Sigfried Says

This is my first time back at my home studio setup since the first track was recorded and posted. The past couple of weeks, I was battling a bad cold (thank goodness it wasn’t the flu) – and having an even more irritating battle with my doctor’s office. One of the nurses there is a bit on the lazy side, apparently, but another nurse from the same office went to bat for me and I finally got the meds I needed (just an antibiotic and some cough syrup) so that I can get the rest of this shit out of me.

There’s no lyrics to this track yet - I’ll be writing them while I carry the rough WIP mix of this song with me on my iPod - but I like the music enough to share it. The drums remind me of “Ea, Lord Of The Depths” by Burzum (yeah, I pick on the man for his preposterous viewpoints, but his pre-prison albums are still crucial listening). I wanted to use some keyboards on some of the FOOTS tracks so this second track was a good place to start. I like the atmosphere. I hope you like the song. I do.

One of the t-shirt designs I am considering for From Out Of The Skies is going to read on the back of the shirt, 

“BURZUM IS A CUNT”

I may even do an alternate version that reads:

“BURZUM IS A TWAT WAFFLE”

Presenting the first track from my project, From Out Of The Skies. The name of the song is also “From Out Of The Skies”. 

OK, I admit, I’m a bit at a loose end until I have to meet up with some associates for some cover band business. (I told you I was a musician). I’m sitting here listening to some good organ jazz and while I was killing a little time, I felt like typing a little.

By now you’re already probably asking yourself, “What the fuck kind of black metal musician is this guy?” I can’t answer that - probably neither can you. And what the hell is a typical black metal musician anyway? Some dude living alone in a house with a bunch of instruments and albums, making music on a four-track machine and writing lyrics about how life sucks until he’s downstairs (preferably by his own hand) hanging out with the horned one? I can’t speak for any of those kinds of people (and don’t want to), but I’ll never take away from them their ability to make intense music.

I am not a “depressed” person. I have anxiety issues but I don’t consider that to be “depression”. My doctor’s printout had “anxiety with depression” marked on the sheet, so I’m not sure if that was an error on the cleric’s part or if technically, anxiety is a form of depression. I don’t give a shit. If the depression part is a misdiagnosis or not, I’m going to make fun of that diagnosis with my music.

I have never dressed in corpsepaint or wore typical black metal clothes, but for fun, as part of this project and to conceal my real-life identity and separate it from who Sigfried Eponymous is (especially since I do other kinds of music part-time under my everyday identity and have a full-time day job as well), I will most likely don corpsepaint and black clothes for the first promo picture. I am grateful that I have an excellent camera with an auto-timer for when that time comes.

I will discuss my spiritual beliefs in some detail in a separate post sometime later, those are not fully relevant to this post anyway. (Also, for a reason I’ll get into in a moment, I can’t say for sure right now how relevant my own spiritual beliefs would affect the lyrics of From Out Of The Skies.) But I am not some theistic Satanist in the supposed tradition of some of Norway’s early pioneers. Don’t expect anything like the WWE-like rantings of Øystein “Euronymous” Aarseth or Kristian “Varg” Vikernes (or whatever the hell his name is this week) gave Kerrang! magazine back in the day from me. (I do like pro wrestling and always have, but that’s another story entirely.)

The form the first From Out Of The Skies release is going to take is still up in the air. I start recording tomorrow. The basics of the first song are already composed. Lyrics may not come right away, as I tend to record instrumental versions first, keep the rough mix of those on my iPod and on a demo CDR, and write lyrics at home. (This is why I said in the previous paragraph that I don’t know how my spiritual beliefs would or will affect the lyrical content.)

I know I’m going to get asked what album ignited my interest in Black Metal. This was it. I bought it randomly at a Camelot Music location in my hometown, and was knocked out by how solid it was from top to bottom. I have no particular preference in black metal styles, and what I compose for From Out Of The Skies will reflect that. “With Strength I Burn” makes me happy to this day. I know what you’re thinking, a black metal musician talking about happiness? Hey, I’m not your average black metal musician. 

Greetings and hails, my friends. Let me introduce myself briefly. My name, as far as this project is concerned, is Sigfried Eponymous. Or just Eponymous. I am a musician. I am presently writing and recording my first release under the band name From Out Of The Skies. 

I like to say that my music is necrocosmic black metal. I use that term because, knowing my own creative ways, every composition and arrangement may take on different characteristics and emotions. In other words, my definition of “necrocosmic” will mean “based around black metal, but without any limitations”.

In this blog, I will be sharing my progress on my black metal project, thoughts on anything and everything in this “mortal” world and on spirituality, various musical examples that have inspired me throughout the years (not just in the genre that From Out Of The Skies rests in), and whatever else compels me to log onto this platform and speak with you all. (Shorter spiels will turn up on my Twitter page, @EponymousUSBM