(April 11, 2017 at 3:54 am)Alex K Wrote: We're on an atheist message board, so it's not like anti-religious themes are something you find completely pointless
It's not that I find them pointless. It's that they've been so over-used in metal that they've been rendered cliche. It's like pop songs about a break-up or how special a girl is. I just feel like if you're still using anti-religious themes in metal in this day and age, you're basically saying, "I have nothing original to add." Music should be about growing yourself as an artist and taking it to new places, not relying on old gags that have been around since the 70's.
And actually, I find a lot of the anti-religion themes here have become cliche too. I can only see that "Jesus Fucking Christ" meme so many times before it's just not funny anymore.
Even if the open windows of science at first make us shiver after the cozy indoor warmth of traditional humanizing myths, in the end the fresh air brings vigor, and the great spaces have a splendor of their own - Bertrand Russell
