Mark Broomhead, a minister in the Church of England has an impressive thrash metal past behind him.
With his band Seventh Angel he toured the world and shared a record label with metal giants such as Metallica and Slayer.
Now you might think that a minister wouldn’t mention such a past that much, or would even try to hide it, but not Broomhead. He is now the vicar of the Order Of The Black Sheep, a heavy metal church in Chesterfield, UK.
As uncompromising as his favorite music genre, the church focuses on uniting followers through their love of metal, being ‘as uncomfortable as possible for people who’d go to an ordinary church’ at the same time. Continue reading