation of good spirits from the bad spirits. The band states that in the Kabbalah, there are 12 spirits that come from the left and the right hand of God. They are called Sefiroth. The word Sefira is the singular form of Sefiroth and Averse Sefira is a singular form for one such impure spirit.[2]

The thing here is as it follows. The author says that Kabbalah and the terms Sefiroth, Sefira, Averse Sefira, and others have no correlation with the truth whatsoever because the evil spirits are forever divided from God. Again I must say, such religions are world of their own and do not have to be compatible. In addition, the band Averse Sefira can use Kabbalah teachings and terms for their own artistic approach for their lyrics. One cannot judge that they practice Kabbalah just because their band name comes from Kabbalah.

  FALLACY #15: MISINTERPRETATION OF BATHORY´S SONG, “BORN FOR BURNING”

The author thinks that the song “Born for Burning” is about how a man is determined for life in hell or burning in hell. This is exactly how someone with a Christian perspective would interpret it. I will now put the lyrics of the song here:

Haunting the cloudless black sky

Braver at night

Hidden as the lips of her cnt

She is keeping out of sight

Dark as her closed eyelids

Her secret

She comes to you with a serpent’s kiss

She has the power to foresee

She don’t fear the flames

She smile at the fire

Whisper the words of spell

Without fear without fright

BORN FOR BURNING…

BORN FOR BURNING…

BORN FOR BURNING…

BORN…

She can’t feel the pain

She gaze at the sky

In the greedy flames

She will burn tonight

The beauty burning

Like the moon at harvest

Her seared flesh falling apart

And feed the hungry flames

Where the flame still bite her thigh

She is not afraid to die

She will burn again tonight

(she will always burn)

But her spirit shall survive…

She dont fear the flames…she has the power to forsee…she smile at the fire…she gaze the sky…in the greedy flames…she will burn tonight

I am certain that this song is about burning the witch, but, the main point of this song is not the act of burning the witch. I believe what Quorthon wanted to say with it is, BORN FOR BURNING=BORN FOR DEFYING CHRISTIANITY! I will try to find later if this song is actually dedicated to some mysterious witch.

  FALLACY #16: MISINTERPRETATION OF BATHORY´S SONG, “CALL FROM THE GRAVE”
The author states that a vast number of people (I believe he meant people who play heavy metal music) practice spiritism just because the song is called “Call from the Grave”. I will not even comment this one… It is clear to me that the author does not understand the point of this song. The mysterious character only wants an eternal sleep (death) granted by God and it doesn´t matter to him if he goes to heaven or hell.
Some of the lyrics of the song:

Death would greet with eternal sleep

My soul would come to peace

My life had ceased

The time was comed

Can no one hear my plead?

Lowered down in the moisty ground

Into the dark and cold

My heart’s beat the only sound

Pain tears my limbs and soul

I scream for mercy

Hear my cries

Oh, Lord don’t abandon me

I’m so tired

Grant me the eternal sleep

I will add that the author states that while calling the spirits, one cannot make contact with his ancestors. I find this extremely ironic because Christians destroyed cultures of every tribe and race on every continent. European cultures, Asian cultures, African cultures and American cultures alike. If something cannot make a connection with your ancestors, then the answer is Christianity.

[1] Žažar, page 14

[2] Žažar, page 18

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LOGICAL FALLACIES OF CHRISTIAN PERSPECTIVE ABOUT HEAVY METAL MUSIC AND BANDS (PART 2)

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  FALLACY #5: YOUNG PEOPLE CHOOSE PLAYING HEAVY METAL MUSIC BECAUSE YOU CAN MAKE A GOOD LIVING OUT OF IT
  It is true that some bands live pretty well from playing heavy metal music but do people really choose to play such music just to earn a big amount of money? Of course not!! Almost every heavy metal band play their music because of passion towards their music and it gives them pleasure and all of them, or many of them,  started from an absolute zero. It is also well known that metal fans or metalheads are the most loyal fans to their respective genre.

