Black is black

New Straits Times;  July 25, 2001 ;     700+ words ......Edition: 2* Section: Spot On Memo: (STF) - Black metal cult activities are raising concern...goat's blood to be initiated into the black metal fold, the reaction was pretty "mild...some form of control is in order. The black metal issue has already got the attention...

Black Metal is 'haram'

New Straits Times;  January 24, 2006 ;     295 words ...Hamidah Atan New Straits Times 01-24-2006 Black Metal is 'haram' Byline: Hamidah Atan Edition: Main/Lifestyle PUTRAJAYA, Mon. - The Black Metal genre of music goes against the teachings...and assessment, the council finds the Black Metal cult as a deviationist teaching," he...

Police, agencies to check on black metal gangs

New Straits Times;  July 23, 2001 ;     547 words ......07-23-2001 Police, agencies to check on black metal gangs Edition: Main/Lifestyle; 2* Section...Government agencies to check the problem of "black metal" gangs before it becomes widespread...revealed that there had been no reports of black metal cult groups thus far although police...

Let's offer them alternatives

New Straits Times;  July 25, 2001 ;     700+ words ......Edition: 2* Section: Spot On Memo: (STF) - Black metal music and its dark side are in the news...revelation that some youngsters are tuned to black metal has cast an ominous cloud on the local...has been leading our young astray via black metal music. The alarm bells rang furiously...

The Black Metal Dialogues

Philadelphia Weekly;  June 22, 2005 ;     346 words ......theblackmetaldialogues.com "In a perfect world, black metal would exist totally in the mind (as...could be a torch nearby). This is true black metal." Actually, this is true bullshit-spun...19-year-old self-professed "King of Black Metal" from Gary, Ind., who lives with his...

Satyricon's sweet songs to uplift black metal fans.(News)

Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL);  March 28, 2000 ;     354 words ......respected acts of Norway's explosive black metal scene, are on tour to support their...which was challenging to ourselves, to black metal as a genre and to our listeners, says...had done Nordic-sounding, atmospheric black metal to its full extent, and what's the point...

Islamic authorities to ban 'black metal' bands for Malaysian Muslims

AP Worldstream;  January 23, 2006 ;     308 words ......officials in Malaysia ruled Monday that "black metal" music was unacceptable for Muslims...listeners to rebel against religion. Black metal is akin to hard rock music, but often...detained some 380 revelers at an alleged black metal concert in Kuala Lumpur for suspected...

Malaysia bans 'Black Metal' music as religious cult

The Hindustan Times;  January 24, 2006 ;     222 words ......authorities have banned all forms of "Black Metal" music and declared that its followers...Islamic council ruled Monday that the "Black Metal" culture, often termed as a Satanic...said. "It has been established that Black Metal practices are way against (Islam) and...

GIVE 'EM A BREAK

The Malay Mail;  January 9, 2006 ;     700+ words ......discovery' of 'pertubuhan' (organisation) black metal, punk and hip hop. For those who can...Paku, Pakcik Hammer, Black Alert (a black metal group led by a 12-year-old boy in Kedah...Mayhem, supposedly the 'godfather of black metal groups', was allowed to hold a concert...

Behind the evil: Norwegian Black Metal music

University Wire;  September 12, 2002 ;     591 words ......not yet. We're talking Norwegian Black Metal, the most evil music on Earth, except of course for Creed. Black Metal was born in the '80s, when pissed-o...members of Emperor. The most well-known Black Metal act in the world, Emperor made up...

Counselling for Black Metal followers

New Straits Times;  January 27, 2006 ;     170 words ......Straits Times 01-27-2006 Counselling for Black Metal followers Edition: Main/Lifestyle PUTRAJAYA...who practise the "occult rituals" of Black Metal music will be prosecuted under Syariah...Following a fatwa that the practice of Black Metal "teachings" is deviationist, the Islamic...

Documentary illuminates black metal's dark culture

Winnipeg Free Press;  February 1, 2008 ;     518 words ......WHEN it comes to heavy metal music, black metal is the most hilarious of the many subgenres...But when it comes to arson and murder, black metal bands and their fans are totally serious...than in Norway, the epicentre of the black metal scene. Metalstorm: The Scandinavian...

Black metal influence spreading

New Straits Times;  July 22, 2001 ;     700+ words ...New Straits Times 07-22-2001 Black metal influence spreading Edition: New Sunday...Police believe the influence of the black metal cult, whose members are allegedly involved...including Selangor. "The activities of the black metal cult were discovered early on (in Kedah...

Black metal - Devil worship or alternative music?

New Straits Times;  May 23, 2008 ;     700+ words ...Shannon Teoh New Straits Times 05-23-2008 Black metal - Devil worship or alternative music...But the fact is the fight against the "black metal" cult goes further than that. Music...in the past seven years for selling black metal CDs and paraphernalia ever since the...

Genre appeared in early '80s

The Malay Mail;  January 2, 2006 ;     160 words ...THE black metal musical genre first emerged in the...are two views on the genre. One sees black metal as a specific form of music that must...main originators or 'first wave' of black metal are groups like Venom, Mercyful Fate...