Back in the days, Christian songs typically tended to be hymnal sons that were sung using an organ in a Church. However, drastic changes have come about in this particular form of music and it has progressed to levels where vocals have been merged with the music that coincides perfectly with them.

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Christian music

Back in the good days, Christian music was Gregorian chanting to ward off God's wrath. Those were the good days.

Now its about shoving a Message in people's faces, mostly.

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Anyway, the best tunes are with the devil, Nothing can top that.

There are some exceptions, though, Antestor and Crimson Moonlight are quite amazing, musically speaking of course.

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Rien n'est impossible dans ce monde, il suffit simplement de mettre du cœur à l'ouvrage.

In general, I care more about whether the music is good. The themes of the lyrics are secondary. Christian or Satanic, I won't listen to crap

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I don't know whether you've heard "Ars Diaboli", one of the tracks in Graveworm's first album "Scourge of Malice". It is a bit over 1 minute of Gregorian chanting and it makes a very nice break in the whole album.

Favourite track: Abandoned by Heaven.

For me, the themes of the lyrics are quite important. I wouldn't say that every time a band writes lyrics is to send a Message, but there's certainly a story attached to them. Let's take Nile, for example, Karl must spend Hell of a long time writing lyrics and making the disc jacket.
But I can't entirely disagree with you 'cause I can't go through the lyrics every time I buy a new album. Therefore, the music is an important factor too.

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Rien n'est impossible dans ce monde, il suffit simplement de mettre du cœur à l'ouvrage.

The thing is, I don't literally believe in Satan, nor am I a nationalist, but a lot of the lyrics in the songs I like have that sort of thing going on for them. A lot of the songs I listen to are in foreign languages too, or I can't understand what's being said. I tend to see vocals as another instrument, really--unless it's in a song where I can clearly understand what's being said.

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True.

Anyway, if somebody wants to listen to Extreme Metal, better be prepared to get rid of all taboos, Otherwise the experience will be painful.
I  don't know a lot about the NSBM scene, but this cult of Satan thing is mostly for shock value, it's better to keep a sort of tongue in cheek attitude toward it. That's the way I see it. Anyway, the elitists of the "trve kvlt" will certainly disagree with this statement.

I noticed that you live in Canada. Have you Ever heard of Evil Wrath and Satanic Glue Sniffers, Two Extreme Metal bands from Quebec?

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Rien n'est impossible dans ce monde, il suffit simplement de mettre du cœur à l'ouvrage.

I don't actively listen to full-on NSBM either, but a lot of bands do touch on nationalistic themes anyway. You could argue that those 80s thrash bands with those cliched anti-military USA albums (like Megadeth, Toxic and so on) are nationalistic. Brujeria's first few albums are nationalistic as well.

I haven't heard of either of those bands. Then again, I don't really listen to a lot of Canadian bands!

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