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**Rez** · 07-02-2008, 05:46 PM

I'd just like to point out that Tom Araya himself is a practicing Catholic. That is all.

**PurpleMan** · 07-02-2008, 05:53 PM

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The thing about me is, Metal doesn't gel with my personality at all. I'm a goofball, and I don't have a lot of hatred in me at all. That's why it's so odd that I absolutely love Heavy Metal.

Yeah, one of my friends is a bit like that. He isn't really that angry but he really does like Metal. But he mainly listens to Rock, occasionally Metal.

However, I can be angry quite a bit and Metal does take away some of that anger, especially God Hates Us All.

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I actually used to be more into Hip Hop, but I grew out of that before everybody else got into it and it became the new cultural craze.

I was a bit like that, I actually only really got into music and buying CDs around four years ago. Metal and Heavy music just seemed to click my with me.

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Now I'm getting deeper and deeper into Metal and I'm realizing that it's my favorite kind of music in the world, it's just so intense and it motivates me, especially Thrash. Opposites attract, I guess.

I'll agree with that last bit, an angry man basically shouting into a mic really can get me motivated.

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Originally Posted by Rez

I'd just like to point out that Tom Araya himself is a practicing Catholic. That is all.

Yeah, I've read about that, Rez. Pretty fucking weird, especially since he is the lead singing of Slayer and he's written some of the best anti-religious songs, especially Bloodline.

**Rez** · 07-02-2008, 05:59 PM

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Yeah, I've read about that, Rez. Pretty fucking weird, especially since he is the lead singing of Slayer and he's written some of the best anti-religious songs, especially Bloodline.

Or Cult

**PurpleMan** · 07-02-2008, 06:04 PM

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Or Cult

King wrote Cult, which explains why the lyrics are so aggressive towards Religion.

**Rez** · 07-02-2008, 06:09 PM

Seriously I can't imagine how those two have managed to stick together all this time without having a falling out of any kind.

**PurpleMan** · 07-02-2008, 06:11 PM

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Seriously I can't imagine how those two have managed to stick together all this time without having a falling out of any kind.

Me too, they just seem so apart in their beliefs. One completely hates religion while the other practices a religion. Just very strange and weird, I was shocked when I found out that Tom was a Catholic.

**Strike One** · 07-02-2008, 06:20 PM

Wow, I never even knew that Tom is Catholic. Pretty ironic. But if anything, it just gives me a sense that I'm not the only one!

**Rez** · 07-02-2008, 06:27 PM

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Originally Posted by PurpleMan

Me too, they just seem so apart in their beliefs. One completely hates religion while the other practices a religion. Just very strange and weird, I was shocked when I found out that Tom was a Catholic.

My best guess is that both see the lyrics from different perspectives. King probably takes the meaning behind the lyrics seriously while Tom just views it as part of their gimmick.

**PurpleMan** · 07-02-2008, 06:36 PM

I think you might be right, Rez, but I do think that they take most of their lyrics seriously. I also think that Tom writes differently about religion than Kerry does. Kerry basically hates everything about religion where as Tom just hates the way the Catholic Church is run almost like a business now, plus he writes about serial killers.

**Eght** · 07-02-2008, 09:18 PM

Wasn't there rumours last year that Tom and Dave were going to start a Christian metal side project with Jason Truby?