Satanism In Music
There has been a long trend amongst the herd to propagate hysteria and Xtian-defined qualities of Satanism - whether the propagators spread these distortions knowingly or, in the more popular capacity, unknowingly. This, to a Satanist, is probably old news yet the masses continue to heed and disseminate the Xtian bias towards us. This promulgation is possible through many cleverly disguised mediums, and music is certainly no exception. Heavy metal in particular made billions of dollars from the imagery, symbolism, and convoluted versions of Satanism - all the while, the masses (and yes, even those who claim to be a bit too "liberal" for Xtian indoctrination) equate cheesy stage gimmicks, androgyny, and mass marketing as their idea of what Satanism is. Unfortunately, it was done in such an irresponsible and Xtian way that the masses were programmed with self-relatable, albeit delusional, definitions for what we Satanists know better. (One fact that still escapes me to this day is that there exist an entire sector of people who believe that a Xtian can define a Satanist better than a Satanist can. With that mentality, you may as well have let Hitler speak for the Jews.) Of course, a larger problem blankets the entire issue - the masses have swallowed Xtian ethics and "ideology" so thoroughly that, although they don't happen to open their eyes and realize what ideology they are practicing, they continue to work within the Xtian mindset. For decades, society only had such a definition to work with. Today, there shouldn't be an excuse.
I feel that fellow Satanist Peggy Nadramia put it best in an issue of The Black Flame (Volume 5, Numbers 1 & 2) when she said, "... we will define what a Satanist is, not Bob Larson or any other outsider, Xtian or otherwise. We are the first group of people in human history who have come together under that title and taken it for ourselves; we are the archivists of Satanic history and the caretakers of Satanic philosophy, and we will not have others defining, delimiting or categorizing Satanists or Satanism." This is a valid point, considering all of the Xtian fundamentalists, heavy metal bands, and a slew of other groups and people who assume that Satanism can be put into different categories when, in fact, it cannot. For those not in-the-know, the term "Satanism" was formally established as a religion in 1966 -...