Naturally, I had heard of the game, and found it mildly tickling my Curiosity, but being a longhaired rebel, I just could not really identify with the nerd culture of the 80's that role playing games were a part of. The one I didn't qualify for, I grudgingly admit, was playing Dungeons & Dragon. I prided myself having a hit on eight or nine of the ten Warning signs. The book even included a list of ten major tells that parents should look out for, only a few of which would be a sure tell, that the kid was in league with Satan himself and would never make it through Heaven's Gates without Divine Intervention.
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If tv evangelist Bob Larsen had looked more like he does in this photo back in the 1980's I am sure he could have turned a lot of metalheads into his followers. Spoiler: The Pious Warrior had no doubt that they were being Brainwashed to summon demons by human sacrifice and ready to sign any Contract from Below without reading the fine print. In this work, by one of the tv- and radio-evangelists of the time, a Preacher, Exorcist, and Witch Hunter, parents could get all their worst fears about their rebellious teens confirmed, or they could be instilled with newfound fears of what their off-mainstream kid was up to. This lack of sensitivity partly founded in my own disbelief in the sincerity of the beliefs of my hosts even led me to ironically purchase a book named Satanism – The Seduction of America's Youth. In the liberal and irreverent Denmark where I grew up, nobody took the lyrics of Slayer serious – and just like the metal bands themselves, people considered their gory imagery as entertainment for a Captive Audience in the vein of Stephen King books or Freddy Krueger movies.īeing a 16-year-old Frontline Rebel, I found the superstitions of the Midwest mildly entertaining, and I just could not wrap my head around the fact that these people really believed in demons being summoned up from hell to our earthy plane and performing all sorts of Pernicious Deeds. These were bands that they associated with Worship of devils and demons in a very real and scary way involving human sacrifice, and the mere exposure to their music was certain to end in (also very real) Damnation with a side order of Fire and Brimstone. Not least shocking to the kind folk of the Bible Belt in 1989 were names such as Slayer, King Diamond, and Helloween. But make no mistake: Heavy metal and Magic cards are a danger." Rhythm of the Wild One To quote Boros legend Tajic freely from the flavor text of the beautifully Seb McKinnon illustrated Rakdos card Bedevil: "It's easy to get taken in by the spectacle, to enjoy a bit of naughty amusement.