Christian Metal

[Demon Hunter]

Yes, there is such a genre. I immediately fell in love. Worship and hard rock, what a dichotomy.

Demon Hunter is my favorite, followed closely by Staple... also Norma Jean and Becoming the Archetype, two new bands for me. I haven't quite figured out ZAO yet. Half the fun is looking for the tell-tale Christian signs.

Any Hunters/Christian headbangers here? What's your favorite band and song?

Demon Hunter - My Heartstrings Come Undone

[dornoforpyros]

Yes, there is such a genre. I immediately fell in love. Worship and hard rock, what a dichotomy.

Demon Hunter is my favorite, followed closely by Staple... also Norma Jean and Becoming the Archetype, two new bands for me. I haven't quite figured out ZAO yet. Half the fun is looking for the tell-tale Christian signs.

Any Hunters/Christian headbangers here? What's your favorite band and song?

Demon Hunter - My Heartstrings Come Undone

Christian Metal? Isn't that an oxymoron? like jumbo shrimp? :p

lol ok I'm kidding, my roommate actually listens to Christian Rock and some of it's pretty good, it's a little preachy for my taste at times, but the players have good chops I gotta say. Day of Fire certainly aint too shabby.



Of course...I'd still rather listen to Nine Inch Nails & Black Sabbath

[quigleybc]

http://i57.photobucket.com/albums/g239/sabaat/stryper777.jpg




Stryper were pretty cool back in the day!!!!


oh wait....no they weren't.....:p

[Demon Hunter]

Oh wow. Well they look much better these days...

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/f/fe/Stryperpress.jpg

And the new face of Christian metal...

http://www.demonhunter.net/ecard/photos/band02.jpg

[jhu]

anyone know of any good islamic heavy metal?

[SC68Cal]

White Metal is okay, I guess. Never really got into it.

I'm more of a Fear Factory/KMFDM political-industrial kind of guy.

[chris200x9]

I like positive hardcore....it's not like worship now and stuff....but its about morality kind of...if that makes sence....but I like it!

[Video_Producer]

anyone know of any good islamic heavy metal?


Not so much Heavy, there's a great Rock Band from Pakistan called Junoon. NY Times called them the U2 of Pakistan.

I've seen them a couple of times, mostly at MIT in Boston.

[iMetroid]

I'm more of a "lite Christian music" type of person. Casting Crowns, Kutless, Pillar, etc. Demon Hunter is a VERY good group.

[KC9AIC]

I like Demon Hunter, even if they are of the nü metal genre. I've listened to a lot of Christian metal and hardcore, and while most of the bands I really like are secular, there are some Christian bands I could recommend.

As I Lay Dying (http://www.asilaydying.com/), which is really more metalcore, but sounds good.

Divinefire (http://www.divinefire.net/), well-known for their fast-paced Scandinavian sound.

Illuminandi (http://www.illuminandi.kdm.pl/menu.html), a vastly underrated Polish band.

Mortal Treason (http://www.flickerrecords.com/mortaltreason/indexnew.htm) often goes for a death metal sound. Don't be put off by their bandwidth-intensive site, and check out songs beyond the one they play in the background.

Narnia (http://www.narniaworld.com/start/default.asp) is a Swedish melodic metal band and is one of my favorites.

Finally, Virgin Black (http://www.virginblack.com/start.html) is an Australian gothic-doom band that uses classical music influences well. You have to click through a lot of logos to get to their site, but the music is well-worth listening to, if you enjoy goth metal like I do.

You can do some searching of your own at firestream.net/ (http://www.firestream.net/).

[Cooknn]

I fooled myself into thinking Creed was mainstream "Christian" rock - even though they never would admit it (sort of OT I guess since it's not really Metal). Anyways, then the truth about Scott Stapp came out - referring to himself as 'The King' while getting a blow job on tape with Kid Rock. Funny, he sang that there was only one King :rolleyes:

[zelmo]

King's X.

Accept. No. Substitutes.

[Fezwick]

Still Remains is some pretty good christian metal. Metalcore to be exact.

They're on iTunes. Link (http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?id=61314257&s=143441).

[ejb190]

The heaviest I have ever gotten into is POD. But they probably fall under Hard Rock as opposed to Metal.

[Mac til death]

Living Sacrifice - Reject, Enthroned 98

Zao - Repressed, Skin Like Winter

StrongArm - Advent of a Miracle

Extol - Inferno

Point of Recognition - No One Gets Out Alive

Hopesfall - Shines Through, The Broken Heart of a Traitor

Blindside - Empty Box, Replay

Six Feet Deep - Purify

Get a copy of Spitfire's album The Dead Next Door.... my fav. album for grind/metal, their slideshow whiplash ep was pretty good, but their new stuff blows... sad but true.

[yg17]

I don't touch it with a 10 foot pole. I love metal, but not when preaching gets involved.

[NATO]

I don't touch it with a 10 foot pole. I love metal, but not when preaching gets involved.

