What's all this fuss about?

Latin lyrics in Heavy Metal music are a common phenomenon. The darker the music, the more evil the band wanna be. What's better than using an old, mysterious, hardly understandable, cryptic, medieval and therefore almost satanic language? Unfortunately bands seldom know how to use this language properly. So, instead of evoking the demons of the realm of evil, they just evoke a hop-frog. Clatu verata nicto! - The most of you know what happened after this wrongly spoken spell.

Normally, two questions are the result of the fact that you've just read a latin phrase:
- What does it mean? (almost everybody)
- Is it correct? (just a few latin aficionados)

This page doesn't want to make fun of mistakes in latin lyrics. I wanna answer the first question to everybody who is interested. The second question is just for myself or for the two or three weird guys out there or for bands which are thinking about using a latin phrase as well. You can contact me if you want.

Freitag, 10. Januar 2020

Negator - Vnitas Pvritas Existentia

Negator - Vnitas Pvritas Existentia (2019)

The German black Metal band "Negator" has recently released their newest record. The name of the record as well as some titles are in Latin, and there is also a whole song written in Latin - so there is some work to be done.

First, the titles:
  • Vnitas Pvritas Existentia - unity, purity, existence (To write "v" instead of "u" maybe echoes Roman insciptions. It's easier to carve a "v" than an "u")
  • Sanguis serpentis - blood of the snake
  • chaire phôs (ancient Greek) - hello light
  • Ritus sex - Rite Nr. 6
  • Regnum spiritus immundi - the reign of the impure soul/ spirit
  • Et verbvm caro factvm est - the word made flesh (The song starts with the Latin word "oremus" which means "let us pray")
And now the lyrics of the song "Ritus sex":

Ex ocvlis lvciditas, - Out of the eyes lucidy
ex ocvlis obscvritas! - Out of the eyes darkness
Ex anima laetitia, - Out of the soul joy
Ex anima maestitia! - Out of the soul grief
Te libera! - Free yourself!

Sic sine caritate es, - So you are without charity
et sic es sine odio - and so you are without hate
Evince te, sic transit spes, - Overcome yourself, so hope passes
sic transit desperatio. - so passes desperation
Te libera! - Free yourself!

Solacivm et veritas, - solace and truth
mendacivm et vanitas - lie and vanity
inaniter svnt. Tempora - are inane. Overcome
evince atqve spatia! - times and space!
Te libera! - Free yourself!

Segnitiam, svperbiam - Indifference, arrogance
et devotionem abice. - and devotion throw away.
Affectationem etiam. - Also affections.
Ab omnibvs libera te! - Free yourself from everything.
Te libera! - Free yourself!

Religionem fidemqve, - Religion, loyalty
scientiam exstingue. - and knowledge exstinguish!
E carne flvit anima - Out of the flesh flows the soul
et mors sed nvlla lacrima. - and death, but no tear.
Te libera! - Free yourself!

Proflvens aqva es. - You are fluent water.
Conflagrans flamma es. - You are a burning flame.
Fecvnda terra es. - You are fertile soil.
Validvm lignvm es. - You are solid wood.
Metallvm dvrvm es. - You are hard iron.
Aeternvs aether fi! - Become eternal ether!

Alpha et Omega - alpha and omega (the first and the last)
Devs et mortalis - god and mortal

Vnitas Pvritas Existentia - unity, purity, existence

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Hats off to Negator! The Latin phrases are all grammatically correct.

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