Wolv(erin)es of Blood & Iron

In case anyone was wondering what the ideal type is for black metal covers, Finland's Satanic Warmaster (whose name is pretty flawless as well), a BM horde consisting of only one member (Satanic Tyrant Werewolf), nails it all the way through the spectrum.

From the terroristic stance replete with weapons (although not nostalgic spears, meaning that we've moved beyond early 90's Satyricon releases), Nazi-echo names (though Mr. Werewolf denies any NS leanings, he just enjoys mining the bleak depths of European history, à la Laibach), obligatory inverted crosses, black and white photography, and indiscernible nationalistic-seeming eagle resting on... that's right, a black nimbus encircling the balaclava-clad hed of our protagonist...


... to your standard heavily inscribed logo with a photo of Werewolf in the BM equivalent of bling (nail sleeves and an inverted-cross chain) in his corpse-painted glory in, where else, a dark forest to...


... to a wolverine behind a tree. I love the sincerity of this (and his tongue poking out, presumably at the decaying hull of the Christian faith). Wolverines are cold-dwelling nasty creatures capable of waging war on you. Apparently, this little fellow is capable not only of biting your shins, but of doing so as a satanic warmaster of the night.

1 comment:

Benjamin said...

it's rare to respond to black metal imagery with that's sooo cute - perhaps the wolverine is merely lulling me into a false sense of humanist security before unleashing his full cthonic powers that will smite my Christianised soul