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BLACK METAL
Black metal is a form of extreme metal that became famous for its anti-Christian ideology and association with church burnings in the early 1990s. It is generally distinguished by its fast tempo, high-pitched guitars, frequent use of tremolo picking, and high-pitched "shrieking" vocals. Lyrics typically involve Satanic, Pagan or occult themes. Black metal band members often wear corpse paint to identify themselves with the genre. In the early 1980s, Venom started a proto-type for black metal but Bathory were the first pure black metal band.
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DEATH METAL
Death metal is a form of extreme metal that is generally distinguished by its fast tempo, low-tuned guitar, low-pitched death growl vocals, blast beats and erratic tempo and time signature changes. Lyrics typically revolve around themes of death, gore and violence, although some bands also address non-violent themes or social commentary.
Death metal is an offshoot of thrash metal and the style was started by the band Death in 1983. Other American bands such as Possessed, Morbid Angel and Cannibal Corpse subsequently adopted the format and developed it into a distinct genre. Since then death metal diversified spawning a rich variety of subgenres.
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DOOM METAL
Doom metal is highly atmospheric and typically features exclusively slow tempo, low-tuned and heavy guitar riffing. The music and lyrics often aim to convey a sense of darkness, despair and impending doom. It is strongly influenced by the early work of Black Sabbath, particularly songs such as "Black Sabbath" and "Into the Void", which are considered embryonic or prototypical doom metal songs. However, the style was defined as a genre in the early-mid 1980s by bands such as Pentagram, Saint Vitus and Candlemass. Doom metal is generally regarded as the basis of the gothic metal, stoner metal and sludge metal genres.
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FOLK METAL
Folk metal is a sub-genre of heavy metal music that developed in the 1990s in Europe. As the name suggests, the genre is a fusion of heavy metal with folk music. This includes the widespread use of folk instruments and to a lesser extent traditional singing styles. Examples of the genre include Skyclad, Finntroll and Korpiklaani while the bands Cruachan, Orphaned Land and Subway to Sally are representative of the three subgenres Celtic metal, oriental metal and mittelalter rock respectively.
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GLAM METAL
Glam metal (also called hair metal) was one of the most popular styles of metal during the 1980s. The sound, as the name suggests, lies somewhere between the heavy metal sound of Black Sabbath, Deep Purple, KISS and the glam rock sound of Sweet. The bands were famous for their use of guitar solos, energetic frontmen and drummers that did not only have technical ability, but the ability to put on an entertaining show; as per Tommy Lee. Many of the bands donned make-up to achieve an androgynous look, similar to that of some 1970s glam rock bands. M?y Cr?isted Sister, and W.A.S.P. are examples of glam metal.
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GOTHIC METAL
Gothic metal is a genre of heavy metal music. It is characterised as a combination of the dark melancholy of gothic rock with the aggression of heavy metal music. The genre originated during the mid 1990s in Europe as an outgrowth of doom-death, a fusion genre of doom metal and death metal. Examples of gothic metal bands include Paradise Lost, Lacuna Coil and Tristania.
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GROOVE METAL
Also known as neo-thrash or post-thrash, groove metal consists of slow or mid-tempo and down tuned thrash riffs, bluesy guitar solos, greatly emphasized drum work and harsh vocals. Examples of groove metal include Pantera, Machine Head and White Zombie.
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INDUSTRIAL METAL
Industrial metal fuses elements of heavy metal and industrial music or other electronic genres such as house music by using electronic instruments such as synthesizers and drum machines alongside more purely heavy metal instruments such as electric guitars and bass guitars, and a vocal style combining elements of both genres. Examples of industrial metal include, Ministry, Rammstein and Nine Inch Nails.
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MATH METAL
Math Metal is generally concerened with complex time-signatures and polyrhythmic passages. The genre has often been associated with the hardcore punk scene and often the vocals can be sung in the hardcore style. The genre is also often associated with the Progressive Metal genre also. Bands of this genre include; Cynic, The Dillinger Escape Plan and Meshuggah.
