#christian goth

[zombinafonfrankenstein]

Christian goths be like: "I can't wear a cross as a simple accessory because it's disrespectful... I can't wear popular symbols associated with Satanism or Neo-Paganism because I would look stereotypical..." and in the result their aesthetic is all about castles, tombs, animals, bones, not demonic monsters, moon and spiderwebs.

[artofkhaos404]

I am a practicing Christian in a relationship with God, yet am also most Baptist preachers' worst nightmare. I think that says something about organized religion.

You don't fit in at church or with other "Christians"? You may be doing something right. Never forget: Jesus didn't click with the religious, either. In fact, they murdered Him.

[gothicchristianspace]

a church ACTUALLY painted black, and not just edited to look dark:

Norway's Fantoft Stave church

burned down along with multiple other churches in the 90s by an anti-Christian arsonist. it was reconstructed after a few years!

I wish we had more pretty buildings like this

[jesusfreakanonymous]

[rougeamofficial]

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[meggsaladblog]

listen, i like christmas because i like eating and making myself into a blanket burrito, not because i like seeing the brightest christmas lights known to man on my block at the beginning of november !!!

[weaversweek]

"This is the life" and "Bring me to life"

"Life's what you make it" is too old for the #FearOfMu21c project, where we're crowdsourcing the greatest singles of the 21st century. Everything already Talk Talked about is in an index post.

This is the life - Amy MacDonald

"I saw Pete Doherty's first gig in Glasgow after he left Libertines. It was a great night - he did a little acoustic thing at the aftershow party too, and we got into that. Then me and my pals went back to someone's house and just sat, passing the guitar round, singing songs. It was a brilliant night. The next morning I wrote 'This Is The Life' about it, cause I realized, this is the life."

Title track to the 2007 debut album, Amy MacDonald arrived as though she'd been around forever. Girl, guitar, and memories of going clubbing till the wee small hours and the fear of missing out. Number 1 in Austria, Belgium, Czechia, and Netherlands; number 28 on blighty, because .uk record buyers preferred the album. Amy's continued to write, and record, and tour.

Bring me to life - Evanescence

A goth-metal band with Christian roots, the public view was mostly of singer Amy Lee. And of her physical attributes, not her vocal abilities: on this single, Amy belts out the lyric, shifting from soprano to alto in a single phrase. There's a rap break in the middle, though a mix was released without the rap. And there's a concept video, featuring Amy in her nightie.

All of this meant the single would get a reception. The reason it stayed four weeks at number one? It's a bit different, and it's a massive lot of good. There's a tune, there's something in the lyric, it's danceable, it's not the chugging dance beat of every other record of this moment. This song's success wasn't divine intervention. And thereby hangs a tale...

Evanescence got their start on the Christian Music scene. They were big beasts, playing songs of faith to the faithful. And then: bang! they slammed that door shut. And it's all the fault of the bigots in the Christian music scene.

You might think the British indie scene is harsh, that the NME would build up its heroes then knock them down, then kick them. Christian Music is like that, but harsher, because the critics pretend to know what The God Organisation is thinking. In reality, the critics fall into the trap of idolatory: they expect human beings to be infallible and perfect. Worse, they'll call flaws in other people before accepting the mote in their own eye.

The Christian Music scene is narrow and often bigoted. It's a place where divorce ends careers, where anything that might stop white women from producing white babies is terrible. It's a place where the haters revel in their hatred, where the performers are not permitted to sin. It's cloying and confining. Frankly, Evanescence were best out of it.

None of this changed the parent album: Fallen explored faith and its absence. However much the band denied it, this was a religious album, drawing from Amy Lee and Ben Moody's upbringing. The band turned their back on Christan Music, but didn't repudiate their upbringing. The lyrics draw from Christian imagery, and a particular view of the world. Questions about the afterlife, a search for salvation, fretting that everything is meaningless. They may not be a Christian Music band, but their music is Christian.

Recently released: the 2002 demo version, which is similar to - but not the same as - the version we all heard the following summer.

[nevermoresteed]

bracelet I made

[firegearvoltron]

My makeup & outfit today vs. the character by which I was inspired.

[zombinafonfrankenstein]

Christian goth culture is to have a complex system for measuring the demonicity of fictional monsters to choose which ones you can include in your aesthetic.

[artofkhaos404]

In a world where it's not on trend to live a Christian lifestyle, I would like to see my generation become some of the most radical, Jesus loving FREAKS of all time.

There was a time I felt the need to hide my faith. I felt it didn't fit me and was an out of place aspect of my identity. Felt the need to seperate myself from my Jesus because you can't be A, B or C and be Christian... right? I was so wrong. I was wrong to think I must deny my individuality to be a follower of Christ or deny my Christ to be an individual.

I was ashamed of Christ in all His glory, but He was not ashamed of me in all my filth. He is proud to call me daughter as I should be proud to call Him Father. I am now.

In the Bible, demons knew Paul by name. Young brothers and sisters in Christ... let us live our lives so that we never have any doubt whether Hell fears us.

"But whosever shall deny me before men, him will I also deny before my Father which is in Heaven." Matthew 10:33

[theogbubblesnake]

Are You The One I’ve Been Waiting For?-Nick Cave

[gothicchristianspace]

One of the things I want to post about here is music, usually darker alternative in general because the specific subgenre of goth Christian music is almost empty aside from a few early goth rock bands. rest in peace neoclassical darkwave. punk and metal have more modern artists, which I enjoy on some days, but not every day. That's why I picked gothic as my name, rather than goth alone. I will not claim to represent an entire group when I myself dip my ears into every single one of these genres equally

so far, I have a tiny repertoire of punk and metal musicians that I can reference, and specifically name it a punk or metal spotlight. They have good sounds, and theologically sound lyrics

any good recommendations for gothic Christian music?

[sacrificial-fawn]

I am looking for a goth Christian boyfriend

[rougeamofficial]

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