name meanings

[Gigantic Penis]

hey i only speak english, do some band names have meaning in another language, or are they made up, like:

opeth
dimmu borgir
bal sagoth

[morbid_death]

Pronounced "dim-moo bore-gear", the Dimmuborgir is a large area of unusually shaped lava fields east of Lake Mývatn, on Iceland. The Dimmuborgir area is composed of various caves and rock formations. It would seem that this has been formed from a lava-lake, out of which molten lava flowed and left behind strange formations. The most famous cave being Kirkjan - the Church - high with a large gothic style vault. Dimmu=foggy/dark, Borgir=castle/fortress.

-taken from dimmu-borgir.com


cant help you on the others sorry.

[DerMeister]

Bal Sagoth is a mean fuck from Conan.
I think he is Robert Jordans work. He is probably some evil god or something.

[DerMeister]

While I'm at it, Thyrfing is a cursed sword, given to one of Odin's heirs(don't remember his name). Whomever wields that sword, shall be struck with disaster.

I personally wonder about Borknagar. It sounds like something norse.

[uuuuhhhhhhh]

i herd that borknagar ment nothing....that its just a meaning less word. i could be wrong though

[Atheist]

I read somewhere that Opeth is a fictional city on earth's moon.

[mrweijia]

i read this on opeth's site: the name originally started as opet, which was the city on the moon or moon city in some book, then they added the h later on

[cataclysm child]

do someone knows the maning of deicide, arcturus, samael or wich is the limbonic art?

[CarnivorousWind]

Doesn't deicide mean to Kill God and all that is holy or Killer of Gods.:confused:

[SpiritCrusher]

yeah dei=gods and cide=kill in Latin i guess

[corroded]

deicide = killing of gods

arcturus = the fourth brightest star in the heavens

[BLS]

All i knwo is that Children of Bodom was a unsolve murder case... even though that wasent asked :(

[The Doctor]

When I saw Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King i heard two band names:
Cirith Ungol
Gorgoroth

but i dont have a clue what they mean, cirith ungol was a city i believe:confused:

[daggerfall]

There is a lot of band names from LOTR...

-Myrkskog(Mirkwood in Norwegien)
-Isengard
-Burzum
-Gorgoroth
-Mordor(or?)

And there is even more I believe...

[CannibalXampire]

Ephel Duath is a wall or something in LOTR

[CarnivorousWind]

what about Kalmah and Vesania? ANyone know if these bands mean anything?

[BeastOfCarrion]

... i wounder where the band Gandalf got their name .........

[Nihilist]

Amon Amarth is from LOTR as well. It's Elvish for "Mount Doom".

[sanderinos]

this is cool!

Also names as Shagrath (Dimmu Borgir) and Grishnack (Burzum) are from LOTR, they are orc soldiers...

[sanderinos]

1349 is the year of the plague

Behemoth is just a name for satan

Himibjorg is a hall in Asgard (near valhalla)

Naglfar is the ship made of dead men´s nails on wich the Giants and Loki sailed to Asgard to fight the Ragnarok with the germanic Gods

Windir is short for WINdows DIRectory :D :D

[Nihilist]

Hahahaha, Windows Directory. Hahahahahaha. Hahaaaaaaaahahaha. Hmm.

[BeastOfCarrion]

.... right ....

damm black metal bands, always trying to go one eviler (its more of a word than evilized)

[Nihilist]

WINdows DIRectory is the epitome of evil for me. My GOSH, it strikes fear in my heart by the mere MENTION of the name. *GASP*

Hi.

Who the fuck are Windir?

[HELLBLASTER-666]

Does anyone know what Beherit means?

[brainsforbreakfast]

WINdows DIRectory is the epitome of evil for me. My GOSH, it strikes fear in my heart by the mere MENTION of the name. *GASP*

Hi.

Who the fuck are Windir?

who cares... they are the evil \w/ \w/

how many goats do i have to sacrifice for mr. gates to get windows bug free?

[BeastOfCarrion]

i want to know whats up with the track titles on the Brutus CD

[Nihilist]

Oh, they are Dutch. Excuse them, they can't help it.