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METALCORE
Metalcore combines elements of hardcore punk with heavy metal, thrash metal or extreme metal. Generally, metalcore guitarists use harmonized guitar riffs and solos, drummers use hardcore d-beats and double bass drums, and vocalists use a sing-along style. A distinguishing characteristic is the "breakdown", whereby the song is slowed to half-time and the guitarists play open strings to achieve the lowest-pitched sound. Metalcore generally differs from thrash metal in that it avoids the "chugging" guitar sound and focuses more on melody than aggression. Prominent metalcore bands include Killswitch Engage, All That Remains, Caliban, and Shadows Fall. Most recent metalcore bands have an origin in Springfield, Massachusetts.
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NEO-CLASSICAL METAL
Neo-classical metal incorporates elements of classical music with the heavy metal sound; including instrument usage, scales (especially harmonic minor), and melodies. Yngwie J. Malmsteen is a known proponent of neo-classical metal, as is Tony MacAlpine.
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POST-METAL
This heavy metal movement takes influences from post-rock. While it is in many ways similar to post-rock, post-metal tends to include lower-tuned guitars, darker themes and tones, and heavier drums. Post-metal stresses emotion, contrasting the ambiance of post-rock with the weight and bombast of metal. Vocals are deemphasized or non-existent, and lyrics tend to be equally abstract: often thematic or philosophical in nature. It is a largely American phenomenon, but also includes some Japanese bands. Instrumental bands like Cult of Luna, Isis and Pelican write lengthy songs (typically five or six per album) that can range from light and guitar driven to extremely heavy, drum and bass-driven.
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POWER METAL
Power metal is more upbeat than most metal genres, taking heavy influence from heavy metal and speed metal. Power metal often emphasizes clean, melodic, high-pitched vocals, fast pacing that is mostly driven by double bass drumming and melodic lead guitar. The rhythm guitar is defined by straight power chord progressions. Power metal leans toward the positive, happy side of life, seeking to empower the listener and inspire joy and courage. Power metal lyrics usually involve fantasy or science fiction themes. Examples of power metal bands include Helloween, Blind Guardian and HammerFall.
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PROGRESSIVE METAL
Progressive metal is a fusion between progressive rock and heavy metal. It is one of heavy metal's more complex genres, due to its use of unusual and dynamic time signatures, long compositions, complex compositional structures, and virtuosic instrumental playing, where instrumental solos are detailed and extended. However, the latest age of Progressive Metal has favoured rougher lyrics and lower-pitched riff sequences with high amounts of strumming. Vocals, if present, are melodic and lyrics are often philosophical, spiritual, and/or political. Examples of the genre include Queensr?, Dream Theater and Opeth.
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SLUDGE METAL
Sludge metal began as a derivative of doom metal, incorporating hardcore punk and elements of southern rock. It combines the slow tempos, heavy rhythms and dark, pessimistic atmosphere of doom metal with the aggression, shouted vocals and fast tempos of hardcore punk. The string instruments are heavily distorted and often use a large amount of audio feedback to produce an abrasive, sludgy sound. Drumming is similar to that in hardcore punk and extreme metal. Lyrics are typically blue-collar in nature; reflecting on society, generally in a cynical or downtrodden manner. Examples of sludge metal include Crowbar, Acid Bath and Eyehategod.
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SPEED METAL
Speed metal is a sub-genre of heavy metal that uses traditional heavy metal song structures and riffing but with faster tempos and driving rhythms. It is usually as melodic as traditional heavy metal. Speed metal emerged when traditional heavy metal bands started writing an occasional fast song. It began as an established genre when bands wrote the majority of their songs in this style. Examples of speed metal include Mot?ad, Annihilator and Accept.
