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What I’m reading 10

Posted on April 27th, 2006 by Chris.
Categories: Chris, General/Misc..

1) http://www.spikedhumor.com/articles/22008/End_Women_s_Suffrage.html

2) http://mafiascum.net/

3) http://www.sing365.com/music/lyric.nsf/Freedom-Time-lyrics-Lauryn-Hill/2BE0CB403896B9CE48256BCF001615B3

4) http://www.csun.edu/~vcgeo005/bible.htm

5) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Troll_metal

Excerpt:

Troll metal is a term used to group black metal bands, and bands rooted in black metal, that deal with lyrical themes and imagery about trolls, goblins and other related subjects that are closely related to those of power metal.

There are three important bands of this form of black metal: Finntroll, Mortiis, and Arckanum. Whilst serving as a good form of black metal for these bands to expand their musical style, they usually try to stay close to their usual lyrics. It is for the aforementioned reason that the three major bands sound so different: Mortiis, with a medieval ambient sound (no longer as current); Arckanum, with a pretty simple black metal sound, only with troll themed lyrics; and Finntroll with their mixture of black metal and humppa (a kind of Finnish traditional music), which gives them a distinctive folk metal sound.

In most songs of Finntroll, trolls relate their hate of humans, especially Christians, which is for them a plague to eradicate, usually by eating them. They relate how they prepare for battles without fear, arming themselves with axes and subsequently how much humans should fear them. They also tell about their rites and beliefs, and thematically live in the north and humans in the south (as trolls come from the Scandinavian folklore and most troll metal bands are from Nordic countries). Trolls also seem to have a ‘King’ and a ‘Lord‘ called Rivfader (the name of their demo) that is referenced in lyrics.

6) http://www.raytheon.com/feature/ceo_handbook/

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