| "Ov Fire and the Void" | |
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| Single by Behemoth | |
| from the album Evangelion | |
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| Recorded | February 16, 2009 – May 2009 at Radio Gdańsk in Gdańsk, Poland |
| Genre | Blackened death metal |
| Length | 4:28 |
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| Songwriter(s) | Nergal |
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"Ov Fire and the Void" is a song by the extreme metal band Behemoth from their 2009 album Evangelion. The lyrics are inspired by Max Stirner's philosophy. When the first demo versions were recorded, Adarm "Nergal" Darski shared how he perceived the aural essence:
Whilst listening to the first demo versions of this track I had an irresistible feeling that every single tone is filled with overwhelming spirit of Dionysus; god of ecstatic chaos, source of pure joy which reaches far beyond false boundaries between good and evil, life and death, love and hate. Dionysian rave focuses entirely on Here and Now, experiential knowledge, intuition and passion. All of these are essential factors or components of any form of Art. The world governed by such virtues cannot be corrupted or repressed by an order which every culture or civilization tries to force on. In its nature it is much more primordial and pure. The same can be said about a creative chaos; it goes beyond any sort of intellectual analysis or speculation. It becomes released energy. Potential in action, never in inertia. Let us joy for we are as streams of lava erupting under our oceanic and cosmic Will.
- ^ "BEHEMOTH POSTS FIRST SINGLE OFF EVANGELION!". Behemoth. 23 June 2009. Archived from the original on 13 February 2011. Retrieved 8 Aug 2009.