Editing Misotheism (section)

===Popular music===
''Misotheism'' is a 2008 [[album]] by Belgian [[black metal]] band ''Gorath''.

Dystheistic sentiment has also made its way into popular music, evincing itself in controversial songs like "[[Dear God (XTC song)|Dear God]]"<ref>[http://www.xtcidearecords.co.uk/lyrics/lyrics_details.php?trackid=125 "Dear God"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081211102657/http://www.xtcidearecords.co.uk/lyrics/lyrics_details.php?trackid=125 |date=2008-12-11 }}, performed by [http://www.xtcidearecords.com XTC] (written by [[Andy Partridge]])</ref> by the band [[XTC]] (later covered by [[Sarah McLachlan]]) and "[[Blasphemous Rumours]]"<ref>[http://archives.depechemode.com/lyrics/blasphemousrumours.html "Blasphemous Rumours"], performed by [http://www.depechemode.com Depeche Mode] (written by Martin L. Gore)</ref> by [[Depeche Mode]], which tells the story of a teenage girl who attempted suicide, survived, and turned her life over to God, only to be hit by a car, wind up on life support, and eventually die. A good deal of [[Gary Numan]]'s work, specifically the album ''Exile'', is laden with misotheistic themes.

The output of Oscar-winning songwriter/composer [[Randy Newman]] also includes several songs expressing dystheistic sentiment, including the ironic "[[He Gives Us All His Love]]" and the more overtly maltheistic "God's Song (That's Why I Love Mankind)",<ref>[http://www.randynewman.com/tocdiscography/disc_sail_away/tocdiscography/disc_sail_away/lyricssailaway#godssong "God's Song (That's Why I Love Mankind)"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061113234311/http://www.randynewman.com/tocdiscography/disc_sail_away/tocdiscography/disc_sail_away/lyricssailaway |date=2006-11-13 }}, performed by [http://www.randynewman.com/ Randy Newman] (written by Randy Newman)</ref> both from his acclaimed 1972 album ''[[Sail Away (Randy Newman album)|Sail Away]]''. In the latter song, Newman bemoans the futility of dealing with God whose attitude towards humanity he sees as one of contempt and cruelty.

The song "God Made" by [[Andrew Jackson Jihad]] proposes dystheism and has an implied hatred for God. More specifically, their song "Be Afraid of Jesus" is about a vengeful Christ although this could be a critique of fundamentalist hate speech.

"God Am" by [[Alice in Chains]] from their [[Alice in Chains (album)|self-titled album]] has many misotheistic themes about the perceived apathy of God towards the evil in this world.

"Godwhacker" by [[Steely Dan]] from their ''[[Everything Must Go (Steely Dan album)|Everything Must Go]]'' album developed from a lyric frontman [[Donald Fagen]] wrote a few days after his mother died of Alzheimer's. "It's about an elite squad of assassins whose sole assignment is to find a way into heaven and take out God", he later explained. "If the Deity actually existed, what sane person wouldn't consider this to be justifiable homicide?"<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=G3jNqO2KB6EC&q=%22Godwhacker%22&pg=PT69|title=Eminent Hipsters|first=Donald|last=Fagen|date=22 October 2013|publisher=Penguin|via=Google Books|isbn=978-1-101-63809-5}}</ref>

In the song "Terrible Lie" by Nine Inch Nails, Trent Reznor expresses anger, confusion, and sadness towards God and the world he created.

"Judith" by A Perfect Circle is a satirical song that places blame on God for the illness of the lead singer's mother, Judith. Despite her deteriorating condition, Judith never questions why she has been placed in her predicament but instead continues to praise and worship God. Her son angrily mocks god and presents arguments as to why she shouldn't have to suffer.

Marilyn Manson's "Fight Song," "Say 10," and others have direct and indirect misotheistic themes.

American [[death metal]] bands [[Deicide (band)|Deicide]] and [[Morbid Angel]] base much of their lyrics around misotheism in name and in concept. Many bands in the [[black metal]] genre, such as [[Mayhem (band)|Mayhem]], [[Emperor (Norwegian band)|Emperor]], [[Gorgoroth (band)|Gorgoroth]] and [[Darkthrone]] express extreme misotheism in their lyrics.