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I listened to a couple of tracks from this a week or two ago and wasn't blown away, but I should give the whole album a fair listen. It definitely has that late-70s/NWOBHM kind of sound, but I'm not sure if I like that or not when it's a new band.
Never particularly been into Christian metal as such, unless you count King's X (and I wouldn't). I know Bruce Franklin from Trouble is a Christian but again, the band's not Christian metal. I've got a Stryper album somewhere, and one or two by Whitecross - Rex Carroll is a bit of a guitar hero.
You only have to listen to gothic, black, or symphonic metal to hear the massive impact Christianity has in terms of themes and music itself. And yes for bands like Cradle of Filth what you're hearing is the opposition to Christianity - but they are still using the trappings - musical styles, iconography etc.
And while I'm not particularly into specifically Christian music myself, there's no reason why the poetry and mythology of any faith doesn't make a good basis for music. It's everywhere in music. Heck most of western musical history over the last 2000 years is related to the Christian faith. And metal draws on these classical themes more than pop or many other genres.
You don't have to go far into the lyrics of bands such as Dream Theatre or even Megadeth to find Christian-positive themes.
It's ironic that those of faith are called closed minded when one reads people instantly dismissing some music just because of the personal faith of those that created it.
I think SImilitude is the best one he has done. The stuff he has done recently as the Neal Morse band has more going on musically. It's not just Mike Portnoy. Eric Gillette adds something on guitar.
I don’t want to listen to a whole album of it but I’m not gonna knock it.
I've got a few Christian rock and metal cassettes somewhere from my misspent youth, but a lot of it isn't worth dragging back out. Sturgeon's Law applies of course, as it does to everything.
I do still have a soft spot for a Christian alternative/grunge band from the 90s called The Prayer Chain though. They were actually pretty good, and quite original sounding, which wasn't something you could say for an awful lot of Christian artists.
Anyone who likes tasty guitar could do worse than to check out Phil Keaggy- he's like the Jimi Hendrix of Jesus music.
Don't talk politics and don't throw stones. Your royal highnesses.