Thy Love & Hatred for BLACK METAL

July 14, 2026 Melinoe Macaria Mourningstar

Introspection From Melinoe:

Welcome Ghouls, Demons, and Fellow Wyrd Ones!! I have a Dark and Mysterious Tale for you all today. Embodying my Inner Crypt Keeper, I would like to guide you through a journey into the Abyss. A Left Hand Path spiraling downward into the Underworld, and your Darkest of Shadows, Truths and Skeletons. Down here you will meet one of my favorite Genres of the Alternative Realm. I Welcome you to my Black Metal World. To initiate you? I want to share with you the background behind this article. This article was initially intended to express a loving note for a specific band, another individual peer of mine, and my beloved Demonic King. I spent over three months delicately depicting a heartfelt review for a project personal to my Husband. As my dearest Chad goes to the extremest lengths to support his Wife, he extends an Olive Branch outward to his community in hopes of gathering fountains of inspiration of musical tales for me to tell. Chad has asked every musically inclined metal/black metal aristocrat if I could possibly write something up in their honor. It is one of the kindest gestures of love from my Beloved. To believe in my voice as he does, is one of the few expressions of this life that keep thy eternal flame blazing. And so, with every band/artist he sends my way? I find myself riddled with perfectionism, and disquietude. Not only to impress my Husband. Not simply to impress his brotherhood. But to honor such love, and devotion with the utmost of care.

All of this leads to articles taking months to complete. Hours of meditation. Days of diving into the depths of my soul, and the soul of others, to hear the music on a level unlike any other. Weeks discovering the Gnosis meant to be expressed to the collective. A collective that is often limited in access to these communities, and realms of initiation. I understand the delicate nature of Metal/Black Metal. Spiritually, Emotionally, and the Physical Manifestation within the final product that is their Music. It is the reason why I love it as much as I do. The reason why I have always been attracted to the Men within the coterie. I would like to clearly state that from the bottom of my heart, I trvly understand the intentions, reasonings, and all the above, when it comes to the mystique and the limitations of the underground. I respect and embrace an artist’s right to share, or not share, their masterpieces with the world. I understand the protective nature that stems from the sacredness of one’s work. Especially within the ritualistic nature that encompasses this frequency of musings. Metal/Black Metal is not Pop Music. The industry does not need fancy promotional tours, nor commercialization. This Genre was intended to be built on the backs of Authenticity. Or so one would wish to believe. Again, I respect the Art. I respect the Intention. I Welcome the Gnosis, and the Initiation this Music embarks upon this plane. However, when an article I spent months weaving together was ultimately rejected by the artist, it left me questioning the community more than ever.

To clarify the details of what occurred? Chad had suggested I write up one of my love letters for a friend of his that had released a debut tape. I met him in Trodheim, Norway for Caerimonia Nidrosiæ, organized by the prominent underground record label Terratur Possessions, and the local venue Byscenen. He had become friendly with my Beloved Gospel Ov Hate, and therefore he became a friend of mine! It was refreshing to speak to someone of his age, gender and status to the depth that we interacted. We were able to find wisdom within one another. I firmly believed we both assisted each other along our own personal paths through our infernally orchestrated alignment. I was beyond geeked to write up something for him. It was a privilege to incorporate his musings into my practice. It was an honor to merge his art with my art.

I felt it revolutionary to share his masterpiece with the world. I have my own visions of what it means to me to share Metal/Black Metal with the population. As I have matured and defined my own spiritual path, I believe it is vital to introduce authentic occult and ritualistic expressions to the bell curve of society. To expand the Black Current. To Enlighten a lost world with the Gnosis of the Adversary. I find it a purpose of my very essence to shine a light upon the Left Hand Path, the Occult, the Shadow Realm, The Qlippoth, The Underworld etc etc etc etc etc. Philosophically I believe that Earth is in deep need of the medicine within these principles. I believe in my Luciferian raison d’être resides within the freeing of hearts, psyches and souls. I find that these expressions are deeply misunderstood, and running rampant in our global culture. I will not deny my desire to dismantle the Abrahamic Regime contaminating the Souls of Humanity. I do not want to share this Music for the sake of industry fame, wealth and the superficiality of Hollywood. I do not wish to bank on shock value, like many failed forefathers have before thee. My purpose is more noble than that. And yet, these pathetic men Jon Snow me time, and time again. For a group of Philosophers preaching the Devotion of the Dragon Queen, they sure do miss the mark every fucking time.

I obviously cannot deny the rage that this had brewed within me. As well, I do not wish for this to be a gossip column. I also do not want to express personalized hatred for the artist who vetoed his article’s publication at the last minute. As I stated, I do understand why a Metal/Black Metal artist would desire their work to be discovered through word of mouth, and for a more underground street credibility. This music, this community, this philosophy is most certainly NOT for just anyone and everyone. There has to be a way to weed out the weak, and the fraudulent. Yet, this dense exclusivity is directly going against the work of the path. In this Occult space, the aesthetic alone is enough to weed out the weak and fearful. The deeper down the path folks go? They tend to see themselves out. A publication in an Internationally recognized magazine may bring a surge of shallow enders. However, that is the price one pays in this Spiritual Warfare of numericals. Without the exposure to the masses? I would argue we risk our own downfall. Another irony I find within this community that is so unfortunately shortsighted. If we do not want an Abrahamic One World Order, we must unchain as many beings as we possibly can. Which begins with the exposure of our Art and our Music that is drenched in our Divine Philosophy.

