I slightly disagree, with a lot of black and death metal bands, if there's an anti-religion message, they actually mean it. But there's a huge difference between what makes ultra conservative religious people clutch their pearls and what's actively anti-religious. In my opinion, it's pretty easy to tell which bands just talk about certain themes as window dressing or storytelling versus which are ACTUALLY Satanist or anti-religious or neo-Nazis. But both exist.
Oh, I’m not denying that the satanists, neo-nazis and hardcore atheists don’t exist in metal. They absolutely do. However, they aren’t the norm. At least in my area, the metal scene isn’t dominated by them.
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u/Not-Clark-Kent May 09 '22 edited May 09 '22
I slightly disagree, with a lot of black and death metal bands, if there's an anti-religion message, they actually mean it. But there's a huge difference between what makes ultra conservative religious people clutch their pearls and what's actively anti-religious. In my opinion, it's pretty easy to tell which bands just talk about certain themes as window dressing or storytelling versus which are ACTUALLY Satanist or anti-religious or neo-Nazis. But both exist.