I got into heavy metal when I was 16 didn’t know much about it all I knew was I liked it but a lot of the stuff I was listening to at the time was either satanic or negative bands like;
Slipknot,
Wednesday 13,
Cradle Of Filth,
Mudvayne,
Murder Dolls,
Soulfly,
Children Of Bodem,
And a lot more.
Yeah wasn’t really good for a new Christian kid with a bad temper. I wanted to find something positive in heavy music didn’t know what I was looking for just knew I wanted something with positive lyrics. My metal head friend lent me some a lot of his cd’s to me got into a lot of the bands he had and there was 4 bands that I found out from him that grab my attention Killswitch Engage, Caliban, Diecast and Still Remains all really positive and real heavy I wanted to find more music like this what people call metalcore I didn’t know what metalcore was, didn’t even know there were other genres in heavy music I just thought everything heavy was metal.
I had heard about a christian band Underoath I didn’t know who they were and I didn’t take much interest until one day I turned on the TV around 3 in the morning and saw these guys on my TV screen I liked it. Shortly some time after I lent an Underoath cd from a friend they’re Only Chasing Safety album I liked it but it wasn’t exactly heavy so kept looking for more. One day I went to word book store and saw a cd I didn’t know who they were all I knew was they were a christian band and they looked interesting so I got home and put it on to my computer and after about 3 minutes I realized that it was heavy music coming from my speakers that band was blessthefall I listened to them a lot and I still do. By the time I was 18 I found out about solid state records a christian record label that only signed christian bands so stared getting into solid state bands but the problem was they were really hard to find word book store didn’t have anything and jb-hi-fi and missing link only had a few. Then one day my friend asked me to come to koorong book store with her so I did we walked in and found a hole bunch of christian metal and hardcore and bands a lot from solid state records I still shop there till this day. Solid State bands I got into;
August Burns Red,
Oh, Sleeper,
Underoath,
Demon Hunter,
Norma Jean,
Inhale Exhale,
Mychildren Mybride,
Haste The Day,
Living Sacrifice,
After a while I of listening to solid state bands I wanted to find some more Christian hardcore bands that weren’t on solid state I always use to think that solid state was the on Christian metal label man just wrong was I? I ended up finding out about another Christian metal label (Facedown records) this label signing more hardcore than metal bands (and yes there is a difference between hardcore and metal) I didn’t know much it so just ignored it for a while. So still on this search for more Christian hardcore I ended up find out about a deathcore band (With Blood Comes Cleansing) I was amazed of this band cause not only were they extremely heavy but their lyrics were like praise and worship songs I had never hard of such praise songs in my life. Shortly after I found out about impending doom another Christian deathcore band doing pretty much the same thing only they labeled their music as Gorship (praise and worship with heavy music) So now I found out that impending doom were with Facedown records witch made me want find out more about them and got into more of their music. Bands from Facedown records;
Impending Doom,
War of Ages,
Inked in Blood,
Jesus Wept,
Alove for Enemies,
For Today,
xDeathstaRx,
Sleeping Giant,
Call To Preserve.
So pretty much after I got into Facedown records I had found out about more Christian hardcore and metal bands that weren’t with solid state or facedown you so by the time I just turned 20 you could say I’m a Christian metal head yep I know a lot about Christian metal maybe too much so this is it I’m done.
Here are some of my favorite bands;
The Devil Wears Prada,
August Burns Red,
As I Lay Dying,
A Plea For Purging,
Gwen Stacy,
Impending Doom,
Corpus Christi,
Burden Of A Day,
Forgiven Rival,
For All Eternity,
Soul Embraced,
Haste The Day,
Lewis Vs Clark,
Inhale Exhale,
Sinai Beach
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