Reddit mentions of Religion and Its Monsters

> the Angelcorpse demo "Goats to Azazel" obviously refers to the sin offering of yom kippur

I mean Christians use the Hebrew Bible/Torah as well. It isn't like saying that the album "Goats to Azazel" exists means it is ONLY Jewish.

The concepts presented are from Christian theology, in the Christian view, Azael is another word for the devil as he is listed as a fallen Angel in the book of Enoch therefore they equate him with the Devil, which again having that duality is a purely Christian concept. The book of Enoch isn't canonized in Judaism.

Even the color red, used on that album cover as an association with the devil/Azazel is Christian because that comes from revelations (Religion and its Monsters by Beal). That whole red devil serpent thing is taken directly from revelations (and some Enoch) and was basically a symbol for Rome (who also used Red). Revelations is calling for the death of Rome, not the end of days. But they basically took the Leviathan and made it red to represent Rome. We should also note that Jewish eschatology is different from Christian eschatology, for example, look here. So many of the themes used in black metal are again, Christian.

Another example from them is their album "Of Lucifer and Lightning" is Christian because that character doesn't exist in Judaism. Lucifer is a Latin word for the devil (actually for Venus in morning appearances) and was brought in by translators when translating Isiah to Latin.

There's a book called "Religion and Its Monsters" that might be helpful to you. http://www.amazon.com/Religion-Its-Monsters-Timothy-Beal/dp/0415925886