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Unblack metal

January 31, 2023

Unblack metal (also known as Christian black metal) is a religious philosophy and subgenre within black metal, inheriting several characteristics of it, such as the melody, the lyrics and the aesthetics (corpse paint),[1] whose artists either directly oppose the Satanism prevalent in most black metal, or promote Christianity in their lyrics and imagery.[2][3] Unblack metal artists are controversial within the black metal subculture, because black metal's pioneers, especially those of the Second Wave, were anti-Christian. It is also suggested that Christianity contradicts black metal's dark nature and the individualistic and misanthropic ideals of many bands.[4]

Unblack metal
Stylistic origins
Cultural originsEarly 1990s, Australia, Scandinavia
Other topics

The exact beginning of the unblack metal movement is disputed. The Australian band Horde's 1994 studio album Hellig Usvart brought the concept and the term holy unblack metal (a word play on Darkthrone's slogan "unholy black metal" used on the albums A Blaze in the Northern Sky and Under a Funeral Moon)[5] to media attention,[6] while the Norwegian band Antestor was already formed in 1990 as a death/doom metal act and released its demo, The Defeat of Satan, in 1991, before they began shifting towards unblack metal on their 1994 studio album Martyrium.

Characteristics

 
Pilgrim of Crimson Moonlight

Unblack metal is viewed as an ideological genre derived from black metal that focuses on Christian lyrical themes. Unblack metal incorporates black metal's fast tempos, shrieked vocals, highly distorted guitars, tremolo picking, double-kick drumming, repetition and often unconventional song structure. Garry Sharpe-Young's 2001 encyclopedia A-Z of Black Metal states that "[t]opping the lot are Christian 'Unblack' acts who for all intents and purposes look like, sound like and employ the imagery of Black Metal whilst hidden in the unpenetrable vocal growls and distortions are the proclamations of Jesus Christ".[7]

Some unblack metal artists, such as Horde, write lyrics that explicitly attack Satanism.[8] This remained a dominant theme throughout most of the 1990s. In the late 1990s, groups began to write more philosophical and ideological lyrics. These often include stories of conversion, doubt, salvation, struggles with faith, and the darker side of living a Christian life. Unblack metal bands may justify their use of the black metal style with reasons ranging from genuine appreciation of the musical genre, to evangelization towards the largely anti-Christian black metal scene, i.e. "bringing light into darkness".[8][9]

History

Background

The 1970s occult boom influenced many early heavy metal bands lyricwise. In the early 1980s, several bands dealt such themes in a more extreme manner, including Venom, Mercyful Fate and Bathory. During the mid-1980s, heavy metal music divided into many subgenres, and black metal emerged as one of them, taking its name from a Venom album of the same title. In the 1980s, the term was imprecise with regards to musical attributes, simply referring to all metal bands with Satanic lyrical themes.[10] Although Christian metal bands had existed since the late 1970s, a clear contrast with black metal occurred in 1984 with the release of American doom metal band Trouble's significantly Bible-based debut album Psalm 9. Metal Blade Records marketed Trouble as "white metal" as opposed to black metal. Singer Eric Wagner explained that "back in the early 1980s, all the metal was kind of Satanic," and implied that Metal Blade (or the owner Brian Slagel) actually invented the term in the first place: "I think it was more like Metal Blade trying to be cute or something, with everything being called black metal, so why not call us white metal, which is a bunch of crap."[11] While there were Christian extreme metal bands in the late 1980s and early 1990s, Christian black metal likely did not exist until 1994.

Early 1990s

 
"Invert the Inverted Cross"
Sample of "Invert the Inverted Cross" by Horde, from the album Hellig Usvart (1994). Horde's lyrical themes were known to be anti-Satanic, and the music represents the older school of unblack metal.
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The Australian band Horde's debut album Hellig Usvart, recorded and released in 1994, is often credited for being the first unblack metal album, although the sole member "Anonymous" has stated that, "there were similar [unblack] bands prior to Horde, even in Norway," referring to Antestor who formed in 1990. Prior to 1993, they were a death-doom band called Crush Evil. Antestor's debut album Martyrium was also recorded in 1994 and marked a shift into unblack metal territory. However, due to issues with the band's record label at the time, the album was not officially released until 2000.[12] Euronymous of Mayhem threatened to force Crush Evil to disband,[13] but was murdered by Varg Vikernes in 1993.[14]

Hellig Usvart (Norwegian for Holy Unblack) caused great controversy in the black metal scene, and death threats were sent to Nuclear Blast Records headquarters demanding them to release the members' names. Later, it was discovered that the only actual member was the former Mortification/Paramaecium drummer Jayson Sherlock from Australia.[15] The term "unblack metal" was derived from "holy unblack metal", which was a wordplay on Darkthrone's "unholy black metal" term.[5] Media became interested in this controversy. On 6 June 1995, the Norwegian weekly newspaper Morgenbladet published an article about the phenomenon of unblack metal, describing Horde's album as "an abrupt satire of the Norwegian black metal movement". Antestor was also interviewed, with vocalist Kjetil Molnes stating "We identify ourselves as black metal as a music style, not black metal as an ideology or belief."[6][16]

