This is probably more than you ever wanted to know about a band that you've probably never heard of. They're called Living Sacrifice. Now, you know I'm not religious so why do I like a Christian death metal band? I'll tell you why. Their music is intricate and brutal, yet melodic and beautiful. Their soft drink of choice is Mountain Dew. If you didn't know, that is most of what Kayla and I drink as well. They once did a song about the perils of drugs that they dedicated to the memory of Andrew Wood, one of my favorite musicians. He sang for both Malfunkshun and Mother Love Bone and died of a heroin overdose.
Living Sacrifice come from Little Rock, Arkansas, which means little to me, but it does mean they don't generally come around to play at places I live, which sucks. An interesting (to me, anyway) side note is that the drummer for Living Sacrifice went on to drum for Evanescence. When I took my teenaged daughter to see Evanescence, I got to see him drumming. Of course, their music is like five times slower than most Living Sacrifice songs, but I wasn't there for myself, I was there for my girl.
I've been listening to LS since 1992 when their album, Nonexistent came out. I think they're still together, but I haven't heard anything new from them in years. Nonexistent is still my favorite album of theirs. Another good album from them was the Hammering Process. The only other Christian metal group I like is called Focal Point. They only put out one album before they disbanded, but it's a worthy one. To me they sound somewhere between the Deftones and Hatebreed. Please share with me some of your musical tastes.
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