Satanic Warmaster
Encyclopedia
Satanic Warmaster is a black metal
band from Lappeenranta
in southern Finland
. Musician "Satanic Tyrant Werwolf" (real name Lauri Penttilä) began recording under this name in 1999. The band's lyrics deal mainly with nature, folklore
, Satanism
, and "occult and warlike themes".
. While with Horna he recorded under the name "Nazgul Von Armageddon". During this time he released three demos for Satanic Warmaster, Bloody Ritual and Marsch Zu Neuen Zeitaltern in 1999, and Gas Chamber in 2000. He left Horna in 2001 to focus on Satanic Warmaster and also because of personal reasons, citing his frustration and need to create his own art.
is a comprehensive ideological and philosophical alignment, which aims for the bettering of an individual and the most beneficial elbow space through the acknowledgement (and partially harnessing) of the dark and destructive (and thus initially creative) force of nature and cosmos. Excluding anything has never been the best option. Satanism constitutes my world view about 100%".
but not mock 'god's chosen race'. Fuck Jahweh and fuck Judaism". When asked his opinion about the September 11 attacks, he said that it was "maybe even a hoax
and a way for the JewSA to wage their useless wars on anyone they want."
In January 2008, the band was linked to National Socialist black metal
in Finnish newspapers due to its "Carelian Pagan Madness" tour with the German NSBM band Absurd
and Greek NSBM band Der Stürmer, whose member Hjarulv Henker called Satanic Warmaster one of the few Satanic bands to have his "full support" because they are "supporting (and take part in) our Cause.", although pagan and satanic bands usually reject each other. Both the tour organizers and Satanic Warmaster denied the allegations. Critics also cited some of Warmaster’s lyrical content such as "Enthroned Aryan spirit the resurrection of our reich" ("Strength and Honour") and "Sieg Heil! The sign of our cross rises" ("Wolves of Blood and Iron", both from the Strength and Honour
album), release titles like Gas Chamber. Werwolf called the political accusations "groundless" and described the lyrical interpretations as "insane".
In 2009, Ylioppilaslehti, the biggest student newspaper in Finland published an article about Black Metal where Werwolf explained his motivations even further. About the rise of new subgenres such as "NSBM" to the side of traditional Black Metal he commented on the matter, "Times change, shock values get deteriorated and intensified. If you want your voice to be heard, it isn't always enough that you say, Hail Satan! It is of no importance to anyone anymore. You must comprehend new aesthetics and in certain cases it can be found surprisingly near. It's ridiculously easy, how you can get people to fixate on your music by these means". Also about the morals and the polarities of Black Metal and NSBM he said, "Black Metal is negative. For an average person Black Metal in all it's immorality and nihilism should be a million times worse than neo-nazism or anything like that".
Black metal
Black metal is an extreme subgenre of heavy metal music. Common traits include fast tempos, shrieked vocals, highly distorted guitars played with tremolo picking, blast beat drumming, raw recording, and unconventional song structure....
band from Lappeenranta
Lappeenranta
Lappeenranta is a city and municipality that resides on the shore of the lake Saimaa in South-Eastern Finland, about from the Russian border. It belongs to the region of South Karelia. With approximately inhabitants Lappeenranta is the largest city in Finland...
in southern Finland
Finland
Finland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside...
. Musician "Satanic Tyrant Werwolf" (real name Lauri Penttilä) began recording under this name in 1999. The band's lyrics deal mainly with nature, folklore
Folklore
Folklore consists of legends, music, oral history, proverbs, jokes, popular beliefs, fairy tales and customs that are the traditions of a culture, subculture, or group. It is also the set of practices through which those expressive genres are shared. The study of folklore is sometimes called...
, Satanism
Satanism
Satanism is a group of religions that is composed of a diverse number of ideological and philosophical beliefs and social phenomena. Their shared feature include symbolic association with, admiration for the character of, and even veneration of Satan or similar rebellious, promethean, and...
, and "occult and warlike themes".
Early years (1998-2000)
The idea for Satanic Warmaster was first formed in 1998, while Werwolf was performing vocals for the band HornaHorna
Horna is a Finnish black metal band that formed in 1993. The band has appeared on over thirty releases including splits, demos, EPs and albums since 1995, which have been released through numerous record labels.-History:...
. While with Horna he recorded under the name "Nazgul Von Armageddon". During this time he released three demos for Satanic Warmaster, Bloody Ritual and Marsch Zu Neuen Zeitaltern in 1999, and Gas Chamber in 2000. He left Horna in 2001 to focus on Satanic Warmaster and also because of personal reasons, citing his frustration and need to create his own art.
