The Godless and Holy

The Godless and Holy is the seventh studio album by the American metal band Kairos. It was released October 2022.

Recording and Production
Recording for The Godless and Holy began in 2021 after their short break following the Toilet tour. The band had wanted to make an album about religion for a long time and felt now was the time. "We don't support organized religion," said Dawn, "but religion in itself is not inherently evil. It is just abused way too often. However some people view that religion is completely vile and obsess over it to an extreme. We wanted to show both extremes, including natural questions that religion brings up."

Themes
Each track in The Godless and Holy addresses some issue with religion. "Don't You Dare" is about how many organized religions condemn anyone not of their sect. "This is one of the things we hate the most about organized religion, the lack of any consideration for those of other beliefs," said Brian.

On the other extreme, "Hate Me" is about those who purposely provoke religious people. "If you don't agree with someone's belief, that's fine," said Angelica, "but don't personally antagonize them for it unless of course they use their beliefs for something wrong."

"The whole album is kind of a story," said Brian. "It's about someone who grew up religious, but had some problems with the system. As people kept pushing the religion, he begins to question it. He changes, and begins asking important questions. However, he becomes so set against religion that in the end he wants to destroy it all."

Reception
The Godless and Holy was met with mostly positive reception. It was praised for not simply taking a one-sided stance and instead showing the evils of extremism on both sides. However, critics said they album was not as musically interesting as Kairos' previous albums. "It's not a bad album by any means," one critic said, "but considering what Kairos has done before, it could have been better."

Track Listing
1. Creation

2. Guided By Faith

3. Test of Truth

4. Issues

5. Don't You Dare

6. The Event

7. War of Change (Thousand Foot Krutch cover)

8. Corruption Begins

9. Why?

10. The Shattered Path

11. Hate Me

12. 100 Percent

13. Semi-Automatic (Deathstars cover)