IT APPEARS THAT SAM DUNN DOES NOT KNOW ABOUT CHRISTIAN METAL!!!!

was about to say that!!

there are heaps of Christians in the world of metal, you would be surprised...

metal is NOT a reaction to organised religion, ffs, its a musical genre...

there is nothing stopping Muslims, Bhuddists, Hindus, Taoists, etc etc starting up metal bands...remember metal is a hugely diverse genre...

if you define metal as anti-religion, then you cut out about 90% of the musicians out there...

and i know there are not many genuine satanic musicians in the more mainstream metal, but they count too

as a Christian, as a metaller, i tell you this: the two go hand in hand, and if you were to analyse lyrical content properly, you would be surprised at the number of bands out there in support of Christianity.

if you cut out 90% of people, you turn your back on what i believe the metal society to be...all-encompasing, easy going, acceptance of personality...i have friends from all religious walks of life, most of them metal heads. its just ignoramouses who arent comfortable with Christians being around who like to believe metal is for the satanists/atheists...i got news for you guys...you are greatly mistaken!

Nicko McBrain, James Hetfield (analyse the four horsemen, think about the theology contained therein), John Petrucci, Hansi Kürsch, Alice Cooper, David Ellefson, most of Helloween, Peter Steele, just a small list of people literally grabbed off wikipedia (ok, not the most accurate of sites) who are Christians...

(BTW Christian metal, i realise, has to actively promote Christianity, but im arguing my own cause here, no need to pay attention to little facts like that! and because of those bands who have overtly Christian lyrics, purely based on the lyrics, people judge them to be crap, which is very sad indeed!)

immaturity and your life is alot like wine, the older it gets, the more it costs you

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The only reason that you and others find Christianity and metal to be mutually exclusive is that your idea of Christianity comes from religious people who errantly teach that God sounds like a choir and that Satan sounds like metal music. The trouble with such teaching is that it is not biblical... You will not find such teaching in the Bible. Furthermore, I am willing to bet that 90% or more of you who have posted negative comments about Christian Metal, saying that Christian and metal cannot go together, have never read the Bible yourselves. There is nothing more "metal" than God! Nothing "kicks ass" more than God... in fact, it is God who has and will kick Satan's ass...
Revelation 20:1-3 -
"And I saw an angel coming down out of heaven, having the key to the Abyss and holding in his hand a great chain. He seized the dragon, that ancient serpent, who is the devil, or Satan, and bound him for a thousand years. He threw him into the Abyss, and locked and sealed it over him, to keep him from deceiving the nations anymore until the thousand years were ended."
Revelation 20:10 -
"And the devil, who deceived them, was thrown into the lake of burning sulfur, where the beast and the false prophet had been thrown. They will be tormented day and night for ever and ever."
...NOW THAT'S METAL!!

For those Christian bands who are TRUE followers of Christ, they are different because they see the music as more than just music... they see it as a vehicle to celebrate Christ with an intensity that other musical styles cannot. This in and of itself sets it apart from most secular metal, because most secular metal is a vehicle unto itself, lacking any deeper purpose beyond making the musicians into rock gods to be worshipped by their fans. And Christian Metal's current impact is being felt even in the popular metal arena. I have seen such bands as Demon Hunter, As I Lay Dying and others on Headbangers Ball. Furthermore, though many would like to ignore it or even curse it, Brian "Head" Welch's recent conversion to Christ is yet another testament to Christ's impact on the world of metal music!