Explore abums that have used the pentagram to sell records and/or Satan.
The pentagram has a very long history that is now admittedly skewed. Technically, a pentagram is drawn with five straight stokes and creates a pentagon in the center. The star alone is also known as a pentacle or pentangle. The pentagram has been used in a myriad of religions including Christianity and Wicca, but it's use in Satanism has essentially robbed the symbol from any other association.…
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26 - simple
thisblog lacks brains though ilike the one that the devil licks weenies just like mj i wish i could pay for the humour nice blog though
27 - Ultramontane
Paganism=witchcraft=satanism
Satan exists, whether you believe in him or not. And he loves to go prancing 'round in the guise of whatever false god/goddess you think you're talking to (e.g. "maiden, mother, crone" or Gaia, or Diana, or Thor). Pansy-ass cross-dresser!!! Even if you don't think you're worshipping demons, if you're trying to dial up [insert name of pagan "deity" here] there might be one at the other end of the line.
28 - Non-Believers Don't Change Facts.
He's right, Satan exists, and so does God. Personally, I think that a real Satinist will tell you that "God Does Exist" and he will also say, "...but, I'm not on his side". The signs are eveywhere, some are "real" but most are just trash...!
29 - trick
Back at you with the Rush theory. Yes the first album with the different drummer showed some potential, the mastery of the odd time signatures that Rush became famous for in a year or two time, is improbable. I've known guitarists that couldn't pick up odd time signatures let alone all the drummers that can't pick it up regardless of the years spent trying. Alex and Geddy became fluent just too quickly. I was in a Rush cover band with a new ager, he could play all of Alex's lead licks and all Rush songs note for note. He started playing guitar 2 years before. This cannot be done. Ask a real christian guitarist how long it would take to learn to play Rush's La Via Strangiato, and they would just roll their eyes in their heads. My bandmate didn't practice much and he was not a genius as we all thought, the common denominator was he was playing the devil game, and seemingly winning, although the price to pay in the latter would be too high a price! Watch the next reply, it will make an occultist sick at their stomach, watch the retoric of the reply to this true to life analogy. The devil game is real, do not be decieved into believing that it is myth. Too much energy has been spent over the centuries by man regarding religion. Religion means Jesus Christ, the true Saviour, versus Lucifer,god of the dead. You are in the game as a player whether you want to be or not. Choose life, Choose Christ.
30 - Joe
ok...
god and satan do not exist. they are just the stolen artifacts christians used to make up a falsified religion to take away any and all counterparts. a crucified savior is an age-old technique, as well, ressurection has been used dozens of times before christians got to it.
christmas is a stolen holdiay, originally celebrated by wiccan's, same with the christmas wreath, and the 12 days + christmas = 13 days to honor god which is stolen from the 13 wiccan esbats.
easter is also a stolen holiday, from Wiccans ostara, where in the goddess is fertilizing the world with new life and the birth / rebirth of the god, not the ressurection of your godman christ. even your colored easter eggs are stolen.
next, the concept of an all evil being never existed until christians decided evil had to be the work of someone other then god and themselves. you'll find no ultimate evil before christians.
onwards! God himself is just a monotheistic whore who wants to hord the world for himself. sounds like some greedy little human slut-monkeys if you ask me. he's a false god invented by losers in caves.
want some proof? okay... open your bible. who wrote this book? God... okay. now then, find where Saul dies... what, you can't? okay, let me help you out...
1. 1 Samuel (31:4) Saul took a sword and fell upon it.
okay, fine maybe i was wrong about...
oh... wait, umm, hmm...
2. 2 Samuel (1: 2-10) saul, at his own request, was slain by an Amelkite
okay, maybe God was just wrong, and forgot he already killed Saul, but...
oh my... what is this?
3. 2 Samuel (21:12) saul was killed by the Phillistines on Gilboa.
okay, maybe god is just stupid and forgot he killed saul twice already
but, then, how do you...
4. 1 chronicles (10: 13-14) saul was slain by God.
i guess god changed his mind, a few times eh?
ANYWAY, continuing on... the christian cross was orginally used by the calcholithic cultures.
so, yes, ummm, there is no god or satan.
now then, pagan beliefs, well, those are supported and funded by years and years of research and artifacts predating all christo manner of beliefs by a couple million years. so, the pentagram, is a symbol of love, virtue, intelligence, protection, honor, belief, thought, sex, and lastly, and most lately, the false iconic satan. who is just as bad as the christo god.
31 - Doomhead
Typo: Slayer's "Show No Mercy" was released in 1983, not 1987. Fuck your god, religion, fairy tales, musical theory and philosophy, I only give a shit about METAL!!!
32 - don
Every one of you close minded idiots needs to get a life. Or at least get out of your Jesus-freak parents' basements and get a job so you can afford one. Thank you for your time.
33 - The Reagans
Evil Has No Boundries
34 - bjorn
that bands no limit with heat of there bodyu to be burn
35 - The Duke
In reference to the doom metal group Pentagram. I just found out that Vincent McAllister passed away in the Spring of 2006.
I wish to make a couple of corrections to my earlier posting.