The Swedish band Admonish was formed around 1994 or 1995, and was the first unblack metal band in Sweden.[17] They gained notoriety for calling their style "Christian black metal" on their website.[17] This caused some debate in the metal underground and soon an anti-Admonish website was started.[17] While the band did not officially release any material until 2005, the magazine Metal Hammer called Admonish "one of the leading Christian black metal bands" in a 1990s issue which focused on black metal.[17]

Late 1990s

After 1995, influenced by Horde, other unblack metal bands started releasing their first demos. The Indonesian group Kekal soon became associated with the movement.[18][19] Eduardo Rivadavia of AllMusic wrote that "Kekal are one of the first heavy metal bands from Jakarta, Indonesia, to make international inroads, and they may just be the first to profess Christian beliefs while performing black metal."[20] However, Kekal has resisted being labeled as Christian, insisting that as an institution they do not lean toward any religion or ideology.[21]

 
"A Sovereign Fortress"
Sample of "A Sovereign Fortress" by Antestor, from the album The Return of the Black Death (1998). This sample represents Antestor's "sorrow metal" style: a mixture of viking metal and doom metal.
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Antestor's 1998 release The Return of the Black Death proved highly influential for the unblack metal movement. The album was released on the British Cacophonous Records [fr], which has released records by such successful black metal groups as Cradle of Filth and Dimmu Borgir. According to Matt Morrow, it became the only unblack metal album besides Horde's Hellig Usvart to be released on a secular label in the 1990s,[22] although Kekal released Beyond the Glimpse of Dreams on a secular label in the same year.[20] The established British magazines Kerrang! and Terrorizer both gave The Return of the Black Death 4 points out of 5.[23][24]

Vaakevandring's self-titled EP (recorded in 1998) was produced by Stian Aarstad, the keyboard player of Dimmu Borgir.[25][26] The release achieved worldwide attention and later became recognized a "classic" in the unblack metal scene.[27] In 1998, the metalcore group Underoath was founded, and played hardcore and metalcore mixed with black and death metal.[28][29] The band subsequently moved away from this early black metal sound to a more mainstream post-hardcore style.[30]

2000s

 
The Norwegian group Drottnar live at Elements of Rock [de], Switzerland in 2013

During the early 2000s, according to Screams of Abel magazine, there was an "international explosion of Christian black metal bands", and black metal "seemed to be the fastest growing genre in the Christian metal scene".[31] In 2000, Lengsel's debut album Solace was critically acclaimed,[32] Sanctifica released Spirit of Purity,[33] Crimson Moonlight released its debut album The Covenant Progress,[34] while Drottnar released its demos on an album titled Spiritual Battle, gaining them popularity among the Scandinavian underground.[35] In 2001, Norwegian folk metal band Arvinger formed and released its debut album Helgards Fall in 2003.[36]

 
Blood Covenant, an Armenian Christian black metal band[37]

Apart from Scandinavia, unblack metal has developed regional scenes in the United States, South America, and Central Europe. The Kansas City-based Frost Like Ashes is an American band.[38] In the early 2000s, there emerged an unblack metal scene largely congregated around Illinois' EEE Recordings. This label consisted of groups who often hid their identity and focused on extremely raw, unpolished sound production and minimalist song structures. Notable EEE Recordings artists included Light Shall Prevail, Flaskavsae, Njiqahdda, and Glaciial.

The South and Central American unblack scenes are known for their radical anti-Satanic attitude.[39] Groups such as Exousia and Mexico's Deborah have performed internationally in Europe.[40] Sorrowstorm was an acclaimed band from Panama, and they were nominated for the hard music award at the Panamarock Grammys in 2003.[41] Poems of Shadows (Brazil) is an example of a South American unblack metal band that has taken the anti-Satanic concept of Horde and the radical imagery of black metal to the extreme, blurring the distinction between the two often ideologically-opposed styles.[42] The Brazilian group Cerimonial Sacred [lb] has also achieved some attention in the US and European scenes.[43]

In Poland, notable unblack metal groups include Abdijah, Fire Throne, and Elgibbor. The latter was featured on a short Polish TV documentary that focused on unblack metal.[44] The Netherlands has groups such as Dormant and Slechtvalk.[45] Although the latter does not currently consider themselves as a "Christian band",[46] their early material was openly Christian. Holy Blood, a folk/unblack group from Ukraine, has earned minor success.[47]

Media attention

 
Frosthardr live at Immortal Metal Fest 2005, Finland. The group appeared on the Murder Music - Black Metal documentary, and has performed at the American Cornerstone Festival.

While black and unblack metal bands rarely achieve mainstream success in the music world, some bands, including Antestor, Drottnar, and Crimson Moonlight, traveled internationally to perform at Cornerstone Festival in Illinois, which, prior to ending in 2012, was one of the largest Christian musical festivals in the world.

In 2006, Admonish achieved wider notice when twins Emil (guitar) and Jonas Karlsson (bass) both appeared on the MTV Europe show Pimp My Ride International. On that show, in which their car was modified, the twins advertised their band and Admonish's music was played.[48][49] Horde also played its first live show at Nordic Fest in Oslo, Norway on 3 November 2006; Sherlock was disguised with a hood during the concert while he performed both drums and vocals.

