Peter Beste- 真. 挪威黑金

原文刊載出處newhumanist-Keith Kahn-Harris專欄
大略翻譯如下,為的是讓更多人了解黑金文化(包括我自己)
Of the many postwar subcultures, black metal is one of the most extraordinary. Arising in the late ‘80s as a reaction to the bloated success of mainstream heavy metal, the black metal underground sought to create a music and culture that were unambiguously satanic, transgressive and violent.
二次世界大戰後的次文化,黑金屬是其中最醒目的一個,起源於80年代中後期,與當時的重金屬浪潮成為強烈對比,黑金屬企圖創造一種與撒旦,越矩且暴力規章有關的音樂文化
Although black metal has always been a global phenomenon, its birthplace was Norway – beautiful, peaceful, wealthy Norway with its generous welfare state, superb education system and excellent quality of life. In the early ‘90s the country was rocked by an outbreak of black-metal-inspired violence. A number of Norway’s unique wooden churches were burned down by black metallers – an unprecedented attack on the country’s cultural and religious heritage – some of whom were imprisoned. That wasn’t the end of it. One black metal musician, Count Grisnacht aka Varg Vikernes of the one-man band Burzum, was convicted of the murder of Euronymous aka Øystein Aarseth of the band Mayhem in 1993. Another musician, Bård “Faust” Eithun, was convicted of the murder of a homosexual stranger in 1992. More recently Gaahl, vocalist of Gorgoroth, was imprisoned for assaulting and torturing a man in 2002.
儘管現今的黑金屬嚴然成為全球化的現象,它的誕生地卻是在挪威-美麗,和平,富足的社會,良好的福利,高度文明發展的美樂地-然而,時間來到90年,整個國家被黑金屬發動的暴力浪潮投下一枚震撼彈,一些特殊建築風格的木造教堂被這些黑金屬造動者熱炎燃燒殆盡-這是史無前例,針對國家文化與宗教遺址的攻擊事件-這些造動者當時皆被抓去蹲苦牢.但是,事情並沒有這麼快結束,一位黑金屬音樂家Varg Vikernes所創的一人樂團Burzum,因為謀殺Mayhem團員Øystein Aarseth而被定罪,時間是1993年,另外,1992年Bård “Faust” Eithun被判定犯有謀殺同性戀陌生人,還有在2002年的時候Gorgoroth主唱Gaahl監禁拷打一位陌生男性
At the centre of black metal ideology lies virulent opposition to religion, particularly Christianity, embodied in the slogan “Support the war against Christianity”. This opposition stems not from a humanistic reaction to religious oppression but from a characterisation of religion as a form of weakness, a deviation from humanity’s lustful, animalistic self. The Satanism associated with black metal is rarely theistic, resembling instead an extreme form of anarchism in which compassion and community are eschewed in favour of individualism and elitism. Satanism on occasion crosses over into social Darwinism and fascism – in interviews before and after his trial, Vikernes espoused National Socialist beliefs. This tendency is compounded by the “volkisch” celebrations of pre-modern, pre-Christian national origins (such as the Vikings) often found in black metal.
