This brief true crime playlist contains 3 songs about Gilles de Rais, who fought alongside Joan of Arc + killed & sexually abused children.
“Ijust want a quick fix / Up in your mix.” That exemplifies a “Quickie”…according to Miguel that is. Anyways, this playlist keeps it things extremely short and sweet. There are merely three songs. To make this an even lazier offering, all three of the featured songs have appeared on previous lists. How to recycle. What should be noted is that all three of these songs are about Gilles de Rais.
Who was Gilles de Rais? De Rais (c. 1405 – 1440) is notable in history for fighting alongside Joan of Arc. Unfortunately, he is also infamous because he was a convicted pedophilic serial killer. Eww! Not only did he kill innocent children, but the pervert also sodomized them. Metal bands The Black Dahlia Murder, Macabre, and Celtic Frost depict this devilish man musically.
1. The Black Dahlia Murder, “The Window”
💿 Ritual • 🏷 Metal Blade • 🗓 2011
“Bless all Earth’s most precious children with my blackened love insane.” Throughout the course of our true crime playlists, we’ve covered Elizabeth Báthory, one of the earliest serial killers. Now, we take it back pre-countess with Gilles de Rais, clearly a pervert. 🎙 The Black Dahlia Murder captures his perverseness exceptionally on 🎵 “The Window.” Just read through the lyrics below, and it’s clear that de Rais was chief amongst the deviants of society.
“I sodomize the young and dying Sick hunger is my vice— my lust To drip my rotten seed upon their cooling flesh, so fare Of their gurgled screams, I could never hear enough Bless their puny hearts and their sweet naiveties Praise those little lemmings, but rats unto the piper Bless those putrid beasts— their innocence, my blade's eager to meet May my song of hatred lead them forever downward.”
2. Macabre, “The Black Knight”
💿 Grim Scary Tales • 🏷 Decomposed • 🗓 2011
“Gilles De Rais was the man / Who cut up the French children / What Gilles De Rais would do then / Is masturbate on their organs.” Oh geez… Macabre pick up where The Black Dahlia Murder left off, depicting the perversions of De Rais on “The Dark Night.” As you read from the introductory lyrical quote, they don’t sugarcoat the sick, twisted person that he was.
“He got away with murder for eight years with his noble position Rais dabbled in occult while he eliminated local children.”“...Gilles De Rais killing ways finally ceased He sold a castle and took it back with force by beating a priest A violation against the church that stripped Rais of his position Soon after that they solved the mystery of the missing children.”“...They searched Rais' castle and then found fifty mutilated kids Faced with torture and excommunication Rais confessed to what he did Condemned by the church for using Black Magic and the court for murder Rais was executed where he was simultaneously hanged and burned.”
3. Celtic Frost, “Into the Crypts of Rays”
💿 Morbid Tales • 🏷 Sanctuary • 🗓 1984
“Gilles de Rais, the perverted son / Unholy man / Into the crypt of Rais.” Swiss heavy metal band Celtic Frost sets up the hellishness on the malicious, up-tempo “Into the Crypts of Rays.” The lyrics are self-explanatory. Ultimately, they simply confirm he was a bad, bad man.
“Years of plead behind the walls Chambers and vaults, scenes of fright Unspoken words in pain and dread 140 lives passed his hands ...Alluring children for his masses Robbing and buying young souls Sacrifice to morbid demons Satisfy his sexual lust ...Personal guard for Jeanne D'Arc The rising of his soul to God.”
3 Musical Selections About Gilles de Rais 🎧 [📷: Metal Blade, Decomposed, Sanctuary]
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