In 2007, the Norwegian band Frosthardr appeared on the documentary feature film Murder Music: A History of Black Metal (2007). They were interviewed for a minute and represented the Christian point of view in black metal music, with vocalist Daniel Ravn Fufjord saying: "It is difficult to find musicians that are interested in this kind of music and share our point of view."[50]

A documentary specifically exploring unblack metal titled Light in Darkness - Nemesis Divina was filmed in 2008, shown at music and film festivals the same year, and officially released on YouTube on May 20, 2010. The documentary focuses on unblack metal musicians' point of view and experiences as well as some academic analysis on the matter.[51]

In 2020, a documentary titled True American Black Metal also heavily featured bands of the unblack metal genre, including veterans artists such as Crimson Moonlight, Elgibbor, and Frost Like Ashes, as well as newcomers O, Majestic Winter, Vials of Wrath, and Symphony of Heaven, the last of which formed in 2017.[52]

Controversies

Certain critics, such as Jussi Lahtonen of the Finnish indie rock magazine Sue, have argued that separating Christian from non-Christian black metal artists "feels rather pointless".[53] However, early groups such as Horde and Antestor refused to call their music "black metal" because they felt that the style was strongly associated with Satanism. Horde called its music "holy unblack metal", and Antestor preferred to call their music "sorrow metal" instead.[22] Stefan Rydehed, director of the metal documentary Light in Darkness – Nemesis Divina says about the unblack metal musicians based on his interviews: "The Christian black metal musicians see themselves as a part of the black metal community but they have a hard time to be accepted. Not only from other black metal musicians but also the society and ordinary Christians."[54]

Many current unblack metal bands feel that black metal has changed from an ideological movement to a purely musical genre, and that is why they refer to their music as black metal.[55] The Swedish group Crimson Moonlight's vocalist Simon Rosén, for example, says in an interview with WhiteMetal.it site: "First of all, we don't want to call our music unblack metal or white metal, we play black metal."[56] In an interview with Ultimate Metal, Rosén further explains this view:

We believe that all kinds of music are now neutral. I mean, a music genre cannot be "evil" itself. It all depends on the purpose: why you're doing it and what the lyrics are about. I will use an illustration to explain: a knife in the hands of a murderer can kill life, but a knife in the hands of a doctor can save life. Now is the knife evil itself? No, it depends on how you use it. The power is in our hands to decide what we want to use music for. I know that many black metal fans react badly when we use the words "black metal" to describe our music, and we are sorry if we make people upset for that. But for us, black metal is a musical genre. Listen to Veil of Remembrance and tell me what kind of music it is.[55]

In contrast, Jayson Sherlock of Horde posted on Facebook on February 5, 2013 that he doubted whether Christians can play black metal music, saying, "For the life of me, I will never understand why Christians think they can play Black Metal. I really don't think they understand what true Black Metal is."[57]

On the other side, many in the black metal scene see "Christian black metal" as an oxymoron. On the British black metal documentary Murder Music: A History of Black Metal (2007), all interviewed musicians stated - when asked about the matter - that black metal cannot be Christian.[50] The term "Christian black metal" drew mocking replies from the black metal musicians, for example Martin Walkyier of the English metal band Sabbat commented: "'Christian black metal?' What do they do? Do they build churches? Do they repair them? (laughs)".[50] Jonathan Selzer, editor of the British metal magazine Terrorizer discussed his experiences and thoughts in the documentary:

We had a debate in our letter pages that went on for six weeks. It was about whether or not you can play Christian black metal. It all started with a review [of a Christian black metal album], and the editor just didn't know what to make of it. Redemption is one [of] the most antithetical themes to black metal there is. Black metal is about your humanity, not about giving your humanity over to a god. Maybe there are some aspects in Christianity, maybe some Old Testament 'hang 'em high' kind of wrath that might actually find parallel with black metal.[50]

While the Indonesian band Kekal has been labeled as unblack metal, the band has distanced itself from the movement. When asked if he was bothered by the fact that the first black metal bands were against Christianity, front-man Jeff Arwadi replied: "I think you're wrong if [the] first black metal bands were highly against Christianity. […] I dig the very first black metal bands a lot... those 80s bands like Venom, Bathory, Hellhammer/Celtic Frost, early Sodom, etc. […] By my knowledge, none of those bands were against Christianity. They only had those kind of 'satanic' image which is more like some high-school Halloween movies or parent-shocker rather than Satanism as a philosophy or ideology".[58] Earlier in the interview he even went as far as to say that "even bands like Celtic Frost were once considered 'white-metal' from some 'true' black metal fans because the band thanked God on album thanks list, and one member wearing a cross necklace instead of inverted cross. It's a totally relative issue, depending on how 'extreme' you would go, right?"[58] Whereas Arwadi claimed that to his knowledge, "none of those bands were against Christianity",[58] Bathory founder Quorthon rejected Christianity in numerous interviews.[59][60]