[BeastOfCarrion]

DUTCH ?!?!?!?! .... I CAST THEE OUT FOUL CD!!!!

ha ha ha .... kidding.... i guess i need to find an internet translator then :D

[Nihilist]

Ask Def, or The Doctor, or one of many of the Dutchenese fellows on here.

[Corpsevomit98]

Or you can just find a damn translator on yahoo or some shit like that and save them the trouble.

[Darko]

www.freetranslations.com (http://www.freetranslations.com) or systransoft.com (http://www.systransoft.com) have very good translators. Freetranslations might not be plural if it dosen't work.


Anyone know what The Red Chord means?

[Undying_Hatred]

this is the most interesting thread ive ever read.

[erling]

Dimmu borgir -Mørk borg-Dark castle

[Soulinsane]

This is your very first post here on Metaltabs and this is what you do with it? Bring this old thread back from the grave with nothing much to add? :rolleyes:

[erling]

its a funny story..I was googling the name Windir and this thread came up...and I reckognized some names here that have seen on other sites so I joined.

Im sorry but think Morbid_death`s was to complicated so I made it easyer to understand....

[MyOwnSavior]

From Varg's own words, Burzum can both mean darkness and light depending religion. Its darkness if your a christian, the light if your a pagan.

Oh I just to clear something up. My Own Savior is a lyric in the Vehemence song God Was Created, not to be confused with the Iced Earth song of the same name. I haven't really heard the song, I wonder if its any good.

[Credit to Dementia]

My Own Savior is a lyric in the Vehemence song God Was Created, not to be confused with the Iced Earth song of the same name. I haven't really heard the song, I wonder if its any good.
If you like Iced Earth you'll like it. If you don't you'll probably not remember it too clearly. Like most Iced Earth songs, though, to be fair, not all.

[ManOwaR]

I've always thougt it funny that dimmuborgir is named after a Icelandic place but have never played here :p
also if anyone is interrested:
dimmu = dark
borgir = citys

[andrewc]

There is a lot of band names from LOTR...

-Myrkskog(Mirkwood in Norwegien)
-Isengard
-Burzum
-Gorgoroth
-Mordor(or?)

And there is even more I believe...

Ragnarok (``Doom Of The Gods``), also called Götterdämmerung, meaning ``Twilight Of The Gods``.

from www.metal-archives.com

[RUSSIANROULETTE]

Does anyone know what Beherit means?
Beherit is a name for Satan...kinda like Behemoth, Lucifer, Beelzebub...you get the point

[erling]

I've always thougt it funny that dimmuborgir is named after a Icelandic place but have never played here :p
also if anyone is interrested:
dimmu = dark
borgir = citys

That is wrong..Borgir means Castle/fortress ...not city,because when the vikings left Norway and went to icelan they tok their language with them.
The old language changed in Norway and got influenced by german and english,but It never changed in Iceland.
Castle-Borg=Norwegian
Castle-Borgir=Icelandic

you english speaking guys have a word called DIM right?....that word is taken from the Icelandic/Viking language

[ManOwaR]

well in iceland borgir means citys... kastali means castle... I dont know what fortress is.

[MetalThrashingMad]

I think Burzum means 'touch my man-hole, my voice sounds like im dropping a deuce'.

[Decrepify]

burz = dark
um = -ness, yness

burzum = darkness

[MetalThrashingMad]

I was poking fun of Burzum, read my sig.

[Decrepify]

I was poking fun of Burzum, read my sig.

Yes I noticed it, I just made my point what burzum means.

[johnmansley]

I think Burzum means 'touch my man-hole, my voice sounds like im dropping a deuce'.

Hahahaha! I'm sure somebody will put this in their sig.

[YOUR_GOD_IS_DEAD]

Hahahaha! I'm sure somebody will put this in their sig.

1 step ahead of you.
:beer:

[MetalThrashingMad]

do it!

[YOUR_GOD_IS_DEAD]

done and done.

oh and the word/band meaning things:

Rammstein - a city in Germany where some sort of catastrophe happened, i think.