黑金屬中心意識型態對於宗教含有強烈的敵意,尤其是基督教,這可藉由具體化的口號發現端倪如"支持反基督教戰役",這種敵意並非古老宗教壓迫而萌生,反而認為基督教是一種懦弱的象徵,脫離人類本性慾望和獸性,即使崇尚撒旦主義的黑金屬就算聚集一起也少有神論,反而比較像是無政府主義,極端的排斥人道和社區關懷,大力提倡個人主義及傑出人物統治論,撒旦主義有時候會分化成社會達爾文主義和法西斯主義- Vikernes 被判刑期間曾經強烈表述他的國家社會主義思想,這種傾向是人民至上的"納粹思想"強化的結果,黑金屬歌頌未現代化,未被基督教同化的國家初衷(例如維京祖先)
Although one can find black metal scenes all over the world, Norway remains its spiritual homeland, the place where it is most developed and most notorious. Black metal as it developed in the ‘80s and ‘90s represented a rejection of everything contemporary Norway was about. In place of a stable, orderly, social democratic society, black metallers advocated a chaotic, individualistic free-for-all. The Norway celebrated in black metal is a land of forests, inclement weather and untamed wilderness, the land of the Vikings
即使世界上到處都能夠發現黑金屬的蹤跡,挪威還是黑金屬的神聖祖國,此地產量豐富眾所皆知的黑金屬樂,然而,自從80年至90年黑金屬發展以來一直呈現反抗當代挪威的各種發展,在發展穩定有秩序的民主社會國家裡,黑金屬樂主張渾沌且個人主義至上-完全自由的意念-,黑金屬樂歌頌的挪威是個綠林,氣候嚴峻的荒野大地,即是個維京人的土地
At the same time, the delicious irony of the Norwegian black metal scene is that it is in part reliant on Norway’s wealth and its welfare provision. The benefit system makes it easy for musicians to concentrate on making music. The well-funded education system makes musical training and rehearsal space easily accessible. The liberal criminal justice system allowed Faust, a convicted murderer, to be released after only nine years in jail and for Vikernes to record two albums while imprisoned. The Norwegian black metal scene is, as the sociologist Asbjørn Dyrendal has dubbed it, “Social Democratic Satanism "
同時,挪威富足的社會福利,發展穩定的制度得以讓黑金屬蓬勃發展,這個良機壤黑金屬音樂家能夠隨心所欲的創作,規劃良好的音樂教育制度與垂手可得的表演場地,高度文明發展的司法得以讓殺人罪犯 Faust九年之後被釋放出來, Vikernes 在服刑期間還能錄製兩張專輯,挪威黑金屬樂的現象就是-如同社會學家Asbjørn Dyrendal 所描述"民主社會的撒旦主義"
This often bizarre world is nicely captured in Peter Beste’s collection of photographs of Norwegian black metal scene members. Over 13 visits to the country, this American photographer immersed himself in the scene and his hard-won familiarity with the leading black metal personalities has produced some fascinating portraits
一個經常處於異乎尋常的世界在 Peter Beste拍攝挪威黑金屬樂手的照片裡完美呈現,這位美國攝影學家造訪挪威超過13次不等,照片不僅得到部份黑金屬樂手的認可,更拍出一些令人驚艷的作品

Many of Beste’s subjects stare at the camera directly, with an uncompromising coldness. Look at the captions to the photos and they reveal pseudonyms such as Nattefrost, Samoth and King Ov Hell. The desire to create an inhuman impression is compounded by the frequent use of “corpse paint”, a kind of face painting similar to that used by Gene Simmons of Kiss, but less clown-like.
許多Beste拍攝的人物皆是眼睛直視著鏡頭,並帶著毫不妥協的冷調感,看著這些照片能夠發現幾個著名的樂手如:Nattefrost, Samoth , King Ov Hell,這種看似非人類的樣子是由一種彩妝技術"屍妝"所達到的效果,有點類似Kiss的Gene Simmons所塗抹的妝,只是沒那麼像小丑
Some might find such material frightening and perplexing, others may find it mythic and powerful, still others would see it as ludicrous. It is to Beste’s credit that he avoids all these temptations in favour of developing a body of images that lay bare the ambiguities of the Norwegian black metal scene.
有些人可能會覺得恐怖及困惑, 也有人覺得具有神秘力量,不過大部分的人覺得這很白痴,根據Beste的作品只是盡所能的表現出挪威金屬樂場景,所有曖昧交由讀者自行想像
The most extreme images in the book are subtly qualified and questioned. Pictures of Nattefrost drunk and covered in his own shit are taken in his bathtub, as if to emphasise that his transgression is contained within the most mundane of objects. There is bathos here, but also vulnerability. The same is true of the many pictures taken of black metallers in the Norwegian countryside: in the woods, on mountains and in the snow, many of the subjects are made to appear small and insignificant (or quite simply cold). The contradictions inherent in black metal’s simultaneous celebration of untamed nature and untamed humanity are revealed in the insignificance of the black metaller next to the potency of nature.
