So I grew up listening to bands like Cradle of Filth and Dimmu Borgir, Graveworm, Slayer and the like. Man, I LOVED Dimmu Borgir especially. Enthrone Darkness Triumphant is just beautiful. The epic, orchestral sounds that band comes out with... 'Entrance' gives me goosebumps. Anyway, so I grew up and became a Christian. Now don't shake your head, I'm not one of the 'bad ones', no organised religion for me. And, well in short, part of the gig is to accept God as your father. Right? Problem!
Dimmu Borgir and Dani Filth basically think my father is a cunt and regularly sing about spitting and pissing on the sacred flesh of the Holy One etc... Blatant hatred for the most important person in my life. Imagine liking a band that continuously sang about your mum and how much they hate her. I just can't abide it. As much as they make amazing music, they have to go and RUIN it all with their garbage lyrics.
Why can't it be neutral? So you hate God? I hate gingerbread... Barely ever mention that fact though. Wouldn't even be so bad if they kept the subject matter but stopped with the venomous blasphemy. I can dig travelling through dark dimensions and blood storms etc. But the pissing on God? Nah.
Anyway, are there any bands similar in sound to Dimmu or Cradle that DON'T carry on about these things in such a horrible manner?
I'm talking super fast double kicks, massive orchestras and haunting keyboard... The beauty of the music.