Heavy Metal Music

[Joe_5859]

This thread is now over 8 years old. It just keeps coming back.

 

[Mulligan2]

My step-son used to listen to christian screamo music. So I know it exists

Prior to two days ago I never heard the term ‘screamo’. According to Wikipedia, “screamo essentially describes a particularly dissonant style of emo influenced by hardcore punk.”

I am not familiar with ‘emo’ music. However, I think it is safe to say that it is not ‘heavy metal’.

God made each of us differently, and our musical tastes reflect those differences.

 

[Midwest88]

I would say that listening to bands like Slipknot or Deicide (which means God-kill) is sinful if you are aware of the message.

This right here. At first the beats and the “feel” might make you groove in your seat, but I find what I find striking is that once I listen to the lyrics I’m often disappointed in them. Not because they’re badly written, if they are that’s besides the point, but because the message the song gets out. I use to listen to a lot of Lady Gaga, but until I looked up the lyrics and listened to them I found many songs being dismissed from my playlist. Do you like the song “Imagine” by John Lennon? Yea, at first I was like “This is a good message, a good song, totally deserving of its legendary status” then I actually listened to the lyrics, gained some context and perspective, and I ultimately decided it was just a mass heap of over hyped BS. Lennon was a child in a man’s body when he sang that song.

 

[HunterB0918]

listen to a lot of metal…

Opeth
Amon Amarth
Iced Earth
Mastodon
In Flames

I was wondering, after listening to a nun, Is heavy metal a sin or wrong to listen to, does it ever become a mortal sin?..
What if the lyrics are less then godly in certain songs, is it still a sin to listen to it yet ignore the lyrics(I do only mean one or two songs)?
Can some one explain the whole view???

I love a great majority of metal bands out there. I love metal for the instruments. The instruments always come first, especially when I am listening to hardcore evil music. I ignore the lyrics, but sometimes they are hard to ignore. It is hard when listening to bands like Amon Amarth and other viking metal bands not to think “Hey, these norse (false) gods sound pretty cool!” My main thing when talking to Catholics who are worried about heavy metal is why do you like it? Like I said I like metal because of the way that the instruments blend together. It wakes me up in a way. It gets me motivated. Or if I am listening to something like dragonforce, the vocals that take you on an epic, non-religious journey are very motivating. It is only when I delved into black metal and bands like Ghost that I began to find that I was having thoughts that I had never had before. So, I guess what I am saying is, what are you getting from metal? Are you turning to Satan because of the lyrics? Or do you simply like the way that it sounds?

 

[randomuser]

I love a great majority of metal bands out there. I love metal for the instruments. The instruments always come first, especially when I am listening to hardcore evil music. I ignore the lyrics, but sometimes they are hard to ignore. It is hard when listening to bands like Amon Amarth and other viking metal bands not to think “Hey, these norse (false) gods sound pretty cool!” My main thing when talking to Catholics who are worried about heavy metal is why do you like it? Like I said I like metal because of the way that the instruments blend together. It wakes me up in a way. It gets me motivated. Or if I am listening to something like dragonforce, the vocals that take you on an epic, non-religious journey are very motivating. It is only when I delved into black metal and bands like Ghost that I began to find that I was having thoughts that I had never had before. So, I guess what I am saying is, what are you getting from metal? Are you turning to Satan because of the lyrics? Or do you simply like the way that it sounds?

I think you realize that the majority of heavy metal musicians are all DADS by now and in some cases even GRANDPARENTS, right? The Big 4 (Anthrax, Metallica, Megadeth, and Slayer) are all in their 50’s and 60’s by now – Ozzy Osbourne (who’s also also a dad), probably even older than them – which pretty much precludes the notion that heavy metal is mostly snotty little kids who won’t get off your lawn. They own a lot of those lawns…

As for “turning to Satan,” the well-corroborated fact of the matter is that many heavy metal musicians aren’t Satanist in any shape, matter or form, but rather, MANY OF THEM ARE CHRISTIAN Case in point, Megadeth – for those who don’t know this by now:

Megadeth’s David Ellefson on Sharing Religious Studies With Dave Mustaine
“We recently reported on Megadeth bassist David Ellefson‘s journey to become a Lutheran pastor. Now, the bassist has spoken to the Raleigh Evangelical Examiner about his in-depth religious discussions with Megadeth frontman Dave Mustaine.”

Read More: Megadeth’s David Ellefson on Sharing Religious Studies With Dave Mustaine | loudwire.com/megadeth-david-ellefson-sharing-religious-studies-with-dave-mustaine/?trackback=tsmclip

The guy from Korn is also Christian.

