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		<title>From Darkness to Redemption: A Conversation with Jarrod Butler of Suffer Not The Witch</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2026 22:35:35 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Suffer Not The Witch is more than a one-man extreme metal project. For Jarrod Butler, it&#8217;s a ministry born from personal experience. Having spent years in the death and black metal scene, Butler now uses his music to share the Gospel with the same community he once called home. We spoke with Jarrod about his testimony, his music, and why he intentionally takes Christ into some of the darkest corners of the metal world. From the Occult to Christ Jimmy Lamar Sorrells: Tell us about &#8220;Witch&#8217;s Den.&#8221; Jarrod Butler: &#8220;Witch&#8217;s Den&#8221; is my personal testimony in song form. The strongest line in that song that really summarizes what it&#8217;s about is: &#8220;I went from the witch&#8217;s den to born again.&#8221; Having a background early on in black metal, I got heavily into witchcraft, all kinds of different forms. I got into Satanism from the black metal scene. I have an obsessive personality, so I got really heavily into it. I was seventeen when I was saved. The strange part of my testimony is that even after I was saved, I kept playing extreme metal. I toured Europe with death metal bands and sang about gore and fornication. I joined black metal bands and didn&#8217;t care what the lyrics said because I was being intentionally ignorant. I thought, &#8220;I&#8217;m saved. It doesn&#8217;t matter what I sing about because I don&#8217;t believe it.&#8221; That wasn&#8217;t true. I found out the hard way. Eventually it caused me to walk completely away from the metal scene for at least a decade. When I came back, I gave everything musically to Christ. That&#8217;s what brought me back into metal. Originally it was through America Inc., but Suffer Not The Witch became one hundred percent dedicated to Christ, using my testimony as a ministry weapon. The Meaning Behind the Name Jay Goodwin: Tell us about the name. Jarrod Butler: It comes from Exodus 22:18. The obvious meaning grabs your attention. Being black metal, you&#8217;re not subtle. But there&#8217;s another meaning. &#8220;Crucify and Deny&#8221; is about denying your flesh. Crucifying your old man. My old man is a witch. So anytime that old man tries to rear his head, I&#8217;m to suffer not that witch to live. I&#8217;m to crucify him. Kill him. Be gone. That&#8217;s what it means for me, and that&#8217;s the conversation I can have with members of the occult when they come to talk to me. Taking the Gospel to Black Metal Shows Jimmy Lamar Sorrells: You&#8217;re intentionally playing secular black metal shows? Jarrod Butler: Absolutely. I intentionally play at the darkest black metal shows I can because I want to minister to the community I was saved from. I know how to talk to them. I know about it. I equate it to escaping a collapsed mine and taking the light. Because I know the way out, I can go back in with the light and show everybody else the way out too. A Life Changed Jimmy Lamar Sorrells: Have you seen lives changed already? Jarrod Butler: Yes. The bass player from that satanic band wanted to talk afterward. We started texting back and forth. He had all the hard questions you would expect. Then he disappeared. Later I found out he started coming to every Suffer Not The Witch show. Today he and his mother have both given their lives to Christ. Praise God. A Warning and an Invitation Jimmy Lamar Sorrells: What would you say to someone involved in witchcraft, Satanism, or Masonry? Jarrod Butler: The reason people fall for witchcraft is because it works. People don&#8217;t like hearing that, but it&#8217;s true. The question is, at what cost? What is happening to your soul? All the things you&#8217;re looking for&#8230; You know you haven&#8217;t found them. You&#8217;re still empty. The only answer you&#8217;re going to find is Christ. If you&#8217;re willing to dig into witchcraft&#8230; If you&#8217;re willing to memorize everything you do as a Mason&#8230; You have it in you to dig gloriously into the Word of God. Everything you&#8217;re searching for is there. The world makes complete sense when you have Scripture in front of you. Supporting the Ministry Jimmy Lamar Sorrells: What can the Christian metal community do to support the ministry? Jarrod Butler: Buy merch. Buy music on Bandcamp. Come to shows. But more than anything&#8230; Tell people about it. Share it. You&#8217;re not just creating fans of the music. You&#8217;re helping this ministry spread the Gospel.]]></description>
		
