[@Buddha] Well like I said, I think metal has mixed a bunch of genres together. Any other genre that exists, metal has a mix of it. Same with lyrics...Actually I'm having a problem liking pure rock as much as I use too back in my kid days when that's all I listened to because I couldn't find enough variety/different musical ideas and concepts. If I could ever find a Showbread [url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anorexia_(album)]Anorexia[/url] / [url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nervosa_(album)]Nervosa[/url] albums or an Oh,Sleeper "Children of Fire" level of concept album for a rapper, I'd literally squee. [hider=Story] The concept of the album mainly focuses on the aftermath of the battle between God and Satan. It begins by continuing from the end of "The Finisher," which is the last track on their previous album Son of the Morning. "The Finisher" describes the final battle between God and Satan, and it ends in God severing the horns of Satan. Now, as the starting of the aftermath in this album, Satan's horns have fallen to the ground, and both God and Satan vanish. Now all of humanity is left wondering what happened, so the first half of the album describes everyone coming to the general consensus that God and Satan are both dead and that they have killed each other in battle; thus, now there is no fear of Hell or reward of Heaven. The album also follows two characters, one being an overzealous religious type who feels betrayed that he had devoted his life to God and that God has abandoned him. This drives his faith to unfurl, and it reveals that he had a shallow understanding of God. The other character is his daughter, who was a profound atheist, but became proven wrong after witnessing the battle between God and Satan. This delays her questioning of Christians and why they read God and Satan in different, less violent ways than she has just seen them. Towards the end of the album, she finds a group of believers who give her all the answers to her questions. The album ends with the destruction of the world, which occurs due to everything that has happened. [/hider] But, I just feel like in terms of lyrics and music, Metal is where I'll go to find weird shit like Sleepytime Gorilla Museum and Igorrr (who puts goddamn chicken clucking in his songs.) and Devin Townsend singing with epic choirs about cheeseburgers. I need this in my rap music, is what I'm trying to say. Well, if you ever find them. Share them please. I'd give you all the internet cookies you could imagine. Because I need it in my life. *sheds single tear*