#kawir

[drondskaath]

Kawir | Kydoimos | 19th April, 2024

Greek Pagan Black Metal

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KAWIR "Αδράστεια" LP 2019

1. Tydeus 2. Atalanti 3. Danaides 4. Limniades 5. Colchis 6. Medea

Kawir - Adrasteia | Iron Bonehead Productions (bandcamp.com)

[alephskoteinos]

I insist on promoting Kawir's album "To Cavirs". It's still such a "magical" pagan black metal record, certainly compelled me this morning.

[akhenaten-imhotep]

Song inspirations

// So recently I’ve been listening to Kawir’s “Medea” from the album “Adrasteia”, which is a concept album about the greek personification of female revenge (Adrasteia being one of the facets of Nemesis.)

The track in question tells Euripide’s version of Medea’s tale. An english translation from the original modern greek by Dr. Ioulia Kolovou is below.

Link to the song:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YNwd6aLHutY

So thanks to this song, a plotbunny has been hopping inside my head lately. I have been wondering how I could adapt this song to Akhenaten’s backstory. Now, it would be quite metaphorical thanks to her being a 40k OC. Dunno yet if this lore is temporary, but here it is. I am open to suggestions on how to improve it.

Analysis is under the cut for lenght and triggering content; ie. child murder and suicide-by-proxy.

(Image to not die ignored XD)

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“Medea”

Medea, the daughter of Aietes, who cut up Apsyrtos And scattered his parts in the Black Sea Medea the witch, Medea, fratricide, poisoner. Medea abominable, Medea sorceress, Medea the enchantress, Medea of the black soul. The daughter of Hecate, in a dank cave In a distant land was joined in matrimony to the conceited Jason In Corinth she was crowned queen with a crown of blood. She gave Glauce gifts of death; she wiped out Mermeros and Pheres She who gifted them life, grants death as her final gift She cuts out their lives with a blood-dripping hand, tainting the fruit of her womb. Justice does not dwell in the eyes of mortals without you knowing what they are hiding in their hearts. You hate them at first sight even if they haven’t done you any wrong. Monstrous Medea, Medea the witch, Medea the enchantress, Medea of the black soul, Medea Murderess.

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Medea, the daughter of Aietes, who cut up Apsyrtos And scattered his parts in the Black Sea Medea the witch, Medea, fratricide, poisoner. Medea abominable, Medea sorceress, Medea the enchantress, Medea of the black soul.

Akhenaten was the daughter of a king of Gaznir. After being cast out by her family for being a psyker, she was rescued by the XVth legion when they brought the world under compliance. The then-child had no qualms with throwing her loyalty to her old family and throwing her lot with the Thousand Sons, who would become her new family. Years down the line, Gaznir rises in rebellion agaisnt the Imperium, with her old birth-siblings being among the leaders. The Imperium, who doesn’t know about Akhenaten’s blood ties to them, sends the Thousand Sons to put down the rebellion. And once Akhenaten arrives to the planet she realizes her relatives are behind it. Yet she has no qualms about following Magnus’ orders to destroy the city in which they were, thus leading to their deaths.

The thousand sons were well known for their use of psychic powers/magic, which earned them the distrust of many.

In the song, the poisoner line refers to how Medea poisoned Glauce, who was the woman with whom Jason cheated on her. Considering how Magnus and the Thousand Sons threw their lot with Lorgar/ the Word Bearers and Horus / the Sons of Horus despite them being the ones responsible for the destruction of Prospero and the enslavement of its civilian population for turning them into rogue psykers during the Horus Heresy, they would symbolize Glauce.

If memory doesn’t fail me, they joined the traitor’s side out of desperation for they wished to find all of Magnus’ soul fragments. My knowledge of 30k lore is patchy, so I don’t know how far they were in the search before they said “fuck it we all”. As a result, I am unsure if Akhenaten ever knew of the reasons for the deal. But even if she knew, she would still find it unforgivable due to how the Legion protected and nurtured Prospero’s population. Considering chances are the Word Bearers and the Sons of Horus mistreated their rogue psykers, Akhenaten would interpret the legion’s actions as an approval of it.

