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you've got, and if you want to be metal, be it with all you've got. If those people really took their faith seriously, and followed the instructions of the One they profess to believe in, they would never be found in a context like that. They are on collision course with
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saying that I know that these musicians are going to mess their lives up, but I have seen it happen to some people and it frightens me very much." Mageroy, however, defends the unblack metal bands' intentions: "A lot of
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doctor can save life. Now is the knife evil itself? No, it depends on how you use it. The power is in our hands to decide what we want to use music for. I know that many black metal fans react badly when we use the words "black metal" to describe our music, and we are sorry if we make people upset for that. But for us, black metal is a musical genre. Listen to
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Interviewer: 'What's your relation to penguin masks? Do you use them on your concerts?' Antestor: 'Until now we haven't done many gigs, so the answer would be no. On the other hand today (at
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We believe that all kinds of music are now neutral. I mean, a music genre cannot be "evil" itself. It all depends on the purpose: why you're doing it and what the lyrics are about. I will use an illustration to explain: a knife in the hands of a murderer can kill life, but a knife in the hands of a
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published an article about the phenomenon of unblack metal, describing Horde's album as "an abrupt satire of the
Norwegian black metal movement". Antestor was also interviewed, with vocalist Kjetil Molnes stating "We identify ourselves as black metal as a music style, not black metal as an ideology
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Christian, expressed his concern for the unblack metal musicians: "I think they're completely off the mark. I cannot seriously understand how they even manage to do it. They have missed the target completely. I mean, if you want to be a Christian, be it with all
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Grammys in 2003. Poems of
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instead of inverted cross. It's a totally relative issue, depending on how 'extreme' you would go, right?" Whereas Arwadi claimed that to his knowledge, "none of those bands were against Christianity", Bathory founder Quorthon rejected Christianity in numerous interviews.
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states that "opping the lot are Christian 'Unblack' acts who for all intents and purposes look like, sound like and employ the imagery of Black Metal whilst hidden in the unpenetrable vocal growls and distortions are the proclamations of Jesus Christ".
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marketed Trouble as "white metal" as opposed to black metal. Vocalist Eric Wagner explained in 2006 that "back in the early 1980s, all the metal was kind of Satanic," and implied that Metal Blade (or the owner
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as masking is for actors or mimes. One way to express certain feelings in the battle we are in. The main purpose is to concentrate on God and not to twist the knife in the wound in side issues like these.'
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has been labeled as unblack metal, the band has distanced itself from the movement. When asked if he was bothered by the fact that the first black metal bands were against Christianity, front-man
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document. Interviews: Luscious Rene. Interviewees: Mantas (Venom), Dani Filth, Sabbat, Satyricon, Black Widow, Dimmu Borgir, Mayhem and Immortal. Retrieved 23 October 2007. 2007.
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magazine, there was an "international explosion of Christian black metal bands", and black metal "seemed to be the fastest growing genre in the Christian metal scene". In 2000,
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commented: "'Christian black metal?' What do they do? Do they build churches? Do they repair them? (laughs)". Jonathan Selzer, editor of the British metal magazine
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The follow-up to the group's 2006 acclaimed album 'Tophet' will be issued this May and will be available as a limited release, with only 250 units to be produced.
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4306:Politics and contemporary Christian music
2369:Christian Metal: History, Ideology, Scene
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2105:. YouTube (authorised). 25 May 2010.
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480:Sample of "A Sovereign Fortress" by
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1584:. Open Publishing. 12 December 1998
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1980:Unblack metal - raj document ch.1
1735:"Underoath Define the Great Line"
1733:Hartwig, Hartwig (20 June 2006).
1389:. Open Publishing. Archived from
1237:Interview with Son Of Man Records
1082:Kapelovitz, Dan (February 2001).
1067:. Vol. 4. 24–26 March 2000.
