| The pentagram in heavy metal music
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Norway’s Dimmu Borgir, a “Melodic Black Metal”, band from 1994 to the present, have adopted all of the trappings of the heavy metal and goth music community, with a certain original flair. While the pentagram is a common motif, the hexagram, or Star of David, is rarely seen in this context. Also see: |
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 Absolutely Underground Magazine. Hidden Forces Publishing. Ira Hunter & Willy Jack, contributing editor: Criss Crass. PO Box 48076, Victoria, BC V8Z 7H5. “punk, hardcore & metal – the scum also rises.” August /September 2005, No. 5 |
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Venom. Conrad Lant, Antony Lant and Jeff Dunn released their debut album “Welcome to Hell” in 1981 (Neat), a landmark in satanic black metal music. The pentagram would not reappear on their cover art until “Metal Black” was released in 2006 on the Sanctuary label. |