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this following disclaimer: I am not a Magma expert! Far from it. I do not fluently speak or understand Kobaa (besides the odd word or phrase here and there), and even if I did, the amount Magma lyrics that can be found wouldn t be enough to decipher the entire saga. The following blog is merely comprised of assumptions, based on the mood and atmosp here of the music, and what little fact I know to be true. This is a combination of a blog about Magma and a conversation invitation. If th ere is anyone who knows about the subject matter of Magma s albums, then please le nd us your intelligence. Let us pool resources in discovering the nature of this saga! And, lastly, if any of my assumptions are known to be false (say you know for certain that mhntht-R was Russian and not Egyptian, then please kindly correct me.) It is almost guaranteed a huge portion of my assumptions (if not all of the m) are false. So, without further ado The Mythology of Magma by Shakespeare Chronologically, the earliest tale in the Kobaan anthology is that of a man named Khntarksz. Khntarksz is an Earthling. We assume that this takes place sometime in t he near (or maybe distant) future. One day, by whatever means, Khntarksz stumbled upon a long forgot, ancient tomb, belonging to a former Egyptian Emperor. This m akes us think that Khntarksz was an archeologist, historian, researcher, or perhap s just lucky explorer. At any rate, the tomb belongs to mhntht-R, who, in his life, sought nothing more than to discover the secrets of eternal life. mhntht-R came clos e to accomplishing his goal, but before he completed his task, he was murdered. We re unsure whether the murder was related to his work: whether an underground or ganization wanted the secrets of endless life to go unearthed, or if the Emperor s reign was won by revolt, or if the Emperor just owed somebody a lot of money. W ho knows, maybe mhntht-R fell on the knife.

While inside mhntht-R s tomb, Khntarksz is met by a startling and vivid vision of the b gone Emperor. It is in this fashion that mhntht-R s wealth of knowledge and wisdom, re garding life, death, man, God, time, existence, and eternal life is passed to th e humble Khntarksz, who now, revealed the truth, sees how evil mankind is, and how imperfect Earth is...and sees a solution. However, I believe that in this momen t a prophecy was also made: and it is articulated in the song Ork Alarm. The pro phecy is essentially that if ever the secrets and wisdom of mhntht-R would be harnes sed to craft the ideal society; if ever human life was perfected; if indeed the evil of man was surpassed; the People of Ork would come and end it. The People o f Ork would destroy all progress. Perhaps the prophecy isn t an if situation: maybe even Khntarksz seeing the vision was enough to spit the People or Ork out of their waiting. Maybe from that moment the People of Ork have been on their way (which would mean either they live a couple hundred galaxies over, or their ship runs on diesel.) What is for certain is that the People of Ork will play a large role in the distant future of mankind. The booklet of the CD issue of Khntarksz reads: The people of ORK are marching upon us. The people are made of indescribable matter which to the machines is what t he machines are to man. The alarm is sounded... ORK ALARM! The people of ZEUHL W ORTZ are preparing for battle... It sounds as though the People of Ork will, in t he future, attack Kobaa. Maybe they will attack Earth, and the Kobaans will save E arth from them. I personally think it s the former. What is important here is that a prophecy is made of the invasion of an advanced, alien race, organic yet diff erent than man and his animal allies. I presume that the two bubbling fat fellow s Ourgon and Gorgo on the cover of Attahk are People of Ork. That concludes what happens in Khntarksz, by my guess. Next in the Khntarksz series

is K.A, or Khntarksz Anteria. What is most frustrating about this album is not onl y the fact that is the only currently released Magma album that I know virtually nothing about for certain, but also the fact that it is the only Magma album I have the complete lyrics for. God, I wish I spoke Kobaan. But alas, I don t, and th erefore I ll do my best guesswork at what comes next. (I can almost guarantee this section is false, but consider it.) Judging by the cover, (which strongly resembles a headstone), and the word Anteri a which strongly resembled the English "Interred", and the French En Terre which is literally In Earth , i.e., buried, i.e., Wurdah Khntarksz. That s right, I think Khntar ksz dies in the sequel. This could happen by a number of means: maybe Mr. K was h unted down the by the same underground society that killed of mhntht-R. Maybe Mr. K just grew old before his plans were executed, and passed his knowledge on to ano ther, in a similar manner mhntht-R did. (Or, maybe Khntarksz was a bit more traditiona l and just passed his knowledge vocally to his pupils). I think, personally, tha t what happened to Khntarksz was very much like what happened to the Kobaans in the future when they tried to share their wisdom, but the results weren t those Nebhr Gudahtt received even further in the future.

