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Originally Posted by jonahcantskate
I find it peaceful, lyrically powerful and underrated due to prejudice against religous groups
For example 'Oceans' by Hillsong (Accustic) - Available on Youtube
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Musically it all depends on how talented the artists are.
Lyrically it depends how religious based the words are. If the majority of your songs are related to scripture, than I think your limiting your experience to true believers, or people who enjoy the fantasy aspect of religion.
As per example, satanic metal is really a reaction to Christianity, but despite enjoying the music produced by a bands like Slayer, as a secular person, I 've always found their lyrics to be really boring as religious based themes do nothing for me, nor does fantasy appeal of dressing up like a black wizard and practicing black magic. Probably why I ended up getting into hardcore for my teenage choice of rebellion, but then again, extremely political punk bands are just like religious based bands, if all they sing about is politics then it gets really boring especially if you don't prescribe to their radical ideology.
So any music that is driven by faith based religious beliefs or political ideology is generally pretty limiting.