Philippians 4:8 says to focus only on beautiful and edifying things. But for people who associate the sounds of heavy metal music with temptations from their past, even Christian heavy metal music, with biblically sound themes, may cause problems in their walk with God. Many Christian heavy metal bands view the metal scene as a place in need of hope. And it's true that the heavy metal scene of today is still heavily associated with drugs and rebellion. Your parents may have grown up in a generation and culture where heavy metal was near-exclusively used to fuel rebellion, sex, and drugs (kind of like rock music in the 60s). Some may have negative emotional associations to heavy metal music-even if heavy metal doesn't bother those around them.
The vast varieties of music available to us, from country, folk, heavy metal, rock, electronica, etc., are all expressions of our built-in desire to imitate the Creator (Ephesians 5:1-2 1 Peter 2:21).īut even good things can get twisted. Because humankind was created in a Creator's image (Genesis 1:27), we are always looking for more ways to make new stuff-like music! We have more tools to make music today than we did fifty years ago, so artists are always trying to create new types of music with new technology or build upon what has been done with new ideas. Music was created by God for worshipping and praising Him. But there is no biblical basis or evidence otherwise to prove this is true for all people. As with rock music, there are arguments that the arrangement, tempo, and general loudness of heavy metal will open doors to a negative spiritual presence. (Much like rap music.) Even if the band claims a Christian affiliation, many people worry about how the sound of the music itself will affect spiritual grounding and influence the listener. Heavy metal music tends to have a pretty bad reputation among Christians. Is it OK to listen to Christian heavy metal? How about secular heavy metal?
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