Mors mystica : black metal theory symposium

Essays and artworks related to Mors Mystica, a black metal theory symposium on the theme of mystical death. "Only that person who says: 'My soul chooses hanging, and my bones death' can truly embrace this fire . . . for it is absolutely true that 'no one can see me and live.'" -- Bonaventure, Itinerarium Mentis in Deum CONTENTS Introduction: On “Heroes/Helden” Edia Connole & Nicola Masciandaro Following the Stench: Watain and Putrefaction Mysticism Drew Daniel Ablaze in the Bath of Fire Brad Baumgartner Mycelegium James Harris dying to find I was never there Teresa Gillespie On the Ecstasy of Annihilation: Notes towards a Demonic Supplement Charlie Blake Autonomy of Death, Nothing Like This Daniel Colucciello Barber “It’s a suit! It’s ME!”: Hyper-Star and Hyper-Hero through Black Sabbath's Iron Man Caoimhe Doyle & Katherine Foyle The Tongue-Tied Mystic: Aaaarrrgghhh! Fuck Them! Fuck You! Gary J. Shipley These Flames Will Lick the Feet of God Heather Masciandaro Mystical Anarchism Simon Critchley Die Maske des Black Metals Dominik Irtenkauf Xenharmonic Black Metal: Radical Intervallics as Apophatic Ontotheology Brooker Buckingham The Perichoresis of Music, Art, and Philosophy Hunter Hunt-Hendrix On Darkness Itself Niall Scott Haemál Jeremy Dyer From Black Bile Eugene Thacker “This Place is a Tomb”: Infinite Terror in Darkspace Dylan Trigg Seven Propositions On The Secret Kissing Of Black Metal: OSKVLVM Edia Connole Wings Flock to My Crypt, I Fly to My Throne: On Inquisition’s Esoteric Floating Tomb Nicola Masciandaro Symposium Photographs Öykü Tekten APPENDIX Bound to Metal (Interview with Edia Connole for Legacy) Dominik Irtenkauf Theoria e praxis del Black Metal (Interview by Fabio Selvafiorita for L’Intellettuale Dissidente) Nicola Masciandaro Essays And Artworks Related To Mors Mystica, A Black Metal Theory Symposium On The Theme Of Mystical Death. Only That Person Who Says: 'my Soul Chooses Hanging, And My Bones Death' Can Truly Embrace This Fire . . . For It Is Absolutely True That 'no One Can See Me And Live.' -- Bonaventure, Itinerarium Mentis In Deum Contents Introduction: On Heroes/helden Edia Connole & Nicola Masciandaro Following The Stench: Watain And Putrefaction Mysticism Drew Daniel Ablaze In The Bath Of Fire Brad Baumgartner Mycelegium James Harris Dying To Find I Was Never There Teresa Gillespie On The Ecstasy Of Annihilation: Notes Towards A Demonic Supplement Charlie Blake Autonomy Of Death, Nothing Like This Daniel Colucciello Barber It's A Suit! It's Me!: Hyper-star And Hyper-hero Through Black Sabbath's Iron Man Caoimhe Doyle & Katherine Foyle The Tongue-tied Mystic: Aaaarrrgghhh! Fuck Them! Fuck You! Gary J. Shipley These Flames Will Lick The Feet Of God Heather Masciandaro Mystical Anarchism Simon Critchley Die Maske Des Black Metals Dominik Irtenkauf Xenharmonic Black Metal: Radical Intervallics As Apophatic Ontotheology Brooker Buckingham The Perichoresis Of Music, Art, And Philosophy Hunter Hunt-hendrix On Darkness Itself Niall Scott Haemal Jeremy Dyer From Black Bile Eugene Thacker This Place Is A Tomb: Infinite Terror In Darkspace Dylan Trigg Seven Propositions On The Secret Kissing Of Black Metal: Oskvlvm Edia Connole Wings Flock To My Crypt, I Fly To My Throne: On Inquisition's Esoteric Floating Tomb Nicola Masciandaro Symposium Photographs Oyku Tekten Appendix Bound To Metal (interview With Edia Connole For Legacy) Dominik Irtenkauf Theoria E Praxis Del Black Metal (interview By Fabio Selvafiorita For L'intellettuale Dissidente) Nicola Masciandaro CONTENTS Introduction: On “Heroes/Helden” Edia Connole & Nicola Masciandaro 1 Following the Stench: Watain and Putrefaction Mysticism Drew Daniel 53 Ablaze in the Bath of Fire Brad Baumgartner 69 Mycelegium James Harris 81 dying to find I was never there Teresa Gillespie 99 On the Ecstasy of Annihilation: Notes towards a Demonic Supplement Charlie Blake 147 Autonomy of Death, Nothing Like This Daniel Colucciello Barber 169 “It’s a suit! It’s ME!”: Hyper-Star and Hyper- Hero through Black Sabbath’s “Iron Man” Caoimhe Doyle & Katherine Foyle 177 The Tongue-Tied Mystic: Aaaarrrgghhh! Fuck Them! Fuck You! Gary J. Shipley 201 These Flames Will Lick the Feet of God Heather Masciandaro 215 Mystical Anarchism Simon Critchley 219 Die Maske des Black Metals Dominik Irtenkauf 257 Xenharmonic Black Metal: Radical Intervallics as Apophatic Ontotheology Brooker Buckingham 269 The Perichoresis of Music, Art, and Philosophy Hunter Hunt-Hendrix 279 On Darkness Itself Niall Scott 293 Haemál Jeremy Dyer 307 From Black Bile Eugene Thacker 317 “This Place is a Tomb”: Infinite Terror in Darkspace Dylan Trigg 325 Seven Propositions On The Secret Kissing Of Black Metal: OSKVLVM Edia Connole 333 Wings Flock to My Crypt, I Fly to My Throne: On Inquisition’s Esoteric Floating Tomb Nicola Masciandaro 367 Symposium Photographs Öykü Tekten 383 APPENDIX Bound to Metal (Interview with Edia Connole for Legacy) Dominik Irtenkauf 399 Theoria e praxis del Black Metal (Interview by Fabio Selvafiorita for L’Intellettuale Dissidente) Nicola Masciandaro