Opeth - city of the moon (yeah, it was already listed)

Sepultura - grave, gravedigger

Brujeria - witchcraft, black magic

Marduk - Babylonian sun god

Tuatha De Danann - the people of the Goddess Danu

Rivendell - elven city and Black Metal band from Austria

[MoonRaven]

rammstein does have a meaning, ramming stone, which fits very well with the songs buch dich and rein, raus.

[YOUR_GOD_IS_DEAD]

rammstein does have a meaning, ramming stone, which fits very well with the songs buch dich and rein, raus.

True, but I did read somewhere that they named their band after a city in Germany that had some sort of catastrophe happen at an air show or something like that, I'm not sure. Someone correct me if I'm wrong.

[BeastOfCarrion]

i thought it was more like battering ram.
reguardless it is also a city, and thats what I think the name is refering to.

[DeathCS]

Cannibal Corpse- Hmm. A zombie of which is eating humans or other zombies? I never understood the name. OR a Corpse of someone who was a cannibal. Who knows.

[Cloaca]

So does anyone know what Dimmu Borgir means? :p

Yattering - A demon that kills babies

info off their Creative Chaos DVD.

[Credit to Dementia]

i thought it was more like battering ram.
reguardless it is also a city, and thats what I think the name is refering to.
It's a U.S. military base in Germany, or so I recall being told.

Cannibal Corpse- Hmm. A zombie of which is eating humans or other zombies? I never understood the name. OR a Corpse of someone who was a cannibal. Who knows.
I don't think they put that much effort into the name. The probably put less than the minimum of effort imaginable into that name. I don't give Barnes much more credit than that.

So does anyone know what Dimmu Borgir means?
I don't think it means anything, man. Just a random letter generator's results.

[Cloaca]

It's a U.S. military base in Germany, or so I recall being told.


I don't think they put that much effort into the name. The probably put less than the minimum of effort imaginable into that name. I don't give Barnes much more credit than that.


I don't think it means anything, man. Just a random letter generator's results.

About rammstein: You are correct. And yes, some time ago there was a rather big disaster at an air show there.

About Dimmu: CtD, I just hope you're being sarcastic as I was.....

Cannibal Corpse is a stupid name but I love it. :vampire:

[rapeandruin]

I don't know if this was asked but:

Finntroll
Forefather (which forefathers... norse I'm presuming?)
GWAR (i've always been curious about how they came up with that or what it means)
Satyricon
Suidakra

[Disincarnate]

wat the fuck does krisiun mean and wats the reason behind keeping the name nile.......it always makes me think thatwheter it means just the river nile or does it have some other meaning to it

[Disincarnate]

i belive behemoth means a an extremely large or huge creature

[Disincarnate]

In their search and hunger for ever greater, long-forgotten knowledge and the most terrible of arcane secrets, liches may achieve a new level of existence: demilich. The creature's definition of power, itself, has evolved beyond the grasp of the mortal mind, and so the demilich has abandoned all mortal exploits to survey realms in which only gods thread. Having no interest in the world that gave it form, the demilich surrenders that form, and its body crumbles to dust. Its phylactery, no longer useful, also crumbles to dust. All that remains is a skull. Its essense or spirit is no longer bound to a physical body. With this newly acquired freedom the demilich sets off for new bounderies to explore. There simply is nothing else to concern it within the realms of mortals, perhaps only to consume or destroy it. By the time its body falls into ruin, the lich has learned virtually all of the arcane secrets of its world - all things that both should and should never have been discovered at all. It has millenia to reflect upon its evil and the nature of power, and has mused upon which even the blackest of hearts would call vile. Even though, the demilich is a disembodied life form caught between the Negative Material, the Ethereal, and the Astral planes, the demilich can effect the Prime Material plane by directing energies from those planes it inhabits.

think this is wat demilich means

[cxmachine]

ok heres a few

samael for who asked is a demon i believe

satyricon is also a demon in one of the legends. which one is slipping my mind atm i'll edit if i can remember

and another band: the band darkwell got their name from a series of novels about the moonshae isles of the forgotten realms in dungeons and dragons. the series was done by Douglas Niles.

ok i'm going back to bed

[johnmansley]

I don't know if this was asked but:

Finntroll
Forefather (which forefathers... norse I'm presuming?)
GWAR (i've always been curious about how they came up with that or what it means)
Satyricon
Suidakra

Satyr (of Satyricon) always wanted to be a Decepticon in the Transformers when he was a child and so he named his band after the name that he would award himself if he were ever to become the said Decepticon.

