Metal Church is an American heavy metal band from Aberdeen, Washington. They formed as Shrapnel in 1981, their first album was released in 1984, and the band's most recent work, A Light in the Dark was released in 2006. http://www.metalchurchmusic.com, band history page, Metal Church, 2007.

Metal Church was formed when the thrash metal genre was still evolving. David Wayne's vocals on the self-titled album Metal Church and The Dark, retained a melodicism that many other American thrash bands abandoned. The lyrics from the album The Dark talk about death, assassination, and fears. Metal Church is still a working band; they are working with their third vocalist.

Metal Church is an American heavy metal band from Aberdeen, Washington, USA. They formed as Shrapnel in 1981. Their first album was released in 1984 and the band’s most recent work, ‘A Light In The Dark,’ was released in 2006. Metal Church was formed when the Thrash/Speed Metal Genre was still evolving. Most of their early work had a special trademark that resembled many of the European Black and Death Metal bands of the 1980’s. The songs in their most successful albums, Metal Church and