Satyricon - King

[Candi Ruman]

Americanmen are mostly clueless when it comes to Northern European world-view and especially the Norse dislike for judeo-christian mythology and all its incarnations. "Armageddon" is middle eastern semitic twaddle that was forced upon the Norse through torture, fire, and enslavement (see History of Pagen Europe by Nigel Pennick). Some Nordics, have never forgotten their past. Satyricon blasts through the 1000 year reign of the judeo-christian death cult and all its related stupidity by offering a deeper interpretation of something covered up and blasphemed by the lies of monks. The meaning of K.I.N.G. perhaps stands for Kill Images, Not Gods. Regardless, the message of the song is so strong that it forgives the musical simplicity.

The idea in the chorus is best understood by separating the images of the lyrics from the rite's of divine Kingship. This doctrine, described in Julius Evola's immortal book "Revolt Against the Modern World", was well understood 1000 years ago throughout Europe before it was overcome by the monotheistic spiritual plague. The King once possessed both political and spiritual power before the spiritual and eventually political power was usurped by popes. The King used to appoint the pope not the opposite. Thus, christianity overthrew the natural order.

American men might best understand this by considering how men used to have authority within their own home. Today, most are slaves to a wife's reckless consumption needs. She is the king of the home and the man is essentially reduced to a paycheck fetching sperm donor for her. The lyrics of the song are extreme as is the reality of the modern condition.

In this song, Satryicon is heralding an overthrow of the overthrow. To the observant, the official video of this song on YouTube shows a woman coming down the stairs dressed in a modified Bunad (Traditional Norwegian female costume). Watch closely to how the video resolves for a hint at the power behind the message in the song. There is good news for the strong. However for the weak, the news is not so good. Consider the whole of the Black Metal scene and how it, along with metal in general, attracts men and predominately white males. True, white men can't jump, but perhaps that is due to being weighted down with brains. We all have our gifts in a world of forced equality.

The video should suppress the Armageddon-o-nites bent on their beloved "beast" returning before their pathetic Lord; a lord of fevers and plagues who blessed Norway and many other countries with the Black Death. Christians brought the middle eastern values of "servant-hood" and "groveling before their master". This led monk geniuses to the idea of mortification before their lord. Their slave class reasoning led to the practice of avoiding bathing. This promoted living in filth because they thought that the more they suffer on earth, the greater their eternal reward. This brought rats, and plague. Thanks for that one Jesus! Alas, the Norse have weighed your influence upon the scales, and you Jesus have been found wanting! Let Satryicon explain in the following lyrics.

Upon high placesWith their heads up highWith their lives at stakeWith their blades at handTriumph come - beyond the gateGiants rise - from the pitsWorlds collide - chaos reignDawn of gold - age of godsClimbing down to rule the earth

Final note:One person here seems to think Satanic bands are a bad thing. To those who believe this to be true please consider that others don't blindly follow everything we hear and until we hear Satan's side of the story, we can't take Jehovah very seriously. How does Satan get the title of accuser when Jehovah does all the accusing? The Norse have both a sense of humor and of fairness.

Yeah, I saw this video on headbangers ball last Friday and I could not stop banging my head. Its fucking awesome, it gave butterflies in my stomach...the first time a metal song has done that to me.I fucking love this song.

i saw this on headbangers ball and had to lookit up.i agree that it is a bit repatative, but the repatitive parts sound cool. i think this song is about some group of people tring to fight an unstoppable.............horrible..........THING.

With their Deep Calleth Upon Deep Australian Tour right around the corner, we were lucky enough to get on the phone with Satyricon frontman Sigurd Wongraven (AKA Satyr) to discuss a great many things including his love of wine, fast cars, black metal, and even the time he got the legendary King Diamond to sign his jacket!

MANIACS: Satyricon are coming back to Australia on tour soon. What are you looking forward to most about returning to Australia?

Satyr: After all these years of travelling the world there aren't that many places that feel exotic any more, but Australia does feel exotic.

