Lamb Of God are NOT a Christian band, despite the name. Before they were named Lamb of God the name of the band was Burn The Priest.
I agree the Christian metalcore scene is flooded and bloated, but so is the secular music scene with metalcore. Usually every so many years a new style comes along and replaces an old popular style. For some reason, no new styles, or even resurgence of old styles have come in to shoot down metalcore, so it keeps on top and just drags out and is now almost a parody of itself its been so long on top. Quite sad that our music industry is at a creative standstill.
teamventure - We all have our own paths to walk. I'm actually the opposite as you. When i was younger my dad watched a lot of that 'rock music is of the devil' stuff, and i overheard it. By the time i was a teen i was afraid to even listen to Def Leppard, out of fear of somehow being possessed through the music. So much fear and paranoia was created by these people. Despite my fears i still felt this liking of the music. I started taking 'risks' of listening to the popular songs by the biggest bands, but would be afraid to play a whole album. It took me about a year to get accustomed to listening to a few albums. Even though i was listening only to hair metal bands, Def Leppard, Whitesnake, GnR, etc... i HATED the heavy stuff, thrash, death metal. I had never really sat and listened, but it just 'knew' it had to be evil.
Then i got saved. Within a few weeks i had been loaned a compilation CD of Christian metal, the first few were more rock/metal and i was digging it. Then i heard the two heaviest songs on the CD, and that i'd ever heard. Deliverance (speed) and Vengeance (thrash). OH man, i LOVED this stuff. I couldn't get enough heavy stuff to listen to. I got every new CD that came out that was heavy, and still doing a lot of the rock/metal stuff too. (All Christian). So for me, my true love of metal, especially heavier stuff, didn't come til after i was saved.
I only share this not to argue, but show God directs us all in different ways. If you felt God steered you away from metal, even Christian, thats fine. God's will is more important anyways. But the bible does show us there are somethings that are ok for some people, but not for others, and we are not to push those things on each other.