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STONER METAL
Stoner metal is typically slow-to-mid tempo, low-tuned and bass-heavy. The music combines elements of psychedelic blues-rock with doom metal, often drawing influence from artists such as Jimi Hendrix, Blue Cheer, Cream and Black Sabbath (especially due to their song "Sweet Leaf").[The terms stoner metal and stoner rock have been used interchangeably but generally stoner metal is used to refer to heavier and slower bands. The genre as it is known today was pioneered by the band Kyuss in the early 1990s. While not all musicians and fans are marijuana users, the tag "stoner" has stuck.
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THRASH METAL
Thrash metal is often regarded as the first form of extreme metal. It is generally characterised by its high tempos, complexity and aggression. Thrash metal guitar playing is most notable for the "chugging" sound it creates through low-pitched palm muted riffs, and high-pitched shred guitar solos. Drummers often use double-bass drums and hardcore punk-influenced d-beats. Vocals are most often shouted or sung in an aggressive manner.
Thrash metal evolved from speed metal and NWOBHM at the beginning of the 1980s, although Black Sabbath's 1975 song "Symptom of the Universe" is often regarded as the earliest example of a thrash metal riff. Bands such as Metallica, Slayer, Anthrax and Megadeth spearheaded thrash metal and are referred to as the genre's "big four".
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ALTERNATIVE METAL
Alternative metal is a cross-genre term used to describe heavy metal bands with a pronounced experimental edge. Bands often use typical heavy metal instruments, but include unconventional lyrics, odd time signatures and unusual technique. In many instances it is described as a fusion of metal and alternative rock, and distinguished from nu metal by its lack of hip-hop influence. Examples include Deftones, System of a Down and Tool.
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AVANT-GARDE METAL
Avant-garde metal (sometimes called experimental metal) is a cross-genre term used to describe metal bands that exhibit experimentation through non-standard sounds, instruments, and song structures akin to the genre of metal they are rooted in. Examples include Fant?, Arcturus and Maudlin of the Well.
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EXTREME METAL
Extreme metal is a cross-genre term used to describe heavy metal that is considerably heavier, faster, more aggressive and more abrasive. For example; vocalists may often use death growls or high-pitched shrieks and more obscene lyrics, drummers may often use blast beats, and the band's appearance may be intended to shock. Bands of this grouping are typically of the black metal, death metal, doom metal or thrash metal genres.
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NWOBHM: New Wave of British Heavy Metal
The 'New Wave of British Heavy Metal' (often abbreviated as NWOBHM) is a term used to describe British heavy metal artists that emerged in the late 1970s/early 1980s in the wake of the 'original wave' of British heavy metal artists, and as a reaction against pop and punk. NWOBHM was hugely popular and has been influential to many metal genres since. Examples of this movement include Iron Maiden, Saxon and Mot?ad.
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SYMPHONIC METAL
Symphonic metal varies in form. It most commonly refers to heavy metal bands that use orchestral elements in their music. These elements include full orchestras, opera themes, vocals or keyboarding akin to that of opera or symphony music, and a softer and more upbeat nature than other metal genres. Examples include Therion, Emperor and Nightwish.
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VIKING METAL
Viking metal is a subgenre of various metal genres. Mainly though, it crosses folk with either black metal, power metal, and in some cases death metal. Having songs with lyrics about vikings or the various histories and legends of the Nordic countries has nothing to do with classifying a band as Viking metal. It is a complex subgenre with subtle cross-over elements, such as native folk music styles or melodic death metal. Examples of Viking metal include Bathory, Enslaved and Amon Amarth.