It is a country that I like to visit because I like the vibe in Australia, I like the people, I like the culture. I feel relaxed and at home in Australia. That's the most important thing for me when I go somewhere - that I feel comfortable and at ease in a natural way. That sets the stage for me enjoying myself.

Australia has a long history of having an underground scene following Black Metal and this goes back to around 1994/95 around that time. That's when I remember my friends and I started making contact with people in Australia and we also had people from Australia coming over to Norway. And then obviously you had Danielle doing Modern Innovation importing Black Metal to Australia and exporting Black Metal as well. It is one of those countries that has a pretty long history with black metal unlike North America for example, speaking of things that are far away.

MANIACS: Australia does have a very healthy black metal scene. It's been a few years since we saw you back here. Is there any chance you will come to Australia more frequently in the future?

Satyr: Obviously with Australia and North America, Asia, the problems are the same. It's the cost of moving the entire operation over there. So I am afraid that realistically we're talking about maximum one time per album cycle.

I wish we could go more often, because honestly there are many places where we play all the time where I think to myself that I'd rather trade this for something more. For us it's really fun to go to Australia, it's really fun to go to Chile and Mexico and Colombia and it is fun to go to the States, but it isn't as accessible as all these European countries are. On the other hand, it makes sense for us to prioritise Europe because that's where all the main markets are for the music that we play.

MANIACS: Speaking of music, which tracks are you most looking forward to playing your Australian fans?

Satyr: The show is almost 2 hours long and it is built around the new record, but it has stuff all the way back from the first record 'til the new record. so we're not covering everything we've ever done, but we're covering the time-span 1993 to 2017.

MANIACS: We met you backstage at Soundwave back in 2014, where you told us a story about the leather jacket you were wearing, which you had signed by King Diamond - can you recount that story?

Satyr: Meeting King Diamond for the first time at Hellfest in France... So Hellfest is one of the biggest heavy metal festivals in the world, and we played there in 2012 where we met King Diamond at the airport the day after. We had a long conversation with him and turns out that the guy is as good a person as he is a great artist, and at the end of this conversation I asked him kindly to consider signing my leather jacket, which he happily did. It was an extravagant signature, much in the style of Frost's, and underneath the signature it just said "Stay Heavy" and I thought that was so King Diamond and so cool.

MANIACS: Is the signature still on there?

Satyr: It is still on there, but it's starting to fade. Six years have passed, so it's there, but it's kind of bleak now. I was in touch with King Diamond and his wife recently, because one of the last shows of the US tour was in Dallas and that's where they live. I invited them to the show as I would very much like to have them there as my guest, but it was memorial day in America and they were out of town with their son. So, unfortunately, it wasn't possible, but we'll meet them later and renew the signature or get another one on another leather jacket.

MANIACS: Speaking of King Diamond, what are your favourite tracks or records by King Diamond and Mercyful Fate?

Satyr: For me, Don't Break The Oath is one of the first things that comes to my mind. I guess that was the first Mercyful Fate record that really caught my attention that I still like a lot to this day. Perhaps I dunno if I have any favourite tracks from that record, but I really like the song Gypsy off Don't Break The Oath. Melissa record is fantastic as well. Tthe first King Diamond record I ever heard was Them and on that, I only really like the Welcome Home song and perhaps to this day, it's not one of my favourite records although one of my favourite King Diamond songs is the opening track on that record. The first record that I really got into was Abigail but perhaps the best record, in my opinion, might be Conspiracy.

MANIACS: You have your own brand of wine - Wongraven Wines. As a touring artist, you have a lot of opportunities to try different wines around the world. Which countries do you think produce the best wine?

Satyr: Well I mean, every country produces interesting wines, to say at least the countries that have some viticultural tradition and history. But I think Italy and France are hard to avoid. After all, Italy has Piedmont and Tuscany where you have barolos, brunellos and barbaresco, and France has Burgundy, St Chavaignes, Champagne, Bordeaux and they have the northern Rhone valley and Saint Joseph and so on.

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