Watain i Skräckministeriet

I didn't have the time to do a subtitle-version, so non-Swedish people will have to do with the translation being in the description. Sorry about typos and bad grammar.

Reporter: Black metal is an extreme form of hardrock which's built upon satanic values. Watain from Stockholm (Uploaders note: Watain is from Uppsala, but the reporter thinks they're from Stockholm) belongs to one of the most ortodox part of the genre, and thinks of their music and their religion as one of the same. The band is a channel for the satanic beliefs that the members believe in, and that all of their music is based upon. A revolt against the the prison that is the flesh, and a celebration to the chaos that lurks underneath, in the unexplored.

E: The things we have on stage, the way we look, the things we wear, and what happens on stage should represent unbounded chaotic force. The force that gives life to everyting we do.

Reporter: Since they started, ten years ago, they've been seen as one of the most serious satanistic band out there, they build all of their stage-gear themselves, they ferment the pig blood, and has no fear of repulsive stuff, and violence. With classic horror attributes like chains, crosses and animal-skulls Watain wants in the strongest way possible channel the dark forces they believe in.

E: We want to build a temple on our stage, a temple in honor of the chaos-forces, and since we do that, we're making the stage a holy place.

E: It should be like entering the most fanatic church you can imagine, in the middle of the morning service, where the energy isn't called upon but is already streaming through the air, and that's a place where no laws exists at all. It's a dangerous place, of course, for people who just wants some entertainment...

Reporter: And feels, it does. Before Watain enters the stage they pour molten pig-blood over themselves, sometimes they throw some of it out on the audience, the stench is so intense that many people pukes, while others has the opposite reaction, and devotes themselves. Just the way in old religious rituals Watain wants people to feel their gigs not only by vision and hearing, but also by smell.

E: All of our clothes is more or less rotten. To get dressed is a feeling like... Well, even if you've been at some place else in your head the whole day, when you dress in the rotten clothes, and pour the molten pig blood on you, then you can try all you want, but you're not the one in control anymore.

E: People often asks me that "How is it that you can do all that stuff, sing about such violent topics, drench yourself in pig-blood and still live a normal life?", but that's what it is about, when you do all that stuff, when you're up on that stage, your normal life doesn't exist anymore. That's the transformation.

Reporter: What happens to you when you're on stage?

E: I don't really know, I don't think I've ever really been up there *chuckles* But the one who is on stage, in my body, he's filled with fire and power that can move mountains.

Reporter: Would you say that you have consciousness while up on stage?

E: Yeah, I would, but the day I come back from a tour and don't remember any of the gigs, then I know that I've maybe not reached my goal, but made a huge leap towards it.

Category:

Music

Tags:

• Watain
• intervju
• swedish
• skräckministeriet

[MncDssctn]

Okay, I finally took the time to translate it to English, but doing it as subtitles on the actual video has going to take too much time, so I put the translation in the description, sorry about that, but there's still a lot of nice footage to watch, haha.

[PorkSword909]

musik för trots-tonåringar

[MncDssctn]

@PorkSword909 Det sa de om Beatles på 60-talet också, men jag skulle hävda att de gjort rätt stort intryck på musikhistorien...

[kor9]

Can somebody please translate this in English

[MncDssctn]

@kor9 Working on it, but I lack time for the moment.

[MncDssctn]

Blir att se dem både i Västerås och i Stockholm.

[randomnickname100]

Thanks for the transcript!

[dragondrummer97]

Grymt brutalt men ändå... Nåt magiskt med det.

[LuddeOfDoom]

snart dags att se Watain för tredje gången i år.

[FriskMeister392]

Stockholmsbandet? De är från Uppsala för tusan!

[dadov]

@zacke1999 nah, finns fler. dock inte bland de stora banden! :)

[randomnickname100]

Any translations yet?

[Trashed33]

@extremeaggression94 Duh, nu känner jag mig dum. Självklart är det den. Tack!

[extremeaggression94]

@Trashed33 Legions of the Black Light

[PrayForDestruction]

This video desperately needs a translation :)

[Trashed33]

What's the song called at 1:37?

[Casphr]

@jalleballe231 oooooh cooling

[Casphr]

rubba berg = gay

[Izgoroth]

I love this video even I don't understand what they are saying. Hail Watain!

[MID128]

Public service! Skulle vilja se den reklamfinansierade tv kanal som vågar göra ett sådanthär program!

[MID128]

Public service! Skulle vilja se den reklamfinansierade tv kanal som vågar göra ett sådanthär program!

[M8nDevil]

Best band in the world - Så är det bara

[olspelshugo]

herpa derp

[thefreezingmoon1]

Bra live band, såg dem i Luleå för ett rätt så bra tag sen..

Tighta och helt sjuk live känsla.

[MartyWilson100]

Saknar Skräckministeriet. Mycket bra program, att Watain var med gjorde ej saken sämre.

[UlfLundell]

@Chaanee Han menar väll mer att bara för att man har ett uppochnedvänt kors runt halsen är man inte en satanist för det. Att man måste köra hela grejen, blod, snusk, ritualer osv. osv. vilket är sant gällande all tro iofs.