FALLACY #6: YOUNG PEOPLE ATTEND SHOWS TO SEE SOMETHING SPECTACULAR AND THAT IS BECAUSE THEY ARE DECEIVED BY SATAN

  The author in his book states that Satan have put Jesus on the top of the Temple and said: “If you are the son of God, cast yourself down!”
  In other words, Satan wanted Jesus to do something spectacular but Jesus refused and didn´t let himself to be deceived by him. I believe he implicates that if people go to such concerts to see something spectacular, then they must be seduced by Satan. If this means having a blast at the concerts, having a burst of positive energy and emotions and having your mind elevated, then I love being seduced by this mystical Satan everyday!!
What about spectacles of opera music? Of dance? Natural spectacles like Aurora Borealis? Is it so bad wanting to see something spectacular and just admire it how glorious it is or can be?
I think that Christians who have this kind of perspective tend to think that everything that can be fun, spectacular, glorious, grand and overwhelmingly full of emotion is a Satan´s seducement. Maybe Satan is a synonym for these “occult” emotions.Or maybe music, dances and spectacles are Satanic and dangerous because they can develop thought.

FALLACY #7: METALHEADS HAVE CLEARLY BOWED DOWN TO SATAN JUDGING BY THEIR BEHAVIOUR

  The author wrote about how there were murders in the Norwegian black metal scene and elsewhere trying to prove that people who listen to heavy metal or make heavy metal music do vile things like murders. Just because a small number of people commited crime you cannot generalize it on the whole bunch. Then all of the metalheads would be murderers judging by his examples. On the other hand, you will always find good and bad people in every domain (metalheads, punks, religious groups, racially, ethnically…). And of course, it depends how you define good and bad.

FALLACY #8: METALHEADS HAVE CLEARLY BOWED DOWN TO SATAN JUDGING BY THEIR CLOTHING

  I believe he wanted to say either in the way how we wear all black clothing or that some metal merch have Satanic imagery on it. The first one is not so likely because nuns and priests also wear all black (of course not everyone). I think it is the second one. Should bowing down to Satan be defined as behaving badly? I don´t know but I know that you cannot ad hominem judge someone just by looking at what they wear and say something like: “Look! He has a Marduk shirt on. He probably behaves badly”. Now that is just plain nonsense.

FALLACY #9: A BAND IS SATANIC AND ITS MEMBERS ARE SATANISTS BECAUSE THEIR LYRICS ARE SATANIC

  This is of course false. Just because someone makes songs based on Satanism it does not necessarily mean they are Satanists. I will now show some examples:

  Example #1: THE PROGENITORS OF BLACK METAL- VENOM: Venom are widely known as a NWOBHM band from Newcastle which was a beginning point for extreme metal and black metal (therefore that is why it is called proto-black metal) because of their way of playing, distortion and use of Satanic lyrics and imagery. Are they Satanists because of that? No! They used Satanism as gimmick and an addition for their shock value on stage and on their albums. For those who don´t know shock value is the potential of an image, text, action, or other form of communication, such as a public  execution, to provoke a reaction of sharp disgust, shock, anger, fear, or similar negative emotions.

  Example #2: SECOND WAVE BLACK METAL: We have all probably read or heard about how the second wave was extremely Satanic because of the music they were playing, murders and church burnings. A large part of this was presented as Satanic by the media. The second wave of black metal (Mayhem, Darkthrone, Burzum…) used Satanic lyrics and imagery as an anti-christian resistance. They were not true Satanists so to speak. If I remember correctly, throughout the Medieval Ages, Christians depicted Odin as Satan and in the second wave scene they used Satan as a codename for Odin (correct me if I am wrong). I will later show physical evidence that they were not Satanists.

  Example 3: YOU CAN DO WHATEVER YOU WHAT AS AN ARTIST
  As an artist, you can do any interpretation and representation of Satan that you want! THERE ARE NO BOUNDARIES! Whether you are a musician, actor, painter, sculptor, etc., you can use Satanism or “Satan” as you seem fit for you piece of art. Your perspective, your imagination, your creation!


SUMMA SUMMARUM: IF THE LYRICAL CONTENT OR THE BAND´S APPEARANCE IS SATANIC, IT DOES NOT MEAN NECESSARILY THAT THE BAND IS SATANIC OR THE BAND MEMBERS ARE SATANISTS !!

 FALLACY #10: THE BAND IS SATANIC JUDGING FROM WHERE THEY COME FROM
  The author states in his book how the band Acheron, which was founded by Vincent Crowley and Peter H. Gilmore, members of The Church of Satan, originate from Tampa, Florida where there are a lot of similar metal bands like them and a lot of other Satanic sects. Now, it is true that Acheron is a Satanic metal band and that its members are Satanists, There is proof for it. Peter H. Gilmore is a high priest and Vincent Crowley was a reverend. But, you cannot judge if other bands from Tampa, Florida are Satanic just because they come from that place where there are allegedly a lot other Satanic sects. Just because one band is Satanic from that particular place, it does not mean others are.

