Gospod – Holy Metal and the Seven Deadly Sins
Seven deadly sins – ingrained in human nature, a classic theme in art. From Jheronimus Bosch (or maybe not) to Jan Smit (definitely not). In the vast space between the two, the searching soul may find Gospod. Священный металл, holy metal – it would be a sin not to pass on such a discovery.
Greed
The Main Sins of Humanity (2021) contains seven tracks, which shouldn’t come as a surprise. Greed is the first, and it makes you want more.
The lyrics were not found online, but here they are, with спасибо (thanks) to Gospod.
Oh, holy angel
Interceding before our Lord
For my soul, my body, and my sinful life
Do not abandon me, a sinner
And do not leave me for all my sins
I beg you
Do not let the deceitful demon
Possess my soul
Strengthen my weak and yielding soul
Your most holy king, your
Your most holy king, your
Forgive me all the sins
With which I have offended you throughout my unrighteous life
Forgive all my transgressions
That I committed in the past day
Save my soul from various temptations
So that I do not rot away
Your most holy king, your
Your most holy king, your
Diligence
The year is still young, but it has already been fruitful for Gospod. The album with seven sins already has a follow-up. Semitskiye bozhestva (Семитские божества), with an explanation below the video on YouTube.
Here are two tracks from the previous year; you certainly can’t accuse Gospod of sloth. More about the (language of) the seven sins under the videos.
Evil
From Amen (2020).
Precept
From Deceased (2020).
Listen on:
Bandcamp,
Spotify.
See:
Instagram,
VK.
YouTube:
band and
topic.
Main sins (Главные грехи)
Superbia (pride): гордость
Gula (gluttony): чревоугодие
Invidia (envy): зависть
Ira (wrath): гнев
Avaritia (greed): алчность
Luxuria (lust): блуд
Acedia (sloth): уныние
More
See The Seven Deadly Sins (Facts Base, 2019, 10 m).
See/read:
- The Seven Deadly Sins & Seven Virtues (Historiek)
- Главные грехи (Wikiwand)
- 7 смертных грехов, или Сколько страстей могут нас погубить на самом деле (Foma)
- Wikipedia for Смертный грех (= deadly sins)
The Seven Deadly Sins
(The School of Life, 2017, 7 m)
Most of the music here is also in an
R1 playlist on YouTube (in order of release). ‘Evil’ and ‘Precept’ can’t/shouldn’t be included there.
See also
Best Russian Music and
Russian Song Lyrics.
More
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Raw Anti-Putin punk from
Nizhny Novgorod /
Нижний Новгород. Loosely based on ‘Maggie’ by The Exploited.
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1986 film in Swedish by the Russian Andrei Tarkovsky.
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