I do know Akhenaten dropped the legion faster than a hot potato after she witnessed Ahriman sacrificing Hathor to summon a Lord of Change, so if she witnessed the rogue psyker’s abuse chances are it was after she left.

The reason why she abandoned the legion was because Hathor and Ahzek were her adoptive parents. And if Ahriman was capable of doing that to Hathor, then what would he do to her?

But perhaps a better reason would be their actions during the Siege of Terra. Conjuring daemons and using black magic to terrorize the planet. After all, Akhenaten fought for the Imperium, thus making her be in the receiving end of that.

Or maybe she turned agaisnt them because of all of the above.

EDIT: Damn, can’t believe I forgot about the First and Second Rubrics of Ahriman. And how thanks to the Second one, survivors from the First became randomly rubricc’ed. Yet another reason for her hate and anger towards the XVth.

To make matters worse, after learning of the first rubric she fell into a deep depression which led to her not getting out of bed for three months. And then she pulled a suicide by proxy via fighting an old thousand sons love who got chaos-spawned thanks to flesh change from a magical mishap. She survived the fight, but faced dire consecuences because of throwing magical precautions to the wind.

Her feelings towards Horemheb were mixed. On one side he was her first love, but after falling to Tzeentch he tried to swindle her.

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And as a revenge for the capture and enslavement of the prosperine, the corruption of half of the legions, the burning of Prospero, the Betrayal at Calth, various atrocities and the death of Sanguinius, Akhenaten under false pretenses gives poisoned gifts to members of the XVIth and XVIIth legions, resulting in their deaths.

The daughter of Hecate, in a dank cave In a distant land was joined in matrimony to the conceited Jason In Corinth she was crowned queen with a crown of blood. She gave Glauce gifts of death; she wiped out Mermeros and Pheres She who gifted them life, grants death as her final gift She cuts out their lives with a blood-dripping hand, tainting the fruit of her womb.

The first and second lines would refer to how she became Magnus’ gene-child once she got implanted with the XVth’s geneseed. Magnus’ main trait was his arrogance, which was one of the factors which led to the legion’s fall.

The “crowned queen with a crown of blood” line would be about how many years after the Great Scouring she killed a Son of Horus and took over his warband (but that’s a long story.)

We already know who Glauce is, but who would be Mermeros and Pheres? Thousand Sons who were created using Akhenaten’s geneseed.

(Considering Akhenaten belonged to the Order of the Jackal, and they were the ones in charge of selecting, transforming and raising the aspirants and neophytes into astartes, chances are Mermeros and Pheres were astartes in whose creation she was involved. Because they were made using her geneseed and she raised them, she considered herself their mother.

And they were lost in the warp during the Horus Heresy, being spat out many years later.)

Justice does not dwell in the eyes of mortals without you knowing what they are hiding in their hearts. You hate them at first sight even if they haven’t done you any wrong.

Akhenaten was beautiful, yet hid a lot of hate and anger in her heart. And she took it out on innocent people.

Monstrous Medea, Medea the witch, Medea the enchantress, Medea of the black soul, Medea Murderess.

Thanks to the crimes she commited, the people would call her Queen Abomination.

[gbhbl]

Album Review: Nightfall Upon the Asylum by Drama Noir (Floga Records)

Immerse yourself in the dark and atmospheric symphonic black metal world of Drama Noir as they unveil their highly anticipated third full-length album, Nightfall Upon The Asylum, set to be released on May 3rd, 2023, through Floga Records. Hailing from Greece, this talented band delivers a haunting and powerful experience for fans of Katavasia, Synteleia, Yoth Iria, and Kawir. Drama Noir formed in…

[rockattitudegr]

Οι βετεράνοι The Magus παρουσιάζουν τη διασκευή τους στο κλασικό “Fire” του Arthur Brown, και το βίντεο που το συνοδεύει με μέλη των Rotting Christ, Varathron, Lucifer’s Child, Kawir, W.E.B., Order of the Ebon Hand, Yoth Iria, Penthos, Funeral Storm και Euphrosyne.

