About Birth of Violence by Chelsea Wolfe Album
Chelsea stated in the interview with Metal Hammer : "It’s definitely misunderstood and something that I have been into for a long time (witchcraft), but I’ve been talking about witchcraft more openly recently. Birth Of Violence is tied to that awakening in myself and I wanted to share that with anyone else who might be feeling that kind of nudge inside themselves as well. There’s something in witchcraft that we call ‘shadow work’, which is basically confronting the darker parts of yourself, or the world. I realised that a lot of my songs were doing that anyway. A lot of witchcraft is about becoming more in-tune with your intuition and putting that into whatever you’re doing creatively.” Source: The world according to Chelsea Wolfe: “Witchcraft helped me find myself” In the interview for The Fader Wolfe explained the inspiration behind writting the album: "A lot of it was being on the road for so long and then realizing that I hadn’t had a break in a long time and hadn’t had time to take stock of my own life and my own mental and physical health. That’s where the songs began, and after a while it was clear that I needed to stop the train for a second, stop the constant motion and constant travel, and take some time at home. It’s a simple thing, but it felt like a big awakening of sorts — that I really had to learn how to take better care of myself. In order to find healthier ways to survive as a human being, I had to not play some shows for a while." As for the album title Birth of Violence she said: " At first when it was calling to me, it felt very much like an old book title. I used to work at a used bookstore in high school and I would spend most of my time perusing old books for cool covers and titles like Grapes of Wrath (and) Wuthering Heights. Birth of Violence felt very much in that realm to me. So there was that element to it, but (also) Birth of Violence is a personal awakening, a personal strengthening and coming into my own as a woman. When I looked up the word "violence" in my old dictionary, there was one definition that said "strength of emotion," and I thought that was really cool. Again, I try to think of the word "violence" in a poetic way, like looking at a field of bright orange poppies and violent blue. So I guess it’s kind of about claiming a word that can mean very ugly things and bringing it to a more poetic place." Source: Chelsea Wolfe’s road to the divine feminine
