edwardgein said:
, that Evan used to be a Christian band but decided to change gears and be a bit more abrassive to fit the scene. So to me, they are kind of hypocrits because if they truly believe in something, why be a shamed of showing it? Right? Unless they are corprate puppets like most of the artists of today.
I don't think so. Just because you believe in God doesn't mean that you just HAVE to include him in your music all the time. And vise versa - if you are an atheist, you can still add God and the references to him (that are not mocking him in any way) in your lyrics for the purpose of an effect and NOT be considered religious.
I think you're too captious, specifically looking for faults here. If they sang about how they loved God, you'd probably say (as someone already did in this thread) that they're too preachy, trying to enforce their religion through music... And now that they DIDN'T actually do that - which is very commendable, imo - you're saying that they're not honest.
Remember that Christian metal or just music in general is classified by its CONTENT, its message - not its music necessarily. So I think it's good if you believe in whatever you believe but DON'T actually try to force it in any way. If they were to play some Gothic metal, and then decided to change their sound completely to suit more people - then you'd probably have a decent point with which I would respectfully disagree...
Now, I heard their half rappish song on the radio but didn't know it was them - and then I noticed their band name tossed around a lot, with descriptions like "they're very dark and gothic," "they're one of a kind because not much metal goes mainstream in the US," "they play metal" - and decided to check them out... Well, they're NOT very dark and gothic, and even if they are - they're as dark as Avril Lavigne is a real skater chick. They might be one of a kind - and yet not, considering that what they play is NOT metal. It's Linkin Park meeting a better singer than Avril Lavigne...
