| The Black Dahlia Murder – Goat of Departure Lyrics | 4 years ago |
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The Goat of Departure was a Jewish ritual, a sacrifice for the fallen Angel Azazel. This old Jewish myth became the holiest holiday for all Jews known as Yom Kippur which is a day of atoning for all of mans sins committed before God. The Goat of Departure is where the meaning and saying scapegoat came from. Symbolically they place blame of mans sins on Azazel for showing mankind how to make weapons, armor, warfare in general, the arts, jewelry, makeup, etc. I was just bored looking up things about the Book of Enoch and it mentions Azazel. So I was looking up the Jewish myth of Azazel. Ive heard the name a thousands times and its often linked with Lucifer. I would assume that Azazel would of been Lucifers general of sorts. I always prefered Egyptian, Sumerian, Babylonian, Greek, Roman and Scandinavian mythology over Abrahamic myths. As soon as I read the phrase Goat of Departure I was like oh shit thats a Black Dahlia Murder song. I always knew it as a kick ass song of theres, one of the best on that Album in fact. Trevors lyrics are pretty poetic and have deep symbolic meanings. He really has a gift for writing, Im surprised he hasnt written a novel yet. Id fucking buy it! |
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| Pantera – Medicine Man Lyrics | 4 years ago |
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I am just going to add onto this even though these posts are more than 15yrs ago! First off damn and thats just another testament to how cool the internet is. Hardly anything goes away and in another 15 yrs someone may see this and make a post. That person will surely be born into the Alpha Generation that is post Gen Z. Anyways Im a bit on the older spectrum of the Millennial generation. I had the best of both worlds as I was alive to appreciate the transition of the proto tech boom of the 90s into the dot com bubble that burst forth many technological advances. I can recall and appreciate the early 90s through all of the 90s as a kid. Then I came of age in the 00s, but Im definitely found of my early childhood in the early 90s. I recall specifically my cousin giving me this album when I was 6 yrs old. He saw how I was a little bummed out about the then new Metallica album. I was really into Metallica then as I wore out all 4 of my Metallica tapes and a few I had on CD. I had their first for tapes along with some Anthrax mainly recall Amongst the disease album. Then I had Slayers South of heaven and Seasons of the Abyss. Anyways when the Black album came out I was expecting something raw and intense as And Justice For All was. Then I was in for a huge disappointment. I was instantly pissed off and frustrated. It seemed as if my boys went mainstream. There I was a 6yr old kid thinking this at the time lol. Ive still yet to give the entire album a listen. Anyways so in comes my cousin as he turns me onto Pantera. I was instantly hooked, the drums stood out as being different and unique. The vocals were just perfect, then that unearthly sound of Dimebags guitar squeals. His crazy and beautiful blues influenced solos I could appreciate instantly. They had an unique sound unlike anything that I ever heard before at the time. They were ahead of their time even though Phils vocal style was growing dated. As metal was transitioning from the 80s falsetto singing. Only King Diamond and Judas Priest could still get away with it. Phil still nailed it with many epic songs that contained that vocal style. This song also was testament to the great skills and vocal range he possessed at the time. Especially the end of this song, Phil nailed those falsettos. Later on he'd ditch that style altogether as his balls dropped and his voice started to become deeper. With Vulgar Display of Power he really began to assert his tough guy image with harsher and more brash singing styles. He definitely helped influence what would later be known as Hardcore. As most vocalist were attempting to sound like Phil during Pantera's VDOP and FBD era's. Anyways Ill never forget the first few listens I had. So much so I wore that tape out, once my cousin also informed me that Pantera was also a local group and was once part of the local scene. It began to click because my mother had brought home a Power Metal tape that was autographed by everyone but Phil. I unfortunately lost that damn tape as it became a victim of all the moving I have done over the yrs. For whatever reason my 6yr old mind didnt realize at firat that they were the same band. They had changed their style and whole approach to bow they made their music. Anyways I thought it was cool that a local bamd had made it big. If anyone deserved it, it was these guys. They has been touring locally non stop for yrs. Which was why they were a force to be recognized with when they played live. That was when they were at their best. As most bands sounded like shit live, this wasnt the vase with them. They were so hungry and driven at this time that they were able to consistently put on a great show night after night. Its also how they ceeated quite the loyal fan base. By outperforming the very band they were opening for. Im sure some bands such as Black Sabbath and Kiss paid them off a bit to make sure they wouldnt out perform them each snd every night. Because even drunk off their ass Pantera still sounded better than a lot of their peers of the time. |
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