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So smooth! I had forgotten to ask for details about your latest video, just left a comment there too.

Hey! I'll add it to the list. Also have some As I Lay Dying coming down the pipe ;)

@@MetalSharpensMetal I’m excited for your take on aild :)

Nice man, they do seem really locked in live

Thanks, I'll add it to the list!

Thank you 🙏🤘

Yes, major changes have occurred. Part of the fear of man thing is that they have just accepted that they are not "Christian" anymore. Which is not great.

@@HeritageRestored thanks for checking out the video! Between you covering JB and me covering Matt we could have easily made ABR Restored haha. So it sounds like we're on the same page with the lyrics. I knew I had identified climate stuff and thought "meh, oh well," but I didn't know that about Identity. Matt has always seemed genuine if not as outspoken as before, so ya, I'm willing to concede it's complicated. Just a bummer to watch that happen to your heros. You keeping an eye on Convictions btw?

​@@MetalSharpensMetala little. They are local to ohio and my brother has gone to a ton of their shows. I dont know enough to speak deeply on it. Also, dangerous is another new one that is a banger, lyrics by matt. The song is about p0rh addiction actually. Defender is about how Matts dad defended him during his the divorce that it sounds like his wife initiated. Thats another whole issue. Sadly both jake and matt have been through divorce and even if they were totally righteous in the situation it is hard to go through that and come out unscathed.

@@HeritageRestored ya man, personal life stuff can spill over into your art so easily. Probably worth praying for them. But good to keep an eye on the lyrics each time anyway. Convictions seems very solid and they seem to write only bangers. I'll have a video on them out on Monday if you want to check it out 😉

Indeed

Nice to meet me 😏

Hey, welcome to the channel! Thanks for the thoughtful comment too. I'm not trying to kick them out of the kingdom by any means, but (if I were talking to them) would be prompting them to examine their own hearts about it. I agree I can't mindread and don't know for certain if they fear man. But those verses I mentioned don't preclude us from pointing out concerning issues in brothers. I had a thought experiment the other day to help describe some of my confusion. Take the motivational lyrics from a secular band of non Christians and compare them to some of the bands that call themselves Christian. Compare a whole album even. Would you have a good indication which band is which? If not, it points to a faith that might be trapped in the band's ribcage, rather than an outstretched candle like their artwork shows.

@@MetalSharpensMetal We agree that their music has become less gospel centered over time. I would just disagree that the reason for that change is because they are in someway more ashamed of the gospel than they used to be. It could be the reason, or it could not be! If your brother sins, absolutely - call him to repentance. I'm just throwing out a general warning of immediately attributing the reason of something to be sinful. Very difficult to explain this over text, I'm sure we are talking passed each other to some extent. lol

@@kontainedkhaos7293 I think I understand. You're saying it's kinda a 50/50 chance that's the reason. I don't even know that I called this a sinful potential move on their part in the video, but I can see how you'd make that connection. At the end of the day, I just want someone who's a Christian to be bold with their faith (more gospel centered!). I believe our theology and understanding of the gospel comes out through our fingertips and our lips, so it starts to paint a picture over time that things might not be on the right trajectory. I'd rather address those things earlier than see someone shipwreck their faith.

It's a pretty good one. Can I ask if you're a Christian?

@@MetalSharpensMetal Yes I am

@@kylelong9176 Cool man. I found myself getting a little confused with the messaging in ABR songs after Messengers. Seemed like the clarity was going down over time. Not sure if you noticed any of that.

Thanks man. Is that one of your favorites of theirs?

Thanks brother, welcome!

Welcome to the channel! These guys have made some great music, and it's definitely significant that they've been a cohesive group for so long. I just have a much different view (as you probably gathered) in that if you are a Christian in a band, your views should be coming through in the lyrics, talking at shows, etc. I'll have a lot to say about that when I get around to my Underoath video lol, cause that seems like an even starker example. But thanks for clicking and discussing!

This means a ton to me. Thank you, brother!

Fair enough! Was this song one of those that hits right?

Its a very good song, I dont think this one resonated with me, but I'm also very hard to please most of the time. its a me problem ha ha @@MetalSharpensMetal

Listening now, this is great! Lots of the stuff I love about Opeth and Katatonia here.

Congrats, you've been exempted from calling your parents today ✅ But maybe tell em you love em anyway.

