Good metal bands?

[Ninjametalchick]

Can you recommend bands? I'm fairly new to metal, and I absolutely love it, but I'm a Christian, so it's somewhat difficult for me to find bands to listen to that don't have anti-Christian themes or that use God's name in vain. I really enjoy folk metal, but I'll listen to bands that don't play it. I'm pretty decent when it comes to swearing, I just don't like heavy heavy swearing. Any suggestions? Thanks!

 

[arg]

check out the discographies (which are quite huge) of these bands.
they're both mostly positive-themed too.

Killswitch Engage
Amorphis

 

[arf]

try these:
Living sacrifice
On solid ground
In the midst of lions
Invent, animate
Isacchar
A call to sincerity
Oh, Sleeper
A livid sky
Soul embraced
Haste the day
Leviticus
Stryper
^There are no swearing in these bands.
even if there are swearing in other bands' music, they aren't understandable

 

[MetalExplorer]

Try "Sleep - From Beyond"

 

[MotherEel]

Check out 90's Australian doom band Paramaecium. Most of their lyrics are from the bible.

 

[Svetovid]

Antestor. I am a die-hard black metal fan, which is quite often themed on Satan and anti-Christianity. I have no problem with this. It bothers the hell out of most black metal guys that Christian bands exist that try to play the style as well. But this also does not bother me. Call it what you will, but as far as I'm concerned this Christian band plays black metal as well as any Satanist.

 

[excusetheblood]

Virgin Black.