In a 2007 Beat the Blizzard webzine's article, the writer Jan Lindsø states that "[m]any metal fans are of the opinion that Christians should 'not be allowed' to use the black metal aesthetics musically since they do not inherit this evil and perhaps misantropic [sic] trait that many people say is necessary in order to be convincing as black metal musicians".[4] Kittil Kittilsen, who left Mayhem in 1988 after becoming a born-again Christian, expressed his concern for the unblack metal musicians: "I think they're completely off the mark. I cannot seriously understand how they even manage to do it. They have missed the target completely. I mean, if you want to be a Christian, be it with all you've got, and if you want to be metal, be it with all you've got. If those people really took their faith seriously, and followed the instructions of the One they profess to believe in, they would never be found in a context like that. They are on collision course with Christian life and teaching. I say this because of my own experience, and because of what is written in the Bible; rock music, metal music has nothing at all to do in a Christian setting!"[4]

In an interview with Screams of Abel webzine, former Antestor member Morten Mageroy reacted with caution to the proliferation of unblack bands: "I really hope that people (who play Christian black metal) know what they are doing. I know this sounds very rough, but I have seen people being pulled into something they do not know. I am not saying that I know that these musicians are going to mess their lives up, but I have seen it happen to some people and it frightens me very much."[31] Mageroy, however, defends the unblack metal bands' intentions: "A lot of Christian bands have done amazing things being led by God. I know that God is using many types of communication, and it is important that Christians is [sic] present in every field, in every genre, privately and in work. God might just as well use heavy metal to bring salvation to people."[31]

Some of the original Norwegian black metal musicians believe that black metal does not need to hold any ideologies. For example, Jan Axel "Hellhammer" Blomberg of Mayhem has said in an interview with Metal Library: "In my opinion, black metal today is just music. I will tell you that neither I nor other [current] members of Mayhem never really were against religion or something else. We are primarily interested in music."[61] Although rejecting the idea of "Christian black metal", Satyricon's vocalist Sigurd Wongraven stated in the Murder Music documentary that black metal "doesn't necessarily have to be all Satanic as long as it's dark".[50]

See also

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Bibliography

Further reading

External links

  • "The Unblackening of Metal: A Look at the Role Religion Plays in Anti-Religious Music", article at Metal Underground

