Succubus

A succubus is a demon in female form or supernatural entity in folklore (traced back to medieval legend) that appears in dreams and takes the form of a woman in order to seduce men, usually through sexual activity. The male counterpart is the incubus. Religious traditions hold that repeated sexual activity with a succubus may result in the deterioration of health or even death.

In modern representations, a succubus may or may not appear in dreams and is often depicted as a highly attractive seductress or enchantress; whereas, in the past, succubi were generally depicted as frightening and demonic.

Etymology

The word is derived from Late Latin succuba "paramour"; from succub(āre) "to lie under" (sub- "under" + cubāre "to lie in bed"), used to describe the supernatural being as well. The word "Succubus" originates from the late 14th century.

In folklore

According to Zohar and the Alphabet of Ben Sira, Lilith was Adam's first wife who later became a succubus. She left Adam and refused to return to the Garden of Eden after she mated with archangel Samael. In Zoharistic Kabbalah, there were four succubi who mated with the archangel Samael. There were four original queens of the demons: Lilith, Mahalath, Agrat Bat Mahlat, and Naamah. A succubus may take a form of a beautiful young girl but closer inspection may reveal deformities upon their bodies, such as bird-like claws or serpentine tails. Folklore also describes the act of sexually penetrating a succubus as akin to entering a cavern of ice, and there are reports of succubi forcing men to perform cunnilingus on their vulvas that drip with urine and other fluids. In later folklore, a succubus took the form of a siren.

Coach (comics)

The Coach is a fictional mutant character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. He was the "leader" and member of the second team of X-Force and was created by Peter Milligan (writer) and Mike Allred (artist). His first appearance was in X-Force #116. He is missing one arm and has odd eye coloring.

Fictional character biography

One of Coach's first appearances was introducing the new hero Anarchist to X-Force. Later, he briefs the team on their upcoming mission to rescue a hostage boy band. They were being held in a New York recording studio. He details how this is a perfect mission, one that would please the focus group and increase their publicity. This did not go well, as most of X-Force, and the boy band, die in helicopter attack. The surviving terrorists, including the copter crew, are slain by the surviving members.

He discusses the deaths of most of the team members to the remaining three. He thus introduces the team's new owner. U-Go Girl is surprised that the team's owners were not a shadowy organization answerable to no one. Coach calms her worries saying that their owner, Spike Freeman is simply a software trillionaire. Secretly, all of U-Go Girl's concerns were true.

War Is the Answer

War Is the Answer is the second studio album by American heavy metal band Five Finger Death Punch. It was released on September 22, 2009 through Prospect Park Records. The album debuted at number 7 on the Billboard 200, selling approximately 44,000 copies in its first week. It is also their last album to feature bassist Matt Snell, who departed from the band in late 2010.War Is the Answer has been certified platinum in the U.S., with sales of 907,000, making it their best-selling album.

Writing and recording

War Is the Answer was announced as Five Finger Death Punch's second studio album in May 2009. The album was produced by Kevin Churko, who had previously produced Ozzy Osbourne's Black Rain, and mixed by Randy Staub, who had previously worked with Metallica, Nickelback, and Stone Sour. Guitarist Zoltan Bathory, commenting on the style of the album, stated "we've continued the journey we started on the first album, so there's a healthy balance of melody and aggression, and as always we concentrated on writing strong metal songs in the traditional sense."