Before it might be uncommon for someone to find a Catholic priest who is a big fan of music apart from the liturgy. It might even be rarer to find a priest who is into heavy metal music but one Robert Culat did not find such music repulsive, instead he expressed a deep sense of curiosity and fascination for it.
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“I was waiting at the beginning of the school year for young people to sign up for religion classes,” Culat says. Among the first to sign up were two young brothers who looked quite strange to Father Culat. “I was surprised,” Culat says, “the long hair, all in black, with the band T-shirts.” Most priests would have said a Hail Mary or two and avoided them. Culat wanted to know more.
He found out that the two young guys were part of a band called Cortege which was a death metal band. Once Culat learned about it, it became an object of interest and study.
“I was like a scientist in a laboratory,” Culat says. “I didn’t feel any attraction, I just wanted to know more about it.” In typical metalhead fashion, the fans in the community inundated him with recommendations. Cassettes and CDs began to pile up at Culat’s home next to his books on theology and philosophy. Gradually, he found himself listening to some of the albums not out of scientific curiosity but for recreational purposes.
Read more about his story on Narratively.
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Source: neatorama