Monday, April 11, 2022

WATAIN: "Many are asking us about the Thai and Hebrew lettering often used in our artwork."

 


Swedish black metal warriors WATAIN. have explained the lettering and meaning of the bands name.

 WATAIN are set to unleash "THE AGONY AND ECSTASY OF WATAIN" , due to be unleashed 4/29/2022 via NUCLEAR BLAST RECORDS.

 

 WATAIN unleashed "TRIDENT WOLF ECLIPSE",  1/5/2018 via CENTURY MEDIA RECORDS.

 

 

 

 

 

 

FROM WATAIN: 

 

Many are asking us about the Thai and Hebrew lettering often used in our artwork.
The word WAT (วัด) is Thai for "Temple" (As in "Angkor Wat"), derived from Sanskrit "vāta".
The word AYIN (אַיִן) is a Hebrew term for the Cabbalistic concept of the primordial void of infinite nothingness before creation.
Thus the name WATAIN can be read as "Temple of Ain".
We took the name WATAIN from the song by VON, a short lived magical anomaly of the old Black Metal scene.
This deeper meaning of the word came to light during the Sworn to the Dark era.
 
 
Thanks-Stay Metal, Stay Brutal-\m/ -l-