• southsamurai@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    8·
    10 months ago

    Eh, I don’t reject it just on the basis of the subject matter, and I never reject a band because of their religion when it isn’t part of the music.

    That being said, Christian metal falls into the same flaws as contemporary Christian. There’s only so many ways you can write songs about the same subject matter and it be interesting, so if the rest of the music isn’t amazing, why bother listening to it?

    Unfortunately, most of the musicians making Christian insert genre here are pretty damn mid tier at best. Like, compare any of the better ones to a band like Amon Amarth that beats a single subject into the ground, and it doesn’t hold up. At least when AA does yet another viking raid song, or Odin/Thor song, you can just ignore the lyrics and the rest is fucking balls out slamming.

    I’ve yet to hear any Christian metal bands that can pull that off.

    Plus, and I know this isn’t going to make anyone happy, I happen to live not just in the bible belt, but near enough to some of the Christian music centers of recording that I either directly know, or run in the same circles as a shit ton of Christian Music groups and solo acts. And they’re mostly douchebags looking for an audience that won’t object the their relative lack of talent, and don’t actually believe ANY of the shit they sing about. I ain’t risking some kind of defamation hassle to name names, but Jesus fucking Christ, some of those people need Jesus in the worst possible way. We’re talking about breaking ten commandment level behavior, not just having a few extra drinks or banging some church lady.

    Which, that’s an issue too. They’ll bang church ladies, even when those ladies aren’t legal to be fucked. It’s a serious problem in the whole “tour around churches for gigs” level bands. But you don’t hear about it because you don’t talk about that shit.

    And, again, that isn’t just the Christian metal people, it’s the rappers and country, and contemporary Christian singers too.

    But I’ve heard plenty of it, and I’m usually willing to give a listen to stuff I haven’t heard before. It’s just that most of it is meh.

      • CaptainSpaceman@lemmy.worldEnglish
        3·
        10 months ago

        Ah yeah, shoudnt have generalized like that. I was thinking of most Christian stuff on the shelves these days. And I dont think many people categorize Bach as Christian music.

        But tbh, word choices in lyrical songs matter, so as others have said it DOES bring down the quality of the music. At least, for people like me I suppose. Lyrics can make a song for me, I know not everyone pays attn to the words as much as others do.

    • VanHalbgott@lemmus.orgOPEnglish
      33·
      10 months ago

      Recommendations: Demon Hunter, Disciple, Red, For Honor, Fit For a King, Thousand Foot Krutch.

      • LoraxEleven@lemmy.worldEnglish
        31·
        10 months ago

        Stryper. Maybe more of a hair band than a metal band; but they had a little success back in the day. Couldn’t even tell ya another Christian band.

        • tigeruppercut@lemmy.zipEnglish
          21·
          10 months ago

          Not metal, but a few christian rock bands somehow made it to the radio in the late 90s, like staind (ugh) and creed. There was a numetal one “hit” wonder called P.O.D. as well.

          I remember creed having a few songs that sounded ok, but nothing from any of the others was worth much.

          • Kvoth@lemmy.worldEnglish
            21·
            10 months ago

            POD had a bunch of great songs back in the day. Better than creed any day. Also, how has nobody mentioned skillet

            • tigeruppercut@lemmy.zipEnglish
              1·
              10 months ago

              Yeah I just checked their page and there were a couple on there than I remember as not so bad. Maybe I was thinking of something else. That staind song got really popular but I always thought it was dogshit

              Can’t really make a useful comparison of numetal to rock though

              • Kvoth@lemmy.worldEnglish
                23·
                10 months ago

                Staind is really more post hardcore if I remember right. Never got that into them. Project86 was similar and way better

  • AstralPath@lemmy.caEnglish
    11·
    10 months ago

    If y’all have never experienced Extol’s ‘Burial’ album then you’re missing out. I’m an atheist and couldn’t care less about religion but sweet jesus that is a perfect fucking album.

    Top 3 of all time for me.