De Magia Veterum: The Divine Antithesis (2011)

Imagine if Satan had an insensitively long and violent piss and shit session on record and it was awesome. No, I'm not talking about Nattefrost's half ass attempt at going number one to sound like Satan. Instead it's a discordant black metal noise masterpiece from this guy:

If you recognize this guy, "M", from Gnaw Their Tongues then you might have an idea what direction The Divine Antithesis is taking. Chaos. Discordance. Raw noise. Yet somehow he manages to remain technical in his instrumental writing while raping your ears at the same time. The vocals are from beyond the grave weird and the instrumentals are constantly trying to keep up with each other. It's definitely the best noise related entry in my library, not that I have that many at all. If you want this odd curiosity to listen to when you feel like getting a cheese grater to your inner ear then feel free to be an audio masochist for one album. It hurts but in a weird way that might just make you like it. Might not listen to it many times after the first but the first time is all you'll need. No deeper meaning. Just chaos.

Jesus Inverted = so fucking necro

Witchcult Today: Nigeria

African witchcraft in the United States is associated with Kenyans who crack jokes about the Special Olympics.

However, in the Niger River delta Pentecostal preachers actually cause real havoc when it comes to African witchcraft. Ever seen a priest openly admit to killing 110 children and make poor people bankrupt by killing or exorcising their children? You can here (4:47). Seen a priest make a child drink a mixture of 1/2 pure moonshine and 1/2 the priest's blood? How about a boy dunked head to toe in acid after an accusation of being a witch and dying weeks later? A grown man openly brandishing a machete for the purpose of killing a young girl thought of as a witch? You probably haven't. In fact you're probably busy bitching about some serious 1st world problems. Religious figures here at home are, at worst, money leeching pedophiles. In southern Nigeria the worst are literally baby killing, money leeching, ignorant child torturers.

When you know that this is the area (specifically the Akwa Ibom state) with the most churches per square mile in the world you that actually doesn't become such a surprising fact. One of the largest organizations of Pentecostal churches in Akwa Ibom, the 150-branch Liberty Gospel church, is notorious for branding its children as witches and wizards. The Liberty Gospel church's founder, Helen Ukpabio, also released the most doom metal film ever, and it's straight outta Africa. The film, End of the Wicked, tells the Pentecostal parents of Akwa Ibom how to be witchfinders, all in the crystal clarity of DVD. You name it: cannibalism, covens, teleportation into Satanic realms, black magic rituals and unintelligible chants, it's all there and occvlt as fuck. But don't let the coolest Christian film you've ever seen let you think people don't take it seriously. There are an estimated 15,000 children are accused of witchcraft annually and those kids are ostracized, abused, and even killed. I really thought I wouldn't find anything this week that would upset me more than this, but I did.
So in the spirit of a satanism, witchcraft, and the occult, I would like to share the Norweigan doom metal band Devil. If you think Ghost is overrated, you like traditional doom vocals and want the guitar groove of Witchfinder General then Devil's first and only full length Time To Repent is your cup of mushroom tea.

Repent before your lord and master

Ave!

Satan is everywhere