The hilarity and serious value of Christian metal bands

I figured I should listen to more metal that I haven't heard before so I've been going through youtube and wiki lists of Christian metal bands and while watching some videos, I realized, the whole idea of a Christian metal band is quite hilarious in one sense, and important on the other. Hilarious because metal in itself is so over the top, with its darkness and brutal sound and cookie monster vocals, it just becomes funny. I really hope no metal band takes itself too seriously. Personally, all the theatrics of it all makes metal for fun though of course you can have more serious messages if you want but there will always be a funny element to it all. That's part of why I like metal and dressing goth and such. It's nice to poke fun at yourself sometimes, knowing you have a dark part in your heart but also making fun of the melodramatic-ness of it. Mix all that with the seriousness of being Christian and you get a really ironic I don't know what to call it. I think it's a good mix though because a lot of Christians need to lighten up a bit. Which also leads me to the value of Christian metal. Some Christians still think rock is the child of the devil and that kind of logic condemns art in general. Nearly anything can be used for God's glory and/or for Satan's desires. Music is one of these things. Just because it looks and sounds dark doesn't mean it's evil duh. Same thing for people in general. Christian metal is a great outlet for metalheads like me who get sick of hearing about raping saints in the music we happen to enjoy stylistically (see Dimmu Borgir) and it can get us to laugh and vent our emotions in a positive way and it can carry the Good News to those who would've never heard it otherwise. I am quite sure that Jesus appreciates Christian metal!

Haha! A picture of unblack metal band Frost Like Ashes just for amusement. Their music is not too bad either.