書裡最極端的畫面巧妙的呈現並且有待爭議,一張Nattefrost醉倒在浴缸裡滿身是糞便的照片就是表達對抗世俗的寫照,最終仍被世俗(糞便)所掩蓋,有點矯情卻也展露出脆弱的一面,其他照片也都呈現這樣子的感覺,挪威黑金屬樂手在森林間,群山谷, 雪地裡拍攝似乎看起來很不怎樣的照片(或者是因為太冷了),然而,黑金屬樂強調的原始大自然與人類獸性,在這張微小人影與靜態的自然景觀照片中形成強烈對比
My favourite pictures here are the ones of Kvitrafn and of King Ov Hell in full corpse paint taken in the old town of Bergen. In both pictures stunned, bourgeois-looking passers-by regard the black metallers with a mixture of puzzlement and horror. Shocking polite society is of course a classic feature of spectacular subculture. But Beste also shows that his subjects are more integrated into Norwegian society than might at first be apparent. There are pictures of black metallers with their children, in their apartments, on housing estates, on the street. There is no world but this one and black metal scene members live in it too, sometimes looking out of place, sometimes looking entirely comfortable.
我最喜歡的照片是Kvitrafn和King Ov Hell 畫著濃濃屍妝在舊城市中所拍攝,照片裡呈現中產階級路人經過時所見驚訝,困惑又畏懼的眼神,視覺導向是絕對次文化的表現要素,但是Beste卻也能呈現黑金屬樂手融入挪威社會文化的一面,照片裡到處可見黑金屬樂手跟著小孩,在公寓裡,在房屋裡或者在街上的身影,這是一個不存在的世界, 但是這些樂手卻也真實的與社會共存,有時看起來格外迥異,有時看起來又特別安詳
What this collection cannot capture is the music – undeniably harsh, characterised by fast tempos, screams and trebly guitars, but also innovative and somehow unearthly. There is an austere, bleak beauty in the work of Burzum, Emperor, Gorgoroth and other black metal acts. If Norwegian black metallers themselves are caught between a desire for transgression and violence and the inescapability of living in Norway, black metal music is perhaps more transcendent, less inextricably tied into the circumstances of its production
這些作品唯一無法呈現的就是音樂本身-確切的吵雜,特異快速的節奏,尖叫及失真的吉他,卻也是如此的脫俗創新,Burzum, Emperor, Gorgoroth及其他黑金屬卻也表現出黑色莊嚴之美感,假使挪威黑金屬樂手為了在叛逆暴力與擺脫現實社會的夾縫中生存,黑金屬樂就是在這樣的情境之下,繼逃不掉的宿命也是超凡的情懷產物
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原文刊載出處newhumanist-Keith Kahn-Harris專欄 Of the many postwar subcultures, black metal is one of the most extraordinary. Arising in the late ‘80s as a reaction to the bloated success of
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想當初聽金屬的時候就一頭栽進黑金的世界,始終認為黑金很像一門藝術。不過最近都聽熱血鞭金阿!
黑金與與鞭金兩者都是極端的藝術阿!都是很棒的音樂
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我覺得北歐因為有它獨特的人文和文化,才能孕育出「黑金」,
我覺得別人想來玩,不免會給人一種矯揉造作之感,真正理解到的層次不知道有多少。
個人覺得黑金提倡的民族至上與納粹精神很像
不一昧崇拜宗教神話,遵循維京祖先精神回歸大自然這幾點還頗耐人尋味
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我們有時候就像是法西斯主義下的"烏拖邦"
對於過去,現在,與幻想的高科技未來最後都會招致大自然的毀滅,再來感慨自己的愚昧都已經來不及
黑金屬就是強調物歸萬物,萬祖歸宗,眼前一切都只是假象的思想強化,極端的音樂藝術產物
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挪威(或說北歐)的黑金總是最能打入我心中
其他的就只是沒是消遣一下而已,因為都太"矯情"了
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黑金這塊領域看起來似乎背後很多含意
直到今天看完這篇才略懂一二
畢竟黑金不是我常吃的菜阿
有耐心看完此篇的樂友沒幾位,攻喜您成為其中一員\m/
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這篇文章讓我了解到黑金屬的理念
有它的執著、它的構思、它的叛逆,和它的憤怒!
