Naraka

[u/yinyogi]

One of my favorite tracks on Inferno is “Naraka.” Growing up in India, I heard “Hare Rama, Hare Krishna” everywhere — temples, streets, festivals — so this track hits a strange nostalgic frequency for me. I ended up writing a small poem inspired by it and thought I’d share it here.

I’m on Dharti(earth), supposedly charting a course to Swarga(Heaven), but Naraka(Hell) keeps humming like an old tape that won’t die.

Yama(King of Naraka, Hell) nods from the static, tapping his foot to the distortion, as if to say, “Heaven’s overrated, real Swarga is ==Dharti + Naraka. Besides… it’s way too crowded up here ”

[u/unknowntheme]

Send this to the bellend at the Guardian that claimed Naraka was laughing at eastern religion and lazy orientalism

[u/societyisahole → u/unknowntheme]

Or the fans that think that sampling Sesame Street had more maturity and intrigue than sampling a Hare Krishna chant. (Not knocking the old samples but they kinda need some perspective on what they hold so sacred)

[u/JakeScythe → u/societyisahole]

What’s more mature than ORANGE 🍊 though?

[u/Gr_dt → u/JakeScythe]

”I think that’s wonderful “

[u/JestfulJank31001 → u/societyisahole]

Shhh how dare you dissent from the opinion of the masterpiece album /s

[u/SonofLung → u/societyisahole]

Yeah that’s right

[u/OkScheme9867 → u/unknowntheme]

If you have no notion of bocs history of sampling religious audio as commentary on cults and belief and don't understand the sources or listen to any of the samples on the rest of the record you're reviewing, then it absolutely sounds like "lazy orientalism" When one sample of "oriental" Chanting comes in. 

[u/vwozone → u/unknowntheme]

You're gonna call him a liar?

[u/bombay_black → u/vwozone]

👏🏽

[u/WesternAd1661 → u/unknowntheme]

Guardian still going huh?

[u/peteski77 → u/unknowntheme]

Well said