Suidakra is just Arkadius backwards.

Oh and Nile take their name from the river of the same name, no hidden meanings at work at all here.

[BassBehemoth]

Vehemence -

\Ve"he*mence\, n. [L. vehementia: cf. F. v['e]h['e]mence.] 1. The quality pr state of being vehement; impetuous force; impetuosity; violence; fury; as, the vehemence.

2. Violent ardor; great heat; animated fervor; as, the vehemence of love, anger, or other passions.

I . . . tremble at his vehemence of temper. --Addison.

[Credit to Dementia]

About Dimmu: CtD, I just hope you're being sarcastic as I was.....
Yeah. Couldn't help myself.

[Amon rA]

GWAR - God What an Awful Racket. some university students think the're very funny.
iron maiden - a torture device a bit like a coffin with spikes on the inside. people were locked inside. fun.
pantera - panther in spanish
wasn't behemoth a myth about a green monster who was killed, by a bloke who lifted a load of people on a bench for entertainment? maybee not

[cxmachine]

some fun stuff thats in my cd player:

amorphis - derived from amorphous, the word for everchanging

st. vitus - name of a sabbath song "st. vitus' dance"

i think they keep the name nile due to the interest in egyptian history and mythology

oh and one more for you

Evanescence - it translates roughly to "suck" in american

[YOUR_GOD_IS_DEAD]

GWAR - God What an Awful Racket. some university students think the're very funny.

really?

[MetalThrashingMad]

yep, thats what gwar stands for.

[Rapture]

and rightfully so. good god they suck

[YOUR_GOD_IS_DEAD]

haha thats pretty funny

oh yeah,

Lamb of God - in the biblical times, people sacrificed lambs for their sins, in this case, 'jesus christ' sacrificed himself for the sins of everyone else.

Kataklysm (cataclysm) - a disaster (earthquake) or a violent upheaval

Masatdon - prehistoric creature, ice-age i think

Amorphis - something that doesnt have a shape

[Rapture]

Lamb of God - in the biblical times, people sacrificed lambs for their sins, in this case, 'jesus christ' sacrificed himself for the sins of everyone else.

sadly, sir, i must disagree. a 'lamb' is typically one who is picked on / tortured / whatever. 'Lamb of God' is a saying which is meant as the one upon whom god projects his misgivings and anger.

EDIT: i talked to Randy about it.

[YOUR_GOD_IS_DEAD]

sadly, sir, i must disagree. a 'lamb' is typically one who is picked on / tortured / whatever. 'Lamb of God' is a saying which is meant as the one upon whom god projects his misgivings and anger.

EDIT: i talked to Randy about it.

oh ok then. im just going by what some religious person told me when he saw me with a Lamb of God shirt. He told me i should be grateful...or something.

[johnmansley]

Amorphis - something that doesnt have a shape

I'm sure that the adjective for not possessing shape is amorphic. cxmachine already said that Amorphis was a hijacking of the word amorphous.

[andrewc]

i dunno if these have already been said, but:

"psycroptic" i believe means something to do with greek gods.
"cryptopsy" ive been told from a nameless source is a combo of the words "cryptic" and "autopsy". 100000000:1 this is the case.
"strapping young lad" is evidently a bunch of men with some sexuality issues.
"captain cleanoff" was invented when the guys were drunk.

hah, psycroptic and cryptopsy are almost anagrams of each other.

[rapeandruin]

"strapping young lad" is evidently a bunch of men with some sexuality issues.


haha...funny.

