"Nymphetamine" by Cradle of Filth (2004)

It's just a song...and a memory

Before I would proceed with this post, I would like to express my respect and apology to Christians and other people who find the music and stunts of the English extreme metal band to be Satanic and offensive to their faith. I do not intend to insult Jesus Christ and mock the faith of His believers, but to just share memories I have surrounding this song.

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The experience

The first time I heard this song was in the year I slowly opened myself to many forms of rock music, like nu metal, alternative and yes, the kind sung by Cradle of Filth, Slipknot and Marilyn Manson. And at the two years that followed, I got "interested" in Satanism, but I never went close to worshiping the devil, though I annoyed certain people by "expressing" "faith" in the devil. That was just that. Nothing serious, seriously.

The matter of church arson, vandalism

While digging deeper into what bands like Cradle of Filth and Marilyn Manson sing about, I have come to read about members of black metal bands and their fans setting fires on churches, some of them important historical landmarks, in Norway. People behind the wave of arson attacks on churches are thought to be Satanists or devil-worshipers, but these are the same people that commit murders and make threats against fellow black metal musicians. They are even thought to be pagans, but devil-worshipers, satanists, pagans or not, they are anti-people, anti-society and evil. Why can they just play for the sake of music?

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But what about those people who break into churches to steal consecrated hosts for use in their Black Mass? Not good! I won't mind them holding a ceremony that is a mockery of a Catholic Mass, but to steal something from somewhere to use at the ceremony? Why can't they just make their own bread? I won't even mind them sacrificing a child to the devil as long as they use one of their kind (but with the consent of the parents, of course) and not kidnap any other child.

Should you listen to this song?

If you are of strong religious faith, please listen to the song with caution. Know that Cradle of Filth harbors hatred against Christianity. For me, it's the song that matters.

This song will always be one of my favorites. It bring back the memories when Satan still ruled the mind of a former depressive and love-struck youth.

Please listen with care.