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		<title>A Decade of Christian Rock and Metal on Tour (1995–2005)</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jimmy Lamar Sorells]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Jul 2025 19:44:47 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[A Look Back at the Genre-Spanning Tours That Defined an Era Introduction The period from 1995 to 2005 was a transformative era for Christian rock and metal music. It was during this time that I became deeply immersed in the scene. My first concert was Ray Boltz, followed by Carman, which opened the door to bands like Audio Adrenaline, The O.C. Supertones, DC Talk, and many more. I discovered bands such as Living Sacrifice, P.O.D., Project 86, Gospel Gangstaz, and MxPx on VHS tapes (who remembers those?) at my youth group. One of my all-time favorite memories is the 2001 “Your New Empire Tour” featuring Project 86, Stavesacre, and Living Sacrifice. Three of my favorite bands were in the same place, and the crowd was so into it and energetic. Fueled by groundbreaking record labels such as Tooth &#38; Nail Records and its heavier imprint Solid State Records, alongside stalwarts like Facedown, Fireproof, Intense, R.E.X., Metro One, Takehold, Strike First, Rescue, Ulterium, Blood and Ink, Bombworks, Soundmass, Endtime Productions, and Nordic Mission, this period witnessed an explosion of diverse subgenres: from thrash and doom to metalcore, hardcore, power metal, and alternative rock. Chronological Tour Timeline with Record Labels and Supporting Acts (1995–2005) 1995 Cranial Captivity Tour Living Sacrifice (Solid State Records) / Lament (Independent) / Sacred Warrior (Intense Records)Supporting Acts: Deliverance, Vengeance Rising, Tourniquet, Believer, Holy Soldier, Crimson Thorn 1996 Regional Tour Focal Point (Independent) / Zao (Solid State Records) / Pensive (Independent) / Seasons in the Field (Independent) The Black Sheep Tour Saviour Machine (Independent) / Sixpence None the Richer (R.E.X. Records) / The Prayer Chain (Independent) / Mortal (Intense Records) / Michael Knott (Independent) 1997 Tour with Malevolent Creation Living Sacrifice (Solid State Records) Joint Tour Sacred Warrior (Intense Records) / Bride (Independent) DIY Tour Zao (Solid State Records) / Underoath (Solid State Records) / Unearth (Independent) / Dead Poetic (Independent) 1998 Underdog Tour Audio Adrenaline (ForeFront Records) Independent Tour P.O.D. (Rescue Records) Regional Tour Living Sacrifice (Solid State Records) / Soul Embraced (Independent) West Coast Tour Sacred Warrior (Intense Records) / Holy Soldier (Intense Records) 1999 Satellite Pre-Tour P.O.D. (Atlantic Records) / Korn (Mainstream) / Linkin Park (Mainstream) / Disturbed (Mainstream) Joint Tour Zao (Solid State Records) / Shai Hulud (Mainstream) / Evergreen Terrace (Mainstream) National Tour Crimson Thorn (Independent) Solid State Mini-Tour Norma Jean (Solid State Records) / Living Sacrifice (Solid State Records) Church Circuit Tour Spoken (Metro 1 Records) 2000 The Hammering Process Tour Living Sacrifice (Solid State Records) Drawing Black Lines Tour Project 86 (Tooth &#38; Nail Records) Joint Tour Zao (Solid State Records) / Training for Utopia (Tooth &#38; Nail Records) Co-Headline Tour The Blamed (Tooth &#38; Nail Records) / Left Out (Independent) 40 Days of Disaster Tour Underoath (Takehold Records) / Few Left Standing (Takehold Records) / Narcissus (Takehold Records) / Tantrum of the Muse (Takehold Records) 2001 Your New Empire Tour Project 86 (Tooth &#38; Nail Records) / Stavesacre (Tooth &#38; Nail Records) / Living Sacrifice (Solid State Records) Co-Headline Tour Project 86 (Tooth &#38; Nail Records) / Blindside (Tooth &#38; Nail Records) Bless the Martyr Tour Norma Jean (Solid State Records) Again, For the First Time Tour Bleach (ForeFront Records) Joint Tour Underoath (Solid State Records) / Tantrum of the Muse (Independent) Hardcore Tour No Innocent Victim (Facedown Records) / xDISCIPLEx A.D. (Facedown Records) 2002 Conceived in Fire Tour Living Sacrifice (Solid State Records) / Extol (Solid State Records) / Becoming the Archetype (Solid State Records)Supporting Acts: Hatebreed, Throwdown Warped Tour Dates Underoath (Solid State Records) Split Tour Few Left Standing (Facedown Records) / xDISCIPLEx A.D. (Facedown Records) Scandinavian Dates Crimson Moonlight (Endtime Productions) Youth Group Tour Luti-Kriss (Solid State Records) Tour Circuit Rock &#38; Roll Worship Circus (Vertical Records / INO Records) 2003 Early National Tour Demon Hunter (Solid State Records)Supporting: As I Lay Dying (Solid State Records) Collide Tour Skillet (ForeFront Records) Reunion Tour Mortal (Metro One Records) / Fold Zandura (Metro One Records) Early Tours Anberlin (Tooth &#38; Nail Records) International Tour Extol (Solid State Records) / Antestor (Endtime Productions) / Mortification (Soundmass Records) European Tour Seventh Avenue (Ulterium Records) / Narnia (Ulterium Records) National Tour Disciple (Slain Records / INO Records) 2004 Extended Tour Living Sacrifice (Solid State Records)Supporting: Throwdown, Extol, The Showdown Early Tour As I Lay Dying (Solid State Records) They’re Only Chasing Safety Tour Underoath (Solid State Records)Supporting: Saosin The Beautiful Letdown Tour Switchfoot (Sparrow Records) Co-Headline Tour Project 86 (Tooth &#38; Nail Records) / Disciple (Epic Records) Brutality Mini-Tours Clear Convictions (Strike First Records) / War of Ages (Strike First Records) Joint Tour Soul Embraced (Blood and Ink Records) / Bloodlined Calligraphy (Blood and Ink Records) / Nodes of Ranvier (Facedown Records) Tour with Dead Poetic and Haste the Day Dead Poetic (Tooth &#38; Nail Records) / Haste the Day (Solid State Records) Tour with The Agony Scene Extol (Solid State Records) / The Agony Scene (Solid State Records) 2005 The Triptych Tour Demon Hunter (Solid State Records) Scream the Prayer Tour Various Acts (Solid State Records / Facedown Records / Blood and Ink Records) Early Tour The Devil Wears Prada (Solid State Records) First National Tour Flyleaf (Octone Records) Co-Headline Tour The Showdown (Solid State Records) / Demon Hunter (Solid State Records) / Living Sacrifice (Solid State Records) Phenomenon Tour Thousand Foot Krutch (Tooth &#38; Nail Records) U.S. Tour Crimson Moonlight (Endtime Productions) Waves Are Dancing Tour Holy Blood (Bombworks Records) European Tour Dates Morgarten (Nordic Mission Records) Anniversary Tour Bloodgood (Intense Records) / Whitecross (Intense Records) Joint Tour Extol (Solid State Records) / Becoming the Archetype (Solid State Records) / Crimson Moonlight (Endtime Productions) The Forsaken Tour Antestor (Endtime Productions) First Tour Children 18:3 (Tooth &#38; Nail Records) Conclusion This unforgettable decade left a permanent mark on Christian music history, spanning underground DIY shows to national record deals. During this time, I had the privilege of running the SC Rock for Life chapter, booking bands like Rock and Roll Worship Circus, Spoken, Disciple, Pillar, The Benjamin Gate, East West, Joy Electric,]]></description>
		
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		<title>Interview with Antonio Carlos Batista do Nascimento AKA Batista with Antidemon</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jimmy Lamar Sorells]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Dec 2024 13:11:20 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[nterview with Antonio Carlos Batista do Nascimento ASKA Batista with Antidemon By Jimmy Sorrells CMG: Where do you live? Batista: I live in São Paulo &#8211; Brazil CMG: What was your childhood like? Batista: A childhood with few friends but a lot of fun in a huge backyard with my parents&#8217; houses and my grandparents&#8217; house on the same land! It was a place with lots of sand and dirt to play in. That&#8217;s why I think it was wonderful! I only had one brother who was five years younger than me, who also became my playmate and my friend. In addition to my parents, I had the very strong presence of my maternal grandparents who, as I said, lived in the same yard. Otherwise, it was a childhood with many financial limitations but surrounded by a lot of love and the truth of the Gospel of Christ! CMG: Did you grow up in a religious home? Batista: I was born into a Christian family and was very involved in missions for the sake of the gospel! My father was a pastor and from a very young age I also got involved in church activities and so I had a childhood and adolescence involved with the things of the Gospel and many activities in the local church. I was always very curious and questioning about the Holy Bible and I was often always taking some courses on theology. I have always had a great desire and interest in knowing the word of God! CMG: Did you grow up in a musical home? Batista: Not at first! When I was still a teenager, my brother and I were given a guitar and began learning how to play the instrument, but only my brother went on to become a musician! When I was 24, I started studying percussion and a few months later I was playing in the orchestra of the church I attended! Later, I began to receive revelations from God regarding a calling to evangelize through Heavy Metal! The problem was that at 25 years old, I knew nothing about Heavy Metal! I didn&#8217;t even know that this music existed! But God gave me visions and dreams, and sometimes, even when I was awake, I would hear distorted guitar riffs with guttural vocals and lyrics about the confrontation between good and evil, between heaven and hell. Then one day in 1992, I mistakenly entered a building in the city of São Paulo called &#8220;Galeria do Rock.