This is Undaunted Life, a man's podcast. I'm your host Kyle Thompson. Let's get into it.

Hi guys, today I've got a special guest on the podcast for you. His name is Michael

Felker. So he is the lead singer of a Christian metal band that I've been obsessed with over the

last couple of months. And that is the band called convictions. Now this band, they have labeled

themselves aggressive worship music. And for any of you that have been listening to this podcast

for any length of time, you know that is right up my alley. This is something that I've been waiting

for this kind of revolution in the kind of the Christian space where it's like, hey, legit Christians

and legit Christian bands that are making heavy, heavy music. And so we spent a lot of time talking

about their music, some of the stuff that, you know, how the band got started and some of the

later albums, his favorite albums, his favorite songs. But for those of you that maybe don't know who

convictions is, you know, I'm glad to introduce them to you. But also if you're not really into music,

don't skip this episode because we spent some time talking about some real subject matters. We spent

some time talking about kind of modern church culture and how some people get lost in that because

they're trying to fit a particular mold. And sometimes that mold is of a particular kind of

music and how that's not always appropriate. So we get into a lot of those different subjects.

But without further ado, let's get into it. Michael Filker, welcome to Undaunted Life, a man's

podcast. Thanks for having me. So could be here. Hey, I'm excited to talk to you because I just

got to tell you how I even came about you because whoever dropped in and told me about your band,

they need to stand up and be recognized because somebody sent me like a random DM and they said,

you got to check out this band and like, I'll get DMs like that. And it's like, okay, I check out

the band and they're kind of maybe a little bit new metal or kind of radio rock. And I'm like,

I'm not really into that, but I don't know how to respond. But I immediately started listening to

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