Hello

Yeah there are a few folks over at CMR who are real quick to turn the butthurt to 11.

I messaged the dude from Bediah, trying to get him here, and he said that he was working on some anti-DSBM stuff.

I like that style too - there's a DSBM thread in the secular black metal section.
I'd love to see other recommendations! [candy]

I just saw Jeremy from Metal Helm join a few minutes ago.
I'm going to be creepy proactive and tell him (before he posts)

WELCOME TO THE FORUM!!!

Hooray! Make your self at home friend!

Hi guys,

I got into death metal about 12 years ago and, after coming to Christ 4 years ago, discovered the joys of black metal. I would say I'm half way between death and black with a noticeable lean toward death, but always looking to explore new / unfamiliar God-glorifying bands in either direction. I also want to expand my reach across secular death / black metal familiarity...even enjoyment...I do believe strongly in being "in the world but not of the world." Don't mean to start a (probably tired here) theological debate. I just struggle with the lyrical content of many secular bands in these genres whose music I would otherwise really enjoy if not for "their message." For example I really admire Brook Reeves' dedication/preference to touring with secular bands in his genre so as to be a light in the darkness; I made sure to tell him so when I bought some merch from him at his table last time he toured in my state. So yeah, Impending Doom is probably my all-around favorite band, I also really enjoy Grave Declaration, Drottnar, A Hill to Die Upon, Crimson Moonlight; on the lighter side / branching out I'm really into Immortal Souls, Broken Flesh, Deuteronomium and tons more. Love Extol; just getting into Abated Mass of Flesh and Every Knee Shall bow.

I haven't posted to a forum in about five years, that was when online poker almost destroyed my marriage (you can probably guess the type of forum that was). Luckily God had other plans for me. So yeah; I'm excited to discuss music, life, witness.

Welcome, wolfsbeign!

Oh I see I forgot the formal introduction.

Hello brothers and sister
My name is Josua Poulsen.
Maybe you already guessed it because of my nickname, that I am a dane (from Denmark)
I am 24 years old and will start on my the master in political science next week.
My music taste is mostly death, black and whatever genre Meshuggah plays. beside metal I listen a lot to neo classic artist like Olafur Arnalds.
And I am the leadsinger in Ascendant a blackened death (prog, melodic a little core plus more) metal band.

Haven't been back to this forum in a little bit, but I realized I didn't say hi back to everyone that said hi to me initially, so...

Hi!

Nice to meet you all, if I haven't met you before!

Welcome, Grendel!

Glad you're here man!

Hi eskhata, and welcome! If I recall correctly, you first made an account a long time ago, right?

Well, I can't remember if I already made an account back when blackened hymns forum was still alive. Anyway, I'm a huge fan of the unblack metal scene (and black metal in general). After accepting Christ back in 2007, I decided to avoid everything that I used to listen to that was anti-christian, satanic or... well.. anti-life! And trust me, I listened to it A LOT. But I've never regret that decision. I discovered a whole new world of christian music (thanks to Nordic Mission and Metal Helm btw) which I didn't realize it could even exist! Christian black metal??! Come on! But look at me now Blasting Slechtvalk, Antestor, Crimson Moonlight, Vials Of Wrath, Armath Sargon, Elgibbor ... man, I love this scene! So many unique bands, like Kekal, Extol (alongside with Mantric and Lengsel). I don't dislike some death metal too, like Krig, Broken Flesh, Monotheist (man, what a band!) ... and even a bit of metalcore/postcore. Underoath, Haste The Day, This or The Apocalypse, just to mention a few that I really love. And I still listen to some secular bands like Stormlord, Enslaved (the last 4-5 albums), Opeth, Novembre (the most brilliant band to come out from Italy)... well, I listen to quite a lot of stuff really. And that's it! Now I'm 32, and I'm going to be married next year. Hopefully Gonna move all of my cds to the new house. And that will be a hard task!

I've posted a couple of times already, but suppose I'll introduce myself more formally.

My interest in CBM is fairly recent. I had many years where I didn't really listen to metal much at all. When I picked up my interest again, I didn't get black metal. I remember listening to Usynlig Tumult and thinking "this is terrible." I started to enjoy Lo-Ruhamah, and they helped me appreciate black metal. Since then, I've come to enjoy all kinds of CBM (including Usynlig Tumult). I like quite a bit of other extreme metal, listen to a lot of non-metal, and listen to some non-Christian bands. 

I think I'm probably more of a lurker by nature, but that doesn't seem polite. So I'll try to contribute now and then. 

Welcome! I think you'll find that this is a pretty good little community of folks here. Also, this will be a great spot for you to discover new bands in the scene as you continue to dig further into it. Most of us here are fans of the "classics" like Antestor, Crimson Moonlight, etc. but collectively there's a pretty expansive wealth of knowledge of the more obscure and underground Christian metal too (and of other genres/styles as well!). Glad to have you here!