Favorites CDs:
+ Isengard, Hostmorke;
+ Enslaved, Yggdrasill, Vikinglr Veldi Y Frost;
+ Windir, Arntor;
+ Adorned Brood, Erdenkraft;
+ Menhir, Thuringia;
+ Storm, Nordavind;
+ Vintersorg, Hedniskhjartad;
+ Falkenbach...Magni Blandinn Ok Megintiri;
+ Forlorn, Forlorn (Excelente Ep), The Crystal Palace Y Opus Iii: Ad Caelestis Restodos;
+ Juvenes, Riddle Of Steel;
+ Graveland, Creed Of Iron; Immortal Pride;
+ Thors Hammer, May The Hammer Smash The Cross Y Three Weeds From The Same Root;
+ Absurd, Facta Loquuntur;
+ Capricornus, Alone Against All;
+ Dark Fury, War Against Christianity;
+ Fullmoon, Blood For Immortality;
+ Lord Of Evil, Soldiers Of Satan;
+ Moloth, By The Wing Of Black;
+ Der Stürmer, Polish-Hellenic Alliance Against Z.O.G.!†Split;
+ Forest, In The Flame Of Glory;
+ Kroda, Cry To Me, River...;
+ Temnozor, Folkstorm Of The Azure Nights;
+ Gehenna, First Y Second Spell;
+ Gorgoroth, Pentagram Y Antichrist;
+ Burzum, Aske Y Det Som Engang Var ;
+ The Gathering, Always;
+ Ulver, Bergtatt…;
+ Immortal, Diabolical Full Moon Mysticism Y Pure Holocaust;
+ Dimmu Borgir, For All Tid;
+ Evol, Dreamquest;
+ Troll, Deep De Kristne;
+ Satyricon, Dark Medieval Times Y Nemesis Divina;
+ Morrigan, Plague, Waste And Death;
+ Thundra, Blood Of Your Soul;
+ Bloodthorn, In The Shadow Of Your Black Wings;
+ Under Moonlight Sadness, After The Cosmic Gate,
+ Avzhia, Dark Emperors;
+ Bathory, The Return;
+ Mayhem, Deathcrush;
+ Darkthrone, Under A Funeral Moon Y Panzerfaust;
+ Nargaroth, Black Metal Ist Krieg;
+ Mercyful Fate, Dont Break The Oath;
+ Samael, Blood Ritual;
+ 1349, Beyond The Apocalypse;
+ Slayer, Reign In Blood;
+ Venom, Black Metal;
+ Celtic Frost, To Mega Therion;
+ Blind Guardian, Imaginations From The Other Side;
+ Sky Lark, Gate Of Hell;
+ Hammerfall, Glory To The Brave;
+ Iced Earth, Alive In Athens;
+ Rhapsody, Lengendary Tales;
+ Gamma Ray, No World Order;
+ Pandaemonium…And The Runes Begin To Pray;
+ Dio, Holy Diver;
+ Accept, Balls To The Wall;
+ Ac/Dc, Back In Black;
+ Iron Maiden, The Number Of The Beast; Powerslave.
+ Manowar, Hell On Wheels;
+ Judas Priest,
+ Saxon, Denim And Leather;
+ Black Sabbath – Paranoid,
+ Deep Purple - Made In Japan,
+ Kiss – Destroyer,
+ Scorpions – Blackout,
+ Mercyful Fate - Don't Break the Oath,
+ Hellhammer - Apocalyptic Raids,
+ Celtic Frost - To Mega Therion,
+ Candlemass - Epicus Doomicus Metallicus,
+ Saint Vitus - Born Too Late,
+ Slayer - Reign in Blood,
+ Guns N' Roses - Appetite for Destruction,
+ Anthrax - Among the Living,
+ Bathory - Under the Sign of the Black Mark,
+ Pentagram - Day of Reckoning,
+I nfernäl Mäjesty - None Shall Defy,
+ Whitesnake – Whitesnake,
+ Kreator - Extreme Aggression,
+ Bathory - Hammerheart-----
+ Megadeth - Rust in Peace
+ Paradise LostbGothic-----
+ Cathedral - Forest of Equilibrium
+ Sepultura - Arise
+ Entombed - Clandestine
+ Skid Row - Slave to the Grind
+ Morbid Angel - Blessed Are the Sick
+ Thorns - Trondertun
+ Incarnator - Nordic Holocaust
+ Perdition Hearse - Mala Fide
+ Paradise Lost - Shades of God
+ Darkthrone - A Blaze in the Northern Sky
+ Pantera - Vulgar Display of Power
+ Deicide - Legion
+ Samael - Blood Ritual
+ Dark Throne - Under A Funeral Moon
+ My Dying Bride Turn Loose the Swans
+ Paradise Lost - Icon
+ Anathema Serenades
+ Type O Negative - Bloody Kisses
+ Carcass - Heartwork
+ Disembowelment - Transcendence into the Peripheral
+ Sepultura - Chaos A.D.