Ideology
In a 2003 interview for the Finnish metal webzine Imperiumi, Satanic Tyrant Werwolf explained his personal beliefs in a detailed manner: "Pan-European traditional SatanismSatanism
Satanism is a group of religions that is composed of a diverse number of ideological and philosophical beliefs and social phenomena. Their shared feature include symbolic association with, admiration for the character of, and even veneration of Satan or similar rebellious, promethean, and...
is a comprehensive ideological and philosophical alignment, which aims for the bettering of an individual and the most beneficial elbow space through the acknowledgement (and partially harnessing) of the dark and destructive (and thus initially creative) force of nature and cosmos. Excluding anything has never been the best option. Satanism constitutes my world view about 100%".
Media coverage and controversy
In a 2004 interview, Werwolf stated, "The influence [of the Third Reich] cannot be denied, some of the most advanced social and political ideas were created during the iron regime of the Reich. Of course I am interested and feel strong sympathy for the ideals of that time." In response to the question, "When a band sings about the hatred to christians then everything is ok, but when a band starts to sing about the jews instead of christians then some people (even some "die-hard" Satanists!) seem to have some problems with it... Isn’t it ridiculous?" Werwolf agreed, "It is fucking ridiculous. It is ok to mock the 'King of the Jews'Jesus
Jesus of Nazareth , commonly referred to as Jesus Christ or simply as Jesus or Christ, is the central figure of Christianity...
but not mock 'god's chosen race'. Fuck Jahweh and fuck Judaism". When asked his opinion about the September 11 attacks, he said that it was "maybe even a hoax
9/11 conspiracy theories
9/11 conspiracy theories are theories that disagree with the widely accepted account that the September 11 attacks were perpetrated solely by al-Qaeda. These theories arose because of what proponents of the conspiracy theories believe to be inconsistencies in the official conclusions or some...
and a way for the JewSA to wage their useless wars on anyone they want."
In January 2008, the band was linked to National Socialist black metal
National Socialist black metal
National Socialist black metal is black metal that promotes National Socialist beliefs through their lyrics and imagery. These beliefs often include: white supremacy, racial separatism, antisemitism, heterosexism, and Nazi interpretations of paganism or Satanism...
in Finnish newspapers due to its "Carelian Pagan Madness" tour with the German NSBM band Absurd
Absurd (band)
Absurd is one of the best-known black metal and pagan metal bands in Germany, classified as right-wing extremist by the Thuringian Landesbehörde für Verfassungsschutz....
and Greek NSBM band Der Stürmer, whose member Hjarulv Henker called Satanic Warmaster one of the few Satanic bands to have his "full support" because they are "supporting (and take part in) our Cause.", although pagan and satanic bands usually reject each other. Both the tour organizers and Satanic Warmaster denied the allegations. Critics also cited some of Warmaster’s lyrical content such as "Enthroned Aryan spirit the resurrection of our reich" ("Strength and Honour") and "Sieg Heil! The sign of our cross rises" ("Wolves of Blood and Iron", both from the Strength and Honour
Strength and Honour (album)
Strength and Honour is an album by Finnish black metal band Satanic Warmaster. It was released in November 2001 through Northern Heritage. It was reissued twice by Northern Heritage in 2003 and 2004, both pressings limited to 1000 copies. The original LP version comes with a bonus track, officially...
album), release titles like Gas Chamber. Werwolf called the political accusations "groundless" and described the lyrical interpretations as "insane".
In 2009, Ylioppilaslehti, the biggest student newspaper in Finland published an article about Black Metal where Werwolf explained his motivations even further. About the rise of new subgenres such as "NSBM" to the side of traditional Black Metal he commented on the matter, "Times change, shock values get deteriorated and intensified. If you want your voice to be heard, it isn't always enough that you say, Hail Satan! It is of no importance to anyone anymore. You must comprehend new aesthetics and in certain cases it can be found surprisingly near. It's ridiculously easy, how you can get people to fixate on your music by these means". Also about the morals and the polarities of Black Metal and NSBM he said, "Black Metal is negative. For an average person Black Metal in all it's immorality and nihilism should be a million times worse than neo-nazism or anything like that".
Current members
- Satanic Tyrant Werwolf (also known as Nazgul; all instruments and vocalsSingingSinging is the act of producing musical sounds with the voice, and augments regular speech by the use of both tonality and rhythm. One who sings is called a singer or vocalist. Singers perform music known as songs that can be sung either with or without accompaniment by musical instruments...
