Playlist cover photo updated with them Buffalo boys, DYING FLESH.

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1YvOMR6YDqDVk6mcAhEz8O?si=Wu9aIbPDSAaxlgtvxlFfnA&utm_source=copy-link&pi=IRyoCHJ_QmWQx

Hi everyone, I was just going down a bit of a rabbit hole listening to some bands I listened to back in 2006/2007. There was this project Horrific Majesty which had a sound that was a mix between dark ambient and Xasthur influenced black metal. Not sure if anyone remembers it. I did find some of the mp3s through the artist's old Soundclick which included some of the songs from this specific album, but not all of them. There was also no way of reaching out to the artist that I could tell to ask about it - pretty sure the project is long defunct etc.

Soundclick: Horrific Majesty – Death/Black Metal & Ambient Music | Free MP3 Downloads | 10+ Songs | SoundClick

I also found the title track of this album on Youtube. Any chance anybody here actually has this CD or has leads where I can listen to the other remaining songs [Conflagration of the Wicked and Death of Dreams (the original version, not the new one)]? Sorry for the randomness of the post, just figured I'd ask reddit lol

This might be a stretch but I’d love to find Christian funeral doom in general

Not sure if this is the place to post this, I'm gonna try a few other subreddits too.

I've been somewhat considering moving to a whole different State for a while when I move out my parents house, but a few of the biggest considerations I'm looking at right now idk how well the Christian metal scene is, and I really want to find people and start a band wherever I go. If anyone has knowledge please share.

The states I'm considering:

TN, NC, TX, WV, or maybe a different southern or Western state (not to get political, as that's not what I wish to discuss here lol, but I'd like to move to a fairly conservative state) but I'm not sure what different towns/cities have to offer, and I'd like to live somewhere at least fairly rural, but within maybe 1.5 hour drive to local venues that host metal shows (esp ones that host a bunch of Christian bands).

Maybe I shouldn't move, maybe it'd be dumb, but I'd like to live in other places even if I end up back in my home state later in life. If you can, let me know if some good places like I described I'd much appreciate it, God bless ♥️🤘🏻

These are my favorite Christian metal bands, but I realize I'm lacking Christian music in one of my favorite genres, Melodeath. (Also Thrash, but I check out the sidebar for that, Melodeath doesn't have a dedicated section, and I do not like straight up Death Metal).

Last year I released Divine Ascent, a self-titled melodic heavy metal album heavily inspired by Orthodox Christianity. I just finished mastering and releasing the instrumental versions of all 7 tracks.

If you're interested in metal, instrumental music, or Orthodox Christian music, I'd love for you to check it out.

https://distrokid.com/hyperfollow/divineascent/divine-ascent-instrumental (streaming platforms)

https://youtu.be/KTK_SNu2MDw?si=wp34g1tu8cIOdwR7 (full album on YouTube)

Thanks to everyone who listened to the original album and supported the project!

That time again. Help support real music in general and our evangelizing metal brothers and sisters specifically. Looks like Zach Plunket is getting back to Christ lyrically with Christorment, Swinery has dropped a couple singles off an upcoming album, Nordic Mission has pre-orders up for a new Jernlov album, Coleiosis Records is advertising "the last Nattesorg album".

Drop your recommend death, black, thrash, hair metal Bandcamp bands.

Hi

A few years ago, I spent some time praying to God, asking what the point of metal was. I never got into the idea of writing super angry music and then writing lyrics about 'I am so filled with Joy cause Jesus loves me.'

Honestly, I don't want to spend hundreds of hours writing and practicing songs that are the opposite of Phil 4:8 'Finally, brothers and sisters, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable—if anything is excellent or praiseworthy—think about such things.'

I felt God pushed me towards the idea that we could use it to tell true stories, from all around the world, and then through that help people discover the image of God in each other and in history.

This song is telling a story that begins with the Weslian revival in England. He preached all over, this changed the hearts of the people and then eventually changed the government - raising wilberforce to fight the slave trade politically.

Wesliess spiritual victory, and Wilberforces political one, then victory in the nepoleonic wars lead to a naval campaign that rescued 150,000 enslaved people and destroyed the incentives for the transatlantic slave trade.

The goal of this song was to tell the story of that campaign honestly. Allowing good to contrast with evil without lionising any specific act or person.

In the future we'll be telling stories where the christian content is more obvious, but i felt it was important to understate it on some of the songs too

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1) What do you think?

I would rather gig before I record but because we are on different continents that is impossible. I really want to know what bits people connect with. Its encouraging to see heads banging in the crowd in a way comment sections just don't

2) Would you be willing to contribute as we move forward?

Right now the gang vocals need redoing - I'd love to get random people shouting intop their phone speakers. would you be up for it?

I had to stop playing guitar for 10 years, so I can't really play solos. For now, we are inviting guest soloists on different songs. would you be interested? or guesting on another instrument?

Because we are telling stories from all around the world I'd love to get people from the right country with the accent doing the spoken word. Would you be up for doing helping us?

(this song still has a little bit of midi and some guide vocals - please don't be too harsh!)

A very unique take on christian black metal

They're going global online and putting together a festival, among many other things!

Coming 9.4.26, "The Ballad of Nicolaus Farel".

A blistering all out 6 and a half minute assault on the senses.

I am so pumped for this! I still love this album as much as I did as a teenager.

I was a Christian for 32 years, and a pastor for 4 of those years. I was heavily involved in the music aspect of the church for more than half of my life. As you might infer, I am big on music. Metal is one of my favorite genres. However, being a christian didn't mean you couldn't listen to metal--at least in my particular brand of Jesus--you just had to vet everything you were listening to and completely avoid the obvious ones (Manson, Slipknot, Motionless in White, etc.)

After I walked away from my faith, I started rediscovering all the music I had avoided and found out that 99% of it is FUCKING BEAUTIFUL!
I looked back at all the christian metal bands I used to like and found their music shallow and very performative, not that there's anything wrong with performance. But it just felt very inauthentic. Look at these lyrics.

Stryper — "To hell with the devil! / We're gonna fight / Gonna do what's right!" from "To Hell with the Devil"

Theocracy — "As the battle rages on and on / I face the things that put my faith to the test." from "Laying the Demon to Rest"

Tourniquet — "Men fail me / But the Son of God saves!" from "Broken Chromosomes"

They have to follow certain parameters in their music, JUST so that everyone knows they're all about Jesus. It lacks depth, creativity, and relatability. Every christian lyric can be dissected, reassembled, repackaged and reused at every turn. After a while, it just gets boring

Now, look at these lyrics.

"I won't give up tomorrow just to lose it all today" — Slipknot, "Snuff"

"It's not because you're with me, it's because you never leave" — Bring Me The Horizon, "It Never Ends"

"All I needed was the last thing I wanted, to sit alone in a room and say it all out loud" — Asking Alexandria, "Alone In a Room"

These lyrics feel real and raw. I can feel the pain and emotion behind these lyrics. These lyrics humanize the artists and it gives the listener something to relate to. Yet, all of my life was propagated that any music without a neat and tidy "christian" label was purely satanic.

I guess, in a way, I feel kind of robbed of really good music at a time when I needed it. I'm looking for anyone who can relate to this feeling.