Does anyone have any favorite Pagan-themed metal bands? Especially ones with female vocalists?
There was one called Astarte, which was unique in that it was all-female and had a huge focus on Goddesses, especially the titular Astarte. Sadly, the beautiful and talented lead singer died of cancer and thus so did the band...
There was some great stuff by an Italian band called Opera IX. At least while the singer Cadaveria was with them.
However, both of those bands are Black Metal, which explore darker themes and name drop questionable themes that are hardly part of Wicca or Paganism.
I’m open to recommendations
) and one of the themes the developers had to work through was the nature (gameplay, mechanical nature) of divinity, and how they gain their powers and give spells to the divine casters. One of the myriad of ways was to gain worshippers - indeed, several deities usurped the domains of others by stealing worship from them, and that (as it's all based on real-world philosophy) fits the bill hearkening back to the proto-Semetic days when we stopped worshipping many gods and turned to one - violently and by the sword for hundreds of years.