Yooo thanks for commenting! And I really am fine with the shirt, I just wanted to include that joke lol. I plan to get the other design as well someday, and my review will be forthcoming 😉 Glad to hear I was on the right track with the meaning. It's a well put together song/EP and I really appreciate you taking the time to watch! I realize I forgot to mention your guys' names in the video, but is this Jonas?

@@MetalSharpensMetal thanks! Yes this is Jonas :)

Heck ya man. This video was a joy to make and now I'm even more excited about some of the clips of their new stuff. God bless!

Thanks! I really wanted to make a point of the lyrics since they so often get overlooked by reaction channels. I need to check out some of your videos too because it seems like you got some good analysis over there too (gonna start with the Showdown interview, loved those guys). It's a simple lapel mic from Amazon! The brand is something like peepee or poopoo, probably very cheap but it did sound good once I stopped making the OBS project files and just did mp4. Just checked, they're called Zooblu Professional Lavalier mics. Cheers!

@@MetalSharpensMetaloh yeah that Showdown one was just a small clip, David is a great dude for sure. Yeah I'll have to look up one of those mics and play around with it. OBS has been horrible for me with like weird pops and clicks in the audio. One of these days I'll figure it out.

@@dft9000 are you generating the OBS project files alongside the mp4s? I had the same issue, I think due to little sync issues along the way. When I wrote videos to mp4 without the project files, the pops went away entirely.

@@MetalSharpensMetalI think this was exactly my issue. Thank you so much for the help! You got a sub from me!

Thanks bro!

You get it man. It's a bummer to miss out on some catchy music, but it's just not always worth it. I hadn't seen the pentagram thing, but even without that I don't think there's any neutrality in life. Music and art especially. That's a big reason why I'm discussing these issues.

You can listen to music without agreeing with their beliefs or views. Its just music.

@@KAJYT6969 I think maseay and I probably do that every day. But since we don't ignore the lyrics there comes a point where we draw a line for ourselves.

@@MetalSharpensMetal that just sounds like you're closed minded. You know how its good to look into and study other religions so that you can recognize and acknowledge truth and see what other beliefs believe? Thats like with music too. Broaden your horizens because guaranteed its not the holy spirit convicting you when you're listening to sleep token.

@@KAJYT6969 that's quite a guarantee! How do you know that?

Thanks bro!

You're totally right about Bloodbath. I just filmed an Opeth review too and didn't mention that band there either. But Katatonia's lyrics always struck me as a bit more innocent than Opeth's anyway

Agreed! Thanks for checking it out.

I haven't really thought of doing rap here but I'll keep it in mind! Thanks for watching.

I hear that, it's a dark one. I likely won't be jamming it on repeat like I did for Covenant, but it's got some good parts.

That's the one!

That sounds like a great trip. I remember Omnium and haven't listened to them in a while, maybe it's time to get back. Thanks for checking out the channel!

@@MetalSharpensMetal Yeah man, just kind of stumbled across it while looking for katatonia reactions 😅. I subscribed. If you get back to Omnium Gatherum I’d suggest their latest ‘Origin’, or ‘New World Shadows’ (my favorite). Cheers.

A very fair assessment. When I went back and listened to The Great Cold Distance I fell in love with many of the songs. And the newest album was great too!

The great cold distance is my favorite album as well

I'll add that one to the list!

Haha that was a lot of points, but it's cool to hear about all those little details that brings the song together so well. Especially from originalthisfireburns lolol. Can't believe it took until 2024 for me to discover it

Really glad you reached out. There is always hope in the risen Christ! Tesseract is getting a lot of recommendations for their newer songs, so I'll add those to the list. The groove in beneath my skin is so great. Thanks for watching!

Katatonia makes epic stuff, and I agree - the drumming on this album is so groovy and in the pocket. Thanks for stopping by!

Thanks for the thoughtful response! A few thoughts: I think I totally agree with your first paragraph. I spoke about the concept of neutrality in art (spoiler: I don't think there is any) in my Plini video as well. I also just filmed a video today for an Opeth song off Ghost Reveries, which, if you're familiar, is a very dark album lyrically. Way worse than objectifying a girl you like haha. I don't endorse it, but I have a lot of praise for the band in some ways. Stay tuned for that. For the second point, I get that this can be a valid song when taken in isolation. I didn't open the can of worms in this video, but 90% of their songs are pretty sexualized. They have some that are way more suggestive than this, and when taken as a whole, I find it more problematic. A lot of this does come down to the Christian conscience like you said, and like Paul says, so I might not be in the same opinion as everyone here. But I do find the worship stuff about as troubling for Christians as bands that are actual satanists. As for Bethel...you'll find no pushback on that opinion from me 😂Both Bethel and Hillsong are rife with heresy and other issues like you said. They have written songs that are totally fine in themselves, but I think churches shouldn't financially support them by licensing the songs to play on Sundays. Because they're writing music specifically for the church, I'd be fine with more of a boycott for them than even Sleep Token if you can imagine it. So thanks for commenting and hopefully you're blessed by the vid! I'm biased but I think the more recent ones are even better haha.

