What about them?Originally Posted by darknight55
No. You see, the Satanic association with the tri-tone stems from the Middle Ages, whereby as the tri-tone has a really evil sound to it, people back then used to think it was summoning the devil or evil spirits and whatnot.
In modern times, there were people around in the '60s and '70s who had never heard of anything like Black Sabbath or Blue Cheer or any of those really heavy guys. 'Heavy Metal' back then was pretty much just Led Zeppelin. On top of that, when Sabbath first started out they played blues-rock under a different name which escapes me at the moment.
They then changed their name to Black Sabbath, which they took from a horror movie that was playing around that time, and began to incorporate dark lyrics into their music; i.e. horror and occult-type stuff, as well as down-tuning their guitars to make them sound heavier as well as incorporating said tri-tone into their music. Not just that, but their stage shows began to feature giant crosses and other such things. Essentially, they wanted to create the musical equivalent of horror movies. And they did.
Later on, as more 'heavy metal' bands began to surface, a band named Venom made their way into the public's eye and everything before them immediately looked harmless. These guys became very influential in the metal community, particularly with their first two albums "Welcome to Hell" and "Black Metal." Their lyrics often contained Satanic references and the members took on stage names like Jesus Christ and Abaddon (Abaddon meaning 'depths of hell') and the Satanic image of metal was from then on pretty much set in stone.
