I cannot tell you of any
explicitly Catholic / Christian metal, but I can recommend some immensely interesting music that I’ve been listening to for a while now.
One is a Canadian “doom metal” band called Nadja (
206.123.101.29/~coldsnap/aidan/nadja.htm)). While their lyrics are almost completely undecipherable, I doubt they are sacreligious or anything. The first track on “Truth Becomes Death” for instance is based on the Judaic conception of the “Golem,” a sort of half-man / half-beast if I recall correctly (too lazy to look it up). The point: this music is
unbelievably heavy. I’m sure there’s heavier, but I can’t imagine it personally. Imagine taking shoegazing band My Bloody Valentine, and combining it with Godflesh or something and you get the idea.
The other is the band Jesu (
avalancheinc.co.uk/jesu.html)), which is fronted by amazing dude Justin Broaderick of Godflesh (who I just mentioned), Napalm Death, and various other stuff. Cool dude, although I doubt he’s a Christian (although, hard to say really). I’ve had their EP “Silver” in heavy rotation, and I plan to go see them in May in Hamburg (I’m studying in Germany right now).
In case it’s not clear, I have a thing for maximal heaviness, with lots of electronics, especially drum machines, and few members. Both of the bands I mentioned are two person bands, but what a racket!
Enjoy and God Bless,
Telemachus
