07-03-2019, 09:48 AM
(07-01-2019, 10:13 PM)binahtarot Wrote: /.../ some of you might have heard from this band but please take a moment to read the lyrics of this song...
DIMMU BORGIR - GATEWAYS
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SMi6Rzb1EfY
The core principle of freedom
Is the only notion to obey
The formula of evolution and sin
Leading the way
/.../
Sorry, but this band seems to spread negative (STS) philosophy. What the guitarist said in an interview fits with the lyrics of this song:
Quote:HailsWebzine.com: Many people automatically perceive black metal bands such as your own to be "Satanic" or rooted in the occult practices, etc. Your own previous statements on this and your lyrics have always been interesting. But today, what are your own ideologies on life, death, spirituality, and the "religion" thing? I have heard DIMMU referred to as "spiritual". What to you does spirituality mean or entail, how has it applied to DIMMU's music and approach from the beginning 'til now, and what is spirituality as opposed to religion? And what do "God" and "Satan" bring to mind for you when you see those words?
Silenoz: Spirituality is individual while as I see religion as not. It's man-made and there to enslave and control the insecure and those who for whatever reason don't dare or have given up the fight. To have a religious belief, or a religious conviction, to me, means you give up that birth given right to be an individual, perhaps on more levels than just the spiritual one. And "satan," or referring to the description "satanic," for me, is being that individual as Satan is a modern metaphor for breaking out and away from what's considered the norm and what's considered safe and controlling. I adhere to progress, not only in scientific terms but also on a personal level and everything that concerns my own being. We wouldn't exist without a continuous ongoing evolution and so the "Luciferian thought" is a way of always lighting the torch in the dark. Without being willing to bring in light we would still be stuck in the dark. To me it's pretty simple if you break it down symbolically. Being religious, to me, also means you leave your responsibilities by the door or over to something else, a higher deity. It doesn't make sense to me. I have never been able to relate to it nor will I ever; it's against common sense. For me, there's no higher spiritual deity than myself and I take pride in taking responsibility, whether it's a physical or a mental one. I don't rule out anything other than the fact that I'm here now and solely in power of myself and my actions and reactions. That pretty much sums up the general idea, my lifecode, whatever you want to call it. There's no one that can tell me to fear or worship any other god than myself.
https://www.blabbermouth.net/news/dimmu-...an-myself/