The guy from Pedro The Lion is also Christian – recently played a huge Christian music festival.

Alice Cooper’s Christian – and he does a LOT of charity work, including a youth center and a yearly benefit concert and frequent golf tournament.

You could easily fill this thread with page after page of heavy metal musicians who are Christian.

 

[Joe_5859]

Can’t believe it’s been 4 years since the last time this thread was active. It’s now 12 years old!

Maybe now it will make the jump to the new forum in September.

 

[Tis_Bearself]

Hey guys, I love heavy metal too, but we’re not supposed to resurrect old threads. Make a new one and I’ll be happy to discuss.

 

[Joe_5859]

Hey guys, I love heavy metal too, but we’re not supposed to resurrect old threads. Make a new one and I’ll be happy to discuss.

But this thread has a long, proud history of being resurrected after a couple years of inactivity. Generally, every two years since 2005 the thread has been brought back. Except we missed 2015.

 

[Xystus]

I think you realize that the majority of heavy metal musicians are all DADS by now and in some cases even GRANDPARENTS, right? The Big 4 (Anthrax, Metallica, Megadeth, and Slayer) are all in their 50’s and 60’s by now – Ozzy Osbourne (who’s also also a dad), probably even older than them – which pretty much precludes the notion that heavy metal is mostly snotty little kids who won’t get off your lawn. They own a lot of those lawns…

As for “turning to Satan,” the well-corroborated fact of the matter is that many heavy metal musicians aren’t Satanist in any shape, matter or form, but rather, MANY OF THEM ARE CHRISTIAN Case in point, Megadeth – for those who don’t know this by now:

Megadeth’s David Ellefson on Sharing Religious Studies With Dave Mustaine
“We recently reported on Megadeth bassist David Ellefson‘s journey to become a Lutheran pastor. Now, the bassist has spoken to the Raleigh Evangelical Examiner about his in-depth religious discussions with Megadeth frontman Dave Mustaine.”

Read More: Megadeth’s David Ellefson on Sharing Religious Studies With Dave Mustaine | loudwire.com/megadeth-david-ellefson-sharing-religious-studies-with-dave-mustaine/?trackback=tsmclip

The guy from Korn is also Christian.

The guy from Pedro The Lion is also Christian – recently played a huge Christian music festival.

Alice Cooper’s Christian – and he does a LOT of charity work, including a youth center and a yearly benefit concert and frequent golf tournament.

You could easily fill this thread with page after page of heavy metal musicians who are Christian.

It is true there are hevey metal bands that have christian members. You point out Megadeth but its also important to note they weren’t always christian. I remember reading they will not play some of their own songs now, I think “The Conjuring” is one such song. Some Slayer lyrics make my skin craw. I dont know the name of the song but i think it is on “God Hates Us All” , it says “I keep the Bible in a pool of blood so its lies dont affect me” or something to that affect. If the album title was not bad enough, lyrics like that make me steer clear. I was at Ozzfest one year and i saw a shirt for sale (dont remember the band) on the back it called Jesus a very crude word that rhyms with a certain football play common on 4th down that kicks the ball down field to the other team. I was horroified.

So no, its not all bad as a general rule but some of it is best to say away from.

 

[HunterB0918]

I think you realize that the majority of heavy metal musicians are all DADS by now and in some cases even GRANDPARENTS, right? The Big 4 (Anthrax, Metallica, Megadeth, and Slayer) are all in their 50’s and 60’s by now – Ozzy Osbourne (who’s also also a dad), probably even older than them – which pretty much precludes the notion that heavy metal is mostly snotty little kids who won’t get off your lawn. They own a lot of those lawns…

As for “turning to Satan,” the well-corroborated fact of the matter is that many heavy metal musicians aren’t Satanist in any shape, matter or form, but rather, MANY OF THEM ARE CHRISTIAN Case in point, Megadeth – for those who don’t know this by now:

Megadeth’s David Ellefson on Sharing Religious Studies With Dave Mustaine
“We recently reported on Megadeth bassist David Ellefson‘s journey to become a Lutheran pastor. Now, the bassist has spoken to the Raleigh Evangelical Examiner about his in-depth religious discussions with Megadeth frontman Dave Mustaine.”

Read More: Megadeth’s David Ellefson on Sharing Religious Studies With Dave Mustaine | loudwire.com/megadeth-david-ellefson-sharing-religious-studies-with-dave-mustaine/?trackback=tsmclip

The guy from Korn is also Christian.

The guy from Pedro The Lion is also Christian – recently played a huge Christian music festival.

Alice Cooper’s Christian – and he does a LOT of charity work, including a youth center and a yearly benefit concert and frequent golf tournament.

