SERPENT NOIR

[Bohdan]

Nadspodziewanie dobry i nie nużący (jak w przypadku poprzednich) materiał. Skład osobowy na płycie też, delikatnie mówiąc - dosyć osobliwy.

[Deathhammer66]

Zajebista płyta.

[manieczki]

Nadspodziewanie dobry i nie nużący (jak w przypadku poprzednich) materiał. Skład osobowy na płycie też, delikatnie mówiąc - dosyć osobliwy.

Oj Bohdan ty mnie chyba podrywasz <zawstydzony>

[Bohdan]

love is in the air

[black_lava]

bardzo dobry album. podobnie zreszta jak debiut.

[Hellthrasher]

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[manieczki]

Bardzo mnie smuci fakt zlewania przez Was nowej płyty :(
Cudeńko to jest!

[manieczki]

Serpent Noir's first full length ''STTSC: Open up the Shells'' comes (along with ''Erotomysticism'') in vinyl the coming autumn through Daemon Worship Productions https://www.facebook.com/daemonworship?fref=ts" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

[manieczki]

Nie czytalem jeszcze.


The Interview given for the current issue of Zero Tolerance mag is presented below:

>>Admittedly, it's been five years since I've heard Serpent Noir. It was the "Sanguis XI" MCD, and I simply wrote the record off as Watain worship. However, your latest "Erotomysticism" LP is a startlingly unique & focussed work. How would you estimate Serpent Noir's development between those two, quite-different records?

Y: It is perfectly normal that there is huge difference between ''Sanguis XI'' and ''Erotomysticism''. The ''S.XI'' material was written in 2004-2005 (the album was ready to be released since late 2006). With a bit of imagination (well, a strong enough one!) one may notice some bits in that record that probably would develop and result later on in ''Erotomysticism'' . Strange you found ''S.XI'' influenced by Watain though, I've never really been into their material, I might have just one record by them.
''Erotomysticism'' is a very honest album, based 100% on our internal and external influences as well as on our free flow of creativity that is rooted deep in the self. It came out exactly the way we wanted it. We didn't force anything; it is our most naturally incepted work.

>>The title itself is quite startling(ly unique), as well. Is it meant as a thematic unifier for the new album's lyrical themes? Or perhaps, more generally speaking, a personal philosophy?

Y: In the album we deal with the subject of Erotomysticism. By this term, we refer to all those esoteric, magical and spiritual processes that are directly related to the sexual energy; name it Libido (which in a way is the outer form of the energy Kundalini). Within it (and through it) we may find and earn the well-hidden and forgotten powers of Man. The so-called Sex Magic is a part (or a form) of Erotomysticism as a whole and it is central in all serious magical traditions.
I, hereby, should not forget to mention that the lyrics for all but two songs were written by Dr. Thomas Karlsson (the founder of the Order of Dragon Rouge and author of several important esoteric works such as ''Qabalah Qliphoth and Goetic Magic'' and ''Amongst Mystics and Magicians in Stockholm'', to name a few) and they deal with different themes and subjects which -initiatory- correspond to the subject of Erotomysticism.

>>What's so startlingly unique about "Erotomysticism" is not only its down-tempo murkiness, but the often clean 'n' chorused guitars atop this swampy style of black metal. What instigated this shift, both toward the murk and under-utilized-in-BM chorus pedal?

Y: We experimented a lot with sounds and effects in order to raise very strong but rather unspecified feelings that would connect one with his/her subconsciousness. We don't like following any norms, we just follow our instincts when it comes to composition.
We needed something special sound-wise, because this time we wanted to delve deep into the sphere of feelings, into the very core of it all. Normally human being perceives the world through external stimuli, leading to a filtered “surficial experience of feelings''. But what if there is a primal form of energy, a sublime force most people are unaware of and just find its way into different feelings we perceive and experience reality through?
With ''Erotomysticism'' we approach this primal energy more than ever before, ''naked'' and unfiltered, following the opposite way, heading towards the deep internal stimuli that lie in the instincts and not the external ones.

>>As you'd likely concede, there's very little sex or more specifically "sexiness" in black metal, unless it's comical, stuck-in-the-late-'90s vampire camp - or even more specifically, a very real dearth of *sensuality* in BM, either on its own or tied to sex magick. To my mind, "Erotomysticism" has a slow-burning hump 'n' thump to it that puts its squarely in the "sexy" camp, and made all the more sensual with the swelling chorus-pedal touches. To your mind, is "Erotomysticism" indeed a SEXY record? Would you be satisfied with jumpstarting such a paradigm shift, too?