+ Judas Priest - Metal Works '73-'93
+ Anthrax - Sound of White Noise
+ Emperor - In The Nightside Eclipse
+ Mayhem - De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas
+ Ulver - Bergtatt
+ Gorgoroth - Pentagram
+ Ancient - Svartalvheim
+ Fimbulwinter - Servants of Sorcery
+ Hades - Again Shall Be
+ Dies Irae 'Circle of Leth'
+ Forgotten Woods - As the Wolves Gather
+ Carpathian Full Moon - Serenades in Blood Minor
+ The 3rd and the Mortal - Tears Laid in Earth
+ Enslaved - Vikingligr Veldi
+ Amorphis - Tales From the Thousand Lakes
+ Septic Flesh - Mystic Places of Dawn
+ Mayhem - De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas
+ Samael - Ceremony of Opposites
+ Gehenna - Seen Through The Veils Of Darkness
+ Borknagar - Borknagar
+ Old Mans Child - Born of the Flickering
+ Trelldom - Til Evighet
+ Carparthian Forest - Through Chasm, Caves And Titan Woods
+ In the Woods - Heart Of The Ages
+ Kvist - For Kunsten Maa Vi Evig Vike
+ Fleurety - Mid Tid Skal Komme
+ Dodheimsgard - Kronet Til Konge
+ Zyklon B - Blood Must Be Shed
+ Ved Buens Ende - Written in Waters
+ Suffering - Sowing the Seeds of Suffering
+ Helheim - Jormundgand
+ Abysmal - The Pillorian Age-
+ Voluspaa T.A.E.M.E.N.
+ Fimbul 'Rammens Ferd'
+ Anathema Pentecost III
+ My Dying Bride - The Angel and the Dark River
+ Theatre of Tragedy - Theatre of Tragedy
+ Death - Symbolic
+ Dissection - Storm of the Light's Bane
+ The Gathering - Mandylion
+ Necromantia - Scarlet Evil Witching Black
+ Anathema - The Silent Enigma
+ Abigor - Nachthymnen
+ Moonspell - Wolfheart
+ Paradise Lost - Draconian Times
+ Celestial Season - Solar Lovers
+ Immortal - Battles in the North
+ Beyond Dawn - Pity Love
+ Dark Tranquillity - The Gallery
+ Falkenbach - Heralding the Fireblade
+ Naglfar - Vittra
+ Dissection - Storm of the Light's Bane
+ Arcturus - Aspera Hiems Symfonia
+ Mysticum - In the Streams of Inferno
+ Isvind - Dark Waters Stir
+ lldjarn - Forest Poetry
+ Limbonic Art - The Moon in Scorpio
+ Malignant Eternal - TÃ¥rnet
+ Forlorn - The Crystal Palace
+ 122 Stab Wounds - Deity of Perversion
+ Det Hedenske Folk - Northland Rules Supreme
+ Imperium 1996 demo
+ Dim Nagel 'Satanic Overdose
+ Katatonia - Brave Murder Day
+ Anathema - Eternity
+ Rotting Christ - Triarchy of the Lost Lovers
+ Gehenna - Seen Through the Veils of Darkness
+ Marduk - Heaven Shall Burn... When We Are Gathered
+ The Blood Divine - Awaken
+ My Dying Bride - Like Gods of the Sun
+ Enslaved - Eld
+ Kampfar - Mellom Skogkledde Aaser
+ Solefald - The Linear Scaffold
+ Covenant - In Times Before the Light
+ Ragnarok - Arising Realm
+ Aeternus - Beyond the Wandering Moon
+ Obtained Enslavement - Witchcraft
+ Bak De Syv Fjell - From Haavardstun 7
+ Perished - Kark
+ Keep of Kalessin - Through Times of War
