Heathen Deity - Black Metal from United Kingdom
Interview with Dagon
Interview by Jay Parker
Hi Dagon thanks for taking the time to talk to me... 1) When and where was HD formed? What motivated you to create the band? Dagon: Heathen Deity was formed in 1998 out of a common respect for the music the scene and its musicians. We initially started covering the bands we listened to, Mayhem, Dissection and Tormentor etc, covering the classics and gradually writing our own music, finding our feet and our sound. The same ‘how we started’ story as most in all honesty.
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2) I grew up in UK, and your sound is very nostalgic for me, it transports me back to those cold winter forests and dark evenings...what was the inspiration behind your sound?
main source of inspiration are my personal views on religion. I am against Christianity in all its many tainted forms, and I use my lyrics to voice some of my thoughts and views on the subject, granted most of the ideas and song themes usually culminate in fire or some kind of mass Christian burning, but that’s just how my mind works. 3) Your new album TEBM is exactly what it says on the label, over an hour of classic BM straight from the blackened heart of the English woodlands... tell us about the album...
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