ну мы это уже проходили... помниться концерты Death in June и Der Blutarsh уже запрещали, а теперь вот дело до дисков дошло. видимо в Германии властям тоже делать не фиг...

"Dear Sir,
As I have said in my previous statement I believe that any form
of art worth it's salt is open to interpretation, reinterpretation and
misinterpretation and should not necessarily be explained in any way, shape
or form by the artist himself. Even if it could be!
But, there are limits to being misinterpreted especially when the
interpretors become accusers, stone throwers and are from a government
agency!!

"Holocaust" as a word is used often in the English language to describe
something catatrophic and of a final nature. It is derived from the original
Greek meaning "burnt offerings". As I have also previously stated the title
of the song 'Rose Clouds Of Holocaust' was inspired by 2 trips to the
volcanic island of Iceland in mid-Winter and mid-Summer 1989/1990 where I
experienced a spiritual epiphany/revelation.
In conversation with a close colleague of mine in the healing thermal waters
of The Blue Lagoon situated near the town of Keflavik near the capital
Rejkavik we spoke of Life and its disappointments. I realised as we swam in
the naturally heated waters surrounded by a howling blizzard with
temperatures 17 degrees below zero, that much of my adult Life had been led
by lies about a particular relationship I had been in since 1980. It was a
relationship that would also inspire the songs '13 Years Of Carrion' and
'Accidental Protege' which are also on the 'Rose Clouds Of Holocaust' album
which is the work by my group in question. The steam rising from the heated
waters of the Lagoon in the middle of this freezing cold landscape, coupled
with the strange rose/purple colour of the sky gave the whole scenario a
'holocaustic' atmosphere. Most of the island in this area is afteral just
moss-covered lava fields. 'Rose Clouds Of Holocaust' ably describes that
scenario. At least in English!

As in almost all of my writings the remainder of the text have many
reference points;

"Festivals End As Festivals Must" - an old newspaper heading commemorating
the 10th anniversary of the death by suicide of one of my favourite gay
authors Yukio Mishima.

"From the Hooded Crows of Rome" - I used to live in Rome in the early 1990s
and these were the first birds I would see upon arrival at the airport

"To The Falcons Of Zagreb" - a city I have often visited and from my hotel
window I have a good view of the family of falcons that live in and fly and
hunt between the twin towers of the city's Cathedral

"Mother Victim Of Jesus lie down in Sydney's dust" - a line on a tombstone I
noticed while taking a walk in Rookwood Cemetary in Australia, the largest
cemetary in the World.

I do not write in a straight forward fashion. I pull a word from here or a
line from there that I may have written today of several years ago. I only
know it looks 'correct' when I place them together on paper. What it means
after that,...????? I can only say where some were inspired from.

The same applies to the song 'Lifebooks' which was based around a
conversation I had with a very close colleague in a pub near Leicester
Square, London about Magick and the Occult and how a mutual friend of ours,
who subsequently died, was destroying himself with these dark arts. The
colleague I had the conversation with also co-writes some of the text.

"The Swirling Sound Of Swastikas
Like Rotor-blades Of Thought
Threshing The wheat
Out from The Chaff -
All this is a Dream,..."

demonstrates a perfect use of alliteration ( "S,S,S....Th, Th, Th,...") as
it symbolically refers to the fans in the pub ceiling turning as we spoke
that long afternoon about the pros and cons of dabbling with the Occult.
But, naturally I could have said;

'The fans in the pub ceiling turned around like propellor blades
as we spoke of the advantages and disadvantages
of dealing with the Occult'

For me I know what sounds better poetry in English!

But, evidently others in Germany really know what these words mean! I am in
awe at their expertise and talent.
However, I am confused why this album which has sold 10s of thousands and
has been freely available via different distributers Worldwide for 10 years
without any problems, including in Israel where I recently performed, has
only now become the subject of the scrutiny of censorship?
For that I have no answers.

In a nutshell, I do not deny the existence of The Holocaust. The Holocaust
is and was a completely different experience to 'Rose Clouds Of Holocaust'
as I'm sure any inmate of an extermination camp would testify. The people
who claim the 2 are one and the same should be ashamed of their disgusting
conceit.

Yours Sincerely,
Douglas P.
(DEATH IN JUNE)"

ну не дурак ли

Кушать хочется и в Австралии

ну то есть понятно все конечно

но уж больно мерзко доказывать свиньям что ты не верблюд, а свастика - это вовсе не свастика, а для аллитерации придумано

да..

но он же еще и в WSD от мертвой головы открещивался..

наверное, теско попросило очень:)

хотя, надо отметить, дуглас вовсе не так фасцинирован этими запретными идеалами, как многие думают, и его всегда напрягало, что все эти символы воспринимались буквально и прямолинейно - он скорее киплинговец, британский империалист, чем реваншист в полном смысле слова, и использовал их в общем-то скорее в смысле "мы будем беспокоить", подчеркивая свою волю писать то, что хочет, без всяких запретов

с другой стороны - называя так альбом, делая такой артворк и используя в текстах всякие страшные слова, трудно ожидать другой реакции, как от тупорылых подростков, так и от либерастов из немецкой охранки

однако, выглядят эти оправдания, хм, действительно не лучшим образом
в формальном смысле, все наверное в принципе так и есть, но метать бисер перед свиньями действительно не стоило

да уж, мне тоже это напомнило незабвенные отмазки Фенриза по поводу Trnasylvanian Hunger, что, дескать, жид - это не жид совсем, а "norsk arisk" - это так, для поддержания разговора

смешно

киплинг, кстати, ставил на свои книжки печати со свастикой (до определенного времени)

по мне так не дурак, а очень изобретательно и изящно издевается.

вентиляторы в пивной! термальные источники! любимый гей-писатель Юкио Мисима! вот, оказывается, на что мы дрочили в наши шестнадцать.

это тебе не какое-нибудь унылое "приветствие древнеримских патрициев".

прально! довольно карикатурится

По-моему, пока немцы будут пытаться всячески запрещать все, связанное с нацизмом, и не возродят дух немецкого национализма, они никогда не станут полноценной страной. Так что сами себя дискредитируют подобными жестами, а влияние Германии на глобальные дела остается на уровне Ливана.