I had not, and I was impressed. I stuck Shine on my want list at Metal Storm. Thanks.
)LOL, I always wondered that, too. I guess it’s the “cool” thing to do.I had not, and I was impressed. I stuck Shine on my want list at Metal Storm. Thanks.
P.S. How come everyone has to have folded arms in their promo pictures? If I ever make an album, I’m going to be holding a slice of pizza. (Or a beer in one hand and a hunk of beef in the other to spite Ghandi
Like why they almost always wear black and/or leather.
Thanks for joining us, Chad!
Hey, that’s right! It’s been a while since I listened to them (my brother has their albums, but I do not). I think they’re one of the most underrated Christian metal bands, probably for the reason that you said: They’re too “power metal” to be considered doom metal, and they’re too “doom metal” to be considered power metal.There is a Swedish band called Veni Domine: venidomine.com/ that has a song called “The Mass” which strongly suggests they are Catholic. According to the wiki, the band says when they play a doom metal gig, they are billed as power metal, and when at a power metal gig, they are billed as doom metal. Make of that what you will.
Good insight. Most of the Haugen-Haas hymns tend to mirror pop music with their lyrics: bland and relatively meaningless. Metal music is more likely to tackle more meaningful topics (there are exceptions, of course!)
Joe,Good insight. Most of the Haugen-Haas hymns tend to mirror pop music with their lyrics: bland and relatively meaningless. Metal music is more likely to tackle more meaningful topics (there are exceptions, of course!)
I’m trying to imagine a Marty Haugen version of “Run to the Hills”. Perhaps it would go something like this:
-]White man/-] People came across the sea
-]He/-] They brought us -]pain/-] joy and -]misery/-] harmony
-]He/-] They -]killed/-] loved our -]tribes/-] people, -]He/-] They -]killed/-] recited our creed
-]He/-] They -]took/-] received our -]game/-] love for -]his/-] their own need
We -]fought/-] loved -]him/-] them -]hard/-] much we -]fought/-] loved -]him/-] them well
Out on the plains we gave -]him/-] them -]hell/-] something swell
-]But/-] many came -]too/-] to -]much for Cree/-] give us glee
-]Oh/-] Our Lord will -]we ever be/-] come to set us free-]?/-]
Riding through -]dust/-]clouds and -]barren wastes/-] heavenly places
-]Galloping/-] Frolicking -]hard/-] with joy on the plains
Chasing -]the redskins/-] our sorrows -]back to their/-] into a hole-]s/-]
-]Fighting/-] Loving them -]at their own game/-] all the same
-]Murder/-] Peace for freedom -]a stab/-] joy in -]the back/-] our heart
-]Women/-] People and -]children/-] people -]the cowards attack/-] how great is God’s art
Run to the hills run for your -]lives/-] love
Run to the hills run for your -]lives/-] peace
-]Soldier/-] People -]blue on/-] avoiding -]the barren/-] environmental waste-]s/-]
-]Hunting and killing/-] Saving Mother earth their -]game/-] aim
-]Raping/-] Loving the women and -]wasting/-] loving the men
The only good -]indians/-] people are -]tame/-] everyone
-]Selling/-] Giving them -]whisky/-] water and -]taking/-] giving -]their/-] them gold
-]Enslaving/-] Embracing the young and -]destroying/-] caring for the old
Run to the hills run for your -]lives/-] hope
Run to the hills run for your -]lives/-] joy
. I really liked replacing all the pronouns with “people” especially the one line that reads “people and people.”Good insight. Most of the Haugen-Haas hymns tend to mirror pop music with their lyrics: bland and relatively meaningless. Metal music is more likely to tackle more meaningful topics (there are exceptions, of course!)
