Posting a confrontational song by a Christian black metal band on Donald Trump’s Facebook on Good Friday and getting zero response is disappointing.
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Here’s something not for everyone (especially not the faint of heart)- Christian black metal.
In my pursuit of understanding the various subgenres of heavy metal, I listened to various Christian metal bands, so as to avoid evil or violent lyrics while still learning about the style. So I moved on to black metal… When I first listened to this particular band, Horde, I was absolutely stunned, and the hairs on the back of my neck stood on end. Could this be right? Was I REALLY listening to a CHRISTIAN band? I had to check the lyrics to be sure. But the words made it clear that the man behind the chaos was NOT pro-Satanist.
Horde is the most “evil-sounding” music I’ve ever heard, like the screech of a lamenting fallen angel in the bleakest, darkest forest, in the middle of abandoned church graveyard, bats flying overhead, blood pouring from terrible wounds. And yet this fallen angel seeks forgiveness, and becomes a force against evil. It’s really intense. And scary.
This is a concept that’s important to me: Just because the music sounds “evil”, doesn’t mean it really is evil. The chords and intervals that would shock Medieval nuns and monks aren’t actually inherently harmful. The song could be as dissonant and creepy as Dracula, but it could be about flowers and birds for all I care.
Unfortunately, black metal is often associated with very evil people, and typically the genre is chock full of evil messages. Christian black metal, sometimes known as “white metal” or “unblack metal”, is an act of defiance against those who think any kind of music belongs to the devil. It does not.
In fact, I’ve concluded that Satan is a terrible singer.
Black metal always manages to startle me when the song starts
Here's something not for everyone (especially not the faint of heart)- Christian black metal.
In my pursuit of understanding the various subgenres of heavy metal, I listened to various Christian metal bands, so as to avoid evil or violent lyrics while still learning about the style. So I moved on to black metal... When I first listened to this particular band, Horde, I was absolutely stunned, and the hairs on the back of my neck stood on end. Could this be right? Was I REALLY listening to a CHRISTIAN band? I had to check the lyrics to be sure. But the words made it clear that the man behind the chaos was NOT pro-Satanist.
Horde is the most "evil-sounding" music I've ever heard, like the screech of a lamenting fallen angel in the bleakest, darkest forest, in the middle of abandoned church graveyard, bats flying overhead, blood pouring from terrible wounds. And yet this fallen angel seeks forgiveness, and becomes a force against evil. It's really intense. And scary.
This is a concept that's important to me: Just because the music sounds "evil", doesn't mean it really is evil. The chords and intervals that would shock Medieval nuns and monks aren't actually inherently harmful. The song could be as dissonant and creepy as Dracula, but it could be about flowers and birds for all I care.
Unfortunately, black metal is often associated with very evil people, and typically the genre is chock full of evil messages. Christian black metal, sometimes known as "white metal" or "unblack metal", is an act of defiance against those who think any kind of music belongs to the devil. It does not.
In fact, I've concluded that Satan is a terrible singer.