You know who’s having a moment? Satan. Between the theatrical re-release of Ken Russell’s The Devils , the demi-controversy surrounding Satanic doo-wop group Twin Temple being dropped from Charley Crockett’s tour, and Lucifer’s son visiting New Orleans in the new American Horror Story , Ol’ Scratch is everywhere these days. But what happens when the season shifts, when the cloying good cheer of—groan—the holiday season comes with its candy stripes and jingle bells and partridges in pear trees? How do you keep the message of the Dark Lord relevant when half of the world is celebrating his nemesis? This is the goal of evangelical satanist band Satanic Planet .

I mean that descriptor literally. The metal supergroup’s singer Lucien Greaves isn’t just magnificently named, he’s also the co-founder of and spokesperson for the Satanic Temple, the at-times-controversial organization that promotes a non-religious satanism built around a philosophy of self-determination and social welfare programs.…