It was Greg Mayne who played bass not Greg Main. Actually David and Greg were twins. The Mayne Brothers.
Secondly, John Jennings was in Pentagram for a short while, but dropped out as he really wasn't into metal. John may have been a genius. Probably lost interest quickly and needed to move along.
Road Apple was one heck of an organ trio.
John LeMasters who used to jam around, but was never really in a group could have been in the top 3 keyboard players club of Northern Virginia. He moved out to California and hasn't been heard from since (by me anyway).
Knox Cockrell ended up repairing pipe organs all over the east coast out of a firm in Baltimore.
The reason Maryland had a robust music scene was because Virginia didn't allow dancing where alcohol was being served. That killed any sembalance of a music scene in Northern Virginia.
George Bruhl is listed at Wikipedia under Contemporary Christian Artists. I talked with him at a 30th High School reunion. He lived over by Vincent McAllister. I heard George play a few years ago. He still rocks hard and has remained totally focused on his craft. He told me that Vince sold him a Vox 335 style bass at one point, which he said was his first really "good" bass. George played bass in Crossroads, he still is a bassist but has always played guitar and now plays guitar almost exclusively. At one point he could have given many top flight guitarists a run for their money. I heard him jamming at the Bayou one night with some throw together band, he happened to be in town and jumped over there for a quick pick up show. Now there was a dude who should have hit the studio scene, he was sharp, he was studied, he could read and score. Kind of a cross between Holdsworth, Vinnie Moore, Greg Howe and several other 80's stylists. He's not nearly as sharp as he was in the 80's but he's still good. He told me that he developed some shoulder and tendon problems which have slowed him up. But he remains a thoughtful stylist.
Vince used to use my Ampeg Dan Armstrong, one of my Strats, and a '57 Les Paul. He also used a '62 or so Les Paul, which was later produced as the SG model line.
I have read a lot of articles regarding Pentagram which stated with surprise that Vincent picked up the guitar and filled the position. Well, I can testify that even tho' Vince was holding down the Bass position, he always played guitar. He used to jam with Jennings and Brad Hiner (now a neuro-surgeon) at times, both were aspiring musicians.
Lee Jewitt was another JEB Stuart High School guitarist of note. Again, there were many. Playing bass was one way to insure a spot in a local lineup. Guitarists were a dime a dozen during the early '70's. Bassist were in demand.
Let me put it this way. Pentagram was mediocre at best during those times. McAllister graduated from HS in 1973 (I have the year book to prove it). So when Pentagram was in its glory say 1971 or 72 that would put Vince at age 16 or 17, with Jennings a year older and Mayne about the same age as Jennings. Youngbloods to be sure.
Vince was a nice, quiet, friendly person. I was saddened to hear of his passing. Unfortunately, he didn't leave much of a catalog. From what I gather, he jumped around genre's quite a lot and never really stuck to one type of music or another.
He was off to the Guitar Institute of Technology the last time I saw him. I wonder if he attended. His parents died young and I think he had some inheritance and was heading to California to pursue his career in music. Hopefully he fulfilled his plans. Believe me, I know what it's like to NOT fulfill your plans. I was and aspiring musician, but had to go to work for a living. It would have been the perfect lifestyle to maintain a robust career in the industry as a respected and talented musician/guitarist. That would have been perfect.
Vincent... Salute! I hope one day to read your story, I hope someone who was with you during your career writes it down for posterity.
36 - Teufel
satan is awsome and more powerful than all gods and all living beings
cradle of filth is sik
and so is heaven shall burn
37 - Christopher Pendragon
"Legion" by Deicide has a very prominent pentagram on the cover.
38 - SCOTT STAPP
SATAN IS GAY. JESUS SAVES. SORRY, IT'S TRUE.
THANKS.
39 - Crest tattoo
You're not THE Scott Stapp, are you? I'm not a basher by any means!
40 - Freyja
Lol, Hecate Enthroned are BLACK metal, not death metal.
Man it pisses me off when people get those two genres mixed up!
41 - Brian White
yeah... didnt read all the posts. just the disturbed one. well.. just so the writer knows.. they arent 'pussies' because they used other symbols. he is jewish. he is agnostic. hints the different religious symbols on an album called believe. dumbass.
42 - Brian aka Guppusmaximus
I could careless if Disturbed drew f*cking Satan himself on their album cover, They still F*cking SUCK!!
As for RUSH, Just a Great F*cking band... Most people couldn't understand that back then either.
Deicide's first album was their best and didn't have a boring-ass pentagram on it, but I did like this version(which I could've sworn was on the Legion cover when it first came out) with crosses mixed in: here
Motley Crue using the pentagram is just plain funny. Especially when there is only like two songs that really f*cking kill,though, I do like this album and it was played heavily when I was a youngin. Actually, there first was my true favorite.
Death never used any Pentagrams,they had their first major release in '87 and should get more credit than Slayer or Venom regarding Extreme Metal because even though I love(ed) Slayer, it was still Thrash. Death was a new beginning!!
~R.I.P.~ Chuck Shuldiner - A True Pioneer.
