From: Phil.Powell@bbs.oit.unc.edu (Phil Powell)
Newsgroups: alt.rock-n-roll.metal.heavy
Subject: Re: Christian Metal ???
Date: 30 Sep 92 03:23:00 GMT
Organization: Extended Bulletin Board Service

In article <1992Sep29.141315.1@cc.newcastle.edu.au> c9221777@cc.newcastle.edu.au (Brother Redeye) writes:
>In article <1992Sep28.160053.8159@news2.cis.umn.edu>, donnell@polyp.micro.umn.edu (Your Heinous) writes:
>> If you want dark, brooding music, try "The Skull" by Trouble. It is a christian
>> album, but more in the vein of the depressing, gloomy, sung-psalms, than
>> any "christian rock". If Black Sabbath had been christians <seriously>, 
>> they might have sounded like this. And they don't preach!
>> "Fear No Evil" is a classic. so is "Pray For The Dead". 
>> Absolutely the most gloomy music ever to sing about God. it's great!
>> 
>> 					--Judex--
>> 
>I don't see the problem the guy who started this thread has.  All songs have
>lyrics, and those lyrics say something, unless they are just meaningless vocal
>filler.  Bands with a punk influence such as Napalm Death sing about social and
>political issues, bands like Carnivore sing about things from their rather
>redneck and narrowminded outlook on life, Christian bands deal with (guess
>what) and Black Metal bands like singing about how awefully naughty they are
>and how they are looking forward to an eternity of torment.  To each their own.
>
>One thing I like about alternative music is that the lyrics often have
>something to say.  Apart from that the music is interesting. I don't have to do
>what the lyricist suggests or adopt his ideals - it just so happens that
>generally the stuff that I buy agrees with viewpoints that I already have.
>
>Saying that "Christian Metal" is an oxymoron is one of those myths that the
>media likes to perpetrate, given their penchant for portraying all subcultures
>as stereotypes (rap-listeners are all black, crack-smoking, gun-toting gang
>bangers; punks all have antigravity haircuts and mug little old ladies; goths
>all sleep in coffins, drink blood and are incredibly morbid; computer users are
>all skinny, pimply kids with bad dress sense and thick glasses; D&D players are
>just demented; and of course headbangers are all smelly unwashed, satan
>worshipping bums who only take the occasional break from trying to be a rock
>star in order to sacrifice themselves to Baalzebub through ritual suicide -
>CRAP!).  Well not only are there Christian Doom-metal bands, but speed, thrash,
>punk and a jolly good death metal band by the name of Vengeance that I would
>recommend to anyone who likes the sound Obituary puts out.

And a big AMEN to you dude! I love that! That's the best answer to this
thread I've ever heard! Fantastic!!!

>
>Of course, if you don't like bands that say something when they speak, I can
>strongly recommend Kylie Minogue, Jason Donovan, Bobby Brown and as much House
>Music as you can stomach.
>
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Phil

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