Talk:Sacred Warrior

Progressive Metal
Sacred Warrior is a Progressive Metal band and they was the first for Contempary Christian Music. — Preceding unsigned comment added by LifeWithDanieL2010 (talk • contribs) 05:32, 11 June 2014 (UTC)
 * Thanks. This is because I reverted your series of edits.
 * First, the image you used was copyrighted and so it had to be removed.
 * Second, the changes you made were not referenced, just like your statement here, and so it was safer to remove it all.
 * In relation to genres, without references, it's best to simply list broad genres. Currently that's Christian metal and heavy metal. If you want to use a source, I have The Encyclopedia of Contemporary Christian Music in front of me and on page 786 they call them an "80s 'hair metal' band" in the first sentence. It goes on to state that they took the genre "in the operatic direction of acts like Queensryche" and "comparable to Iron Maiden, especially on the early projects." The former clearly has some prog metal in their sound, but not the latter. But we can't make inferences, we need a verifiable source at the very least and ideally a reliable source that makes that statement. Unfortunately, Allmusic's entry on the band is empty except for a discography.
 * In relation to being the first, I suppose it depends on what you call prog metal, but there were some Christian prog rock bands that bordered on metal in the seventies and eighties, and King's X would certainly rival Sacred Warrior for first in Christian music, although they are not a clearly defined Christian band, and the same can be said for Galactic Cowboys. The band known as Recon is listed as progressive metal in the E of CCM, and released an album in 1990. What you need is a source that supports that statement as well. Walter Görlitz (talk) 06:01, 11 June 2014 (UTC)