43 - Robert of the Radish
Brian,
I suggest you look up the word "sarcasm" at dictionary.com. It might save you from looking like a complete idiot in the future, as you have done here.
44 - Brian aka Guppusmaximus
Well, if you call what you wrote, in this article, sarcasm then maybe you should hand me a glass of water *No reference to the leftist site:glassofwater.com* with that dictionary[.com] because that has to be the driest sarcasm I have ever read.
Maybe you should practice your "writing" skills,stop dropping metal band names like your cool and let's all pray that this isn't your real job...
45 - krahe
ok i dont see the point of all the bitching on hear...im a satanist and one most pagans piss me off there as self right Righteous as christians.as for an earlier post most "satanist" bands are satanist and belive in it.
46 - deth666
christian ashole
47 - Jodie
End of Mayan Calendar = December 21st, 2012
Some people are already scared of this date.
However, knowing that the Devil sometimes injects a pinch of truth in with His lies.
I suspect 2112 may be near the end of this world as we know it.
If the world continues it's exponential growth of evil from the present day on... then the year 2112 looks more and more like the 'Revelation' style scenarios we are all expecting.
No Angel, Demon, man, or even Jesus knows the 'exact' hour and date of the end, (only The Father)
But 2112 is an interesting date none the less.
Just some food for thought.
48 - 234555557684563
You people are completely retarded. ALL OF YOU! The christians, the pagans, the satanists, and the ones who believe there isn't a God at all! It doesn't matter what you believe in or who you worship, because in the end you will die; Cold and alone, that is that... Even if there is a God, why would he create such pathetic beings; You all should be ashamed of yourselves for arguing over an article about music covers! Go do something useful for your respective God or Gods/Goddesses, or yourself.
Thank you
49 - derek wittan
This thread is interesting but it only scratches the surface...look closely and there are loads of occult icons used in modern record covers..sadly the cd has rather reduced the impact of such things. The guy who said the albumb by Levey was unintelligible to non-adepts is correct. Truth is Levey is irrelevant to most adepts.
50 - King
FUCK YOU ALL GET A LIFE FAGS
And all who dont believe and god and satin are geniuses and have brains and dont like it in the ass like the rest of you
51 - Tyler
Pagans believe what you will. The devil was described in the Bible. God is real. All of this shows who is a believer and who isn't. Make fun of me, but I still believe in him.
52 - Morrigan
Satan is in my blood and is a white man's god, AVE SATAN! AVE LUCIFER! Drink the devil's blood
53 - Andrew
Sooooo...
Is Venom really a Satanic band?
or do they just sing about it
54 - phnx4life
Trick is correct for the most part. Bands use symbols(satanic or otherwise) that do attract wealth, fame through attention these symbols/lyrics bring. Not to mention the trance-like rhythms used to mesmerize the audience. Deny it all you wish..but these so-called rock groups(don't be fooled thinking Rush is clean, cause they are not-especially peart) They know exactly what they are doing.These many symbols used are to gain worldly possessions and wealth..but there is a price to pay..that may be unseen to us.
55 - Dr.Strangelove
I cant believe this out here! duh I am not a devil worshiper I am uh uh Pagan!
or it's all ok god doesnt exist right? or idiot Joe - show me were saul died? Joe you dont understand the judgement of God!
Nor do you understand God's power or mercy. It is His mercy you live because he can call for your soul anytime He wants and throw you into hell. Satan cant throw anyone in hell, he only attacks your mind!
satan can get your mind so out there thinking your a pagan or wiccan or anything or Neil Peart even, I mean anything, as long as he gets to see you in hell where he is going to go. Many of these rock bands are contracted by satanist, so they throw this devil junk on their records because they dont care, because their going to be rich and famous if they do. The hidden agenda is aimed at the youth getting involved in the occult and witchcraft. satans agenda is seeing it happens, and his delight is enjoying seeing young girls and boys getting in drugs, committing suicide and going to hell, satan enjoys it, because he is Evil to the ump-tenth degree. How do you know God is real? Go to a Pentecostal church and sit down, shut up and wait! Why seek satans supernatural in music? Seek Gods supernatural high through Jesus Christ at your local pentecostal church! Acts 2:38
56 - foofee
The Mayans actually had two calendars. One was a long term and one was a short term. Kind of like having a weekly planner and a 12-month calendar. One of them ends in 2012, yes. One of them doesn't. I'm not an expert and don't claim to be so if you are one of those trolls who will try to tell me I'm 'retarded' don't waste your time. Nothing is going to happen in 2012. People got all scared about another date and nothing happened. Kinda recent...what was it? The Y2K scare?...
57 - BvB
I think that Pentagrams aren't really evil. They are only evil if you are a satan worsihper or anti-Christ. Ta-da! Problem solved!
58 - Trickzta
Evil is as evil does. Politics is where demons live, music is music and symbols are what a drummer uses for the high notes. Steve Morse is playing up a storm also tours with Deep Purple a color fit for royalty and High Priests of any religion. Creepy that some people are so serious and small minded in this age of enlightenment, when I grow up I wanna be a kid.