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by Ronja » Fri Feb 23, 2007 3:22 am
A lot of the heavy metal bands have mythical and/or archetypal references. (Especially those who were into Crowley, etc.)
But a genre that hasn't really been mentioned is rap. Saul Williams is primarily a poet, but recently he's been setting his thoughts to music. He is also featured in a movie called Slam.
Here's a little taste from his album Amethyst Rock Star,
Tao of Now
Children of the night, only some will star the sky, only believers in death will die, and fathers must feather the wings of women. For the unfeathered masses dangle ridiculous, carrying crosses to phallic filled tombs. The future sails silence through blood rivered wombs that ripple with riddles of cows and spoons and birth moons and earth's sun, centered at noon...and here I stand court jestering infinity, fetal fisted for revolution but open hands birth humility....
In the name of...those who burned those still aflame and the countless unnamed, we claim the present as a pre-sent as the hereafter, we are unraveling our navels so that we may ingest the sun. We are not afraid of the darkness, we trust that the moon shall guide us. We are determining the future at this very moment. We now know that the heart is the philosopher's stone. Our music is our alchemy... If you must count to keep the beat then count....
Sorry, I got carried away. The imagery and the beat are quite powerful though. I hope you enjoy his work.