Article: Church tunes into the soul (and metal) MUSIC: INNOVATION

Article: 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 ...

Article: Police, agencies to check on black metal gangs
New Straits Times;  July 23, 2001 ;     657 words ... ... 2001 Police, agencies to check on black metal gangs Edition: Main/Lifestyle; 2 ... 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 ...

Article: `Black Metal' is un-Islamic: Malaysia's Fatwa ...
PTI - The Press Trust of India Ltd.;  January 24, 2006 ;     606 words ...`Black Metal' is un-Islamic: Malaysia's Fatwa ... Malaysian Islamic body has declared Black Metal - a musical cult, influenced by pagan ... The National Fatwa Council ruled that Black Metal culture was totally against the Islamic ...

Transcript: Photos: Norway's 'Black Metal' Underworld
NPR The Bryant Park Project;  May 2, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... 05-02-2008 Photos: Norway's 'Black Metal' Underworld Host: RACHEL MARTIN Time ... host: But Norway is also home to "black metal," a particularly intense and violent genre of music. You don't just play black metal. You live it. Band members cover their ...

Article: Black Metal is 'haram'
New Straits Times;  January 24, 2006 ;     401 words ... ... Atan New Straits Times 01-24-2006 Black Metal is 'haram' Byline: Hamidah Atan Edition ... 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 ...

Article: Black metal focuses on satanism
New Straits Times;  July 20, 2001 ;     700+ words ... ... Ganesh New Straits Times 07-20-2001 Black metal focuses on satanism Byline: Alina Simon ... Recent reports that the darker side of black metal music has taken root among a section ... may have inadvertently come to like black metal without realising what it is all about ...

Article: Former black metal member flies into a rage
New Straits Times;  July 24, 2001 ;     700+ words ... ... Straits Times 07-24-2001 Former black metal member flies into a rage Edition: Main ... student, who admitted she is a former black metal member and had desecrated the Quran ... everything ... from being active in a black metal group which held regular meetings to ...