Screamo

I am all for expressing yourself during worship, but when your unique style of worshiping distracts others from focusing on God, I am not a huge fan. 2 a.m. worship for Day of Prayer was amazing; the music, the attendance, everything. However, one thing really bothered me. This guy moved in behind me and caught me off guard. I am used to every one's voices blending together in a beautiful way, but he brought a new style of worship I've never experienced before. All I could hear, above the booming drums, was his voice screaming out the lyrics. When I say screaming, I do not mean like singing the lyrics passionately as loud as he could; I mean ear-piercing screaming. I already hate screamo music, so to have him bursting out every word was a total distraction. In fact he was screaming so loud directly behind me that I could feel his breath moving my hair. I wanted to be open to it but it was almost too much to handle. I think his passion is definitely there but I think next time he needs to take that passion to the very front where it can blend with the loud music.