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"You can choose to interpret the guy in pain as he is being burned alive by the cultists just so he can join, or you can interpret the guy as having achieved the power he sought, and he is screaming out of bliss and not pain. It relates to the title because a lot of us would think that what he is doing is kind of ridiculous — why would anyone want to join a cult? But people do strange things and they have their own subjective, esoteric sense of understanding that to the rest of us, is strange or crazy. I think we ALL in some shape or form have esoteric practices that a lot of other people don't 'get,' whether it's believing in something or even listening to metal music."
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The Unguided is a Swedish metalcore band, founded by Richard Sjunnesson, Roger Sjunnesson, Roland Johansson and John Bengtsson, all of whom are former members of Sonic Syndicate. Later, they were joined by Cipher System bassist Henric Liljesand. Bengtsson was replaced by Richard Schill in late 2012 and Johansson was replaced by Jonathan Thorpenberg in 2016.
References
- ↑ Blabbermouth.Net - Sweden'S Sonic Syndicate Sign With Pivotal Rockordings
- ↑ Blabbermouth.Net - Blinded Colony Sign With Pivotal Rockordings Archived 2007-09-30 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ Blabbermouth.Net - Zonaria Signs With Pivotal Rockordings
- ↑ Blabbermouth.Net - Stigma Signs With Pivotal Rockordings
- ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2009-07-03. Retrieved 2009-07-08.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