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Unblack metal also known as Christian black metal is a religious philosophy and subgenre within black metal inheriting several characteristics of it such as the melody the lyrics and the aesthetics corpse paint 1 whose artists either directly oppose the Satanism prevalent in most black metal or promote Christianity in their lyrics and imagery 2 3 Unblack metal artists are controversial within the black metal subculture because black metal s pioneers especially those of the Second Wave were anti Christian It is also suggested that Christianity contradicts black metal s dark nature and the individualistic and misanthropic ideals of many bands 4 Unblack metalStylistic originsBlack metal Christian metalCultural originsEarly 1990s Australia ScandinaviaOther topicsAmbient black metal symphonic black metalThe exact beginning of the unblack metal movement is disputed The Australian band Horde s 1994 studio album Hellig Usvart brought the concept and the term holy unblack metal a word play on Darkthrone s slogan unholy black metal used on the albums A Blaze in the Northern Sky and Under a Funeral Moon 5 to media attention 6 while the Norwegian band Antestor was already formed in 1990 as a death doom metal act and released its demo The Defeat of Satan in 1991 before they began shifting towards unblack metal on their 1994 studio album Martyrium Contents 1 Characteristics 2 History 2 1 Background 2 2 Early 1990s 2 3 Late 1990s 2 4 2000s 3 Media attention 4 Controversies 5 See also 6 References 6 1 Citations 6 2 Bibliography 7 Further reading 8 External linksCharacteristics Edit Pilgrim of Crimson Moonlight Unblack metal is viewed as an ideological genre derived from black metal that focuses on Christian lyrical themes Unblack metal incorporates black metal s fast tempos shrieked vocals highly distorted guitars tremolo picking double kick drumming repetition and often unconventional song structure Garry Sharpe Young s 2001 encyclopedia A Z of Black Metal states that t opping the lot are Christian Unblack acts who for all intents and purposes look like sound like and employ the imagery of Black Metal whilst hidden in the unpenetrable vocal growls and distortions are the proclamations of Jesus Christ 7 Some unblack metal artists such as Horde write lyrics that explicitly attack Satanism 8 This remained a dominant theme throughout most of the 1990s In the late 1990s groups began to write more philosophical and ideological lyrics These often include stories of conversion doubt salvation struggles with faith and the darker side of living a Christian life Unblack metal bands may justify their use of the black metal style with reasons ranging from genuine appreciation of the musical genre to evangelization towards the largely anti Christian black metal scene i e bringing light into darkness 8 9 History EditBackground Edit The 1970s occult boom influenced many early heavy metal bands lyricwise In the early 1980s several bands dealt such themes in a more extreme manner including Venom Mercyful Fate and Bathory During the mid 1980s heavy metal music divided into many subgenres and black metal emerged as one of them taking its name from a Venom album of the same title In the 1980s the term was imprecise with regards to musical attributes simply referring to all metal bands with Satanic lyrical themes 10 Although Christian metal bands had existed since the late 1970s a clear contrast with black metal occurred in 1984 with the release of American doom metal band Trouble s significantly Bible based debut album Psalm 9 Metal Blade Records marketed Trouble as white metal as opposed to black metal Singer Eric Wagner explained that back in the early 1980s all the metal was kind of Satanic and implied that Metal Blade or the owner Brian Slagel actually invented the term in the first place I think it was more like Metal Blade trying to be cute or something with everything being called black metal so why not call us white metal which is a bunch of crap 11 While there were Christian extreme metal bands in the late 1980s and early 1990s Christian black metal likely did not exist until 1994 Early 1990s Edit Invert the Inverted Cross source source Sample of Invert the Inverted Cross by Horde from the album Hellig Usvart 1994 Horde s lyrical themes were known to be anti Satanic and the music represents the older school of unblack metal Problems playing this file See media help The Australian band Horde s debut album Hellig Usvart recorded and released in 1994 is often credited for being the first unblack metal album although the sole member Anonymous has stated that there were similar unblack bands prior to Horde even in Norway referring to Antestor who formed in 1990 Prior to 1993 they were a death doom band called Crush Evil Antestor s debut album Martyrium was also recorded in 1994 and marked a shift into unblack metal territory However due to issues with the band s record label at the time the album was not officially released until 2000 12 Euronymous of Mayhem threatened to force Crush Evil to disband 13 but was murdered by Varg Vikernes in 1993 14 Hellig Usvart Norwegian for Holy Unblack caused great controversy in the black metal scene and death threats were sent to Nuclear Blast Records headquarters demanding them to release the members names Later it was discovered that the only actual member was the former Mortification Paramaecium drummer Jayson Sherlock from Australia 15 The term unblack metal was derived from holy unblack metal which was a wordplay on Darkthrone s unholy black metal term 5 Media became interested in this controversy On 6 June 1995 the Norwegian weekly newspaper Morgenbladet published an article about the phenomenon of unblack metal describing Horde s album as an abrupt satire of the Norwegian black metal movement Antestor was also interviewed with vocalist Kjetil Molnes stating We identify ourselves as black metal as a music style not black metal as an ideology or belief 6 16 The Swedish band Admonish was formed around 1994 or 1995 and was the first unblack metal band in Sweden 17 They gained notoriety for calling their style Christian black metal on their website 17 This caused some debate in the metal underground and soon an anti Admonish website was started 17 While the band did not officially release any material until 2005 the magazine Metal Hammer called Admonish one of the leading Christian black metal bands in a 1990s issue which focused on black metal 17 Late 1990s Edit After 1995 influenced by Horde other unblack metal bands started releasing their first demos The Indonesian group Kekal soon became associated with the movement 18 19 Eduardo Rivadavia