Human Fortress

Anyone ever heard of this German Power Metal band?
Someone posted about them in a long list of bands at the CMR, and oddly I had never heard of them (even though they have been releasing albums since 2001). I'm don't like every power metal band that comes down the line, mostly because I get tired of the predictable double bass drumming that makes most of the songs sound alike. But this band doesn't seem to over do that trick.

Really digging what I have heard so far.

http://www.myspace.com/humanfortressband

and here's a video

Sounds great, but are they a "Christian" band (as in are the lyrics)

There's lots of good stuff around at present........ Reinxeed sound brilliant, Impellitteri, Sinbreed etc....

Fundy

I can't say that I have looked at much of their lyrics yet. But here is one song I heard.

Lyrics to Defenders Of The Crown :
[L: Parcharidis / M: Parcharidis, Wolf, Marquardt]

Templars of steel, Knights of the cross
Unite our armies to honour our God
Holy land, we are marching on
Ten thousand men, beneath the ashes of Jerusalem

God sons ask for thyself to honour Jesus majesty
We shall return proud from the sea
Richard the Lionheart, the emperor of that century
Fought fo the cross, for Cristianity

[PRE CHORUS]
We are there to fight - Defenders of the crown
With the legion of our God - We will conquer Ascalon
Even cities like Acre, Jaffa and Jerusalem
Cannot break us iron men - We're defenders of the crown

We proudly sail across the seas
Muslim invaders bow down to your kness
With a great king upon our side
The Lionheart - This leadership will tear them all apart

Richard the Lionheart took part in the third great crusade
Fought forces of mighty Saladin
Richard the Lionheart, the emperor of that century
Fought for England - For territory

[CHORUS]
We are there to fight - Defenders of the crown
With the legion of our God and our military sound
Our forces will unite with our strengh and might

[BREAK]
Lionhearts men's blood paved the legend - Sacral quest Jerusalem

For such a brave and noble men king Richards death come soon
An arrow strike brought forth his doom
Richard the Lionheart, the emperor of that century
Legendary buried in Fontvraud Abbey

After reading the lyrics of this band on DarkLyrics.com, I would not be too quick to think of them as a "Christian" band. They definitely have some things there that make me question where they are coming from.

If you got this from the CMR, remember that even when people ask for Christian alternatives that there are always a couple of hard-nosed peeps that will still throw non-Christian artists into the list simply due to musical similarities. I would think that this is what happened.

alldatndensum wrote:

If you got this from the CMR, remember that even when people ask for Christian alternatives that there are always a couple of hard-nosed peeps that will still throw non-Christian artists into the list simply due to musical similarities. I would think that this is what happened.

That wouldn't surprise me at all.

And while the lyrics in the above song do reference God (and even Jesus) there is nothing obviously evangelical about the lyrics.