Growing up in suburbia exposed us to the disturbing phenomenon of Christian heavy metal, its followers all skeezed out with big hair and bigger crosses. We’ve always thought religious lyrics backed by screaming guitars and thrashing drums sounded kinda silly, but now that we’ve heard about David Lazzar, Montreal’s heavy rockin’ Lubavitcher, it all makes sense. (Thanks to SomethingJewishUK for the tip!) Lazzar describes his music as “Ozzy meets Metallica at an Iron Maiden concert,” presumably without the bat-eating and alcoholic raging. The tracks “I Want My Rebbe” and “I Believe In You” definitely smack of early Metallica, but if you don’t listen to the words carefully you might think you happened upon a Stryper fan site. Metalheads: Give a listen and tell us what you think.
If you’re more into traditional Jewish music that rips, check out our latest feature on NY’s klezmer maniacs Golem!
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