[robtopus]

This came to me in a dream.

[theballadofmortimerlepastorale]

SLW 2023, episode 35 (2023_09_30)

Broadcast: KTQA-LP 95.3 FM Tacoma, streaming address at KTQA.org

Voice-Over/Intro, music in the background: playlist selection #1

01. Strap On Halo - When They Come For You (Seattle, Washington 2016)

02. The Mission - Severina [Radio Edit](Leeds, England 1987)

03. The Chameleons - Swamp Thing (Middleton, England 1986)

04. Theatre Of Hate - Rebel Without A Brain (London, England 1981)

05. Molchat Doma - Ne Smeshno (Minsk, Belarus 2020)

06. IX Reflections - Reflection (Moscow, Russia 2021)

07. Alice Cooper - Clones (We're All)(Los Angeles, California 1980)

Voice-Over/First Break, music in the background: Ron Grainer - Main Title Theme (The Prisoner OST (BBC T.V. 1968))

08. Nuxx Vomica - Easy Go (New York City, New York 2023)

09. Shrinkwrap Killers - I Think the Sirens are Coming For Me (Oakland, California 2019)

10. Executioner's Mask - Contempt (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 2022)

11. The Art Intel - Saturnine (Dallas, Texas 2022)

12. Replicas - Breath (Tacoma, Washington 2021)

13. Licorice Chamber - Just Like The Horror Movies (Tacoma, Washington 2022)

Voice-Over/Top of The Hour Break, music in the background: Albert Elms - Fight Between No. 6 and No. 14 (The Prisoner OST (BBC T.V. 1968))

14. Progenitor - Treasures of Perversion (Tacoma, Washington 2023)

15. Vaulderie - Symphony of Hunger (Tacoma, Washington 2022)

16. Cemetery Lights - Abide With Me (Rhode Island 2022)

17. Carnation Maze - I (Russian Federation 2020)

18. Kawir - Medea (Athens, Greece 2020)

Voice-Over/Third Break, music in the background: Albert Elms - No. 2 Has No. 6 Followed to the Stone Boat (The Prisoner OST (BBC T.V. 1968))

19. Religious Observance - Waterboard (Melbourne, Australia 2021)

20. Iron Maiden - The Prisoner (Leyton, England 1982)

21. The Specials - We Sell Hope (Coventry, England 2019)

Voice-Over/Last Break, music in the background: Ron Grainer - Full Version: Main Title Theme (The Prisoner OST (BBC T.V. 1968))

[havocinthebluebox]

Top album 2022 (bonus 2)

Things I loved but didn't make it to the top :

Pure Wrath – Hymn to the Woeful Hearts

Desolate Shrine – Fires Of The Dying World

Trolldom – Av Gudars Ätt

Aries – Le Dernier Sacre

Thos Ælla – Sempiternal Mobocracies

Aara – Triade II : Hemera

Vargatand – Vargatand

Αχεροντας – The Seven Tongues of ΔΑΗΜΩΝ

Gaerea – Mirage

Pensées Nocturnes – Douce Fange

FT-17 – Aisne 1914

Pestilent Hex – The Ashen Abhorrence

Destroyer 666 - Never Surrender

Lili Refrain - Mana

Vaino – Metsänpeitto

Celeste – Assassine(s)

