“Death Metal” is a gimmick. Pure and simple. Not the genre, the name. It was named thus to draw in a certain demographic. It’s all about the dollar signs, or as in the case of it’s origin, the Krondor.

Amanda, you win the award for being the most retarded poster on this thread. That’s saying a lot considering the number of single word responses. Thank you for parroting what others have told you. It’s nice that you have beliefs. It’s becoming increasingly rare in modern culture for people to either have them or to admit them in public. I’m not bashing you for having any religious beliefs, but for not thinking for yourself. Do you honestly believe that any genre of music could be evil? It’s entirely a neutral concept.

And Amanda, assuming that what lifts you up will lift everyone up is also retarded. I’ve heard a lot of BS that passes for music, and I’ve got to say, it angers me. Going off of your logic, the stuff that you listen to is evil. It doesn’t lift me up, it makes me feel homicidal. Yes, I do want to strangle people with piano wire every time I hear Amy Grant or whatever bs is being passed off to the baby boomer bible thumpers as real music. What calms me out of this blood rage you may be asking yourself? Gimme some metal and I’m good. So by your logic, in this case, Slipknot is an instrument of God’s work and contemporary christian music is the work of the devil. Congratulations, you devil worshiper. See? Your logic is fundamentally flawed.

Ok, to the OP. Do what ever the hell you want with your life. When it comes down to it, you answer to yourself. You have to live with the consequences of your actions. If you win you win, if you fail you fail. Weigh the options and realize that with as many bands as there are out there, your chances of hitting the big time are roughly nil. But hey, even trailer trash in South Dakota win the powerball right? You might just luck out. Or your could flop and loose everything you’ve worked for in your life to this point.

But I’m betting this was a smart ass thread that you created cause you were bored.

Although Jesus has competed pretty heavily in the metal business for awhile, in all honesty I just haven’t seen him do anything I’d buy or listen to. Christian Death Metal by and large is very formulaic, and tends to avoid the subject matter that death metal is known for.

You might consider Satanism as an alternative. At first, when I experienced my fall from Grace and I realized all I had lost, I wept bitter tears…my unholy transformation frightened me, and my new dark feelings were horrifying to my human mind and soul. But the corruption of the Dark Lord became one with me, and instead of hating what I had become, I accepted it, no longer able to even be aware of why I should not want such dark and evil corruption in the first place.

So, in case that was confusing, I accepted my transformation into some kind of slutty wicked woman or demon or witch or whatever, in case you weren’t keeping up.

But then I got awesome super-powers…eye-liner, black nail polish, and yellow contact lenses. Then I discovered that I could play death metal, even though I had no formal training! And I could sing like a banshee!

I denied Christ, and we’ve been playing local biker bars ever since. I’ve never looked back.

So, if you really want to do Death Metal, you need to go with Satan on this one. You really do. Christ is ok if you want to do contemporary gospel or something, but if you really want to wail, get in league with the Devil. Ave Satanas!

Darkest Blessings.