I'm starting to see the theme of this album more and more as i read the song lyrics more thoroughly. At first, I thought it was the bands full-blown proclamation to being satanists. But now, i'm starting to see that the "rituals" Trevor is describing are more about humanity as a whole and our sick/evil nature. The album is more of a sarcastic misanthropic "salute" to mankind. He is enraged and mocking what we have made of this planet. I think the references to satan and evil-doing are poking fun at satanists and religion altogether. Essentially, we are leading ourselves straight to hell and we are utterly hopeless. At least, that's my take on Trevor's lyric writing. I could be wrong...
I think that's a fair assessment for the most part. But before dismissing the often Satanic theme as just poking fun, I'd recommend you try giving some of LaVey's works a read. Anton LaVey (founder of LaVeyan Satanism) clearly has a large influence on much of Trevor's writing. If you like Trevor's writing, you will probably like LaVey's too.
I think that's a fair assessment for the most part. But before dismissing the often Satanic theme as just poking fun, I'd recommend you try giving some of LaVey's works a read. Anton LaVey (founder of LaVeyan Satanism) clearly has a large influence on much of Trevor's writing. If you like Trevor's writing, you will probably like LaVey's too.
I'm starting to see the theme of this album more and more as i read the song lyrics more thoroughly. At first, I thought it was the bands full-blown proclamation to being satanists. But now, i'm starting to see that the "rituals" Trevor is describing are more about humanity as a whole and our sick/evil nature. The album is more of a sarcastic misanthropic "salute" to mankind. He is enraged and mocking what we have made of this planet. I think the references to satan and evil-doing are poking fun at satanists and religion altogether. Essentially, we are leading ourselves straight to hell and we are utterly hopeless. At least, that's my take on Trevor's lyric writing. I could be wrong...
I think that's a fair assessment for the most part. But before dismissing the often Satanic theme as just poking fun, I'd recommend you try giving some of LaVey's works a read. Anton LaVey (founder of LaVeyan Satanism) clearly has a large influence on much of Trevor's writing. If you like Trevor's writing, you will probably like LaVey's too.
I think that's a fair assessment for the most part. But before dismissing the often Satanic theme as just poking fun, I'd recommend you try giving some of LaVey's works a read. Anton LaVey (founder of LaVeyan Satanism) clearly has a large influence on much of Trevor's writing. If you like Trevor's writing, you will probably like LaVey's too.