even as a strong atheist and social rationalist, i dont think that i would be bothered even if Kalmah do turn out to be Christian after everything the music has done for my life, but i do have this to say. I do not think that any group of people who think enough about things as to write lyrics this controversial and make music that different and atmospheric could ever tie themselves down to blind faith, I think that kalmah are either speaking sarcastically or, when talking about "the holy spirit" as such, they do not mean a deity or god but instead they simply believe in free though and the good in both ghandi and mother teresa's hearts. And remember, there are still a fair amount of pagans living in scandanavia, especially in the black/death metal culture. Also, Kill the idealist is definately talking about how we as a society do always seem to kill the idealist (christ himself was killed for challenging the norm). and as for wings of the blackening one line says it all
Master lead me, please, in thru your door
Pierce this willing ear just one more time
Please let me stay, I'LL WORK LIKE A SLAVE
I WILL SUFFER, OBEY
again, Kalmah are mocking religion by writing like they are christians and trying to point out the obvious corruption and ignorance in a christian mind.
see i take this from a completely different angle.. i see them supporting it.
like when it says
"Hey Mr.Charles where are you now?
Knocking at the heaven's door
But there's no-one around?
Standing behind your theory
That a man comes from an ape?
Or can't you see all that God has created?."
obviously its darwin and i take the last couple of lines to mean do you really believe that man comes from ape or are you just too fucking dumb that you dont see all that God has created.
Then as we go down we encounter Mr. Adolf Hitler
i take it as who are we to judge who is important for the world.
what it is then saying is how can a man who is doing so much evil belive that he is doing it for God? (Trying to find the path to the light in vain?)
and yet again! can you not see what god has created!
and the same for the last part.
and in response to those examples of SIN it goes to begging God to not let him go the same way as these evil doers..
Master lead me, please, in thru your door
Pierce this willing ear just one more time
Please let me stay, I'll work like a slave
I will suffer, obey
its all plain as day
i take the whole song as mocking those who cannot "see" what has been created as it is right in front of them.