Zao's Scott Mellinger on Christianity in Heavy Metal

Scott Mellinger of the band ‪@officialzao‬ talks about Christianity in heavy metal.
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[@devoutcraziness]

I grew up Christian, became a downtrodden agnostic, right down to a borderline full-fledged nihilist. I've been through my life on the streets, psychiatric hospitals, jail, homeless shelters... you name it. One thing I found at my lowest points is that there is a God, and He loves you more than anyone else on this planet. And if your curious about why He loves you so much. Maybe take some time to actually listen and read the lyrics of a zao album, or hell maybe even get a chance to speak to one of the members yourself. I wish I had the chance when I saw them at cornerstone back in 99 or 00,

[@themusicalmachine9413]

Praise THE LORD JESUS CHRIST

[@UnWorthyBand]

I had a similar story to Scott’s. Even though I came from a hardcore Christian family, they never had an issue that I liked metal music. My grandparents even took me to see Zao when I couldn’t drive myself at the time. We actually found Dan walking a few miles down the road from the venue and ended up giving him a ride. My grandparents had a pretty lengthy conversation with him while we were driving him back to the venue. Zao’s music has had an impact on me like no other band has.

[@brutalplanetmagazine]

This is fantastic

[@posicore]

Zao…………………….…………………………………………………………………………………………(a throne in heaven sat empty for 33years)……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………

[@boogie5]

BACK IN THE DAY! (lol)
Bands would literally just claim "Christianity" ONLY so that they then had access to playing at like TWICE the amount of shows!
If you were a "christian band", suddenly bars weren't the only venues you could play at, but back around the turn of the century playing at churches was huge...

[@brutalplanetmagazine]

valid point - there are a lot of musicians outside of metal that still do this

[@husq48]

Maybe not "Sweetleaf"...🤣

[@husq48]

Scott looks a lot different from what I remember, perhaps even lost weight?

[@Spiritof_76]

Hank Hill on Christian rock: "Can't you tell you're not making Christianity any better, you're just making Rock & Roll worse."

[@brutalplanetmagazine]

lol