of AllMusic wrote that Kekal are one of the first heavy metal bands from Jakarta Indonesia to make international inroads and they may just be the first to profess Christian beliefs while performing black metal 20 However Kekal has resisted being labeled as Christian insisting that as an institution they do not lean toward any religion or ideology 21 A Sovereign Fortress source source Sample of A Sovereign Fortress by Antestor from the album The Return of the Black Death 1998 This sample represents Antestor s sorrow metal style a mixture of viking metal and doom metal Problems playing this file See media help Antestor s 1998 release The Return of the Black Death proved highly influential for the unblack metal movement The album was released on the British Cacophonous Records fr which has released records by such successful black metal groups as Cradle of Filth and Dimmu Borgir According to Matt Morrow it became the only unblack metal album besides Horde s Hellig Usvart to be released on a secular label in the 1990s 22 although Kekal released Beyond the Glimpse of Dreams on a secular label in the same year 20 The established British magazines Kerrang and Terrorizer both gave The Return of the Black Death 4 points out of 5 23 24 Vaakevandring s self titled EP recorded in 1998 was produced by Stian Aarstad the keyboard player of Dimmu Borgir 25 26 The release achieved worldwide attention and later became recognized a classic in the unblack metal scene 27 In 1998 the metalcore group Underoath was founded and played hardcore and metalcore mixed with black and death metal 28 29 The band subsequently moved away from this early black metal sound to a more mainstream post hardcore style 30 2000s Edit The Norwegian group Drottnar live at Elements of Rock de Switzerland in 2013 During the early 2000s according to Screams of Abel magazine there was an international explosion of Christian black metal bands and black metal seemed to be the fastest growing genre in the Christian metal scene 31 In 2000 Lengsel s debut album Solace was critically acclaimed 32 Sanctifica released Spirit of Purity 33 Crimson Moonlight released its debut album The Covenant Progress 34 while Drottnar released its demos on an album titled Spiritual Battle gaining them popularity among the Scandinavian underground 35 In 2001 Norwegian folk metal band Arvinger formed and released its debut album Helgards Fall in 2003 36 Blood Covenant an Armenian Christian black metal band 37 Apart from Scandinavia unblack metal has developed regional scenes in the United States South America and Central Europe The Kansas City based Frost Like Ashes is an American band 38 In the early 2000s there emerged an unblack metal scene largely congregated around Illinois EEE Recordings This label consisted of groups who often hid their identity and focused on extremely raw unpolished sound production and minimalist song structures Notable EEE Recordings artists included Light Shall Prevail Flaskavsae Njiqahdda and Glaciial The South and Central American unblack scenes are known for their radical anti Satanic attitude 39 Groups such as Exousia and Mexico s Deborah have performed internationally in Europe 40 Sorrowstorm was an acclaimed band from Panama and they were nominated for the hard music award at the Panamarock Grammys in 2003 41 Poems of Shadows Brazil is an example of a South American unblack metal band that has taken the anti Satanic concept of Horde and the radical imagery of black metal to the extreme blurring the distinction between the two often ideologically opposed styles 42 The Brazilian group Cerimonial Sacred lb has also achieved some attention in the US and European scenes 43 In Poland notable unblack metal groups include Abdijah Fire Throne and Elgibbor The latter was featured on a short Polish TV documentary that focused on unblack metal 44 The Netherlands has groups such as Dormant and Slechtvalk 45 Although the latter does not currently consider themselves as a Christian band 46 their early material was openly Christian Holy Blood a folk unblack group from Ukraine has earned minor success 47 Media attention Edit Frosthardr live at Immortal Metal Fest 2005 Finland The group appeared on the Murder Music Black Metal documentary and has performed at the American Cornerstone Festival While black and unblack metal bands rarely achieve mainstream success in the music world some bands including Antestor Drottnar and Crimson Moonlight traveled internationally to perform at Cornerstone Festival in Illinois which prior to ending in 2012 was one of the largest Christian musical festivals in the world In 2006 Admonish achieved wider notice when twins Emil guitar and Jonas Karlsson bass both appeared on the MTV Europe show Pimp My Ride International On that show in which their car was modified the twins advertised their band and Admonish s music was played 48 49 Horde also played its first live show at Nordic Fest in Oslo Norway on 3 November 2006 Sherlock was disguised with a hood during the concert while he performed both drums and vocals In 2007 the Norwegian band Frosthardr appeared on the documentary feature film Murder Music A History of Black Metal 2007 They were interviewed for a minute and represented the Christian point of view in black metal music with vocalist Daniel Ravn Fufjord saying It is difficult to find musicians that are interested in this kind of music and share our point of view 50 A documentary specifically exploring unblack metal titled Light in Darkness Nemesis Divina was filmed in 2008 shown at music and film festivals the same year and officially released on YouTube on May 20 2010 The documentary focuses on unblack metal musicians point of view and experiences as well as some academic analysis on the matter 51 In 2020 a documentary titled True American Black Metal also heavily featured bands of the unblack metal genre including veterans artists such as Crimson Moonlight Elgibbor and Frost Like Ashes as well as newcomers O Majestic Winter Vials of Wrath and Symphony of Heaven the last of which formed in 2017 52 Controversies EditCertain critics such as Jussi Lahtonen of the Finnish indie rock magazine Sue have argued that separating Christian from non Christian black metal artists feels rather pointless 53 However early groups such as Horde and Antestor refused to call their music black metal because they felt that the style was strongly associated with Satanism Horde called its music holy unblack metal and Antestor preferred to call their music sorrow metal instead 22 Stefan Rydehed director of the metal documentary Light in Darkness Nemesis Divina says about the unblack metal musicians based on his interviews The Christian black