Amorphis – Halo

Ysyry Mollvün – Ysyry Mollvün

Arð – Take Up My Bones

Vaina – ✥ Futue Te Ipsum ✥ Angel with Many Faces

Ghost – Impera

Besna – Zverstvá

Messa – Close

Heltekvad – Morgenrødens Helvedesherre

The Nest – Her True Nature

Bâ’a – Egrégore

Heltekvad – Morgenrødens Helvedesherre

Desolate Shrine – Fires Of The Dying World

Bhleg – Fäghring

Darkher – The Buried Storm

Al-Namrood – Worship the Degenerate

Arthuros – Ultraromance

Horn – Verzet

Predatory Night – Death and the Twillight Hours

Sacrifizer – Le Diamant de Lucifer

Lunar Chalice – The Shadow Pilgrimage

Vandalorum – Flagellum Dei

Dark Fount – Become the Soul of Mist

Satyricon – Satyricon & Munch

Nubivagant – The Wheel and the Universe

Czarny Bez – Ludzie, Duchy, Bogi

Miséricorde – Le Loup des Ruines

Grima – Frostbitten

Avel – Avel

Dregahir – Dregahir the Crebain

Wampiric Rites – The Wolves Howl to the Moon

Lustre – A Thirst for Summer Rain

Wyrms – Sarkhral Lumænor

Satanic Warmaster - Aamongandr

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EP, demos, singles, etc :

...And Oceans - The Collector and his Construct

Ieschure/Moloch – Among the Swamps and Darkness

Hulder – The Eternal Fanfare

Unholdun – Unholdun

Archgoat – All Christianity Ends

Gallower – Eastern Witchcraft

Sainte-Marie des Loups – Obéissance… Jusqu’à la mort

Osi and the Jupiter – Night in White Satin

Woods of Desolation - The Falling Tide

Häxan – Rains

Roi Rouge – Tant que je respire, j’espère

Kawir – War of the Giants

[schwazombie]

When you get this, list 5 songs you like to listen to, publish. Then, send this ask to 10 of your favorite followers (positivity is cool) 😘

I saw this in my askbox, was like oh, I'll answer it when I get home from work, AND THEN BECAUSE I'D LOOKED THE NOTIF WAS GONE AND I FORGOT IT EXISTED ÖÖÖÖÖ (oops)

Hmmmmmmmmmmmm five songs I like to listen to okay uhhhhh

I've been listening to a lot of KMFDM lately so I think Hau Ruck should be on here. The song, not the album of the same name :D

Zielscheibe ~OOMPH! from back before Dero lost his marbles (RIP :( you were a good band while you lasted OOMPH! )

V.C (Gloria Domini) ~ Moonspell. Pretty much any Moonspell song tbh. Dude's got my gender in so many albums

My Velvet Little Darkness ~ Lacrimas Profundere (Filthy Notes For Frozen Hearts is SUCH A GOOD ALBUM)(also I think I once lived in an alternate timeline where the original lead singer committed suicide because now when I look at the wikipedia article for the band he's alive)(I also once saw them in concert and met the current lead singer Julian. I gave him a smooch on the cheek it was fun :D )

Hail Bacchus ~ Kawir (because let's be honest am I going to make a list of songs I like to listen to without my #1 song for my #1 like)

Mwah! Thanks for the ask :D Have you already done this? Where are your answers I want to see :D :D

[norteenlinea]

Greek black metallers KAWIR return to the stage and celebrate 30 years

http://dlvr.it/SlhR6g

[radiopuertodelmetal]

KAWIR -TITANOMAXIA/TITANOMACHY

[blastbeat]

black metal-vinyl: kawir / yoth iria - “split”. released 2020 via hell’s fire records. 

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KAWIR “Προς Κάβειρους (To Cavirs)", LP 1996 (Antique Heathen Black Metal in honour to the glorious Hellenic past)

https://thoseopposedrecords.bandcamp.com/album/discography-boxset-1993-2013

[bruderdeslichts]

WALPURGIA set release date for HELTER SKELTER debut mini-album – features members of KAWIR, NERGAL, BLACK BLOOD INVOCATION, HATE MANIFESTO+++ 

http://bruderdeslichts.com/walpurgia-set-release-date-for-helter-skelter-debut-mini-album-features-members-of-kawir-nergal-black-blood-invocation-hate-manifesto/