4183:Christian electronic dance music
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3004:New wave of American heavy metal
2425:Rockdetector: A-Z of Black Metal
2081:Shash Media & Rockwrold TV,
2026:Morrow, Matt (18 January 2006).
1896:. Open Publishing. 13 March 2008
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1039:List of black metal bands, L–Z
1034:List of black metal bands, 0–K
980:Jan Axel "Hellhammer" Blomberg
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518:The Return of the Black Death
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1856:. Retrieved 25 October 2007.
1664:. Retrieved 25 October 2007.
1419:Morrow, Matt (26 May 2005).
1371:. Retrieved 23 October 2007.
1310:. Endtime Productions. 2003.
1297:booklet. 2006. Escapi Music.
1284:. Venice: Feral House, 2006.
1182:. Retrieved 23 October 2007.
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785:In 2007, the Norwegian band
547:Beyond the Glimpse of Dreams
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3014:Early Norwegian black metal
2427:(first printing ed.).
2397:(in French). Camion Blanc.
2117:"True American Black Metal"
2028:Bombworks Records interview
1674:Powell, Mark Allan (2002).
1196:"MusikkOpp-ned oppnedkors!"
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3721:Christian alternative rock
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2083:Murder Music – Black Metal
1877:. Retrieved 11 April 2020.
1662:Vaakevandring - demo 98/99
923:While the Indonesian band
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779:Pimp My Ride International
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4079:Christian music industry
4074:Christian music festival
4003:Christian hardcore bands
2391:Pneuma, Esychia (2014).
2238:"For the life of me,..."
2147:Sue Rock Punk Metal Zine
1854:Arvinger - Helgards Fall
1521:Kekal (15 August 2010).
1257:Interview with CrossOver
1116:Sol (11 February 2015).
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4325:Distribution and events
4178:Christian country music
4038:Christian vocal artists
4033:Christian record labels
4013:Christian metal artists
3696:Christian country music
3429:Australian thrash metal
2954:Bangladeshi heavy metal
2944:Australian thrash metal
2366:Moberg, Marcus (2015).
2059:5 November 2007 at the
2054:Pimp My Ride pĂĄ svenska
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1383:"Horde - Hellig Usvart"
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1223:, "Introduction", p. iv
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825:, as well as newcomers
4377:Christan record labels
4301:Jesus Christ Superstar
3866:Ethiopian and Eritrean
3675:Neues Geistliches Lied
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3439:Brazilian thrash metal
3077:Heavy metal subculture
2989:Indigenous metal music
2964:Brazilian thrash metal
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2198:Ultimate Metal webzine
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3434:Bay Area thrash metal
3231:Blackened death metal
3029:Teutonic thrash metal
2959:Bay Area thrash metal
2939:Argentine heavy metal
2554:Blackened death metal
2374:Bloomsbury Publishing
2279:Lords of Metal E-zine
1943:Sorrowstorm Biography
1761:Powell, Phil (2003).
1603:Morrow, Matt (2001).
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3572:Roots and beginnings
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2435:: Cherry Red Books.
2088:23 July 2011 at the
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1970:. The Whipping Post.
1784:Rivadavia, Eduardo.
1647:3 March 2016 at the
1578:"Antestor interview"
1493:Rivadavia, Eduardo.
1421:"Admonish Interview"
1334:on 27 September 2007
1262:3 March 2016 at the
763:Cornerstone Festival
743:Cornerstone Festival
609:The Norwegian group
345:The Australian band
155:Under a Funeral Moon
4438:Fusion music genres
4352:Christian festivals
4028:Christian ska bands
3464:Swedish death metal
3449:Florida death metal
3024:Swedish death metal
2979:Florida death metal
2974:Chinese heavy metal
2934:African heavy metal
2732:Neue Deutsche Härte
2421:Sharpe-Young, Garry
2275:"Kekal | Interview"
2249:on 26 February 2022
1393:on 11 February 2008
874:Veil of Remembrance
566:4 points out of 5.
