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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote Sheavy Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 27 Jul 2012 at 11:26pm
oh thats also why I put this thread here in the metal lounge, instead of in the genre appreciation section, cause i don't see it as a subgenre.
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Originally posted by Nick Dilley Nick Dilley wrote:

 
Does anyone know any Iranian metal bands? Would you call them Islamic Metal? Does Japanese Metal = Buddhist Metal or Shinto Metal? Does Chinese Metal = Confucian or Communist Metal?

I would only consider them to be Islamic/Buddhist/Shinto/Confucian/Communist Metal if they had overt Islamic/Buddhist/Shinto/Confucsion/Communist lyrics and imagery present in their music. And calling a band "Christian Metal" or "Islamic Metal", etc aren't actually legitimate musical genres, they are just used as descriptions more or less.
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Originally posted by Sheavy Sheavy wrote:

Well, I haven't seen anyone here consider Christian Metal an actually sub-genre. There really isn't anything other than the lyrics that make a Christian band, Christian. I'd say that there are certain common lyrical topics in certain metal genres, but a band doesn't have to have those certain lyrical content to be in that genre.
 
I mean, theres Christian bands within black metal, death metal, metalcore, deathcore, hard rock, heavy metal, glam metal, and on and on.


Yeah, I agree. I just wonder why people need to call them Christian bands then. Just seems superfluous or discriminatory in a way--and let me say I don't think you were doing that at all, obviously.

With Christian Rock, the reason people seek out those bands is for their lyrics, and that creates a distinction for a large number of bands, which to me means a genre in this case.

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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote Sheavy Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 27 Jul 2012 at 11:42pm
Moar amazing stuff. Enter Mortification.
 
I think they were the first Christian Death metal band, formed in the late 80's, and released their first album in 90 or 91.
 
 
 
 
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Some moar.
 
Argyle Park. Industrial metal.
 
 
 
Klank. Industrial metal.
 
 
 
Paramaecium. Doom Metal.
 
 
 
Living Sacrifice. Thrash Metal.
 
 
 
and one of my favorite favorites the Christian goregrind band Vomitorial Corpulence.
 
 
 
 
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Trouble. Awesome and very influential in the stoner/doom genre.
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Originally posted by Lynx33 Lynx33 wrote:

Stride is interesting too.

Were they? I didn't know that.

I've got one of their albums...very Dream Theater-meets-Journey kinda thing going on.....or is it a different Stride I'm thinking of?


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Yeah Theocracy are pretty great. Like if Dream Theater were a Power Metal band, which can only be a good thing in my book.
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I'm quite a fan of Seventh Angel, who mixed thrash and doom metal to create a nice individual sound. A couple of tunes here from their second album, "Lament for the Weary":





A bit of a lost gem of the British thrash scene.


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Mystic  http://www.metalmusicarchives.com/mystic.aspx, an experimental metal band were recently added here. If you check the websites etc the music is overtly Christianity inspired. No preaching though.
 
I guess my view on the Christian Metal tag is that it's a useful collective for those seeking specific Christian themes or praise music. It's not useful as a musical sub-genre, and neither should it be applied to bands of Christians, as opposed to Christian bands. It's all in the lyrics  guess (unless the band is an instrumental one of course!). A good example of this might be a little obscure outfit called Black Sabbath were the lyrics are supernaturalist, at least half of the band members (first two incarnations at least) are practicing Christians, but you wouldn't call the Sabs a Christian metal band (even with a track like After Forever and all of those crucifixes).
 
 
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Divinefire's another, I think. Then there's Rob Rock's solo stuff.
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