FALLACY #11: BUYING HEAVY METAL ALBUMS IS A SIN

  A sin by the textbook definition is: “an immoral act considered to be a transgression against divine law”. As I said it before, Christianity is a world with its own laws and rules that are not compatible with logic. Best said, to them, buying such albums is wrongdoing. I cannot help myself but to notice how sins or wrongdoings make Christianity al pari with an Orwellian dystopia. Therefore, sin in this case is only compatible with the Christian understanding of it and it does not need to be in accordance with logic. Basically, people who have this kind of hard Christian perspective have their own kind of logic inside their mind.

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LOGICAL FALLACIES OF CHRISTIAN PERSPECTIVE ABOUT HEAVY METAL MUSIC AND BANDS (PART 1)

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  Today, I will be talking about logical mistakes that Christians make when they make their ultimate judgement about our beloved heavy metal music. That it is satanic just by looking at its lyrical content and imagery. I will present the fallacies from the previous book that I reviewed, written by Krunoslav Žažar. His perspective can be generalized so it is most probable that you can encounter someone with a rock hard christian perspective about heavy metal (and most probably you already have in real life or the internet). Ultimately, I haven`t found any logical mistakes concerning NS bands like Grand Belial´s Key or Infernum. NOTA BENE!!- I will not write about Christian fallacies in general. Only if they are related to heavy metal.

  FALLACY #1: The author states in his book that his motivation for writing the book were disasters like wars, earthquakes and says that one should ask himself, do we live in the last of our times aka The Armageddon (found in The Book of Revelation). In the next part, immediately after the motivation statement, he writes about how there were a vast number of satanic heavy metal concerts in Zagreb in the past 10 years. Judging by his Christian perspective he is probably implying that these kind of concerts are a disaster and a sign of a oncoming Armageddon. Saying that satanic heavy metal concerts are a sign of endtimes and a disaster equal to those like war and earthquakes or floods is nonsense. Natural disasters happened in prehistoric times, our times and they will happen in the future and we cannot avoid it. Grand diseases like the black plague also occurred more than once in our history and wars are a product of greed for material or other gains. Judging by his statement, if it was true, then heavy metal bands would exist from the beginning of times (wouldn´t that be epic!!).

  FALLACY#2: SATANIC HEAVY METAL CONCERTS LEAVE FATAL CONSEQUENCES FOR ALL HUMAN LIFE.
  This statement could be understood in two ways. First one, “for all human life” one could understand that it leaves fatal consequences for all humanity. Second one, the other explanation for “for all human life” is the whole life of a one human being. Attending such concerts or listening to such music and having fatal consequences afterwords is again bunch of nonsense and it is not scientifically or empirically proven. Here I can speak from my own experience, that listening to satanic metal or generally heavy metal genres only improved my way of thought and also enhanced my imagination and seeing things from other perspectives. On the other hand when one speaks of satanism, not everyone thinks of “Satan” in the same way. In other words, Satan could be an expression only for death or only for the devil or only for an enemy. It doesn´t necessarily need to be only one way of Satan´s embodiment.

FALLACY #3: THOSE WHO CHOOSE JESUS CHRIST ARE ALREADY WINNERS

  This statement could imply that those who listen to heavy metal music or attend concerts that have satanic imagery are already losers. Just for the sake of this fallacy, the definition of loser follows: “A person that loses or has something to lose, especially a game or contest”. A concert or music isn´t something that you lose. It can only elevate you and your mind. Also, concerts and music or not contests (although they could be, between bands, but thats for another time). Basically what he is saying, Christianity is a two-way game in which you can choose rightly or wrongly. The mythic battle between ultimate good and ultimate evil which doesn´t actually exist in real world.

FALLACY #4: PEOPLE WHO PLAY HEAVY METAL MUSIC “GET THEIR BREAD WITHOUT ACTUALLY WORKING”
  He states in his book that one of The Devil´s seducements is getting food without actually working. He didn´t put his definition of work in the book but here is the textbook definition: “Activity involving mental or physical effort done in order to achieve a purpose or result”. Learning and playing instruments takes a lot of skill and training, especially on stage because you need to be extra concretated, fearless and skillful. It takes work, a lot of work for that, hence I disagree with him concerning this statement.

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INQUISITOR´S MANUAL FOR HEAVY METAL BANDS (book review)

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Today, I will be reviewing a book called “Heavy metal in the service of satanism” by Krunoslav Žažar. It has a total of 111 pages and it is really easy to read. In this book, the author made a list of bands which are satanic or have satanic lyrics in their songs. The book is written in Croatian so I will translate quotations to English.
It is stated that the author of the book is a member of the Franciscan order and  Mary´s Legion.

