Christian Metal.

I like Believer: http://www.metalmusicarchives.com/believer.aspx?ac=believer. Especially their "Gabriel" album:

^They were perceived as such back in the eighties, but I once read an interview with the band where they stated that it wasn�t true to the extent that they were preaching to people (not that Christian bands necessarily do that). Their lyrics were just written from the point of view of a Christian person.

Edited by UMUR - 26 Jul 2012 at 4:06pm

I always wonder if Soulfly count ?
Also P.O.D ?


They have Chrisitanity related stuff but I don't know if that is enough to make it 'count.'

Is their a sound to it ? Like 'all death vocals, with bagpipes, only ever epically slow guitar solos and never any double kicks'

...or is it just, the band told the audience they are christians ?

I just thought of a really lousy Christian power metal band: Golden Resurrection 

Stryper

Antestor
Crimson Moonlight
Morphia
Virgin Black
Deliverance
Antidemon
Clemency
Slechvalk
Crimson Torn
Frost Like Ashes
Amoz
Narnia
Bride
Oficina G3

Time Signature wrote: Fair enough. So, we're after [[Christian metal] bands] here, and not so much [[Christian] metal bands]. Deliverance and Tourniquet are Christian metal bands in the former sense, right? In any case, some of their stuff is pretty good.

I think that Tourniquet is Christian metal in the latter sense...right? 

Anyway, I always found this label to be troubling as some so-called Christian Metal bands don't want the label, even though they are practicing Christians, with the reason being that although their religion and worldview informs the music, they don't write to evangelize.

Does anyone know any Iranian metal bands? Would you call them Islamic Metal? Does Japanese Metal = Buddhist Metal or Shinto Metal? Does Chinese Metal = Confucian or Communist Metal?

I know that sounds like I'm venting, but I am not. Just curious. Lots of subgenres are questionable in my personal opinion...but even if you don't accept that, you have to admit subgenres based on ideologies are questionable in the way people liberally apply them.

Sheavy wrote: I wasn't really thinking of Christian Metal as a subgenre when I made this thread. Was thinking Metal bands that happen to be Christian.

I wasn't trying to sound harsh or anything.  But I guess since you brought that up, let me ask:

When talking about metal bands that happen to have Christian members, why does it matter (whether or not the person wondering has good or bad intentions)?

I mean, why call them Christian Metal if the music isn't concerned with that modifier (Christian)?


I'm just asking, cause it seems weird to me. That's all.

You mean here?

I hear people talk about Christian Metal as a subgenre all the time! But if most people don't consider it as such, then it all makes more sense to me. Thanks.

...but on a related topic, I personally think that lyrics can be a defining characteristic of genre (not that you see A LOT of it in rock), and if there were groups that sang solely about Christian values (and maybe bible thumped their double-kick rhythms?!) then I would totally consider it a subgenre myself. But if a bunch of Christian guys formed a band, I wouldn't see a reason to label them as a Christian band (like, say, As I Lay Dying).

But, I was under the impression that Christian Metal is a genre, and I guess I still think so. When one thinks of Christian Rock, the defining characteristic is lyric and the intentional evangelical gesture that their music represents. Why not with metal? And if not with metal, why does it matter if the members are Christian?



 

Some favs of mine are Zao, one of the bands that 'founded' metalcore.