As seen on http://board.finntroll.net/viewtopic.php?t=603
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Found this lovely website while I was randomly surfing around.
Would be kinda cool if it even is partly true.. :wink:
It's in swedish but I'll try to translate the important bits.
http://oskorei.motpol.nu/?p=259
The site mainly discusses the subject of resurgent atavism which
basically is old stuff that reappers today in a modern form.
A book that discusses this subject in a musical form is Lords of
Chaos - The Rise of the Satanic Metal Underground. The main theory is
that Black Metal is supposed to be a form of resurgent atavism.
Especially growling!
And now to the fun part.. :D
This has been found in books of arabic visitors to the cold north.
The Emperor Julian Apostaten told that in 350 A.D about the
northmen's harsh vocals, which he resembled by the screams of Crows.
He also speeks about their deathwailing as unharmonical.
An arabic traveler, Ibrahim Ibn Ahmed at-Tartuschi, who visited
Hedeby in the 900th century spoke about the Vikings and their
singing. "Never before have I heard such horrific singing as at the
slesvigarnas, it's a humming that rises from their throats in
resemblance of dogs barking only more beastly."
Around 870 it's told that the song of the allemannernas sounded like
a heavily loaded wagon that was rolling down a hill. And it is told
that their like thunder rolling chants couldn't handle any soft
modulation, since their throats was heavily affected by excessive
drunkenment.
I guess not all of it's completely true but it's still kinda nice.. ;)
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