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Gilles de Rais Serial KillerThis brief true crime playlist contains 3 songs about Gilles de Rais, who fought alongside Joan of Arc + killed & sexually abused children.

โ€œIjust want a quick fix / Up in your mix.โ€ That exemplifies a โ€œQuickieโ€โ€ฆaccording to Miguel that is. Anyways, this playlist keeps it things extremely short and sweet.ย  There are merely three songs.ย  To make this an even lazier offering, all three of the featured songs have appeared on previous lists. How to recycle.ย  What should be noted is that all three of these songs are about Gilles de Rais. ย 

Who was Gilles de Rais? De Rais (c. 1405 โ€“ 1440) is notable in history for fighting alongside Joan of Arc.ย  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, โ€œThe Windowโ€

๐Ÿ’ฟ Ritual โ€ข ๐Ÿท Metal Blade โ€ข ๐Ÿ—“ 2011

The Black Dahlia Murder, Ritual ยฉ Metal Bladeโ€œBless all Earth’s most precious children with my blackened love insane.โ€ Throughout the course of our true crime playlists, weโ€™ve covered Elizabeth Bรกthory, one of the earliest serial killers.ย  Now, we take it back pre-countess with Gilles de Rais, clearly a pervert. ๐ŸŽ™ The Black Dahlia Murder captures his perverseness exceptionally on ๐ŸŽต โ€œThe Window.โ€ Just read through the lyrics below, and itโ€™s clear that de Rais was chief amongst the deviants of society.

โ€œI sodomize the young and dying
Sick hunger is my viceโ€” 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 beastsโ€” their innocence, my blade's eager to meet
May my song of hatred lead them forever downward.โ€


2. Macabre, โ€œThe Black Knightโ€

๐Ÿ’ฟ Grim Scary Tales โ€ข ๐Ÿท Decomposed โ€ข ๐Ÿ—“ 2011

Macabre, Grim Scary Tales ยฉ Decomposedโ€œGilles De Rais was the man / Who cut up the French children / What Gilles De Rais would do then / Is masturbate on their organs.โ€ Oh geezโ€ฆ Macabre pick up where The Black Dahlia Murder left off, depicting the perversions of De Rais on โ€œThe Dark Night.โ€ As you read from the introductory lyrical quote, they donโ€™t sugarcoat the sick, twisted person that he was.

โ€œHe got away with murder for eight years with his noble position
Rais dabbled in occult while he eliminated local children.โ€
โ€œ...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.โ€
โ€œ...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.โ€

3. Celtic Frost, โ€œInto the Crypts of Raysโ€

๐Ÿ’ฟ Morbid Tales โ€ข ๐Ÿท Sanctuary โ€ข ๐Ÿ—“ 1984

Celtic Frost, Morbid Tales ยฉ Noiseโ€œGilles de Rais, the perverted son / Unholy man / Into the crypt of Rais.โ€ Swiss heavy metal band Celtic Frost sets up the hellishness on the malicious, up-tempo โ€œInto the Crypts of Rays.โ€ The lyrics are self-explanatory. Ultimately, they simply confirm he was a bad, bad man.

โ€œYears 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.โ€


3 Musical Selections About Gilles de Raisย  ๐ŸŽง [๐Ÿ“ท: Metal Blade, Decomposed, Sanctuary]

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the musical hype aka Brent Faulkner has earned Bachelor and Masters degrees in music (music Education, music theory/composition respectively). A multi-instrumentalist, he plays piano, trombone, and organ among numerous other instruments. He's a certified music educator, composer, and a freelance music journalist. Faulkner cites music and writing as two of the most important parts of his life. Notably, he's blessed with a great ear, possessing perfect pitch.

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