metal musicians see themselves as a part of the black metal community but they have a hard time to be accepted Not only from other black metal musicians but also the society and ordinary Christians 54 Many current unblack metal bands feel that black metal has changed from an ideological movement to a purely musical genre and that is why they refer to their music as black metal 55 The Swedish group Crimson Moonlight s vocalist Simon Rosen for example says in an interview with WhiteMetal it site First of all we don t want to call our music unblack metal or white metal we play black metal 56 In an interview with Ultimate Metal Rosen further explains this view We believe that all kinds of music are now neutral I mean a music genre cannot be evil itself It all depends on the purpose why you re doing it and what the lyrics are about I will use an illustration to explain a knife in the hands of a murderer can kill life but a knife in the hands of a doctor can save life Now is the knife evil itself No it depends on how you use it The power is in our hands to decide what we want to use music for I know that many black metal fans react badly when we use the words black metal to describe our music and we are sorry if we make people upset for that But for us black metal is a musical genre Listen to Veil of Remembrance and tell me what kind of music it is 55 In contrast Jayson Sherlock of Horde posted on Facebook on February 5 2013 that he doubted whether Christians can play black metal music saying For the life of me I will never understand why Christians think they can play Black Metal I really don t think they understand what true Black Metal is 57 On the other side many in the black metal scene see Christian black metal as an oxymoron On the British black metal documentary Murder Music A History of Black Metal 2007 all interviewed musicians stated when asked about the matter that black metal cannot be Christian 50 The term Christian black metal drew mocking replies from the black metal musicians for example Martin Walkyier of the English metal band Sabbat commented Christian black metal What do they do Do they build churches Do they repair them laughs 50 Jonathan Selzer editor of the British metal magazine Terrorizer discussed his experiences and thoughts in the documentary We had a debate in our letter pages that went on for six weeks It was about whether or not you can play Christian black metal It all started with a review of a Christian black metal album and the editor just didn t know what to make of it Redemption is one of the most antithetical themes to black metal there is Black metal is about your humanity not about giving your humanity over to a god Maybe there are some aspects in Christianity maybe some Old Testament hang em high kind of wrath that might actually find parallel with black metal 50 While the Indonesian band Kekal has been labeled as unblack metal the band has distanced itself from the movement When asked if he was bothered by the fact that the first black metal bands were against Christianity front man Jeff Arwadi replied I think you re wrong if the first black metal bands were highly against Christianity I dig the very first black metal bands a lot those 80s bands like Venom Bathory Hellhammer Celtic Frost early Sodom etc By my knowledge none of those bands were against Christianity They only had those kind of satanic image which is more like some high school Halloween movies or parent shocker rather than Satanism as a philosophy or ideology 58 Earlier in the interview he even went as far as to say that even bands like Celtic Frost were once considered white metal from some true black metal fans because the band thanked God on album thanks list and one member wearing a cross necklace instead of inverted cross It s a totally relative issue depending on how extreme you would go right 58 Whereas Arwadi claimed that to his knowledge none of those bands were against Christianity 58 Bathory founder Quorthon rejected Christianity in numerous interviews 59 60 In a 2007 Beat the Blizzard webzine s article the writer Jan Lindso states that m any metal fans are of the opinion that Christians should not be allowed to use the black metal aesthetics musically since they do not inherit this evil and perhaps misantropic sic trait that many people say is necessary in order to be convincing as black metal musicians 4 Kittil Kittilsen who left Mayhem in 1988 after becoming a born again Christian expressed his concern for the unblack metal musicians I think they re completely off the mark I cannot seriously understand how they even manage to do it They have missed the target completely I mean if you want to be a Christian be it with all you ve got and if you want to be metal be it with all you ve got If those people really took their faith seriously and followed the instructions of the One they profess to believe in they would never be found in a context like that They are on collision course with Christian life and teaching I say this because of my own experience and because of what is written in the Bible rock music metal music has nothing at all to do in a Christian setting 4 In an interview with Screams of Abel webzine former Antestor member Morten Mageroy reacted with caution to the proliferation of unblack bands I really hope that people who play Christian black metal know what they are doing I know this sounds very rough but I have seen people being pulled into something they do not know I am not saying that I know that these musicians are going to mess their lives up but I have seen it happen to some people and it frightens me very much 31 Mageroy however defends the unblack metal bands intentions A lot of Christian bands have done amazing things being led by God I know that God is using many types of communication and it is important that Christians is sic present in every field in every genre privately and in work God might just as well use heavy metal to bring salvation to people 31 Some of the original Norwegian black metal musicians believe that black metal does not need to hold any ideologies For example Jan Axel Hellhammer Blomberg of Mayhem has said in an interview with Metal Library In my opinion black metal today is just music I will tell you that neither I nor other current members of Mayhem never really were against religion or something else We are primarily interested in music 61 Although rejecting the idea of Christian black metal Satyricon s vocalist Sigurd Wongraven stated in the Murder Music documentary that black metal doesn t necessarily have to be all Satanic as long as it s dark 50 See also Edit Norway portalList of unblack metal artists List of Christian metal artists