+ Demonic - Empire of Agony
+ Thy Grief - Frozen Tomb of Mankind
+ Enthral - Prophecies of the Dying
+ Mundanus Imperium - Ode to the Nightsky
+ Gravferd - Av Hedenske Blod
+ Emperor - Anthems to the Welkin at Dusk
+ Testament - Signs of Chaos: The Best Of Testament-
+ Skepticism - Lead and Aether
+ Manowar - Hell on Wheels
+ Ulver - Nattens Madrigal - Aatte Hymne til Ulven i Manden--
+ Urgehal - Massive Terrestrial Strike
+ Odium - The Sad Realm of the Stars
+ Svartahrid - Forthcomming Storm
+ Morgul Parody of the Mass
+ Theatre of Tragedy - Aégis
+ Tristania - Widow's Weeds
+ Obituary - Dead
+ Blind Guardian - Nightfall in Middle-Earth
+ Manes - Ein Blodraun Maane
+ Tulus - Evil
+ Frostmoon - Tordenkrig
+ Grievance - The Phantom Novels
+ Behemoth - Satanica
+ Mactatus - Complex Bewitchment
+ Gaahlskagg - Erotic Funeral
+ Ulcus - Cherish the Obscure
+ Tidfall - Circular Supremacy
+ Ringnevond - Nattverd
+ Electric Wizard - Dopethrone
+ Venom - The Court Of Death
+ Motörhead - The Best of Motörhead
+ Emancer - Utopian Illusons
+ Celebratum - Mirrored Revelation
+ Nargaroth - Black Metal ist Krieg
+ My Dying Bride - Trinity
+ Absu - Tara--
+ Taakeferd - Livsgnist
+ Funeral - In Fields of Pestilent Grief
+ Warhammer - Curse of the Absolute Eclipse--
+ 1349 - Liberation-----
+ Massemond - Skogen Kallen
+ Ave Sathanas - Religion of Pity
+ Faustcoven - The Halo of Burning Wings
+ Kharon - Raised by Hellish Demons
+ Vulture Lord - Profane Prayer
+ Marduk - World Funeral
+ Katatonia - Viva Emptiness
+ Nordafrostn - Dominus Frigoris
+ Tsjuder - Desert Northern Hell
+ Throne of Katarsis - Unholy Holocaust Winds
+ Morkekunst - Morkekunst
+ Grenjar/ Vantro split
+ 1349 - Beyond the Apocalypse
+ Taake - Doedskvad
+ Khold - Krek
+ Sykdom - Mjollnir-
+ Stillhet - Gjemt I Skyggene
+ Beastcraft - Into the Burning Pit of Hell-
+ Mareritt - Hymner Til Doden Og Morket-
+ Styggmyr - Hellish Blasphemy
Alone, in a world of light.
Alone, in the reign of Christ.
The Beast, resting in the deeps of Ade.
The Feast, I'm preparing.
My hands, stained with blood. A corpse, bleeding at my feet. The wind, rose from the North has dropped. The slaughter, now begins.
Father, you come at last. Satan, you are here for us. The Beast, in the deeps of Ade awakes. The end, gets near. We serve you. I serve you.
In nomine die nostri satanas luciferi exelsi
Potentum tou mondi de inferno,
Et non potest Lucifer imperor, rex maximus,
Dus ponticius glorificamus et in modods copulum adoramus te
Satan omnipotents in nostri mondi
DOMENI AGIMAS IESUS IESUS NASARENO REX IENOUDURUM
In nostri terra satan imperum
In vita lucifer ominus fortibus
Obsenum corporis dei nostri satana prontem
Reinus Glorius en in terra eregius
Luciferi imperator omnipotnets
Salve satanas
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