James - Bloodwork

born and raised in Canada, i moved out to London in order to rectify what was clearly an oversight... i was supposed to be in England! well now i'm here, and all is well. i'm heavily involved in music... black metal is my main passion, but any of the extreme forms of metal are meat and drink for my dark soul. i play in a band called Bloodwork, which is an extreme metal band that mixes black metal, death metal, doom, drone, chaos and a bit of thrash. by way of faith, which is actually what i'm all about, i am a follower of Christ. don't get me wrong, i despise religion, but then i think religion is humanity's lame attempt to manipulate God (or gods) through ritual. i believe religion enslaves all humanity wrongly. we were meant to live and breathe and walk with our Creator, not attempt to appease Him through constant fearful penance or twist His arm through nice-sounding prayers. the one is the foot of the oppressor on our necks, the other is the sickening arrogance of the pharisee. on a sidenote, atheism is a religion as well in my view. i believe Jesus came to set us free. free from animal instincts that control us (thus the freedom not to harm ourselves and others through sin) and freedom from the curse of the law. ultimately the freedom to be loved and to give love. love is all that matters in this world. and pride is the root of all sin. Jesus revolutionised the world. by His words, power was taken from the oppressor and given to the humble and downcast. even when the church forgot it's place in the world and became domineering and hypocritical, His words still changed everything when people put them into practice. ...And His words still live and breathe today. should also mention the sort of 'church' group i belong to. the website is www.asylumlive.co.uk, i think that should be pretty self-explanatory