Watain are a Swedish black metal band from Uppsala, formed in 1998. The band's name is taken from a recording by the American black metal group Von.
Watain were formed in 1998. According to Erik Danielsson, when the band formed, "there weren't really any bands anymore that seemed to take things that seriously, and there weren't that many bands that actually consisted of, you know, people that did so much more than just play the music that they liked and the same kind of music that their idols play". They released their demo Go Fuck Your Jewish "God" in 1998 and their live tape Black Metal Sacrifice in 1999, which they do not intend to re-release. In October 1999, the band released their EP The Essence of Black Purity through Grim Rune Productions, which they consider to be their first official release, and played on a show together with Malign and Dark Funeral, organised by Watain and Grim Rune Productions.
Although it may seem bloody
He shall die with only one drop of human blood
For you will feel his black death with him
Brothers of blood
The invisible images of vast horror is within thoughts
Shall hang mutilated, stale animals
With the veins of Jesus Christÿ
For it shall sway back and forth
Dripping most unkempt stink
Pig blood
Drop by drop falling
Creating a Satanic blood-face for me
I welcome the blood from these pigs of Hell
May it bleed upon my blood-face eternal
Lucifer killed his unborn child
So he may be a victim of circumstance unborn evil
The wicked child lays in shallow, crowded graves
This unholy place is where the black sacrifices are performed
Here is where He kills