v New logo / band photo (circa 2016)
BAND NAME: Maugrim
GENRE: Black Ambient (2008-2011), Depressive Black Metal (2012 onward)
STATUS: Unknown
LOCATION: USA (CT + IL, early; FL + NC, mid; NC only, now)
This band currently does not identify as Christian. This page was made based on just a couple of very early releases. Everything they've done for at least the past 12 years has been secular and has no relevance to this website or its associated scene.
Formed in 2006 when Alexander had his first ideas for the project. According to the 2015 interview (see links section), the ideas were "vastly different" than what ended up being recorded, but no more info is given.
Named after a character in the "Chronicles of Narnia" series (CS Lewis).
Lineup:
Alexander James - Everything (early), Vocals, Acoustic Guitars, Ambience (now)
Élan "Der Pestarzt" O'Neal - Electric Guitars, Drums
Past members:
Elisha Mullins - Electric Guitars (lead)
+ other past members, names/roles unknown
Links:
Facebook
Spotify
Apple Music
Deezer
iHeartRadio
Interview (2015) (ghgumman.blogg.se)
Myspace (see also archive.org, 2011)
Starve the Flesh @ archive.org
Discography:
Format: CD-R, limited 250 copies
Track 2 is misspelled on streaming sites as "A Dart Offering".
Metal Archives features a couple spelling errors (Imitators → Immitators... Witch's or Witches' → Witchs). I don't know if these are just typos on the website, or if they're on the actual album artwork. The sample above is too small to read most of the words. Though I do see that top-right panel has Isaiah 14:21 on it.
1) Prelude - Paths of the Damned
1:28, instrumental
2) Immitators of Suspended Flesh - A Dark Offering
10:04, lyrics:
The dead are in deep anguish, those beneath the waters and all that live in them. Sheol is naked before God; Destruction lies uncovered. He spreads out the northern skies over empty space; he suspends the earth over nothing. He wraps up the waters in his clouds, yet the clouds do not burst under their weight. He covers the face of the full moon, spreading the clouds over it. He marks out the horizon on the face of the waters for a boundary between light and darkness. The pillars of the heavens quake, aghast at his rebuke. By his power he churned up the sea; by his wisdom he cut Rahab to pieces. By his breath the sky became fair; his hand pierced the gliding serpent. And these are but the outer fringe of his works; who then can understand the thunder of his power?”
(based heavily on Job 26:5-14, NIV)
3) Goblin Burial Grounds - The End of an Obsessive Battle
3:32 (medieval war sounds / yells, no actual lyrics)
4) Decrepit Beings - They Fled into the Shadows
6:00, lyrics:
There is nothing concealed that will not be disclosed, or hidden that will not be made known. What you have said in the dark will be heard in the daylight, and what you have whispered in the ear in the inner rooms will be proclaimed from the rooftops. "Do not be afraid of those who kill the body and after that can do no more. But I will show you whom you should fear: Fear him who, after killing the body, has power to throw you into hell. Yes, I tell you, fear him. Are not five sparrows sold for two pennies? Yet not one of them is forgotten by God. Indeed, the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Do not be afraid: you are worth more than many sparrows.
(based heavily on Luke 12:2-7, NIV)
5) Beast of the Swamp - Lurkers of the Deep
5:56, lyrics:
Prepare a place to slaughter his sons for the sins of their forefathers; they are not to rise to inherit the land and cover the earth with their cities. "I will rise up against them," declares the LORD Almighty. "I will cut off from Babylon her name and survivors, her offspring and descendants," declares the LORD. "I will turn her place into a place for owls and into a swampland; I will sweep her with the broom of destruction," declares the LORD Almighty.
The LORD Almighty has sworn, "Surely, as I have planned, so it will be, and as I have purposed, so it will stand. I will crush the Assyrian in my land; on my mountains I will trample him down. His yoke will be taken from my people, and his burden removed from their shoulders." This is the plan determined for the whole world; this is the hand stretched out over all nations. For the LORD Almighty has purposed, and who can thwart him? His hand is stretched out, and who can turn it back?
(based heavily on Isaiah 14:21-27, NIV)
6) My Beloved - A Familiar Face
4:32, instrumental
7) The Witchs Camp - A Horde of Utter Darkness
13:46, partial lyrics:
The LORD has broken the rod of the wicked, the scepter of the rulers, which in anger struck down peoples with unceasing blows, and in fury subdued nations with relentless aggression. All the lands are at rest and at peace; they break into singing. Even the pine trees and the cedars of Lebanon exult over you and say, "Now that you have been laid down, no woodsman comes to cut us." The grave below is all astir to meet you at your coming; it rouses the spirits of the departed to greet you-- all those who were leaders in the world; it makes them rise from their thrones-- all those who were kings over the nations.