Thanks for checking out the video, but I'm sorry to hear about your friend. That's tragic. To your question - the connection I was making was that we have objective value because we are made in the image of God. I don't mean that every person secretly thanks Him for being our Creator, but it's more of a question of foundations. People have meaning in a world where we were created for a specific purpose by a specific God, but in a materialistic universe, nothing has a foundation for mattering at all. Sure, you may have loved him and enjoyed your time, but once you and everyone who knew your friend die, his memory would be forgotten and it would be like he never existed. Even if you think of the butterfly effect of his life, once humanity dies out his existence would be meaningless. He could have existed or not and reality wouldn't ultimately be different. Not so in Christianity, where God specially makes us all with value and dignity. Even if you don't agree, hopefully my position makes more sense.

@@MetalSharpensMetal I appreciate your condolences, and your reply. I understand how having a belief that human life is fundamentally valuable gives a particular perspective as opposed to what I believe, say. But it doesn't logically follow that the outcome of my existence or lack thereof will be any different than yours once our names and deeds are lost to time. We will both be forgotten by the living. I don't say this to try and poke fun or be disrespectful. I'm broadly agnostic to the idea of religiosity, and we'll all find out whether we were correct in our beliefs in the end. I just like to try and understand how people came to their beliefs and why they think they're on the right path, especially when it often requires such large leaps of faith. Something that, as a skeptic, is virtually anathema to me.

@@Fez135 I sense no disrespect, and I appreciate the conversation! I agree my name will be lost to human minds here on earth after enough time goes by. So the value I'm describing comes from something outside of humanity, and that's the God of the bible. (I'm not trying to prove Him by saying we have value, just that it's an outflow of my worldview) The bible does say that everyone knows God exists, but that we all suppress that knowledge in favor of our sin. When God breaks in and changes hearts, that's when we can really start to live in the way we were made to live. So I don't think I cleverly found the right path by accident - it was the grace of God. I just hope you think on these things and consider that we all have faith to believe anything in this life. I don't have more or less than you; we're just placing it in different things.

@@MetalSharpensMetal I think you're selling yourself short. I'd put money on you having far more faith than I do, which I find myself envying more and more as I age. I was raised somewhat Christian (church of England so it's slightly different to the way the Yanks tend to do it 😉) but fell out of touch with it as it couldn't satisfactorily answer questions I needed answering, I imagine that's the case for most non-religous types. I wish I was able to just put my faith in things I can't know for certain, it seems like a more pleasant existence on the whole if I'm being honest. But I'm afraid I'm a little too far down the path of objective truths to want to turn back now. However much the idea of a perfect creator giving me a valuable life with the promise of eternal bliss in the hereafter sounds wonderful.

@@Fez135 haha Yanks. It seems like you've had a lot of questions and maybe feel like Christians either haven't thought about them or haven't wrestled with them honestly. There are probably many people like that, but I think anyone who dives into the deeper things of the world will realize there is so much we don't know, and that anything we do claim to know requires a foundation of faith in something (other people's words, the consistency of nature, our understanding of our own senses). My knowledge claims have faith in a self-revealing God who gave us the answers because He actually knows the answers and created things this way. You mentioned objective truth, which is funny. Usually it's the Christian who brings that up first haha. The reason being, we can't have anything objective without an objective truth giver. Non Christians can recognize these things, sure, but we as a species can't build our way to objectivity truth, logic, and morality. I'm guessing you may have heard some of this before, but probably not from the Church of England?

New shelves!

😅 i totally missed the intro 😅​@@MetalSharpensMetal

Your wish is (half) my command. I just wrapped up a video for their song Apollo. Devilcry is a sick song, but I've never looked at the lyrics super closely. I may have to tackle that one in the future too. Thanks for watching!

Haha I bet. Something about Marc's yoshi style stands out to me though...

Really appreciate that!