Like so many others today, I mark ten years since Selim Lemouchi made his departure.
The Devil’s Blood were the soundtrack to an important era of my life. A re-awakening into a vibrant sense of belonging; through years of self-discovery, hedonism and magick. Many stories remain untold from that licentious time, although many averted gazes got the gist. “Christ or Cocaine” carried me along.
I never had the privilege of seeing Selim perform live, my one chance in Hamburg cancelled before it all happened, but his presence perseveres. Music confers an immortality all its own, and there’s seldom a moment to this day when his Occult Rock is far from my ears.
Songs from the edge of madness can be siren call to a darker shade, and we each choose how we succumb.
Requiescat in Chaos.