by Nick Mumejian | Aug 5, 2026 | Opinion
I have an odd pastoral confession: I find “Amazing Grace” more spiritually troubling than Slayer, Iron Maiden, Death, or many of the other heavy metal bands I grew up loving. I want to be careful, because I know that sounds like the kind of provocative reversal a...
by Nick Mumejian | Jul 8, 2026 | Opinion
There is a sentence I never expected to write: Slayer made me a better Christian. And yet here we are. This year marks the fortieth anniversary of Reign in Blood, the 1986 album that redefined what heavy music could be and, depending on who you ask, either corrupted a...
