![]() In 2006, the “ultimate reissue” of the album, this text has been changed to “We hail you by the anti-cosmic metal of death!” with “anti-cosmic chaos-gnosticism” being the chosen self-description of MLO,57 and the text “Dissection is the sonic propaganda unit of Misanthropic Lucifer Order” has been added.ĭissection’s final album, Reinkaos from 2006, is full of esoteric references and symbolism related to the chaos-gnostic teachings of Misanthropic Lucifer Order, where physical existence is presented as a prison created by the demiurge, and with Lucifer/Satan as the liberator.Įverything indicates that Nödtveidt’s suicide in 2006 was directly linked to his interpretation of Misanthropic Lucifer Order philosophy rather than being a desperate act committed in a depressed state of mind. The original release of ‘Storm of the Light’s Bane’ contains the text “We hail you by the metal of death!” In an interview from prison in 2002, Nödtveidt assures that he is still composing music and says: “I handle my music and lyrics as powerful instruments for channelling and expressing the sinister and Chaotic energies of the anti-cosmic impulse.” During his time in prison and after his release Nödtveidt engaged more explicitly with the philosophy of Misanthropic Lucifer Order, focusing his band as “the voice of Misanthropic Lucifer Order.” In 1997, Nödtveidt was arrested for being accessory to murder, and Dissection was inactive until his release in 2004. The second album of Dissection, ‘Storm of the Light’s Bane’ from 1995, is in terms of lyrics and artwork not in any significant way different from other black metal albums of the time and there is very little focused esoteric treatment. In the beginning, Misanthropic Lucifer Order was a small group closely connected to the black metal scene and particularly the band Dissection, but around 2006/2007, after the suicide of Dissection frontman Jon Nödtveidt (1975–2006), the group was reorganized as The Temple of the Black Light and had since then actively distanced itself from the extreme metal scene. The beginnings of the Misanthropic Lucifer Order are less clear, but in its own account, Misanthropic Lucifer Order was formed in 1995. ![]() ![]() In a more detailed look at the Ritual Black Metal scene, I will focus on several Swedish bands that have an expressed and/or known connection to esoteric groups, specifically Dragon Rouge and the Misanthropic Lucifer Order (MLO).ĭragon Rouge is a self-described dark magical initiatory order founded in 1990, and today has members throughout the Western world. ![]()
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