Posted on 06/12/2009 2:28:39 PM PDT by WesternCulture
OK. Wow. Thank you for the leads. A few minutes with Google has been extremely instructive. The Nordic Metal movement is much nerdier than I would have guessed.
I’m a huge Within Temptation fan. Absolutely love ‘em.
It’s only logical that Scandinavian Christians, who grew up on bands like Arch Enemy, Opeth, Celtic Frost, and Emperor, are seeking to worship God in a context they understand. More power to ‘em.
In fact, where can I buy some?
Oh... and to all the Swedish metal haters... check out Yngwie Malmsteen - here’s one for you:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aS_IYe5JTZ4
Yngwie goofing off at his breakfast table, playing stuff most of us would only dream of:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lwp4jN6TGYM&feature=related
It’s not really fair to mention Celtic Frost with those other bands. CF is actually listenable.
Replacing “baby” with “Jesus” isn’t exactly the best way to create christian lyrics.
- I won't have that!
Their song “Teacher's Pet” inspired me to hit on my high school Psychology teacher, a pretty but also exceptionally nice lady in her 30s all of the male part of my school dreamed of, through writing some ambiguous stuff in an examination paper (I think I wrote something about the fact that in most cases, men take the initiative).
As I view things, she gave me the green light by later on telling all of the grade how much she appreciated a certain student of hers who fully understood how important it is for a young man to be full of initiative.
Nothing happened though. She made me feel I already had won the race.
Today, I sometimes regret that I didn't follow through.
Thanks for linking and God bless rock’n’roll!!
I thought Celtic Frost was Swiss, not Swedish.
They are.
That's the old joke about the difference between blues and gospel. Here's some Christian rock lyrics for you:
Walk by faith, not by sight
Strengthened by His glorious might
Walk by faith, not by sight
Heading for that land of light
Walk by faith and not by sight
Sometimes we ain't so sure
He sees us when we're kneeling
Sometimes we forget salvation ain't a feeling
We know that Jesus died for our justification
We grow in His image by suffering tribulations
Not by Sight, by Petra
Just saying that some of those “old tyme beloved hymns” we used to hear in church growing up may have started out as the 18th Century Rock Music. I do know the tune to The Star Spangled Banner was “Ode to Anacreon” (an English drinking song that celebrated drunken dissipation).
The music of “Amazing Grace” also came from a drinking song.
This isn't enemy territory. Historic Christendom made this soaring operatic grandeur, and rock can only return to the well.
My favorite Death Metal band is Ace of Base.
Abba doesn’t make me headbang like they used to.
What about Blue Swede, “Oooga oooga oooga shaka....”
HEY!!!
Keep mocking us Swedes if you wish, as long as you keep in mind that 1/3 of this band is Swedish:
As long as Lemmy and good ol’ Chuck are alive, there will be at least someone on this planet who knows what real rock’n’roll is all about.
Cheers/Skål from Gothenburg, Sweden, a city built on true rock’n’roll like this (a classic sing-along-song originally from the 1970s featuring lyrics most would deem banal as they simply just salute Gothenburg as a whole as well as different residential areas of it, but to me these words and the way they are sung remind me of the fact that I live in a city where people are honest, hard working and friendly like in few other places here on Earth:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UKtIuxIZq0M
You think that’s mocking, you should see what we do to the Norwegians, because of a-ha.
BUT Texas isn't all about the world's leading steakhouses and proper music like ZZ Top (I often have the speakers of my Volvo V70 bumping with their great tunes by the way)!
“You think that’s mocking, you should see what we do to the Norwegians, because of a-ha.”
Big hrrm.. :D
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