Metal and religion (we are not Satanists.)

The relationship of heavy music, and organized religion has always been difficult. The texts of some metal bands, their image and aesthetics are often irritated by the conservative community, and including religious leaders. The press regularly publish articles accusing the metal in promoting Satanism, suicide and violence.

With the advent of extreme forms of heavy music, and there was a new ideology. Performers black metal, unlike members of other genres, really were the carriers of radical ideology, opposed to Christianity.
Every religion, from their point of view, is a means of controlling the masses. Most often this theme in the work group met thrash metal.

There are also many artists whose lyrics contain a positive outlook on Christianity. There is a subgenre of Christian metal. It is a kind of rock music on the theme of Christianity. Groups of Christian rock lyrics sing about God, faith and soul, and usually consist of inchurched Christians. Christian rock is allocated solely on the texts, he does not have its musical characteristics, and can run on a variety of techniques for rock music.