[Credit to Dementia]

The closest word I know to Psycroptic is the prefix 'Psychro-,' which comes from the Greek for 'cold.' I have no idea how that helps us understand what 'Psycroptic' means.

Jesus is traditionally the 'lamb of god,' which is latent with meaning due to the tradition at the time of sacrificing a lamb, and, specifically, with the Hebrew tradition of the Paschal lamb, whose sacrifice saved the first-born sons of the Jews during the final plague. Considering the way the New Testament was used to re-read the Old in allegory, it should be obvious how the connection was made. If Lamb of God want to claim it means something else they may feel free, but it definitely signifies Jesus.

[Nothingface4TehWin]

Opeth was originally called Opet, and Opet means the city of the moon in some guys fictional tale.

[YOUR_GOD_IS_DEAD]

I'm sure that the adjective for not possessing shape is amorphic. cxmachine already said what Amorphis was a hijacking of the word amorphous.

my apologies

[RUSSIANROULETTE]

"cryptopsy" ive been told from a nameless source is a combo of the words "cryptic" and "autopsy". 100000000:1 this is the case.
I always thought Cryptopsy had something to do with desecration :confused:

[Credit to Dementia]

I always thought Cryptopsy had something to do with desecration :confused:
It does. An autopsy performed on a crypt is basically grave-robbing, or at the very least disturbing. Both of these acts can be considered desecration. So cheer up your smiley.

[Ten Ton Alien]

Samael is another word for Satan, if i'm not mistaken.

Einherjer means glorious death or glorious dead, something like that.

Megadeth means 1 million deaths.

Manowar is an ancient battle ship.

Ensiferium means "the iron bearer".

Therion means "beast", if i recall correctly. also, in the Secret of the Runes album, the names of the songs are places in nordic mytholigy (i fucked up this word so bad).

[SmotPoker]

i heard that GWAR actually meant God Was A Rapist :)

[The Doctor]

shouldn't it be: Man 'O War?

[Cloaca]

Samael is another word for Satan, if i'm not mistaken.

Einherjer means glorious death or glorious dead, something like that.

Megadeth means 1 million deaths.

Manowar is an ancient battle ship.

Ensiferium means "the iron bearer".

Therion means "beast", if i recall correctly. also, in the Secret of the Runes album, the names of the songs are places in nordic mytholigy (i fucked up this word so bad).

I thought the Einherjer were the Norse warriors who made it to Valhalla. :confused:

[Chris Rezendes]

i heard that GWAR actually meant God Was A Rapist :)

You heard wrong. It stands for "God, What a Racket!" Either way, they still suck. Musically, anyway. From all possible indications they rule ass live.

[Darkenelf]

You can find all name meanings from Lord of the Rings at this site:

http://www.glyphweb.com/arda/default.htm

[Disincarnate]

i heard that GWAR actually meant God Was A Rapist :)
lmao

[Disincarnate]

You heard wrong. It stands for "God, What a Racket!" Either way, they still suck. Musically, anyway. From all possible indications they rule ass live.
i agree

[Undying_Hatred]

Just go to google and look up norse mythology, you'll reconize alot of names. Naglfar I think hes the guy who leads the boats for the final battle between the gods and the Jotun the ancient giants. You'll also see "Fenris" who is an evil wolf god who devours the earth. Lord of the rings too, gorgoroth and others I cant think of off the top of my head. The bible too Behemoth, Sodom, Vaginal Jesus, Rotting Christ. Yeah I ha fun with that bible one

[Cloaca]

Probably already been mentioned, but Necrophagist means "Eater Of the Dead" in latin.

[corroded]

Suidakra
suidakra is the reverse of arkadius, the band's mastermind

[corroded]

wats the reason behind keeping the name nile.......
er...please let me kiss you dude...you're so dumb that i wont care if i'm dismissed gay because of that !!!

[Disincarnate]

u dumass y cant it hav a hidden meaning or somethin????

[The Doctor]

no

[Undying_Hatred]

Hi, lets start a band with an egyptian theme and give it an egyptian name, with no corrolation whatsoever between the name and the theme because it is a hidden meaning that just happens to fit with the egyptian theme.

