The Meads Of Asphodel
 

Some lovely British black metal for you. The songs are really quite cool, and they have a very interesting philosophy behind their music. Some weird shizzle going on in there, they use weird bongoes and lutes, that kind of stuff. Check them out here www.themeadsofasphodel.com

What do you think?

oh i saw a split with mayhem and them a while ago, pretty interesting for black metal, but still good :)

Exhuming The Grave Of Yeshua is their best album, they have a really old school approach to black metal, extactly what you'd expect with a band containing former members of Hawkwind.

Mehhhhhhh

OK, I know by posting here I am performing m4joR thr34d bumP4g3, but this is the reason...

Contrary to my opinions posted in the magazine thread, I went and bought Metal Hammer for the article on Arch Enemy (which, once again, turned out to be a pretty crap issue overall). To make the issue somewhat purchase worthy, I read some of the other article features and stumbled on The Meads...

Dredging up what memory I have of this band, I read the article and I found it absolutely enthralling. Tommy Udo, author of the 'Subterranea' section of the magazine (the place where you are likely to find the more gr1m and und3rgr0und bands in the magazine's backlog) went to meet the band in what appeared to be the base of a cult that the band belong to. He was ordered to take an oath, and was then presented with a fragment of the "true cross" (which I assume to be a reference to...y'know..."the" cross..."THAT[i]" cross, although whether it was actually a fragment is highly debateable) and was ordered to piss on it. Then he was told to kneel and write across his forehead, in blood, 'Jesus is a c[i]unt' in Latin. Then the interview begins...

I won't spoil the rest of it for those of you who haven't read it. But these strike me as being one of the most fascinating black metal bands out there. They do not focus at being the most gr1m band around, they don't try and slip any over-fantastical demonic witchcraft or wizardry into their lyrics. They seem to focus on pure philosophy, and use this as a lyrical medium to denounce Christianity. Anyone can say 'fuck god (the criticism that often befalls bands such as Deicide) or 'Jesus is a cunt a la the Cradle of Filth T-shirt, but hardly any bands approaches the topic with the degree of philosophical research and knowledge that The Meads of Asphodel display. I believe that this is the thinking man's black metal, and I believe that it deserves more than the two or three replies listed above this post. If you want to know more about the music and the messgae, please click on the link as posted in the first post and leave a comment here. Thanks.

Oh how my opinion has changed since last year. Really like them :D

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dammit you're smart... Thats probolly why i like them. Sometimes the stupidity of NSBM or Normal Satanic BM is to much to take. (not to say national socialists are dumb, but anyone who believes hitler was a pagan is really dumb.. and doesn't know history.)

I love this band...

BTW i started a thread on these guys... you should use the search button more often mate.

^I think since there is very limited discussion on them atm, there's nothing wrong with having another thread. Good find btw.

Their cover of What a Wonderful World is amazing.

A bit of a huge bump here, but has anyone else got round to listening to The Murder of Jesus the Jew?

Ive got it on at the moment, and its certainly one of the more interesting albums I've heard this year.

Still need to check that out, great band.

Meads of Asphodel are tha shit. You're all cunts for not liking them,

I have the new one, yet to listen to it. Been lazy

http://www.themeadsofasphodel.com/?q=metatrons-codex

Metatron's codex, a 60,000 word guide to the lyrics from The Murder of Jesus the Jew if anyone is interested.

Wow, that is insanely cool. I, of course, would need to take his words with a grain of salt, to say the least.

killer; thanks man; reading it as we speak. musically, the new album is brilliant

Really enjoying the new album. Great article find as well, slater...

I cannot seem to stop listening to "The Murder of Jesus the Jew" lately. One of the most diverse albums I've ever heard, and the songwriting doesn't suffer for the most part. The segment that begins at about 4mins and 20seconds into 'Addicted to God' is freaking brilliant, and the clapping that kicks in on "Apocalypse of Lazarus" must be heard as it's freaking hilarious/awesome. There's also a plethora of some of the catchiest lines that I can't stop singing along to and annoying my friends with. The lyrics are highly interesting/amusing and I plan on printing out a copy of Metatron's Codex to read finally.

Hugely impressed with this album, Damascus Steel is sounding pretty good so far as well.

The new album 'Sonderkommando' is due out soon.

They seem to make a big deal on that artwork... it looks like a Secondary School GCSE piece...