This peer is not the only Metal/Black Metal Entity to reject me. I have been rejected from this community ever since I was initiated into it myself. It has broken my heart in ways one may not be able to imagine. When it came to this peer specifically? When it came to this charter? I adored every moment of our conversations. I was Delighted to Witness them all and Chad rockin’ with Devil Horns out, Brothers Arm in Arm, for the Black Mass. The Norway trip was not about me in the slightest. It was all for my Beloved Demonic King, and the Glory of our Black Mass. It was euphoric to be a Fly on the Wall. To simply be an observer to the Camaraderie, Sanctity, and Chaotic Refuge of such Powerful, Dark, “Evil,” and Vile Art. I loved how my Husbondi was loved. I adored how brightly he shined in this Abyss that Welcomed him with an Open Heart. I Loved experiencing Our Inner Worlds, All the Souls he Endorsed, and all the Men who embraced him in return. Needless to say, as soon as I could find the proper words, I jumped on the opportunity to share this Hate with the world. I believed there was finally power in the alignment. We were Welcomed Home in the Underworld. We could finally Free the Realm with the Authority of Death, through the alliance of fellow Devotees.

Needless to say I have my disappointments. I suppose that is why this rejection wounded me as much as it did. To be honest with the audience, as weak as this may sound, it took a significant amount of wind out of my sails. It felt like a spiritual attack. I found myself struggling to complete other works. I found myself lost in the point of it all. It is no secret that the Metal/Black Metal community is full of Demons. Their loudest Demon being the Demon of Pride. However, within a community insistent on embracing darkness, it is no surprise that they are all haunted, or possessed, by all Seven Deadly Sinned Crowned Demons. For one reason or another, this community is unnecessarily arrogant, pompous, misogynistic, cruel and ironically exclusionary. Now, again, that is not to say I do not understand the mystery, the protective nature, the wrath, and the hatred. I understand the themes. I embrace the theatrics, the symbolism and the Devotion to the Devil. Despite what these members may think of me? I am the Dark Goddess they claim to Worship, Honor, and Adore. And yet, they insist on excluding women/femininity, and/or folks of my nature, or a nature different from the one they define as “worthy.” The very nature that they claim to embody themselves, yet fall short of each and every time. They judge others for eclecticism. Claiming that those who do not fit into their tiny box are not “Trve Kvlt.” Yet, they actively refuse to Lead, Teach and Initiate from a legitimate, credible, authentic space. They actively renounce their Crowns, and turn their backs on their own fucking movement. It is no wonder the Abrahamic Regime rises as we Fall. The very Leaders of the Left Hand Path are too weak to Rule. They are Victims of their own Shadows. They Claim “Hail Satan” and tattoo the Sigil of King Lucifer, yet are too fearful of the Light-the Gnosis-The Evolution. For they are the Posers that Project onto the Masses. They are the Weak Men they Ridicule. They are Perpetrators of the Patricharchy, of Abraham, of Yahweh. I pity them. I Hate Them.

However, it is not All Hate over here. I have a significant amount of Love. I do continue to Love those who maintain an underground status. I may disagree with their fear of being seen, but that is not my decision to make. It is simply my own biased opinion, and disgruntlement. It is my own need to find support. My own need to find worthy beings to fight this Spiritual War Next to Me. My own need to discover those who Will Answer the Call to Evolve the Culture. When it comes to Metal, or Black Metal more specifically, the music is Eerie, Dark, Heavy, Chaos-Night Terror-Death Worship. A philosophical messaging, initiation and movement that the only Truth, the realistic “One Truth,” and certainty in this Life is Death. The only viable God is Death. All Angels Are Demons, and the Power they Possess is that of Death. It is all fun and games debating theology, philosophy and spiritual principles. However, the only true path in life is the path of Death. For the closer you are to Death, the more you Live, and the more Alive you Will Feel. When you Walk with Death, you’re closer to God, to Authentic, Indisputable Divinity. In Order to Create, you must possess the Will to Destroy. Everything needs to Die to be Born, and to be Reborn. The same Realm we disappear to in Death, is the same Realm in which we were born. The Root of all Creation is Darkness. The Adversary we Overcome with our Light.

My absolute favorite themes to discuss! Whether through the language of Astrology, other other Spiritual, Theological, or Occult based factions. You can see how, and why, I became a huge fan of Black Metal Music. This music is speaking from the pits of our unconscious minds, and the collective shadow. The Root of all of our existence(s). A Harsh Truth that the Masses tend to dilute with Delusion. I personally enjoy the Masterpieces created from these artists as a key element in specific ritual workings within my practice. Details of which are privately shared within my Lunar Memoirs (Online Grimoire). As well, these evolutionary secrets will soon be revealed with the Grande Uprising of the Old Gods. We hope you’ve said your prayers. The Warfare to be enacted upon the Falsehoods will be Violently, Excruciatingly Brutal to say the least.

I appreciate any and all artists that are Brave enough to take the time to respond to my nosey questionnaires. I am beyond Grateful for those who Embrace my movement to disrupt/shift the world in the way that I do. It means absolutely everything to me to have my Legions of Artists that are on the Frontline of this War. The War of Self Expression. The War of Gnosis, Evolution and Free Will. The War Against Humanity, and the Full Spectrum of the Human Experience. The War Against Life.. Now whether we are anointing with Lucifer-ian Gnosis, or the Chaotic Empowerment of Andras, a Dance of Universal Euphony and Justice is undeniable. I would love to Encourage those who are Brave enough to Initiate themselves into this Infernal and Unholy Realm. Take a moment to sit with your greatest fears, in the dark with the otherworldly sound of Black Metal. You may not come out Alive. However, you may also become Reborn.

Here is a list of Artists I highly suggest you check out when it comes to Black Metal/Metal. These bands will Initiate you into a new state of Consciousness, one way or another. May you welcome the Evolution of our World. May you Free your own Soul. Below are a list of black metal bands that might delight your inner darkness.