Amen :p

[XNine]

What about DC Talk guyzzzzzz? And Carmen? WHAT ABOUT CARMEN?!

And there is no such think as Christian Punk. Anyone who claims so shall be punished by the laws of rock and roll.

[chris200x9]

What about DC Talk guyzzzzzz? And Carmen? WHAT ABOUT CARMEN?!

And there is no such think as Christian Punk. Anyone who claims so shall be punished by the laws of rock and roll.

true... there is music labeled christian punk but its really not punk at all

[BananaForce]

I'm an ole skool fella who has always enjoyed the sounds of "Mortal"

When I heard "Demon Hunter" I was very pleased. The two bands have their differences and do not sound a like, however the both have that same extra something that makes them cooler then the rest.

Maybe it is because neither are ashamed to play with tracks and/or sample loops.

Rock On!

[skibob1027]

As I Lay Dying, Blindside, Project 86, and Demon Hunter are all really good hard Christian rock bands.

I also like some of the not-so-hard Christian rock, as well - Switchfoot, Bleach, Third Day, etc.

[Demon Hunter]

Thanks for all the great recommendations! :) I thought this thread was dead.

[trainguy77]

There is also fireproof. They are kind of like POD.

[Sirus The Virus]

King's X.

Accept. No. Substitutes.
I'll second you with Kings X, they're pretty awesome.

[CorvusCamenarum]

http://i57.photobucket.com/albums/g239/sabaat/stryper777.jpg




Stryper were pretty cool back in the day!!!!


oh wait....no they weren't.....:p

Why are they dressed like bumblebees?

[quigleybc]

Why are they dressed like bumblebees?



......Christian bumblebees...:p

[dsharits]

I recommend you check out Disciple (http://www.disciplerocks.com/).

[seabass069]

Stryper was and still is the most powerful band in heavy metal christian rock. They have a recent new cd which rocks. They still tour and do shows at churches and arenas. If they aren't the greatest heavy metal christian band, then why are we still talking about them and watching their shows 20 years later?

[gloss]

Man, there aren't nearly enough mentions of Stavesacre in this thread.

Rock, not metal, but good rock. Great rock, even. By any standard.

[jdechko]

12 Stones is a pretty good Christian Rock band.

Building 429 is a bit harder than what most stations here in Atlanta would lead you to believe. They're not metal by any means, but still a good Christian Rock band. I saw them along with Casting Crowns. Can't beat free tickets.

[Scynetic]

Demon Hunter, Living Sacrice, August Burns Red, Zao, Becoming the Archetype, Still Remains....All great bands.

[usclaneyj]

some good posi-core: With Honor

as for christian metal/metalcore/etc:

As I Lay Dying

A Life Once Lost

Underoath (sometimes)

Saved By Grace (broken up i think.. it'd be hard to find anything by these guys. they weren't very big.)

As Cities Burn

Haste The Day

The Chariot (ex-Norma Jean singer)

Beloved (R.I.P... man, what a great band.)

Sinai Beach

Hopesfall (sometimes)

[bowens]

I like Blindside, Project 86, Day of Fire, 12 Stones...

[Dillenger]

I guess I'll show my age here, but Resurrection Band (Rez) from Chicago, Petra, which wasn't really a heavy metal band, but I loved to hear Greg X Volz hit those high notes. From the south (Atlanta) I really enjoyed Mylon Lefever and Broken Heart. Although I ocassionally listen to Christian Music (I'm still in full time ministry) my tastes have changed to Smooth Jazz most of the time, and back to my pre-Christian days, The Moody Blues, The Police, Saga, Asia and the 70's early 80's stuff.

[D0ct0rteeth]

I built the website for http://eternalbooksmusic.com/

and they have christian metal on there all the time. Pillar is fairly good, but I really havent listened to much of it, other than the mp3's on the site.

- Doc

[redAPPLE]

I don't touch it with a 10 foot pole. I love metal, but not when preaching gets involved.

halleluja! ;)

kidding aside, i believe (no pun intended) there are great "christian metal" bands.

but the term christian metal just made my day. i should tell my mom about them.

[dkbwarrior@char]

I don't touch it with a 10 foot pole. I love metal, but not when preaching gets involved.

There really isn't much if any preaching from these kind of bands. They simply happen to be christians in a band singing from their personal world view which is reflected in their liyrics like any other artist.

If by preaching you mean you don't like music which reflects a world view then you would have to not listen to music at all.

Of course, if you mean that you don't want to hear about God, but satan and murder is OK, then you probably want to stick to the secular arena.

[azzurri000]

I loooove Underoath! I'm also a big fan of Anberln (http://www.purevolume.com/anberlin), another Christian rock group, but they're not metal.

[Felldownthewell]

I don't touch it with a 10 foot pole. I love metal, but not when preaching gets involved.

See, I dislike metal AND preaching, so I don't even think about touching period. Not that I hate it or the people who listen to it, it just isn't my thing. I listen to lots of techno, and many, many people dislike/do not understand it.

