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THE AUSTRALIAN BLACK METAL MANIFESTO
BY FORGOTTEN CAIRNS
1) WE ARE NOT IN COLD NORTHERN EUROPE, BUT TRAPPED ON A DESERT ISLAND PRONE TO DROUGHT, HEATWAVE, AND ENCIRCLED BY IMPASSABLE OCEAN. THIS SHOULD BE REFLECTED IN OUR BLACK METAL. BLACK METAL IS NOT ABOUT POSING AND IMITATION, BUT ABOUT PURITY AND TRUTH.
2) SNOW IS ONLY A SMALL PART OF OUR LANDSCAPE, AND OVERRUN WITH ELITISTS AND THE RICH. IT IS NOT THE SNOW THAT WE NEED TO FEAR IN THIS LAND. IT IS THE UNRELENTING HEAT, HEAT THAT CAN KILL. THIS IS TRUE BLACK METAL.
3) WE HAVE NO WOLVES HERE. BUT WE HAVE THE MOST DEADLY SNAKES IN THE WORLD, THE MOST DEADLY SPIDERS, THE PARALYSIS TICK, THE BOX JELLYFISH, THE BLUE-RINGED OCTOPUS, THE STONEFISH. WE ARE SURROUNDED BY CREATURES THAT CAN KILL US MORE QUICKLY AND EASILY THAN ANY WOLF - AND THAT PREFER TO LURK IN THE DARKNESS. THIS IS TRUE BLACK METAL.
4) WE ARE IN A LAND WHERE THE EUROPEAN WORLD IS INVERTED. THE ANCIENT STARS THEMSELVES ARE DIFFERENT HERE. WE ARE IN A LAND SOUTH OF HELL. THIS IS TRUE BLACK METAL.
5) BLACK METAL IS ABOUT HARSH EXTREMES. OUR LAND IS ABOUT HARSH EXTREMES. THERE ARE NO COMPROMISES WITH MOTHER EARTH. THIS IS TRUE BLACK METAL.
6) THIS IS A LAND THAT HAS ONLY BEEN TOUCHED BY THE LYING HAND OF JESUS JUST OVER TWO CENTURIES AGO. THE EUROPEAN GOD IS A CHILD HERE, A MEWLING RUNT, COMPARED TO THE IMMEASURABLY ANCIENT POWERS THAT HAVE RULED THIS ISLAND FOR MILLENNIA. THIS IS TRUE BLACK METAL.
7) AS AN ISLAND, WE ARE TRULY ISOLATED. WE ARE NO-MANS-LAND. WE ARE THE TRUE OTHER. THIS IS TRUE BLACK METAL.
8) THIS IS A LAND OF IMMENSE TRAGEDY, IMMENSE LOSS, IMMENSE GENOCIDAL HORROR. OUR RECENT PAST IS A BACKDROP OF BLOOD AND TEARS. THIS IS TRUE BLACK METAL.
9) AS OCEAN LEVELS RISE, OUR ISLAND IS SINKING. WE ARE TRAPPED BENEATH A SLOWLY-GAPING WOUND IN THE SKY. OUR LIFESTYLES ARE NOT SUSTAINABLE. WE ARE COLLAPSING LIKE ANCIENT ROME. THIS IS TRUE BLACK METAL.
10) TO REGENERATE, MANY OF OUR PLANTS REQUIRE BURNING. OUR LAND IS A TRUE PHOENIX. BUSHFIRE AND REBIRTH. THIS IS TRUE BLACK METAL.
11) BURKE AND WILLS, GALLIPOLI, NED KELLY, OUR CONVICT ANCESTORS - OUR TRADITIONAL HEROES ARE FAILURES, OR KILLERS, OR BOTH. OUR CULTURE IS EMPTY OF EVERYTHING BUT LOSS AND GUILT. THIS IS TRUE BLACK METAL.
12) WHITE AUSTRALIA IS THE WORST FERAL PEST THIS COUNTRY HAS SEEN. WE MAKE CATS AND RATS SEEM LIKE ANGELS. WE MUST BE CULLED. THIS IS TRUE BLACK METAL.
13) PARTS OF AUSTRALIA ARE SO POLLUTED BY MINING, OR SO IRRADIATED BY WEAPONS TESTING, THAT NOTHING CAN LIVE THERE. THIS DESERT ISLAND HAS BEEN POISONED. WE ARE CREATING A GRIM VOID OF EMPTINESS. THIS IS TRUE BLACK METAL.
14) BLACK LEATHER AND SPIKES ARE PATHETIC IMITATIONS OF NORTHERN TRENDS. YOUR INAPPROPRIATE CLOTHING IMPRESSES NO-ONE. YOUR CORPSE-PAINT HAD BETTER BE 30+, OR YOU ARE MERELY PROPAGATING NORTHERN IMAGE. BE YOURSELF. BE AUSTRALIAN. CREATE TRUE BLACK METAL.
(transcribed August 2008, from the original manifesto penned by Forgotten Cairns)
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