  In the introduction of the book, the author says that he started writing the book inspired by the events of today’s world which affect all of us. The awful things that happen like wars, earthquakes or any other events that evaporate human lives out of existence. He says that in Zagreb (the capital city of Croatia), in the last 10 years, a vast number of heavy metal concerts were held in which heavy metal bands were satanic.

His proof in the introduction are posters that contain satanic symbols like pentagrams, inverted crosses and the number of The Beast.
I will now quote his opinion (translated):

“One should ask himself whose children will attend such concerts and what kind of content will be served (to the children), when we know that that are extremely dangerous things which have lifetime consequences, especially for the human salvation brought to us by Lord Jesus Christ.”[1]
 
You can already tell by his words in the introduction that the book will be based on his Christocentric perspective against mainly satanic metal bands or metal bands that are satanic at least by their content. His goal is to give an analysis of the bands and their lyrics that he found on the Internet.
  Later on, he quotes St.Paul and writes some fundamental Christian truths and states that metalheads have been corrupted by the devil:

“That is one of the devil´s seducements, that a man in his life gets a loaf of bread without working. From the examples, we will see that many young people choose to play heavy metal music for that particular reason, and they make quite a living from it.“[2]

In the last pages of the introduction, from an x number of examples, he says that he will prove that metalheads have bowed down to Satan in the way how they dress, how they behave, what they say, by the content of their lyrics and the style of their music. He also says that in this book he wants to make a list of the satanic metal bands because there are bands that are not satanic and/or not anti-christian.

  The main part of his book is written in the following way: He is listing the bands alphabetically and describes them (to which subgenre of heavy metal they belong and who are the members of the band). Then he puts pictures of band members and the cover art of their albums. He is also listing names of the albums and songs which are satanic and/or anti-christian. Before the end of the analysis of the band’s content, he takes out the lyrics from one of their songs and translates it to Croatian. The goal of this analysis is to prove that these bands are satanic just by their lyrics and satanic imagery on their albums covers. In other words, if your lyrics or content are satanic, then you are a Satanist (of course, this is a logical fallacy, which there are many of in this book; I will explain those logical fallacies in an another post later on):

  “These words (the song lyrics) and the words from their (band „Acheron“) other songs prove that they are Satanists and that they attend black masses or similar rituals. That is a path that certainly leads to damnation. Listening to this kind of songs and buying this kind of albums is also a heavy sin and other examples from this book will show that the people who have started worshiping Satan by listening music have become worse and worse, so they do the most despicable things nowadays.”[3]

    The author makes the same or similar conclusions with other bands because belief in God is the ultimate truth, and worshiping Satan is ultimate blasphemy. He sent emails stating his opinion about the bands and even got replies to them.

  I will now present the list of bands that he analyzed: Acheron, Angelcorpse, Apostasy, Averse Sefira, Bathory, Behemoth, Belphegor, Blasphemy, Blood, Burzum, Dark Funeral, Darkthrone, Demoncy, Dissection, Dimmu Borgir, Emperor, Enthroned, Evilwar, Gates of Enoch, Gorgoroth, Grand Belial´s Key, Havohej, Hellhammer, Immortal, Impaled Nazarene, Infernum, Inquisition, Krieg, Marduk, Marilyn Manson, Mayhem, Mutilation, Necromantia, Ozzy Osbourne, Profanatica, Resuscitator, Rotting Christ, Satanic Slaughter, Satyricon, Setherial, Slayer and Watain.

  To conclude his analysis, he states that a great number of murders, ritual suicides, church burnings, swearing, blasphemy, and sexual perversion are all consequences from worshiping Satan and bowing down to demons.[4]

  To conclude, this is a book written from a person who has an extremely Christian view over satanic heavy metal bands. In his conclusions of the bands, he makes a vast number of logical fallacies because of his mainly Christian perspective that repeats over and over again. I will address these logical fallacies in my next post, „Logical fallacies of the Christian perspective about heavy metal music and bands“. This book is basically a form of ostracism and inquisition against heavy metal bands that have satanic lyrics and imagery (although they don’t necessarily have to be satanic, neither do the members have to be Satanists).

                                                                                    Salute! – The Mage

[1] Žažar, page 3

[2] Žažar, page 7

[3] Žažar, page 13

[4] Žažar, page 110