I think Khntarksz preached his wisdom: his visions of the fruitless future of mank ind, of the evilness of their ways, of the impurity of our means, and our dire n eed to mend our ways. He was shunned and rejected by the general public, and Ear th s authorities tried to silence him. When they were unsuccessful, they had him k illed. The booklet of K.A reads, La jeunesse tourmente de Khntarksz en qute de sa des tine. Cependant la providence guide dj ses pas My French isn t brilliant, but this esse ntial translates to The tormented youth of Khntarksz in quest of, or in searh of or in pursuit of his destiny. Nevertheless, providence already guides his feet This quot e leads me to believe that Khntarksz is devoting his life to his plans for the per fect Earth, the ideal society, and to bringing his ideals to life. (Here is a large gap in my vision of the plot. The soon to be released if it s not delayed by the recent departure of three band members - mhntht-R is placed here next in this trilogy. However, I have no idea at all what it could be about. Maybe I compressed too much into K.A. Maybe K.A is merely about Khntarksz sharing wisdom a nd recruiting followers, but it isn t until mhntht-R that he dies. Or, maybe (most lik ely) I missed the mark completely. Any insight would be great.) After his death, Khntarksz few followers secretly continued his goals, outside the watch of the government, and finally decided tah suah Wurdah: Earth is dead (alri ght, I know a little Kobaan.) They abandon it: it is beyond saving. The few enlig htened ones must find a new world; begin anew if they are ever to bring about th is ideal society. Now we begin the tale of their debut double-album, Kobaa, whose plot is a very simple one. Disc One: these enlightened ones travel the universe on their advanced spacecraft, in search of the perfect planet. They find Kobaa, and it all advances from there. The build their society from scratch, and in a m atter of years, Kobaa is a blooming utopia. Disc Two: Many years in the future, a totaled spacecraft is found hovering in orbit of the planet, unable to penetrat e the atmosphere. The Kobaans investigate, and find a crew of lost wayward Earthl ings. The Earthlings see Kobaa, and the startling progress they ve made. The Earthl ings plea for their aid, and tell that Earth is in even worse shape now. They be g the Kobaans to return to Earth, tell of the great progress they ve made political ly, environmentally, technologically, spiritually, socially, and scientifically. They ask the Kobaans to preach their ways to the deluded population of Earth. They oblige, and a small crew of knowledgeable Kobaans returns to Earth. Thus con cludes their debut, and begins 1001 Centigrades. Returning to the ancient home of their forefathers, the Kobaans begin to preach their methods, and show Earth the depths they d fallen to. Some humans were truly touched and believed in the Kobaan message. But, the majority rejected these beliefs, and the authority of Earth a rrested and imprisoned the Kobaans. The remaining Kobaans back home warn Earth s gov

ernment that if their imprisoned brethren were not released and sent back safely , they would be forced to unleash their ultimate weapon on them. The ultimate weap on could be a building-bashing monster, a plague of flesh-eating insects, the De ath Star (or a similar laser-beam emitting planet-destroyer), or pretty much any thing else you can imagine. (Or, maybe the weapon is something much simpler - so mething we wouldn't normally consider a weapon.) At any rate, the imprisoned Kob aans are released on a single term: no Kobaan may ever step foot on Earth s soil aga in. And with that, the Kobaans leave Earth for eternity, and never again show the ir faces there. This concludes 1001 Centigrades. Moving now to another section of the saga: the most popular trilogy. Now, betwe en the final departure of the Kobaans and the redemption of all Earth, many years later, is a time referred to as Theusz Hamtaahk, which translates to Time of Ha tred. Theusz Hamtaahk was never recorded in studio, but was performed frequently live. Together with its sequel, Wurdah tah (Dead Earth, in case you weren t paying attention earlier) these two albums depict the span of time where man commits h is most dastardly crimes, performs his greatest evils, conducts behavior most de void of moral, spiritual guidance, or of fear of their impending doom. Throughou t this Theusz Hamtaahk on Earth, the few who heeded the Kobaans warning way back w hen passed the knowledge they learned down through the generations. This knowled ge being shared through the years was the sole banner of hope for all of Earth. And finally, Nebhr Gudahtt came along, and was the first who had courage enough t o act on his beliefs. This is the situation we find ourselves in at the beginnin g of .M.D.K., Magma s most popular album, and arguably, the first real Zeuhl album . There is a reason Mkank Destruktw Kommandh is so grandiose and epic. It is because o f the powerful moral statement at its core. Nebhr Gudahtt won more followers than Khntarksz, the original Kobaans, and the Kobaans who came to earth later, all combi ned. In fact, Nebhr Gudahtt essentially won all of earth to the ways of Kobaa, in the end. What occurred was this - and I m just going to go ahead and directly quo te Peter Thelen here, because he worded it so perfectly here. His message to the people of Earth is that their only salvation from an ultimate and certain doom i s through self purification and communication with the divine spirit of the supr eme being, the Kreuhn Kohrman. Gudahtt then began his march to spiritual purity, and to the redemption and salvation of all humanity. Earthlings initially reject his invitation and his insane claims, and they begin to march against him. But then they slowly begin to question their actions, and then their purpose and ver y existence, and one at a time converted to the ways of Kobaa, until every single Earthling was marching together, towards spiritual enlightenment. Thus ends .M.D.K., and thus ends the Theusz Hamtaahk cycle. Following the Theusz Hamtaahk trilogy, very little is known. Attahk and d Wd are the only remaining albu ms Magma released. (No, I am not overlooking any album.) I think that, in very s hort, these two albums narrate the Kobaan war with the People of Ork. I am likely very far off here, and I ve heard that certain pieces scattered across them (and certain live albums) are actually linked to the mhntht-R tale, so I might even be wr ong in terms of chronology. But one thing I m rather certain of is that Ourgon and Gorgo are People of Ork, and they mean the Kobaans harm. I have a handful of ideas what De Futura could be about, but it s clear it has som ething to do with the passage of time, and similarly the future of war. (It was originally named De Futura Hiroshima, which leads us to believe it s about WWIII a nd atomic war.) In the end, I m not really sure about anything. These are merely my guesses, and i f they are all concluded to be entirely false, then consider it fan-fiction. Exp erts: enlighten me on my faults.