

Less "evil" but equally "dark" with an emphasis on the "heroic deed". So it was very natural for the local bands to abandon "Satan" as the central figure of their interest and dive into what I call epic hellenistic darkness: ancient myths with a strong element of mysical "catharsis". Generally populated by laid-back people thinking highly of themselves and their surroundings, in a country whose cultural heritage (and mythology) is aeons before christianity. Greek scene: A scene centered around very outgoing people at a typical mediterranean setting.

I would label it as the "sensual" scene.Ģ. An excellent social environment for a "live and let live" attitude. Close contact ("calor humano") Tropical wet & dry climate for the largest part of the country, moderate rainfalls, quasi absence of snow, annual average temperature range 20−26 ☌.
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Another local characteristic is a slight tendency towards aversion of manual or methodical labor. A scene based on a multiple personal relations with a preference for the sensual and the exotic, typical attitudes among the locals. Brazilian scene (the older BM scene as we happen to know the genre): Ferocious christian-hate music by "happy" people (brasilians are thought to be among the happiest and most diverse people in the world). If you take a close look at the three major black metal scenes of the late 80s/early 90s under that prism, you can obtain useful conclusions (please do not take them as stereotypes but simply as behavioural patterns that will enable us to understand the collective subconscious of the black metal clan).ġ. I always believed (and it may not sound at all marxist) that geographical location is one of the main elements that influence human psyche.
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And the series of questions that mostly arise for me are: What type of black metal followers killed? What impulse made them kill? Under what conditions they might NOT murder?

But black metallers killed and destroyed cultural heritage. You know, black metal is not the sole transcedental form of music, there are also other styles that transport you in "larger than life" worlds, beyond your everyday existence. red the document and it seemed to me as an atempt to create a theoretical concept of the genre in retrospect. Any views on the philosophical back-engineering of BM that the 'Black Metal Theory' folks have been attempting?