They will all respond, they will say to you, "You also have become weak, as we are; you have become like us." All your pomp has been brought down to the grave, along with the noise of your harps; maggots are spread out beneath you and worms cover you. How you have fallen from heaven, O morning star, son of the dawn! You have been cast down to the earth, you who once laid down the nations! You said in your heart, "I will ascend to heaven; I will raise my throne above the stars of God; I will sit enthroned on the mount of assembly, on the utmost heights of the sacred mountain. I will ascend above the tops of the clouds; I will make myself like the Most High." But you are brought down to the grave, to the depths of the pit. Those who see you stare at you, they ponder your fate: "Is this the man who shook the earth and made kingdoms tremble, the man who made the world a desert, who overthrew its cities and would not let his captives go home?"
All the kings of the nations lie in state, each in his own tomb. But you are cast out of your tomb like a rejected branch; you are covered with the slain, with those pierced by the sword, those who descend to the stones of the pit. Like a corpse trampled underfoot, you will not join them in burial, for you have destroyed your land and killed your people. The offspring of the wicked will never be mentioned again. Prepare a place to slaughter his sons for the sins of his forefathers; they are not to rise to inherit the land and cover the earth with their cities.
"I will rise up against them," declares the LORD Almighty. "I will cut off from Babylon her name and survivors, her offspring and descendants," declares the LORD. "I will turn her into a place for owls and into swampland; I will sweep her with the broom of destruction," declares the LORD Almighty. The LORD Almighty has sworn, "Surely, as I have planned, so it will be, and as I have purposed, so it will stand. I will crush the Assyrian in my land; on my mountains I will trample him down. His yoke will be taken from my people, and his burden removed from their shoulders." This is the plan determined for the whole world; this is the hand stretched out over all nations.
For the LORD Almighty has purposed, and who can thwart him? His hand is stretched out, and who can turn it back? [???] prophecy [???] came in the year King Ahaz died: Do not rejoice, all you Philistines, that the rod that struck you is broken; from the root of that snake will spring up a viper, its fruit will be a darting, venomous serpent. The poorest of the poor will find pasture, and the needy will lie down in safety. But your root I will destroy by famine; I will slay your survivors. Wail, O gate! Howl, O city! Melt away, all you Philistines! A cloud of smoke comes from the north, and there is not a straggler in its ranks. What answer shall be given to the envoys of that nation? "The LORD has established Zion, and in her his afflicted people will find refuge."
(based heavily on Isaiah 14:5-32, NIV)
8) The Creator - At the Feet of the King
5:00, instrumental
Not sure if these releases are Christian
- Paths of the Damned (demo version, 2008)
- They Gather in the Darkness / Primordial Decay (split, 2010)
- They Gather in the Darkness (EP, 2011)
- (title unknown) (planned split with secular band Taur nu Fuin)
Confirmed not Christian
- Nothing, Bare / Frail (split, 2012)
- A Premature Slaughter, in an Age of Torment (EP, 2012)
- Nothing, Bare (EP, 2013)
- A Premature Slaughter / This Is My Coffin (single, 2013)
- Primoridal Venom (album, 2016)
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INFO:
1) Missing lyrics to "Witchs Camp". 2) Are these the correct song titles or are there typos? 3) Which of the releases in the list are Christian, and which are secular? 4) Any info on the other past members mentioned in that 2015 interview? 5) Generally any interesting info that's not already here? I had a surprisingly tough time finding most of this stuff; I feel like there has to be some info missing.
IMAGES:
The newest logo (c.2016). Also, I happen to know they had a "sigil" that was similar to that logo, but not identical. It seems to have only appeared on a shirt sold by Swampkult that is no longer available. If anyone has this sigil, please let me know.
Miscellaneous stuff:
Left: The logo at the top-right of this page was made by Memento Mori Art. This is a variant made by the same (person? company?), but it went mostly unused. As far as I can tell, it only appeared on a few patches that Swampkult Productions made.
Right: One of the shirt designs from Starve the Flesh. The runes around the border seem to spell "ᛒᚢᛟᚠᛏᛁᛒ" which would transliterate to "buoftib", but that doesn't make sense. Perhaps I'm misreading?
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