&#8221; To this day, it has five floors with stores that sell Heavy Metal CDs, vinyl records and T-shirts. When I entered this place, I came across hundreds of Headbangers, Punks, Goths and Skinheads for the first time&#8230; I didn&#8217;t know any of this! In this gallery, I started hearing music coming out of the stores! A song similar to the ones I had in my visions and dreams! I was very impacted by this, because at that moment I discovered that this song already existed and many people liked it! That same day and in that place, I heard a supernatural voice that spoke inside me: This song that has been coming to your mind, I am the one who is giving it to you and I will make you become one of these people and through this song that I have been giving you, you will reach them for my Kingdom! That was really impactful When I understood this! Even though we were born into a Christian home and knew a little about the Holy Bible, I had never had an experience with God like that, and I believe that at that moment all my questions and doubts about God disappeared, and from that day on I truly converted to Jesus Christ! Understanding God&#8217;s calling for my life, I started the band Antidemon and the entire mission related to evangelism. It was then that I began to get involved with Heavy Metal, becoming the lead singer of Antidemon in January 1994, and in 1995 I also took on the bass guitar. Over the years, many people converted to Christ through Antidemon, and in 1988, with these fruits, our church was born with the proposal of reaching the underground through Heavy Metal! At the time, it was called Comunidade Zadoque, and in 2006 it was renamed Crash Church, where I have been the pastor of this flock since the beginning until today. CMG: What instruments do you play? Batista: Many years ago, I played percussion in a church orchestra. But out of necessity, in the second year of Antidemon&#8217;s existence, I switched to bass, replacing the bassist who left the band. At that time, even though I didn&#8217;t know how to play bass, I took on the instrument to fulfill the schedules! I, who had been only a vocalist until then, became Antidemon&#8217;s bassist to this day. Lately, I&#8217;ve been trying to play guitar as well. CMG: What were your favorite bands as a child? Batista: I didn&#8217;t know about heavy metal until I was 25 years old! In the church where I was raised, it was forbidden to listen to any music that wasn&#8217;t strictly Christian. And even if Christian heavy metal came to me, I couldn&#8217;t listen to it, because that style would be considered demonic. CMG: What bands have you been involved in? Only Antidemon. CMG: When was your band formed and who is in the band?  Batista: Antidemon was born in the city of São Paulo, Brazil, on January 12, 1994. I am the only member left from that time, alongside Juliana Batista, who has been the band&#8217;s drummer since the beginning of 2006. We are both married and form the basis of Antidemon, which we have been in contact with for the last 10 years, with a team of several guitarists who have helped us. So we are grateful to God for being able to continue this Mission, always depending on His blessing and His complete will in our]]></description>
		
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		<title>Billy Fraser interview &#8211; DISCERN</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jimmy Lamar Sorells]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Aug 2024 08:50:05 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Billy Fraser interview &#8211; DISCERNBy Jimmy &#38; Jay CMG: Where do you live? Billy: I live in the Northern Suburbs of Dallas, TX, in Garland. Love this area! CMG: What was your childhood like? Billy: I was blessed to have a wonderful childhood provided to me by my parents. I never was in want, my mother was wonderful, and I was given the love I needed, as all children should be given.  