Just what the topic says; I'm looking for Christian based metal that's similar to the grind of dying fetus and to the thrash of slayer. It doesn't have to be the same band, but it can be. I'm farely new in the Lord and I must overhaul my music collection. I've got quite a bit of Christian metal already, but I still can't seem to find what I'm really looking for. The closest thing I found to Slayer was Living Sacrifice's first album, but that's not enough; I must have more metal! If somebody could give me some suggestions that would be great. Thanks.

Bands from the same time as the first Living Sacrifice do exist but the material is so hard to find, it is not even worth mentioning.

If your looking for Christian thrash theres tons....but not as similar to Slayer as Living sacrifices s/t album that you already mentioned....

Vengeance Rising
Deliverance
Seventh Angel
The Crucified
Believer
Ultimatum
Sacrament
Bloody Cross
Disaffection
Consecrator
Eternal Decision
Creation of death
Martyr
Betrayal

etc....

Check out my band TEMPLE OF BLOOD: http://www.myspace.com/templeofblood

The band Jesus Freaks.
The Moshketeers (probably hard to find now).

Heaven's Force - http://www.myspace.com/heavensforcetx

and, although already mentioned - Ultimatum.

Grave Forsaken - This Day Forth has a lot of Slayer-inspired guitar riffs.

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Grave Forsaken - This Day Forth (Soundmass) 2009 1. "No News… Ain’t Good News" (6:16) 2. "Mother of Harlots" (3:33) 3. "This Day Forth" (3:50) 4. "Celebrity Judge and the Sinners, Part III "(5:19) 5. "Wasting Power" (4:06) 6. "Death Undone" (6:46) 7. "Holy Blood" (3:59) 8. "Affluenza" (7:11) Australian exports Grave Forsaken just keep cranking out the tunes. On "This Day Forth" the band have progressed musically from their earlier material, offering less death metal influences and a whole lot more thrash metal influences. As well, the death metal vocals have been almost completely eliminated, save for a small portion of "Celebrity Judge and the Sinners, Part III ". Instead, much of the vocals are barked out with a punk like fury. While their earlier albums most certainly had a heavy Mortification influence, this newer album takes a cues from the many Bay Area bands. However, that is not to say that Grave Forsaken are jumping on the current retro-thrash bandwagon currently exploding out of California. Rather, they are beginning to find their own sound and steer away from wearing their influences on their sleeves. Sure, there are still some Mortification influences here and there, but you won't hear anyone accusing them of sounding like a clone of Morty either. At times I heard some influences from some of the more gutteral thrash bands like Sodom, Destruction, Whiplash and At War. Check out the Slayer-iffic opening riff of the title track, or the manic opening riff of "Wasting Power". Track number two, "Mother of Harlots" is a straight forward, machine gun, speed metal romp. The double bass assault from new drummer Dave Kilgallon (Mortification/Scourged Flesh), along with the speedy guitar riffs should send any self respecting thrash fan into instant fits of head banging mania. Ok, perhaps that's a bit corny, but it indeed does describe the sound of some of the music contained herein. Grave Forsaken are becoming a force to be reckoned with in the underground metal scene. As with any underground band who are doing everything on their own, there is room for improvements. However, with each new release Grave Forsaken continue to improve production, their songwriting and their skills as musicians. With the next release I am expecting one lethal onslaught of pure thrash metal.

The first couple Deliverance CDs were heavily Slayer inspired as well. Both have been recently re-issued on Retroactive Records and are fairly easy to find.

Thanks to those who plugged Ultimatum.
www.myspace.com/ultimatummetal

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Where's exo? He can probably help with the Dying Fetus sound.

I would say that if you are looking for something similar to Dying Fetus, try Embodyment. Their 1st 2 albums come pretty close. In fact I remember hearing that Embodyment and Dying Fetus were good friends from back in the days and that Embodyment was one of Dying Fetus's favorite bands.

Hope that helps.

God Speed
RBV

Dying Fetus is a great band! I was listening to them today! Many of good bands in this thread.... Don't know if you'll find anything close to Dying Fetus though.

They are CRUSHINGLY brutal live, too!

I bet they are! They are one of my fave death metal bands. People look at me weird when I'm listening to them in the car with the windows down.