DARK SATANIC MILLS

The phrase "Dark Satanic Mills", entered the English language from William Blake’s poem, And did those feet in Ancient Time, more commonly known as the anthem or hymn Jerusalem. It is often interpreted as referring to the early Industrial Revolution and its destruction of nature and human relationships.

In 1973, for their Brain Salad Surgery album, British progressive rock band Emerson, Lake & Palmer recorded a version of the poem entitled "Jerusalem". The track features the debut of the prototype Moog Apollo, the first-ever polyphonic music synthesiser.

Is our landscape disappearing under solar farms, polytunnels and wind farms
or did it never really exist with any permanence, other than in the mind's eye.