I’m trying to imagine a Marty Haugen version of “Run to the Hills”. Perhaps it would go something like this:
-]White man/-] People came across the sea
-]He/-] They brought us -]pain/-] joy and -]misery/-] harmony
-]He/-] They -]killed/-] loved our -]tribes/-] people, -]He/-] They -]killed/-] recited our creed
-]He/-] They -]took/-] received our -]game/-] love for -]his/-] their own need
We -]fought/-] loved -]him/-] them -]hard/-] much we -]fought/-] loved -]him/-] them well
Out on the plains we gave -]him/-] them -]hell/-] something swell
-]But/-] many came -]too/-] to -]much for Cree/-] give us glee
-]Oh/-] Our Lord will -]we ever be/-] come to set us free-]?/-]
Riding through -]dust/-]clouds and -]barren wastes/-] heavenly places
-]Galloping/-] Frolicking -]hard/-] with joy on the plains
Chasing -]the redskins/-] our sorrows -]back to their/-] into a hole-]s/-]
-]Fighting/-] Loving them -]at their own game/-] all the same
-]Murder/-] Peace for freedom -]a stab/-] joy in -]the back/-] our heart
-]Women/-] People and -]children/-] people -]the cowards attack/-] how great is God’s art
Run to the hills run for your -]lives/-] love
Run to the hills run for your -]lives/-] peace
-]Soldier/-] People -]blue on/-] avoiding -]the barren/-] environmental waste-]s/-]
-]Hunting and killing/-] Saving Mother earth their -]game/-] aim
-]Raping/-] Loving the women and -]wasting/-] loving the men
The only good -]indians/-] people are -]tame/-] everyone
-]Selling/-] Giving them -]whisky/-] water and -]taking/-] giving -]their/-] them gold
-]Enslaving/-] Embracing the young and -]destroying/-] caring for the old
Run to the hills run for your -]lives/-] hope
Run to the hills run for your -]lives/-] joy
so i did read the rest and ozzy wasn’t mentioned at all…same with the rest of the bands i mentioned…Dio being the exception…i have only bought one album in my life based on hearing only one tune from that band…it was Helloween’s i want out…i used to crank that one up and let the pedal get comfy with the carpet(130mph)…i had a little laugh at meself one day bringing my 4wheel drive tractor home trotting down the road with some megadeth cranked up…probably the only tractor in the world with a 40yr old cranking some metal…i have wandered into the thrash metal scene a bit… nuclear assult,metal church,and testament…
As a child of the 80’s, I was a huge Ozzy fan when Rhodes was with him. And Blackmore’s Rainbow and Dio with Sabbath. I had one Saxon album. Blackmore unfortunately recently has cultivated a fascination with Renaissance-fair music (and not very good ones at that). But I didn’t mention them because I’ve basically moved on. Fond memories, but having listened to the older stuff so much I am just burnt out on it. One band from the glory days I can still listen to, amazingly, is Blue Oyster Cult.
i see you mention Dio with sabbath,did you know that Dio was the name of an acual band? i think you do,just asking to make sure…Blu Oyster cult just never seemed to cut it for me…personally i put them in the same boat as the beatles and as the Forgotten Rebels said “bomb the boats and feed the fish”…As a child of the 80’s, I was a huge Ozzy fan when Rhodes was with him. And Blackmore’s Rainbow and Dio with Sabbath. I had one Saxon album. Blackmore unfortunately recently has cultivated a fascination with Renaissance-fair music (and not very good ones at that). But I didn’t mention them because I’ve basically moved on. Fond memories, but having listened to the older stuff so much I am just burnt out on it. One band from the glory days I can still listen to, amazingly, is Blue Oyster Cult.
Sorry – I would classify most of these as Easy Listening.
You are right. After I posted, I realized that they are classic rock. Sorry!Sorry – I would classify most of these as Easy Listening.
Many of the bands listed on this thread are far from the mainstream, so don’t be too surprised if you haven’t heard of them. The only reason I heard of most of them is because of the internet and making some CD purchases blindly without ever having heard the bands (sometimes it works out, sometimes it doesn’t
).