A.M.D.G. Linkin Park has gone down the gutter for good. It's not that there bad now (I really like a couple of their new songs like "Waiting for the End"), but they are terrible compared to what they used to be. They used to inspire the heck out of me as a young teen, and I looked up to them as role models as much as I would to anyone else. I think that it is safe to say that their radical change in style is a main reason why I moved to metal, though only Christian metal. Linkin Park had me in the palm of their hand for their first two albums, and I was unashamed, even as I shy young boy, to shout out from the rooftops that Linkin Park was indubitably my favorite band. LP had the most potential out of any band that has ever, and probably ever will, exist. I mean Mike, wtf? Did you forget how to rap, are you Jamaican now or something? Do you not remember how you sounded on the first two albums? Chester, there are some crazy good vocalists out there but you have the skills to be the best, and you used to be, but now you've lost it. Your superb growls and screams are almost non-existent, and your beautiful clean parts are dwindling as well. Where did your passion go? You are such a better vocalist than M2M and ATS show. Joe, cut the techno crap and and get back to nu-metal sound; the goal of LP's music shouldn't be to played in nightclubs and stations like 96.5 Kiss FM. And Brad, please get back to the head-banging riffs that we knew so well on HT and Meteora. Whew...now that I got that off of my chest... Since I can no longer rely on LP to give added purpose to my life, I have turned to the Christian band Red. Not only are their lyrics more wholesome than the old LP's (and even the new- what's with the profanity, LP?), but everything is just as good, too. Although Michael Barnes is no Chester Bennington, conversely, Chester Bennington is no Michael Barnes. The two have some similarities, especially the old LP and and Red's first album, The End of Silence. Barnes is a beast. He is extremely talented and he is not afraid to push his vox to the limit. The current Barnes destroys what Chester is right now. Red is hard rock, and they do carry a rather heavy sound compared to most contemporary Christian artists; they seem to be between metal and normal Christian rock. Red has said that one of the bands that inspired them was Linkin Park (and that was said before LP sold-out), so it makes since that some elements of the good LP are reflected in Red's music. Red is going off the charts with their upward trend, at least in my opinion. End of Silence was sick, but Innocence and Instinct might just be the greatest overall album I have ever heard- I really don't see how they could top themselves, just stay the same. Therefore, is you want to pick up where Linkin Park left off after Meteora, follow Red, and I guarantee that that is one band that will not sell you out. A.M.D.G.

War of Ages
Oh, Sleeper
As I Lay Dying
All That Remains
For Today
August Burns Red
Corpus Christi
Haste the Day
Miss May I (technically not Christian but nevertheless respectable lyrics)

A.M.D.G. If anyone has questions about my interpretations or my faith, if you would like advice for yourself, or if you'd like to suggest a song for me to give you my opinion on, I would be more than happy to do so. Don't really look to me though for the answers, rather the One who sent me. A.M.D.Pr

A.M.D.G. Hey, can someone please tell me how I can post a comment with all the words that I wrote and nothing more! Like "Proxy-Connection: keep-alive Cache-Control: max-age=0" and "0%" on every single one of my comments. Or that "Pr" at the bottom. It's really annoying and I want readers to see everything I have to say. Thanks. A.M.D.Pr

A.M.D.G. I'm not taking any prisoners from now on. I will not give it to you lightly. I will tell you the Truth and you can believe it or not, but don't just trust me, look at the Church, look at the world around you- it is filled with God's presence. The Bible says that many will be blind to the truth; I hope that you are not one of them. I will fight the good fight just as all the bands which I comment on do. But please, don't listen to just me, as I hope you would not listen to any other single person and take everything that he says for the truth and listen to nothing else- you must inform yourself from a plethora of sources, and then test each one with the Word of God to insure its validity, as well as build up your conscience, and then you will be able to find the truth and live it. If you are not satisfied with your state of life, or if you feel incomplete and longing for true, meaningful happiness, turn your life over to God and let Him satisfy the desires of your heart and fill you with His Spirit. "Our hearts are restless until they rest in You, O Lord." (St. Augustine) A.M.D.Pr

I'm really into Christian metalcore and Christian rap. I used to listen to a lot of secular metal, but I never listened to rap because I could understand the lyrics so easily and I just couldn't get over how outrageous and immoral they were. But now that I have discovered that not only is the Christian music industry very large, but it also is unbelievably good. My favorite bands now are War of Ages; Oh, Sleeper; As I Lay Dying; All That Remains; and Red. All of these bands have their faiths deeply rooted in Christ and they are not afraid to show it in their lyrics. I believe that God filled those bands and myself with so much love and put such wonderful songs in our hearts, that we cannot help to let it out by screaming His praises. Check out my comments on War of Ages, my favorite band; I've just started, but I hope to give some insightful remarks on one song a day. So far I've done "Yet Another Fallen Eve" and "Desire." A.M.D.Pr