)
Past members
- Lord Sargofagian (drums on Opferblut)
- Lord War Torech (guitar)
- Nigrantium (session drums)
Albums and EPs
- 2001 - Strength and HonourStrength and Honour (album)Strength and Honour is an album by Finnish black metal band Satanic Warmaster. It was released in November 2001 through Northern Heritage. It was reissued twice by Northern Heritage in 2003 and 2004, both pressings limited to 1000 copies. The original LP version comes with a bonus track, officially...
- 2002 - Black Katharsis
- 2003 - OpferblutOpferblutOpferblut is an album by Finnish black metal band Satanic Warmaster. It was released in 2003 through No Colours Records. LP version released on clear vinyl & on black vinyl...
- 2004 - ...Of the Night
- 2005 - Carelian Satanist MadnessCarelian Satanist MadnessCarelian Satanist Madness is an album by Finnish black metal band Satanic Warmaster. It was released on June 30, 2005 through No Colours Records. The album was recorded on a four analogue track during March and April 2005. "Carelian" stands for Karelia, an area between Finland and Russia. Digipack...
- 2007 - Revelation
- 2010 - NachzehrerNachzehrerA Nachzehrer is a sort of German vampire. Nachzehrer translates "afterwards devourer ". The Nachzehrer was prominent in the folklore of the northern regions of Germany, including Silesia and Bavaria, and also with the Kashubes of Northern Poland. Though officially a vampire, they are also similar...
- 2010 - Ondskapens Makt / Forgotten Graves
- 2011 - Winter's Hunger / Torches
Split releases
- 2003 - Hold On to Your Dreams (single; split with Krieg)
- 2003 - The True Face of Evil (single; split with The True Frost)
- 2004 - March of the Legion Werwolf (EP; split with Akitsa)
- 2004 - Satanic Warmaster & Clandestine Blaze (album; split with Clandestine BlazeClandestine BlazeClandestine Blaze is a one-man black metal band formed by Mikko Aspa in Lahti, Finland in 1998. Aspa cites Darkthrone, Burzum, Beherit and Bathory as key influences...
) - 2006 - A Hymn for the Black Empire (single; split with Stuthoff)
- 2007 - The Chant of the Barbarian Wolves (single; split with Aryan Blood)
- 2007 - Dark Hymns (EP; split with MütiilationMütiilationMütiilation is a French one-man black metal band that was affiliated with the Black Legions. Since parting from the The Black Legions in 1996, Meyhna'ch has continued to create music under the band's name.-The Beginning and The Black Legions:...
& Drowning the Light) - 2008 - Black Metal Holocaust (single; split with Evil)
- 2008 - Where Eternity Awaits (EP; split with BehexenBehexenBehexen are a Finnish black metal band founded in 1994. They adopted a more traditional approach to black metal by incorporating raw characteristics. Their first full-length release was "Rituale Satanum", released in 2000 and followed by "By the Blessing of Satan" in 2004...
) - 2009 - Majesty of Wampyric Blood (single; split with Totenburg)
Other
- 2000 - Bloody Ritual (demo)
- 2000 - Gas Chamber (demo)
- 2005 - Black Metal Kommando / Gas Chamber (compilation)
- 2007 - Black Metal Massacre LiveBlack Metal Massacre LiveBlack Metal Massacre Live is a live album by Finnish black metal band Satanic Warmaster. It was released in April 2007 through Deathrash Armageddon.- Track listing :# The Vampiric Tyrant # The Burning Eyes of the Werewolf...
(live recording) - 2007 - Werewolf Hate Attack (live recording)
- 2008 - Revelation ...of the Night (compilation)
- 2010 - We Are the Worms that Crawl on the Broken Wings of an Angel (compilation)
Related artists
Satanic Tyrant Werwolf has recorded with the following artists:- Blasphemous Evil
- Blutrache
- HornaHornaHorna is a Finnish black metal band that formed in 1993. The band has appeared on over thirty releases including splits, demos, EPs and albums since 1995, which have been released through numerous record labels.-History:...
- Incriminated
- Mental Terror
- Pest
- Shatargat
- The True Werwolf
- Warloghe
External links
- Official website
- Satanic Warmaster at DiscogsDiscogsDiscogs, short for discographies, is a website and database of information about audio recordings, including commercial releases, promotional releases, and bootleg or off-label releases. The Discogs servers, currently hosted under the domain name discogs.com, are owned by Zink Media, Inc., and are...
- Satanic Warmaster biography @ MusicMight