List of black metal bands 0 K List of black metal bands L ZReferences EditCitations Edit Antestor turskamusiikkia turskain luvatusta maasta The Christian Underground Zine Vol 4 24 26 March 2000 Interviewer What s your relation to penguin masks Do you use them on your concerts Antestor Until now we haven t done many gigs so the answer would be no On the other hand today at Bobfest we all are going to paint our faces for the first time so yes we use masks It is the same for us as masking is for actors or mimes One way to express certain feelings in the battle we are in The main purpose is to concentrate on God and not to twist the knife in the wound in side issues like these Kapelovitz Dan February 2001 Heavy Metal Jesus Freaks Headbanging for Christ Mean Magazine Archived from the original on 5 August 2007 Retrieved 6 September 2007 And where secular Black Metal thrived so did its Christian counterpart Unblack Metal with names like Satanicide Neversatan and Satan s Doom Sol 11 February 2015 7 Christian Black Metal Bands You Need To Hear Metal Injection Retrieved 16 February 2021 a b c Interview with Kittil Kittilsen conducted by Jan F Lindso in 2007 Beat The Blizzard Archived from the original on 17 September 2022 a b Erasmus Horde Interview Archived 25 January 2010 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 23 October 2007 a b MusikkOpp ned oppnedkors Morgenbladet in Norwegian Oslonett 6 February 1995 Retrieved 19 December 2007 Sharpe Young 2001 Introduction p iv a b So the album was created with a prophetic free submissive obedient reverent anti Satan and Christian mindset Horde Interview with Son Of Man Records Archived 25 January 2010 at the Wayback Machine retrieved 30 November 2007 Our songs deal with personal challenges as well as on spiritual struggles Pal Daehlen Interview with CrossOver Moynihan Michael Lords of Chaos The Bloody Rise of the Satanic Metal Underground Venice Feral House 2006 Popoff Martin Forewords for the re issue of Psalm 9 booklet 2006 Escapi Music Michael Bryzak Liner notes of The Defeat of Satan Despair Endtime Productions 2003 Eithun Bard G Faust 1990 1993 Mayhem Interview Orcustus Blackmetal nu Archived from the original on 27 September 2007 Retrieved 29 August 2007 Steinke Darcey Satan s Cheerleaders SPIN February 1996 Waters Scott Horde Retrieved 23 October 2007 EvilVasp Horde Hellig Usvart Necromancy Open Publishing Archived from the original on 11 February 2008 Retrieved 19 December 2007 a b c d Morrow Matt 26 May 2005 Admonish Interview The Whipping Post Open Publishing Retrieved 9 September 2007 TCU zine 2001 Kekal Interview We re most definitely a metal band We don t really mind what people call us black metal unblack metal white metal black white metal As long as it s metal we re ok with it Though we prefer to call our music extreme metal Jeff Arwadi Jeff Wagner Steven Wilson 2010 Mean Deviation Four Decades of Progressive Heavy Metal Bazillion Points Books p 342 ISBN 9780979616334 Retrieved 6 August 2011 a b Rivadavia Eduardo Kekal AllMusic Retrieved 6 December 2007 Kekal 15 August 2010 Frequently Asked Questions F A Q about Kekal Facebook Retrieved 6 January 2011 a b Morrow Matt 2001 Antestor The Return of the Black Death The Whipping Post Open Publishing Retrieved 29 August 2007 Antestor interview Art for the Ears Open Publishing 12 December 1998 Retrieved 17 May 2008 Morrow Matt 2001 Antestor Det Tapte Liv Death The Whipping Post Open Publishing Retrieved 29 August 2007 Sharpe Young 2001 Vaakevandring p 367 A self styled Christian symphonic unblack metal band Vaakevandring look and sound like a Black Metal band but lyrically are strongly evangelical In a surprise move the band s debut demo was produced by Stioan sic Aarstad of Dimmu Borgir Vaakevandring in German CrossOver Retrieved 2 December 2007 Morrow Matt Vaakevandring demo 98 99 Retrieved 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2007 David Without a question Holy Blood has been our top seller Waves Are Dancing has been the best seller but The Wanderer has certainly been no slouch Jansson AnnaMaria 15 September 2006 Rishogen blev lyxbil in Swedish Aftonbladet Retrieved 25 October 2007 Agency Pimp My Ride pa svenska Archived 5 November 2007 at the Wayback Machine in Swedish Retrieved 25 October 2007 a b c d e Shash Media amp Rockwrold TV Murder Music Black Metal Archived 23 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine document Interviews Luscious Rene Interviewees Mantas Venom Dani Filth Sabbat Satyricon Black Widow Dimmu Borgir Mayhem and Immortal Retrieved 23 October 2007 2007 Rydehed Stefan Nilsson David Light in Darkness Nemesis Divina part 1 YouTube authorised 25 May 2010 Moore Bruce True American Black Metal Reelhouse Retrieved 4 June 2021 Lahtonen Jussi 25 October 2005 White Metal Sue Rock Punk Metal Zine in Finnish Retrieved 7 September 2007 Jotkut ovat vaivautuneet kikkailemaan semanttisesti nimeamalla tyylit uudestaan life metaliksi ja Anti black metaliksi mika tuntuu melko turhalta Some Christian metal fans have bothered to come up with semantical gimmicks and rename the genres death metal and black metal as life metal and Anti black metal which feels rather pointless Pentagrimes Light in Darkness Nemesis Divina An interview with Stefan Rydehed Whose Are the Objections 13 September 2008 a b Jordan Jason 2005 Crimson Moonlight At Their Most Brutal Ultimate Metal webzine Ultimatemetal com Retrieved 15 May 2005 Mei Valerio Crimson Moonlight White Metal Sherlock Jayson 5 February 2013 For the life of me Facebook Archived from the original on 26 February 2022 Retrieved 8 February 2013 a b c Jasper September 2005 Kekal Interview Lords of Metal E zine Lords of Metal E zine Retrieved 29 November 2011 Lords of Chaos pp 18 21 Lahtinen Luxi Bathory An epic interview with Quorthon Metal Rules Retrieved 5 December 2011 Skogtroll 7 January 2007 Hellhammer Jan Axel Blomberg I just have wonderful memories of your country Metal Library in Russian Open Publishing Retrieved 24 June 2008 Bibliography Edit Moberg Marcus 2015 Christian Metal History Ideology Scene Bloomsbury Publishing ISBN 978 1 47257 986 7 Pneuma Esychia 2014 White Metal Du bruit pour l homme en croix in French Camion Blanc ISBN 978 2 35779 499 3 Further reading EditSharpe Young Garry 2001 Rockdetector A Z of Black Metal first printing ed London Great Britain Cherry Red Books ISBN 1 901447308 External links Edit The Unblackening of Metal A Look at the Role Religion Plays in Anti Religious Music article at Metal Underground Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Unblack metal amp oldid 1129125036, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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