You could easily fill this thread with page after page of heavy metal musicians who are Christian.

I know that they are mostly Christian. It is not the artists whom I am talking about, rather I am talking to people who are impressionable. If they indulge in Satanist metal, they may begin to think about Satan and maybe even turn to him. The way you begin to think often correlates to how you act.

 

[metalwolf]

Anyone think that metal at least is better than most of the rap music today,where the rapper talks about the hood,cars and such and uses the N word. I will take heavy metal over rap any day.

 

[Mike_from_NJ]

Anyone think that metal at least is better than most of the rap music today,where the rapper talks about the hood,cars and such and uses the N word. I will take heavy metal over rap any day.

I absolutely hate rap and like metal, but I’m not sure it’s entirely a fair comparison. Every genre has it’s subsection where the lyrics are utter drivel.

 

[HunterB0918]

I absolutely hate rap and like metal, but I’m not sure it’s entirely a fair comparison. Every genre has it’s subsection where the lyrics are utter drivel.

I can’t stand rap either. I mainly listen to Gregorian chant, but I also like some metal (AKA non uber satanic metal) and Christian music.

 

[DeniseNY]

I think you realize that the majority of heavy metal musicians are all DADS by now and in some cases even GRANDPARENTS, right? The Big 4 (Anthrax, Metallica, Megadeth, and Slayer) are all in their 50’s and 60’s by now – Ozzy Osbourne (who’s also also a dad), probably even older than them – which pretty much precludes the notion that heavy metal is mostly snotty little kids who won’t get off your lawn. They own a lot of those lawns…

As for “turning to Satan,” the well-corroborated fact of the matter is that many heavy metal musicians aren’t Satanist in any shape, matter or form, but rather, MANY OF THEM ARE CHRISTIAN Case in point, Megadeth – for those who don’t know this by now:

Megadeth’s David Ellefson on Sharing Religious Studies With Dave Mustaine
“We recently reported on Megadeth bassist David Ellefson‘s journey to become a Lutheran pastor. Now, the bassist has spoken to the Raleigh Evangelical Examiner about his in-depth religious discussions with Megadeth frontman Dave Mustaine.”

Read More: Megadeth’s David Ellefson on Sharing Religious Studies With Dave Mustaine | loudwire.com/megadeth-david-ellefson-sharing-religious-studies-with-dave-mustaine/?trackback=tsmclip

The guy from Korn is also Christian.

The guy from Pedro The Lion is also Christian – recently played a huge Christian music festival.

Alice Cooper’s Christian – and he does a LOT of charity work, including a youth center and a yearly benefit concert and frequent golf tournament.

You could easily fill this thread with page after page of heavy metal musicians who are Christian.

50’s yeah, but 60s?? I think Dave Mustaine is mid 50s, but I’m not sure any of them have hit the big 6-0. Maybe I’m wrong. He’s also one of my favorite all time guests on That Metal Show.

Anyway, I’m glad you mentioned they’re Christian. A lot of people of preconceived notions regarding metal musicians, and buy into a lot of the stereotypes and cliches. You know, like those who really thought Gene Simmons was a demon.

 

[randomuser]

50’s yeah, but 60s?? I think Dave Mustaine is mid 50s, but I’m not sure any of them have hit the big 6-0. Maybe I’m wrong.

Ozzy Osbourne (who’s married with children) is 68. Still touring. Still rocking – and will be playing “Bark At The Moon” at a heavy metal festival for the eclipse next week. Gotta love that.

 

[metalwolf]

I know there are Christan metal bands.

Ones i have heard are Stryper,Demon Hunter.

 

[Joe_5859]

I know there are Christan metal bands.

Ones i have heard are Stryper,Demon Hunter.

A few years ago, my brother went on a spree of buying Christian metal CDs. There are a tons of them out there—far more than there were 15–20 years ago. Some of them are quite good. I’ve long enjoyed Theocracy, Saviour Machine, and Divinefire. Veni Domine and Narnia are generally pretty good. Some newer bands I’ve found I really like are HB, Mehida, ,and Scandinavian Metal Praise. There is also 7days, Adiastasia, Audiovision, Essence Of Sorrow, Golden Resurrection, Harmony, Jacobs Dream, Majestic Vanguard, Random Eyes, Sacrecy, Sacred Warrior, The Sacrificed, Seventh Avenue, Sinbreed, Venia, Wingdom. Lots to choose from.

There are even some Catholic metal bands. Eterna is a Catholic band from Brazil. Metatrone is a Catholic band from Italy. Their keyboardist is a priest (and he also handles the “grunt” vocals ). Here is a sample: youtube.com/watch?v=D2OQwmClcY4