Black-metal preachers
From Mr Mikael Johani Sir: It might make D.J. Taylor (`The Church Quiescent', 3 March) happier to know that Christianity and Jesus are not the only subjects of ridicule in the black/death/doom(I'm not making this up) metal genre.
For example, the American band Deicide (whose singer Glen Benton has had an inverted cross branded on his forehead) religiously preach the decapitation of Mohammed (see their second album, Legion — I'm not sure if Mr Benton realises that Mohammed has been dead almost as long as Jesus); and the Swedish band Unleashed has long argued that Allah is dead (see their first self-titled album — I'm not sure if they realise that Allah is immaterial and so, theoretically, cannot die).
So, even if Christianity is not 'treated on equal terms with other religions'. as Mr Taylor argues, at least he can take heart in the fact that it is often abused on equal terms with other religions in the black/death/doom-metal genre.
Mikael khani
Sydney, Australia
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