The teen years were rougher, but as far as my childhood, I wouldn&#8217;t trade it for the world. CMG: Did you grow up in a religious home? How did you come to your faith? Billy: Most of my family would go to church every Sunday, and we were Lutheran. In all honesty, I hated every minute of church growing up. I felt it was stupid, a waste of time, and I remember, even as young as age 5, I felt that all that I saw were humans just acting out of the fear of the unknown, with man-made rituals thought up by someone&#8217;s own limited notions of God, which is of course, what religion is to begin with, and I despised it all. Now, with that being said, I did believe in God, and I had respect for Him, even though I was not saved yet, but I just hated church itself. Years later at age 11, through 3 specific things: Nature, Science, and the Animal Kingdom, I surrendered my life to Christ and became Born Again. CMG: Did you grow up in a musical home? Billy: Not really, but my parents did listen to Elvis, The Guess Who, The Eagles, and such. However, the one defining moment in my life regarding music, and what changed my life&#8217;s course, was when I saw a KISS commercial, at age 3. I remember standing in front of the TV, not realizing what exactly I was looking at, but I was blown away 1000% by the stage show, the makeup, their music, and the drummer behind his massive drum set. At that moment, I decided I was going to be a drummer, and the following year at age 4, I got a drum set and started playing drums.  While the Beatles influenced KISS and countless others, KISS were MY Beatles. From that point on, I was listening to as much music as possible that I could find, in addition to what my brother was jamming to, such as Queen, REO Speedwagon, Journey, Foreigner, and many others. CMG: What instruments do you play? Billy: Drums, first and foremost, then guitar/bass.  CMG: As a musician, how did you gravitate towards Death Metal?  Billy: I had joined my first full band at age 14 in 1988, which was Summoned, and we were a Christian Thrash Metal band.  Soon after joining, we recorded a demo, selling a ton in the underground, through reviews and a local metal shop.  We were a 3-piece at first, and then once we obtained a 4th member who played lead guitar, the songs became so much better.  We opened for One Bad Pig, Vengeance Rising, and played a few other gigs around town.  Since Thrash and Death Metal are basically on the same highway, it only was natural to verge into the Death Metal lane, so to say. I had first heard Death&#8217;s album Leprosy, in 1989, and I was blown away!! Those vocals, those riffs&#8230;I had never heard anything like it!!! Then, at a Vengeance Rising gig in 1990, I met my longtime friend/brother Neal Christmas, who showed me a jambox tape recording of his death metal band, and again, I was totally blown away.  Such a different view musically than Thrash!  Months later, I was exposed to Obituary and Napalm Death, so my band Summoned naturally progressed to full-on death metal, by early 1991, with our songs strongly reflecting our love of the bands mentioned before, Obituary and Napalm Death, with blasting, tons of double bass, etc.. CMG: Why does this term “Christian Death Metal” still offend so many people in Christian and secular circles? Billy: Well, the offense is the name of Christ itself, for those who do not know Him, as His name and power offends our sinful nature, as humans.  The other avenue, with Christians who are offended by it and not understanding the fact that Believers can love and play death metal, is just either pure ignorance or an unwillingness to embrace the fact that God Himself is not limited by a human&#8217;s likes or dislikes, as He can use anything He wants to use, to get His point and message across. For what I do with DISCERN, I use the term, &#8221; Spirit-Filled Death &#8220;, as technically, that is what it is. CMG: Have you always done Christian music exclusively? Billy: Yes. CMG: What were your favorite bands growing up?  Billy: My favorite bands then and now are the same, plus of course, many more bands as I have gotten older and discovered the plethora of bands out there:  KISS, first and foremost, Queen, Whitesnake, Stryper, along with earlier Christian Rock/Metal bands such as Barnabas, The Resurrection Band, Philadelphia, Messiah Prophet, Saint, Soldier, Cross, Paradox, Barren Cross, Bloodgood, One Bad Pig, etc.. I am also very much into hardcore bands such as Sick Of It All, Youth of Today, Judge, Insted, and Seven Seconds. Regarding Thrash, Death, and a little bit of Black: Old Metallica and Anthrax, Slayer, Deliverance, Vengeance Rising, Razor, Obituary, Napalm Death, Death, Morbid Angel, Deicide, Immolation, Suffocation, Asphyx, Skeletal Remains, Vore, Immortal, the mighty Vader, and the list goes on. Those are the main faves I can think of right now. CMG: What is the history of the band Oblation? &#8211; How did the band start, who was in the band, what did they play, what was the mission, and why did the band end? Billy: After Summoned&#8217;s last gig in Houston at the After Dark Club in 1991, the band split up. I met up with Mitch Reese,]]></description>
		
