Christian Metal

[Idicious]

Idicious, do you ever listen to bands that take no ideological stand? I could recommend some great BM if you are interested.

I recently purchased all Emperor cd's Also listen to Ulver, Immortal, Dissection, Peccatum, and some others (like more technical black metal, not super minimalistic, well, if done right can enjoy that as well but more the technical side) Sudgestions would be welcome ofc

 

[Taake]

Ok, since you dig Ulver (I suppose bergtatt and the rawer nattens madrigal), I'd like to recommend Taake - Nattestid.
http://www.demakkers.nl/bme/taake-nspv1.mp3
http://www.demakkers.nl/bme/taake-nspv2.mp3
http://www.demakkers.nl/bme/taake-nspv6.mp3
Mystic Forest - Romances, Green Hell and Welcome Back In The Forest (Loads of neoclassical influences on all records)
http://60gp.ovh.net/~eikenska/mysticforest/index.php?page=samples
Forest Of Fog, everything he has released
http://homepage.hispeed.ch/metalhost/forestoffog/pages/music.html

All links are taken off the official bandsites, so it's completely legal. For as far as I know, these bands are ideologically neutral. Please tell me what you think

 

[Sketcher]

I don't know of any Christian band that sounds like old Metallica. Mortification is pretty awesome. They've done quite a range of metal over the years, they're getting back into the death metal now. Here is where you can download some of their songs, 100% legally. I recommend Terminate Damnation, it's one of their best.

 

[Taake]

Total list of christian BM I know of:

• Antestor
• Horde
• Vaakevandring
• Crimson Moonlight
• Lengsel
• Extol (death/black)
• Dark Endless
• Holy Blood
• Evroclydon
• Slechtvalk
• Armageddon Holocaust

Some of them are already mentioned though...

 

[Idicious]

Total list of christian BM I know of:

• Antestor
• Horde
• Vaakevandring
• Crimson Moonlight
• Lengsel
• Extol (death/black)
• Dark Endless
• Holy Blood
• Evroclydon
• Slechtvalk
• Armageddon Holocaust

Some of them are already mentioned though...

Don't forget Kekal

 

[Taake]

Don't forget Kekal

What did you think of the samples?

 

[Idicious]

What did you think of the samples?

The links to the Taake samples didn't work, but the rest sounded very good, will look into getting their cd's, thanks

 

[Ave Maria]

Thanks everyone!

 

[Idicious]

Just ordered Green Hell and Romances from Mystic Forest

 

[Taake]

Just ordered Green Hell and Romances from Mystic Forest

NEAT

Another good band would be Nargaroth, his MCD Rasluka II and full albums called Black Metal Ist Krieg and Geliebte Des Regens are worth checking out.

 

[Idicious]

NEAT

Another good band would be Nargaroth, his MCD Rasluka II and full albums called Black Metal Ist Krieg and Geliebte Des Regens are worth checking out.

Lyrics are hilarious at least

 

[Taake]

I actually laughed my ass off reading the song titles like "there is 666 trees in my forest", "she waits for me behind a tree" and "I'll go for another walk on my grave". They are so purposely cliché

 

[Idicious]

Not as bad as The day burzum killed mayhem and the lyrics to the song Black metal ist krieg

 

[Taake]

Not as bad as The day burzum killed mayhem and the lyrics to the song Black metal ist krieg

Note that it's a concept album, and the lyrics are based on the bands they are referring to. The other albums are more serious. (I suppose you do know of Burzum and Mayhem). The song of BMIK called Seven Tears Are Flowing To The River is more Kanwulf's (man behind Nargaroth) style:

Seven Tears are flowing to the river
And six of 'em are mine:
Und ich kostete den fremden Saft,
Der sich mit meinigem vermengte,
Um zu deuten in ihm jene Kraft,
Die an so viele ich verschenkte.
Und freud war er in meinen Mund
Und ich stìrzt' in tiefe See'
Und es schmerzt die alte Wunde,
Die geifernd lacht in all dem Weh'.
Doch als die flut sein Leichnam barg,
Nachdem er Tr¤n' verlor, sechs an der Zahl.
Das wasser ward zu seinem Sarg,
Eine Sieb'te sich ergoŸ,... aus Qual.
Und als der fluŸ die Tr¤n' geleitet,
Hin zu ew'gen Meer,
Ward ihm endlich Lieb' bereitet.
Doch das er weiŸ wohl nimmer mehr.
Und kænnt die Zeit verkehrt nun flieŸen
Und sei nur Traum der ganze Schmerz,
Wird er um sie die Arme schlieŸen
Und Liebe sei um beider herz..

 

[absolutely_lost_86]

Stryper
Barren Cross
Extol
Tourniquet
Sacred Warrior
Saint

 

[holyrokker]

Stryper
Barren Cross
Extol
Tourniquet
Sacred Warrior
Saint

You might be interested in a 2-day "mini"fest here in Southern California in August. http://www.beyondthemountain.com

Some of the bands include:
Holy Soldier, Barren Cross, Guardian, Once Dead, Saint, Sacred Warrior, Recon, Neon Cross, Ultimatum, Whitecross, Deliverance

 

[stryper36]

http://www.stryper.com/

http://www.metalforjesus.org/linklib.html#BANDS

 

[stryper36]

I just bought "Saint: The Collection" All 4 albums on 2 CD's.....I bought some rare Stryper CD's...I also have 2 Stryper Albums that are in the shape of their logo.
Let's not forget "Messiah Prophet" another great Christian Metal Band

 

[Ginsu]

Kekal

 

[Joshua J. Daigle]

Band that I like include:

-Antestor
-Slechtvalk
-Crimson Moonlight
-Immortal Souls
-Horde (there is only 1 Horde album, but it is excellent!)
-Arvinger

etc., etc...

For all you Christian Metal Heads out there, you should REALLY checkout www.blastbeats.com. It's a really great site. I highly recommend it!