I love that people use albums and music, as a staple or a reason to disbelieve or doubt Christianity. I loved Death music, I was more into the earlier death/thrash stuff first, and could not for the life of me understand, or even comprehend his later albums.
As I got older, Symbolic did become one of my favorites, and now I can equally grab any one album and get something from it. Even the last album, is starting to spin some gears, albeit not as much as the albums of past. Chuck was eager to get out of Death, and it was clear with Control Denied.
People really do take things literally they turn on that frown and crank up their “satanic” death metal and think that they are scaring anyone. Its not serious, its a joke. This is exactly why I got more into Misery Index, instead of Dying Fetus.
Death metal is talented and useful music to convey and illustrate a message, but if you want reality, you better be willing to endure and experience that same kind of message you are presenting to the world.
I remember when I was at an Impaled show, at a local bar. And I was yelling, “we belong dead!”. The chant and the echoes weren’t getting through to the band, or to the crowd. I very well could have made that my last night, with as much alcohol and testosterone fueling in my body, things could have gotten a little too crazy.
You wouldn’t believe it, but this guy does go out to shows and does experience life outside. Very rarely but it on the seldom chance or opportunity, it does happen. Besides work and life, very little gets in the way of me attempting to have a good time. But with how life is going today, you do need to be aware and vigilant.
As far as Chuck Schuldiner and Death the music is great, the lyrics, the solos, harmonies, leads and various technical passages of the music. Ive expressed the same love about bands like Horrendous and Brotality. But some of you are cheering for death, and then come knocking on faith and meaning, when it happens to somebody you love.
I don’t know if are aware of this or not, I have narrowly escaped death in fatal automobile accidents, comas, organ failure, you name it. My body has been through it, and its only a matter of time before I get a toe tag.
Some of the things I’ve seen and heard, are events and occurrences that I really do want to get out of my head. As beautiful and wonderful as this life can be, it can also be painfully disturbing and horrifying.
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