CHRISTIANITY AND METAL?
Well, back in the 80's, these two words would have started debates all across America! When heavy metal music was popular, it was always getting flack for it's negative imagery and lyrics by worried parents and authority figures which is totally understandable. Heavy metal was a way to tell off any type of authority and let loose. As the years went by, new styles of Christian music started emerging, and one of these styles were Christian heavy metal! Stryper was one of the first bands to put out heavy music that had positive biblical based lyrics. This started changing the way some traditionalists thought about heavy metal music, however some other people felt this was blasphemous and started boycotting some of these concerts. While on the other hand non Christian metalheads harshly disagreed with this style of music and were soon sending death treats to artists such as Mortification. Besides this, these artists still went on to make bible based heavy music for the lost. Heavy metal fans started to listen to these "Christian" metal bands and this started to change the lives for many metallers. This paved the way for bands like Vengeance Rising and Tourniquet. The Christian metal scene has grown so much over the years that it eventually merged into hardcore/metal music and being into Christian metal music in today's society is not as controversial as it was back 20 years ago. This is a powerful movement for teens and adults alike who are frustrated with life, struggling with depressing and self issues.Christian Thrash Metal Alliance was first created on June 2011 with the intentio of just being a page that shared rare Christian thrash metal videos, but has grown into a group spanning members from Australia to Brazil. With our group reaching over 1,500 members on facebook our thrash metal ministry is really doing wonders in keeping Christians in fellowship with each other and reaching the unsaved throughout the metal underground in different areas of the world. CTMA is a place for people to communicate with fellow Christians who listen to the same type of music as they do and have spiritual support through their trials with words based on Christ teaching and music based on the word of God.- Jordan
"Praise Him with loud cymbals
Praise Him with resounding cymbals.
Let everything that has breath praise the Lord.
Praise the Lord!"
"Praise Him with loud cymbals
Praise Him with resounding cymbals.
Let everything that has breath praise the Lord.
Praise the Lord!"
THE ADMINISTRATORS:
Jordan Angel Velez- creator/admin
The first Christian metal band i started to get into was Mortification. They were pretty intimidating because they were my first death metal band that i ever listened to. Then i started to get into more metal in 2010, but in late 2010 early 2011 i stopped listening to Christian music in general thinking it was boring and stopped reading the Bible. On March 2011 i took a look at myself and noticed how much i changed and how rebellious i was acting, i got back into the word of God more, and started delving more into Christian music.. mainly metal, then in April 2011, i met another person who was into Christian metal music named Jose Gonzalez. Through our love for music and God we both quickly became friends and now we are really close friends. I decided to officially create a Facebook group for Christian thrash metal music in June/July 2011 called christian thrash metal assault. I soon changed the name to Alliance and created this website! I met a lot of awesome people on the group from around the world and i hope you guys enjoy the site and page as much as I do.
Scott Waters- Coordinator/admin
Scott Waters has been in the christian metal scene for over 20 years with his unrelenting christian metal band Ultimatum. When Scott joined the group, i automatically made him an admin knowing his skills in web design and his knowledge of the history of metal music and the bible. (Check out his website for his awesome testimony, life story, and metal music collection. http://www.nolifetilmetal.com/ ).