Orphic Hymns, No. 1

The histories of European occultist and esoteric tradition exist almost solely in the obscure and incoherent ramblings of medieval philosophers or in the cold detached voices of modern scholarly articles; they are as difficult to find as they are to understand; and they are marginalized or ignored by mainstream academics, theologians and society. But there is one mode of art which continues blatantly to interweave the themes of occultism and esotericism: black metal.