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How doom and occult keyboardist Carl Westholm was converted by Van der Graaf Generator
Ex Candlemass and Avatarium member was won over by prog veterans’ Godbluff album – and it started with a photo of Mikael ...
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The mysterious late 60s album that Opeth’s Mikael Akerfeldt says invented Satanic rock
Metal wasn’t even in its infancy, but its obsession with the occult was already in place. But were Black Sabbath really the first band to marry rock and the occult? Not according to Mikael ...
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Did BLACK SABBATH Really Invent Occult Rock? OPETH’s MIKAEL ÅKERFELDT Says This Obscure Band Beat Them To It
Few songs evoke fear quite like "Black Sabbath," the first track from the ... took rock into shadowy new territory, embracing eerie atmospherics, horror-inspired lyrics, and occult themes that ...
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Death And Selim Lemouchi: A Remembrance
His art took the form of occult rock and psych-doom, his message of the drive to enlightenment and the surrender to chaos. Super-fans of his awesome bands, we loved Selim the person too, a ...
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I’m a Ghost fanatic, and these great songs by similar-sounding artists will stop me going mad during the wait for their new album
Nonetheless, the two bands share an adoration for palatable ... Since forming in western Canada in 2013, Spell have become occult rock underdogs, beloved by diehards for knowing their way around ...