523:Cacophonous Records
275:Metal Blade Records
267:-based debut album
169:The Defeat of Satan
64:Ambient black metal
4433:Heavy metal genres
4413:Black metal genres
3777:Black Gospel music
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3495:heavy metal genres
3454:Les LĂ©gions Noires
3398:neoclassical metal
3171:National Socialist
2999:Les LĂ©gions Noires
2727:Neoclassical metal
2537:National Socialist
2204:on 25 January 2009
1322:"Mayhem Interview"
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2517:Avant-garde metal
2512:Alternative metal
2404:978-2-35779-499-3
2383:978-1-47257-986-7
2224:Crimson Moonlight
1819:Sharpe-Young 2001
1807:Sharpe-Young 2001
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1630:Sharpe-Young 2001
1611:. Open Publishing
1609:The Whipping Post
1558:. Open Publishing
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1427:. Open Publishing
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1221:Sharpe-Young 2001
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953:Beat the Blizzard
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759:Crimson Moonlight
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3256:funeral doom
3215:thrash metal
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2857:Cymbal choke
2819:Viking metal
2807:Thrash metal
2797:Stoner metal
2787:Sludge metal
2752:Pirate metal
2737:Nintendocore
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2685:Groove metal
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3413:power metal
3337:stoner rock
3327:pagan metal
3320:progressive
3268:drone metal
3210:speed metal
3188:death metal
3166:Black metal
3072:Headbanging
3019:Palm Desert
2909:Death growl
2889:Power chord
2884:Palm muting
2879:Guitar solo
2792:Speed metal
2772:Power metal
2747:Pagan metal
2720:Progressive
2700:Latin metal
2623:Drone metal
2574:Death metal
2532:Black metal
2527:Biker metal
2494:Heavy metal
2442:1-901447308
2284:29 November
2157:7 September
1838:20 November
1792:20 November
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286:Early 1990s
190:Pilgrim of
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3623:Shape note
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3251:death-doom
3246:crust punk
3205:doom metal
2874:Distortion
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2762:Post-metal
2757:Pornogrind
2660:Glam metal
2655:Funk metal
2638:Folk metal
2618:Doom metal
2601:Death-doom
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1763:"Antestor"
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1387:Necromancy
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1045:References
951:In a 2007
933:Hellhammer
916:Redemption
906:Terrorizer
787:Frosthardr
735:Frosthardr
720:Holy Blood
716:Slechtvalk
562:both gave
559:Terrorizer
508:media help
496:doom metal
436:Late 1990s
409:Darkthrone
371:Euronymous
361:death-doom
338:media help
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212:conversion
164:death/doom
144:Darkthrone
103:aesthetics
4387:Zondervan
4260:Mike Curb
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3963:Old Roman
3958:Mozarabic
3953:Gregorian
3922:Ambrosian
3913:Plainsong
3856:Byzantine
3598:Hymn tune
3583:Polyphony
3579:Homophony
3510:screaming
3295:deathcore
3290:metalcore
3278:goregrind
3273:grindcore
3236:blackgaze
3198:technical
3176:symphonic
3100:Hard rock
3067:Festivals
2914:Screaming
2840:Fuzz bass
2782:Rap metal
2767:Pop metal
2710:Metalcore
2675:Grindcore
2665:Goregrind
2596:Deathcore
2584:Technical
2559:Blackgaze
2542:Symphonic
2121:Reelhouse
1992:Slectvalk
1786:"Lengsel"
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1562:29 August
1532:6 January
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988:Satyricon
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583:Underoath
579:metalcore
389:Norwegian
381:in 1993.
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220:salvation
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4296:Godspell
4107:Category
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3943:Gallican
3928:Anglican
3898:Znamenny
3871:Galician
3851:Armenian
3403:nu metal
3393:hyperpop
3305:mathcore
3110:Category
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2742:Nu metal
2705:Mathcore
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3181:unblack
3062:Fashion
3044:Culture
2905:Vocals
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1875:Wix.com
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