I guess the reason I don't like metal is that it is hard for me to listen to- I love nirvana, but not their early, grinding stuff; I just can't listen to it. It isn't too loud, just the combination of screaming and throat-bleeding vocals plus sludgeguitar and pounding, seizurific drums makes me edgy and irritable.

The religion part- I don't like it only because I am Jewish- I would hate jewish metal as well- but music and religion are two things I don't think should be mixed- like drinking and driving- fun on their own, but put them together and you get a terrible result.

I didn't mean to ***** on the thread, and feel free to respond to any of my points, I am not critisizing or making fun of you (you being the christian-metal-listeners of the thread); I respect your choice, but I just thought I would throw my own feelings out there.

[Fotograffiti]

I'm more of a "lite Christian music" type of person. Casting Crowns, Kutless, Pillar, etc. Demon Hunter is a VERY good group.

I was wondering if anyone was going to list Pillar. I was really blown away not hearing Christian rock in awhile and then stumbling onto their music. They have alot of really good songs.

[Stampyhead]

Ha ha, while I'm reading this the "Faith + 1" episode of South Park is on TV.
Kyle: "Cartman, you don't know anything about Christianity."
Cartman: "I know enough to exploit it."

[MacNut]

Im sorry but you can't have Christian and Metal in the same sentence. Metal is meant to be hard and dark and evil, Nothing about religious rock comes close.:rolleyes:

[azzurri000]

Ha ha, while I'm reading this the "Faith + 1" episode of South Park is on TV.
Kyle: "Cartman, you don't know anything about Christianity."
Cartman: "I know enough to exploit it."

I am a huge South Park fan, and that is one of my favourite episodes! Love love love it:D

Im sorry but you can't have Christian and Metal in the same sentence. Metal is meant to be hard and dark and evil, Nothing about religious rock comes close.:rolleyes:

I don't listen to Christian rock for its religious value, and I am not religious anymore for that matter either, but I know enough about Catholicism to say that it does deal a lot with evil... the story of the fallen angel, getting forgiven for sins, temptation etc. etc. If anything, in my opinion, catholicism is a method of controlling one's inner-evil, so how is Christian metal a contradiction?

[buryyourbrideau]

Hopesfall (sometimes)
you cant even be serious.

anyways. hardcore died when earth crisis broke up.

[faustfire]

The best christian rocker of all time is easily GG Allen.

To bad he died, but he's up there partying with jesus as we speak.

[dead phish head]

underOATH, Pillar, Kutless, Skillet, As I Lay Dying, Dead Poetic, and Thousand Foot Krutch are all great christian metal bands....Along with The Black Dahlia Murder (j/k)

[demajr]

The best christian rocker of all time is easily GG Allen.

To bad he died, but he's up there partying with jesus as we speak.

I know I will get slammed for this - but God and Rock belong together about as much as God and Government.
To each their own I guess...

The story of GG Allin:

He was born as Jesus Christ...


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GG_Allin

[nitynate]

:D :D :D


Best genre ever!

Have you ever been to a christian hardcore concert?


Its INSANE!!!!



There is this sweet local band
http://www.myspace.com/voicingtheunseenband


Also, The Devil Wears Prada is a pretty awesome christian hardcore band.
Drop Dead Gorgeous as well.

[adamerr]

The Devil Wears Prada :D

finally.
hardcore is probs better than Metal
no offence.

[rhett7660]

Not really my genre... but there was one band about 10 years ago that freaking rocked. They were called Believer. I don't know if they are still together or not... great freaking band.

[CMD is me]

Honestly, just don't get it. The "music" seems angry. Can see Jesus listening to metal... maybe if He were hanging out with His metal friends, I guess ; )

[rockosmodurnlif]

There really isn't much if any preaching from these kind of bands. They simply happen to be christians in a band singing from their personal world view which is reflected in their liyrics like any other artist.
...
I thought I as the only one who realized this. They're writing lyrics about what they know and playing music they enjoy. No different from Motley Crue or Black Sabbath.

Like anyone would know they were Christian, half these new bands growl through the lyrics when they're not getting drowned out by the double-bass anyway.

[leishan]

Disciple, Pillar and Seventh Day Slumber are a few good ones to check out.

[MotleyPete]

Most Sunday afternoons I like to wear goat leggings and sit on a throne of skulls whilst whatching devil chicks writhe in lust as I and sip virgins blood from an obsidian chalice.

So, Christian rock doesn't go over at all well with me.

[rockosmodurnlif]

Most Sunday afternoons I like to wear goat leggings and sit on a throne of skulls whilst whatching devil chicks writhe in lust as I and sip virgins blood from an obsidian chalice.

So, Christian rock doesn't go over at all well with me.
What do you do Sunday mornings?

[MotleyPete]

What do you do Sunday mornings?

Shopping, mow the lawn, trim my horns. That kinda thing.