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Re: Finnish folk metal! I do get your point of view i am just very cynical about any religious messages. I did start reading through quite a few of their lyrics but the whole God thing is not my thing at all. If the frontman is indeed an athiest i find it unusual for him to be writing/singing about religion and a God . I detest that shit and i wont be sorry for it. I have no respect for any religion of any kind and i better stop there. But cheers for your opinion :roll:

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Re: Finnish folk metal! I suggest you steer clear of Oskord then, they're folk/death but with heavily christian lyrics, as for me I am an atheist but I don't have anything against religion, I just think it's profoundly stupid that we kill each othr over whose imaginary friend is better (sorry Iceni) it's that very idea which allows lyrics like the following (which was written in 1990) to be relevant today brother will kill brother spilling blood across the land killing for religion something I don't understand

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Re: Finnish folk metal! that's a notion I simply can't agree with, the mere fact that a band has religious leanings does not preclude them from metal status, personally I don't care whether a band is christian, pagan, atheist or whatever, for me it's all about the music, if they make music I enjoy then that's great and I'll listen to them regardless of their lyrical subjects, if I don't enjoy their music it doesn't matter what they write about, quite frankly though as metalheads we actually have a lot to thank religion for, without it Slayer would have nothing to write about, Black Sabbath wouldn't have been scary as as such wouldn't have been such a groundbreaking band, and bands can write about religious ideas without being religious, Iced Earth's epic Dante's Inferno for example is about the section of Dante's description of the nine circles of hell, yet is not preaching any religious idealogies, and there are numerous songs about the four horsemen, another christian concept, which are not preaching that one adheres to the christian path

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Re: Finnish folk metal!

I had a quick look at Oskord and i would sooner slit my wrists than listen to any christian crap . Its Just Not Metal!
Oh, it's perfectly metal. :evil: But whatever. Your call. I'd say you're missing out. Actually, this is something that annoys me about folk metal bands - that they often feel the need to be anti-Christian for no particular reason. Crimfall is a great example of a Finnish folk metal band that sounded really good to me, which made their lousy lyrics all the more disappointing. Certainly you could put this sentiment down to clash of cultures and pagan pride, but it gets awfully irritating after a while. That's why I like Heidevolk. They just steer clear of that whole issue.
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Re: Finnish folk metal! In the credits to Slania one of the guys from Eluveitie thanks God so presuambly he's Christian and the band can't be anti-Christian. I have to agree with Iceni, being Christian has nothing to with being metal/not metal. After all, isn't one of the guys from Megadeth now a Christian and I defy anybody to accuse them of not being metal. Personnally, I find religion a frankly terrifying subject. Trying to work everything out takes up too much of my mental time and I loathe the way it turns men into monsters. On the other hand, I also see all the comfort religion brings and the way it can inspire people to do noble and humanitarian things. For me, organised religion dosen't make sense, but one never truly knows until the endgame I guess and at the moment I do think that some sort of God does exist, though I can't fully explain why, especially since I am very pessamistic about life after death. I suppose it's just a feeling I have. Anyway, that's why I steer clear of Christian Metal, because I can't get into something I don't believe in, and I steer clear of really satanic metal, because it's insulting to Christians and you never know just what you're mucking around with if you go down that path. Well, I've talked drivel for long enough, but that's just my thoughts since the subject came up :) !

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