Y: I think it's good you have taken notice by yourself of the element of eroticism or ''sexiness'' in the record (even if you have just done that rather naively). It means we did something the right way! ''Erotomysticism'' is literally a deeply erotic album, of course not from a common sense perspective but from an esoteric, initiatory one. In a way, all works of SERPENT NOIR are ''erotic'' because their inception is based on the very same energy, the Kundalini or Serpent Power which can be found in nature with other names as well such as Vril, Orgone, Od force etc. The only thing changing is our way of approaching it, always based on our own existential pursuit. See for instance ''S.XI'', where we dealt with the awareness and channeling of the latent force of Man -again, the very same energy.
We will have yet another thematical / musical approach in the future works of the band, that's for sure. We just don't like repeating ourselves, ruining our urge for creation.
Leaving aside all the aforementioned, I should add that our musical influences, things we have grown up with, have played a very significant role in the outcome of ''Erotomysticism''.

>>What, then, does "mysticism" mean to you, especially when placed in a black metalled context?

Y: It is a way of living for me, the last fifteen years. It roughly began in the late 90's when I, still a high school student, came along an important discovery. By that I also found a new meaning in life and an amazing trip of existential research started in 2001. Mysticism, Esotericism and Magic triggered the existence of SERPENT NOIR in the first place and NOT the other way around. It might take some time before one is able to truly master channeling inspiration and influences into a form of artistic expression (music in this case), that's why our first work was only done in 2006 and not earlier.
SERPENT NOIR are nowadays placed in a non-sense ''circle'' of ''occult black metal'', a trend that apparently doesn't mean to stop. I want SERPENT NOIR to break through, beyond that, in a new league of our own.

>>Your native homeland of Greece is no stranger to both murkiness and mysticism in black metal. Is it indeed "something in the water" that breeds such? Or can we trace it as far back as the ancient Greek gods?

Y: Indeed, Greece is one of the leading countries when it comes to dark metal music, from early 90's to this day. Apparently, many talented musicians happened to born in this small country.
Greece's musical tradition reaches back to the ancient era. In the olden days people used to be more connected and opened to the mysteries of existence. So, who knows, maybe we are linked unconsciously to the ancient era and the mysteries.

>>On a final, more lighthearted note, what are some of your favorite murky BM records?

Y: I will name a few that come to mind now: Celtic Frost ''Morbid Tales'', Necromantia ''Scarlet Evil witching black'', Darkthrone ''Panzerfaust'', Satyricon ''The Shadowthrone''.

[manieczki]

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

As of today the composition of the new Serpent Noir full length begins. The higher the fires of the red Dragon rise, the deeper Its dark counterpart sinks in, nourishing in the Shadow.
The latent force of Shadow is one of the darkest magical phenomena and it's called the Black Dragon (Le Dragon Noir - Le Serpent Noir) or the Shadow Kundalini. It has an utter connection to Death and non-existence, the absolute root of creation and thus of all life.
Practices of true necromancy are connected to the awakening and awareness of the Black Dragon.

Apart from the new Serpent Noir album, a project emerging from the well of NOX is in works.

LEPACA TAGARIRIM!

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[manieczki]

Placuszki

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[Deathhammer66]

Cdki by się przydały, mam nadzieję, że u hellthrashera będzie jakaś dostawa. Ech, głupi ja, żem nie wziął jak jeszcze parę dni temu było, bo płyta jest iście zajebista.

[pogodancer]

Na pólce stoi Sanguis XI i jest to bardzo zajebisty kawałek grania (bo zaledwie 20 minut), a tu patrzę na MA i goście już wypluli 2 pełne albumy, chyba trzeba obczaić te ich późniejsze wypociny, bo jak powiadam pierwsza EPa jest BDB!

[manieczki]

Nie "chyba trzeba" ino to Twoj pieprzony obowiazek ok.

[atr]

poletzam ostatnią płytę, to jeden z najlepszych strzałów z tego roku

[manieczki]

^ Oj, chyba bardzo pragniesz dostac ode mnie ta nasziwkie Terratur zamiast milkiłeja.

[atr]

chce milkiłeja, bo jako największy fan sceny nidrozjan uber kult, takową nasziwkę już mam

[manieczki]

W test druku z rozowymi nicmi tesh?

[atr]

również, mamcia mi kiedyś naszyła na plecak typu kostka, żebym godnie reprezentował smutnych panów z północy na terenach lolski

[manieczki]

Niewazne. Gdybys zmienil zdanie to 12/12 pytaj w klubie o casanove barow mleczych.