在金屬樂這浩大的音樂派系之中,黑金屬扮演著非同小可的地位!
黑金屬的意念-反基督到ㄙˇ-
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黑金真是個很神奇的一個領域,我只有碰到它的邊緣吧(真的有嗎?!)
之前看過Marduk、Behemoth,還勉強吞的下去,Emperor聽了兩張也還可以接受
不過平常沒事不會去聽,反而是黑金的背景我比較好奇(這篇又讓我學好多)
剛好5/25會有Mayhem的巡迴,實在很猶豫該不該衝...
Emperor真的是很棒的樂團呢!
說實在能衝現場就衝吧!
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說實話,現今金屬板圖中,黑金不像死金鞭金等給我太鮮明的印象
黑金似乎很難了解呢
話說回來
版主你還真有耐心
能把這麼落落長的文章翻出來
也要觀眾有耐心的閱讀完畢,受益無窮阿!
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真是辛苦你了
這種工作真是吃力不討好...
努力的翻譯卻沒有多少人能夠仔細看完...
一直以來對黑金了解不深
這篇文章有幫助到
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受益良多
借來引用一下
謝謝!
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HI|&
大家好
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最早反基督和撒旦派的成立其實對我們東方聽眾來說是一點都不能體會,
我認為黑金最令人著迷之處乃是由反宗教的立場進而探討宗教與人、生與
死、情緒以及各家哲學思想,內容包羅萬象一張專輯可以讓你認識到虛無
主義、撒旦主義等等,實在比部分死亡金屬只會吃屍體、姦人老母、屠殺
小狗還要來的有深度(我單就歌詞內容來說,死金其實也是很好聽的),更
深入的來說,我覺得黑金就像是龐克思想的極端化,若有興趣歡迎閣下來
訪彼此切磋~
您好!對於黑金我反而沒有您來得清楚,我是從死金開始聽起,黑金則是近期開始接觸,針對其文化找到這篇論文,翻譯吸收知識,其中個人感受最深的就是司法制度完全成熟的挪威,可以釋放殺人犯,還能夠出專輯,完完全全就是"民主社會下的撒旦主義",還有個人主義完全至上的精神,追悼維京祖先原始叢林的慰藉,都是我激賞的部分
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說撒旦主義其實不太正確,撒旦主義是極為個人主義的,基本上跟惡魔、
撒旦等信仰沒有太大關係,是一種菁英主義,像是法西斯主義或是國際社
會主義(像是納粹)。對撒旦主義來說祈禱像是弱者的動作,撒旦主義則是
以提升個人強大信心藉以獲得力量。就像翻譯文中所提到的"即使崇尚撒
旦主義的黑金屬就算聚集一起也少有神論",所以並不是撒旦主義者都是
撒旦信仰者,而文中提到的無政府主義則是龐克的中心思想之一,黑金屬
借由無政府主義推演出反宗教(不只基督,而是真正的無神論)和反人類思
想等於是無政府主義的極端化(也就是我說的(龐克思想的極端化)。
感謝您的注解,文中提道有時撒旦主義還會分化成社會達爾文主義與法西斯主義,提倡個人思想強化,黑金屬歌頌未現代化,未被基督教同化的國家初衷(例如維京祖先),至於無神論的部份,我只想說盲目崇拜的信仰者破壞信仰本身,造成無神論是可以預見的現象,黑金屬是現今高度文明社會之下訴說烏托邦愚蠢行為的最佳藝術之ㄧ
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全部看完了,受益良多!
之前在Youtube有看到介紹挪威黑金的影片
在網路上可以看到五集
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i4U33U_UyzQ
概念跟這篇相互呼應(拍攝者該不會是同一個!?)
可以當參考^^
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感覺純黑金真的又是一個不同的世界,
感謝你的分享囉~^^
受益良多~
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咇勈北
不錯,看了就推,這是美德!
網址:http://741ga.com/這遊戲太好玩了!!
升勸