/lit/ - Literature

[Anonymous No.6752438]

If one wanted to read all those books metal people claim to have read and gained inspiration from for their lyrics, where would he start?

[Anonymous No.6752448]

The Old Testament, Elric of Melniboné.

[Anonymous No.6752454]

>>6752438
Manson in His Own Words

[Anonymous No.6752459]

Moby Dick
The Stars My Destination
Blood Meridian
The Iliad
Maldoror
Rimbaud

[Anonymous No.6752469]

>>6752438

Dune.

Anything by Poe or Lovecraft.

[Anonymous No.6752474]

Everything Romantic, especially Poe. Also Lovecraft. Also everything medieval.

[Anonymous No.6752494]

>>6752438
HEAR THE RIME OF THE ANCIENT MARINER

[Anonymous No.6752512]

Metal is for manchildren

kill yourself

[Anonymous No.6752519]

>>6752512
Here's your reply
You're welcome

[Anonymous No.6752540]

>>6752519
I bet you think metal is complicated or nuanced in any shape, form or fashion

Fuck off you autist

[Anonymous No.6752543]

>>6752540
And. I think metal is complicated and nuanced in any shape, form and fashion.

[Anonymous No.6752554]

>>6752543
That's even worse.

You should get that autism checked out.

[Anonymous No.6752562]

>>6752438
Hemingway, For Whom the Bell Tolls

[Anonymous No.6752573]

>>6752438
The Kalevala

[Anonymous No.6752584]

>>6752512
All music is for manchildren, what's your point?

The truly mature let go of all emotion.

[Anonymous No.6752592]

>>6752584
woo mr spock you are so deep

[Anonymous No.6752600]

>>6752584
Even truly patrician tier literature is for manchildren?

[Anonymous No.6752815]

>>6752438
Just read the books that are titled after book titles.

>Age Of Reason.
>Murders In The Rue Morgue
>Rime Of The Ancient Mariner
>Phantom Of The Opera
>Childhood's End
>The Trial

[Anonymous No.6752828]

>>6752584
popular music*

[Anonymous No.6752836]

norse mythology

[Anonymous No.6752845]

Iron Maiden actually used a few cool literary references

Sun and Steel
Rime of the Ancient Mariner
Greek myths

[Anonymous No.6752853]

>>6752512
thats a spook friend, didn't you notice you were on /lit/

[Anonymous No.6752867]

>>6752584
>>6752512
>children this and that
>all these spooks

[Anonymous No.6752878]

>>6752853
>>6752867
>Using racial slurs

>>>/pol/

[Anonymous No.6752895]

David Bowie and Throbbing Gristle were influenced by William S. Burroughs' cut-up technique, with the latter being obsessed with it and heavily basing their music around it.

[Anonymous No.6752896]

>>6752584
>x genre is terrible
>WELL ALL MUSIC IS SHIT REALLY

>What's the point of x?
>OMG EVERYTHING IS POINTLESS U FOOL
My least favorite argument, no surprise that metalheads would flock to it.

[Anonymous No.6752924]

>>6752896
enjoying something in inherently childish though

[Anonymous No.6752954]

>>6752896
>Implying I listen to metal
>Implying anything has objective meaning
>Implying subjective meaning doesn't universally arise from emotional associations
>implying emotion isn't childish

[Anonymous No.6752979]

>>6752845
Also silly action movies.

>Where Eagles Dare.
>Die With Your Boots On.

[Anonymous No.6752986]

>>6752924
It's inherently human retard. Sounds like you're the one spooked.

[Anonymous No.6753010]

>>6752986
humans are childish by their very nature though

real maturity comes when you realize that humanity is not something to be attained for, but to be repulsed by

[Anonymous No.6753011]

>>6752878
>shitposting
>not knowing board culture before posting
>>>/b/

[Anonymous No.6753018]

>>6753010
>real maturity comes when you realize that humanity is not something to be attained for, but to be repulsed by
I bet u wear stubid hads :DD

[Anonymous No.6753028]

>>6753011
>Defending racists

>>>/pol/

[Anonymous No.6753106]

>>6752878
>>6753028
10/10, will (re)take inspiration from

[Anonymous No.6753365]

>>6752512
>an entire genre, so including all bands and songs in said genre, is x

So what music do you listen to?

[Anonymous No.6753369]

>>6753365
Jazz

[Anonymous No.6753376]

>>6753369
I am tipping my fedora so hard it's almost falling off my head

[Anonymous No.6753377]