Dear Reader,
Today, after a pretty long time I have come in contact with the world. I mean, through the Internet and the social networking sites!!
Its been a while that I've been motivated enough to write for my very own blog or surf the internet. :O Anyway, so I logged in to my Linkedin account today and came across http://www.mapofmetal.com/#/home in one of the groups that I share membership in.
Anyone who knows me would need me to say no more about my passion (may be obsession is a better word) for heavy metal. But regardless of the emotion, this is a 'must-visit' site. Apart from the content that this site has about heavy metal, I must say that the idea is quite innovative. The graphics of the site and the visual representation is creative too. The site is efforts personified - starting from chalking down the idea, collecting information about the genres across the years gone by, listing down names of bands and tracks in each of those genres and then finally getting down to making the site!!
Right! Getting to the point now, I noticed a genre called 'Unblack Metal' in the map. I was kinda surprised cos I wasn't aware of this genre. It was something that I had never heard of. I re-checked, did it say Black Metal? Black Metal is notorious. It is that kind of music that has shrieking vocals, highly distorted guitars, fast tempos, unconventional song structure and most of all anti-christian lyrics. But what is Unblack Metal?
I googled it up for more information and what I found out surprised me first and amused me later. Here's what it said:
Unblack metal (or Christian black metal) is a term used to describe musically black metal sounding artists whose lyrics and imagery promote Christianity.[1] Such artists are controversial, mainly because black metal's pioneers, especially those of the Second Wave, intended to encourage hostility towards Christianity. It is also suggested that Christianity contradicts black metal's dark nature and the individualistic and misanthropic ideals of many bands.[2]
Isn't this more like a Jain Pav Bhaji? I mean, the flavor of Pav Bhaji lies in the onions and the potatoes. In the name of a religion, we end up cutting down the unique flavor of the dish.
Is music an appropriate medium to promote / shun a religion?
Today, after a pretty long time I have come in contact with the world. I mean, through the Internet and the social networking sites!!
Its been a while that I've been motivated enough to write for my very own blog or surf the internet. :O Anyway, so I logged in to my Linkedin account today and came across http://www.mapofmetal.com/#/home in one of the groups that I share membership in.
Anyone who knows me would need me to say no more about my passion (may be obsession is a better word) for heavy metal. But regardless of the emotion, this is a 'must-visit' site. Apart from the content that this site has about heavy metal, I must say that the idea is quite innovative. The graphics of the site and the visual representation is creative too. The site is efforts personified - starting from chalking down the idea, collecting information about the genres across the years gone by, listing down names of bands and tracks in each of those genres and then finally getting down to making the site!!
(The point! get back to it, woman!)
Right! Getting to the point now, I noticed a genre called 'Unblack Metal' in the map. I was kinda surprised cos I wasn't aware of this genre. It was something that I had never heard of. I re-checked, did it say Black Metal? Black Metal is notorious. It is that kind of music that has shrieking vocals, highly distorted guitars, fast tempos, unconventional song structure and most of all anti-christian lyrics. But what is Unblack Metal?
I googled it up for more information and what I found out surprised me first and amused me later. Here's what it said:
Unblack metal (or Christian black metal) is a term used to describe musically black metal sounding artists whose lyrics and imagery promote Christianity.[1] Such artists are controversial, mainly because black metal's pioneers, especially those of the Second Wave, intended to encourage hostility towards Christianity. It is also suggested that Christianity contradicts black metal's dark nature and the individualistic and misanthropic ideals of many bands.[2]
Isn't this more like a Jain Pav Bhaji? I mean, the flavor of Pav Bhaji lies in the onions and the potatoes. In the name of a religion, we end up cutting down the unique flavor of the dish.
Is music an appropriate medium to promote / shun a religion?
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