This brief true crime playlist contains 3 songs about Gilles de Rais, who fought alongside Joan of Arc + killed & sexually abused children.
โIjust want a quick fix / Up in your mix.โ That exemplifies a โQuickieโโฆaccording 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, โThe Windowโ
๐ฟ Ritual โข ๐ท Metal Blade โข ๐ 2011
โBless all Earth’s most precious children with my blackened love insane.โ Throughout the course of our true crime playlists, weโve covered Elizabeth Bรกthory, one of the earliest serial killers.ย Now, we take it back pre-countess with Gilles de Rais, clearly a pervert. ๐ The Black Dahlia Murder captures his perverseness exceptionally on ๐ต โThe Window.โ Just read through the lyrics below, and itโs clear that de Rais was chief amongst the deviants of society.
โI 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, โThe Black Knightโ
๐ฟ Grim Scary Tales โข ๐ท Decomposed โข ๐ 2011
โGilles 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 geezโฆ Macabre pick up where The Black Dahlia Murder left off, depicting the perversions of De Rais on โThe Dark Night.โ As you read from the introductory lyrical quote, they donโt sugarcoat the sick, twisted person that he was.
โHe got away with murder for eight years with his noble position Rais dabbled in occult while he eliminated local children.โโ...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.โโ...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, โInto the Crypts of Raysโ
๐ฟ Morbid Tales โข ๐ท Sanctuary โข ๐ 1984
โGilles 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 โInto the Crypts of Rays.โ The lyrics are self-explanatory. Ultimately, they simply confirm he was a bad, bad man.
โYears 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