[BOSE]

Behmoth is satan represented in the form of an elephant. MARDUK is the god of Mars in Sumerian, and one bad mother fucker too apparently.

[MyOwnSavior]

You can find all name meanings from Lord of the Rings at this site:

http://www.glyphweb.com/arda/default.htm'Gorgoroth' means approximately '(Place of very great) dread'

[andrewc]

Dear MyOwnSaviour,

I love you because you introduced me to Finntroll. Which, if I'm not mistaken, and if it hasn't already been mentioned, signifies their passion for trolls, and the fact that they come from Finland.

I'm listening to Trollhammaren right now, and I will buy that album very soon. That translates as "Troll Hammer."

Kthxbi,

andrewc

[Credit to Dementia]

MARDUK is the god of Mars in Sumerian, and one bad mother fucker too apparently.
In the Sumerian creation myth he basically performs the same role of St Michael against Satan, except against, if I recall correctly, Tiamat. I think there's another equivalent in Ragnarok, but I really can't remember it correctly. It's actually interesting to go through these and find all the direct parallels.

[sanderinos]

I thought Marduk was the god of Babylon

[Crimson Thought]

Does anyone know what Anata Stands for?

[Knight]

Immolation - Total destruction.

if anyone cares.

[Chad]

You heard wrong. It stands for "God, What a Racket!" Either way, they still suck. Musically, anyway. From all possible indications they rule ass live.

I was kicked out of a GWAR concert recently...

but I don't really like them.

[Drag the Waters]

Anorexia Nervosa - u should know this.. aka Paris Hilton.
Incantation - ritual recitation of verbal charms or spells to produce a magic effect.
Bathory - after Elizabeth Bathory, who bathed in the blood of young women.
Six Feet Under - refers to the depth of a grave.
Otep - singers last name and/or anagram of poet.

anyone know about these?
Vinterriket, Averse Sefira, Tristania,

[ArmoredColumn]

Averse SePHira- averse means "opposing, enemy" a sephira is an element that forms the Tree of Life of the Khabal (that is a mystical Judaic sect).

Moreover:
GWAR- I heard that it means "cunt" in welsh (?)
Rammstein- the disaster happening in this city was a mid-air collision between 2 planes at an airshow. The acrobatic team was "Le Frecce Tricolori", the Italian aviation acrobatic team. :bawling:

[ArmoredColumn]

Anata - Hindu mithology dragon
( http://www.theserenedragon.net/Tales/india-anata.html)

[Slabbefusk]

Vinterriket means The Kingdom of Winter.

[TheHomeDespot]

Tristania is actually part of the scientific name (genus) of a number of plants in the myrtle family native to new south wales, australia...although I don't see any direct relation myself...

[andrewc]

anybody know the meaning of ensiferum, now that this thread has been brought back for the 10,000th time?

[corroded]

Ensiferium means "the iron bearer".

there ya go andy

[corroded]

Immolation - Total destruction.

if anyone cares.
not quite...immolation means setting fire

[andrewc]

there ya go andy

thanks much matey :beer:

i thought "arson" was setting fire :p

[Kalmahswamp]

since someone asked:
Antii from Kalmah said that "Kalmah" is a dialect language kind of a mixture between Russian and Finnish languages.

Ulver means Wolf
Agalloch is a scented wood that is burned
Mors Principium Est means "Death is the Beginning"

What do these mean:
Disarmonia Mundi
Lilitu
Centinex

and is "Farmakon" a spinoff of the word Pharmacon?

[HELLBLASTER-666]

Probably already been mentioned, but Necrophagist means "Eater Of the Dead" in latin.
In greek actually

[corroded]

i thought "arson" was setting fire :p
arson refers to setting fire to property...usually churches and stuff. immolation is a more general term, meaning destroying something by setting fire. e.g, self-immolation.

[Zertonshfits]

There is a lot of band names from LOTR...

-Myrkskog(Mirkwood in Norwegien)
-Isengard
-Burzum
-Gorgoroth
-Mordor(or?)

And there is even more I believe...

mordor also means killers in german