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		<title>Anders Köllerfors Interview &#8211; Drummer for Narnia &#038; All For The King</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[Interview Anders Köllerfors &#8211; Drummer for Narina &#38; All For The King CMG: Where do you live? AK: I live in a tiny little place called Omsed in Skåne, in the south part of Sweden.8 houses scattered on some fields in the middle of nowhere. CMG: What was your childhood like? Did you grow up in a religious home? Did you grow up in a musical home? AK: I had a very good childhood.I grew up in a christian home. My mom was a teacher and music leader in church. My dad had a boat building factory and was a singer. I have two brothers.There was a lot of music going on. My older brother is a multi-musician that plays pretty much any instrument and my younger brother is a great pianist.I started to play the violin at the age of nine but switched to play the drums at twelve.Due to the fact that we were in church so much it made it very natural to perform in front of an audience from an early age. I think I sang solo from the age of five and played drums in moms choir from the age of thirteen. CMG: What instruments do you play? AK: I play drums and violin. Also little piano when nobody is listening. CMG: What bands have you been involved in? AK: Right now I’m a member of Narnia and All For The King.I do work a lot with Magnus Karlsson so through him I have worked with Anette Olzon, Magnus Karlssons Free Fall, Allen&#38;Olzon, Starbreaker and so on… CMG: What were your favorite bands growing up? AK: On my seventh birthday I invited my class to a party and played the best music I knew.Mozart!!! But nobody liked it. Hahaha..!Later I listened to Jerusalem, Leviticus, Stryper, Rush, Yes, &#38; Toto among others. CMG: What musical genre is Narnia considered? AK: I think it’s a bit hard to answer… but maybe a hybrid of melodic and progressive metal with a neoclassical and symphonic touch. CMG:What’s your favorite Narnia album? AK: I really like ”Course of a Generation” and the latest album ”Ghost Town.” CMG:The band is named after a world in the writings of C.S. Lewis. How much of his writings have you read, if any? AK: When I was a kid the whole family gathered around the fireplace on the weekends and my father read the whole series of Narnia. Good times! CMG:Who is your favorite character in the Chronicles of Narnia? AK: Aslan, of course! I like King Caspian. He seems to be a nice dude as well! CMG: Narnia is a band that has always been respected by secular audiences. What do you think contributes to that respect the most? AK: First of all I think the respect comes from the fact that the members are really good musicians but also that we stand up for what we believe in. There are no compromises and I think that people really respect that even if they don’t believe the same as we do. CMG: What are your favorite bands that are newer? AK: I really like ”Icefish”! Virgil Donati and Marco Sfoglis band. Very progressive music!!!Arch Echo is also amazing. CMG: What is your favorite snack while on tour? AK: Always Daim!!! CMG: Have you ever had backlash from fans for a musical direction? AK: I haven’t noticed any of that. I’m pretty new in the band though but I haven’t heard anything from the others either. We have the best fans, really! CMG: What’s your favorite non-metal music to listen to? AK: I really like Sting, Dirty Loops… CMG: What is something about you that no one reading this would know? AK: I used to be a killer on the unicycle. CMG: What is your favorite thing about being a Christian? AK: I´m saved and I have a personal relationship with the creator of all! CMG: How can the Christian Metal Group community support you? AK: Pray for Narnia and All For the King and that whatever I play on the Holy Spirit is going to be present in the drums. CMG: I read that you are creating your own drum brand. Tell us about that. AK: I have a new drumline called ReThink Drums. The shells are 3D printed with recycled wood. Very eco-friendly.Due to the fact that the shells are printed there is no tension in the shells and they will stay round. Then my work is to make real drums out of the printed tube.I grind the bearing edges, make the snare bed, drill all the holes and assemble all the hardware.Soon we will release other materials in the drums as well. Very exciting. Narniahttps://narniatheband.com/ All For The Kinghttps://www.allfortheking.se/ Anders Discographyhttps://www.discogs.com/artist/4995139-Anders-K%C3%B6llerfors?superFilter=Instruments+%26+Performance]]></description>
		
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