Christian Jesus Metal

[Tori <3]

Considering Black Sabbath were a Christian band...

[Kong Ye De]

To be completely honest, I mean, I know it's been said before and it'll probably be said again, but the fact is that music that is really ostentatiously religious, to the point of evangelizing, is almost invariably ill-conceived trash as far as the actual music part goes. and there's a good reason for that: if the aim of it was simply to get out a preachy message, then that entails that the aim was not to create any compelling piece of music.

evangelical music is, as expected, usually generic and insipid in its instrumental/melodic/harmonic content. if you know you're 99.99% (maybe 100%) likely to encounter that, then why not turn your nose up to it?

[Major Disaster]

Amen. Probably God is even displeased.

[Hdm]

It having Christian themes doesn't change the sound of the actual music. You wouldn't dislike Iron Maiden if they had Christian lyrics, would you?

[Macy]

when the only way to be a musician was to compose music for the king (who ruled through divine right / appointed by god) or the church, you did what they said when it came to composing. if the powers that be decided a chord progression wasn't acceptable they made sure it wasn't used. after all, they were interested in making sacred music, not secular.

to act as if the church didn't have significant control over society in the middle ages is even more ludicrous than the idea that a note is too dark to be used in music.

[lealovebiteâ„¢]

I have no problem with all the satanic imagery, just as long as it doesn't shape the quality of the music or take away from it.

[Phat]

Slow Train Coming was an amazing album, but his is the exception, not the rule when it comes to overtly Christian music. Norma Jean is a great christian metal band IMO.

[BrєakEvєn.]

First of all drop the homophobia
Secondly stop posting that link in every post you make , you already have a promotion thread about it.

[stained sports mom]

I suppose Black Sabbath were into all that, not massively though. The earliest i can think is Led Zeppelin played backwarRAB
I'm thinking probs late 80's/early 90's.

[bloodsucker_023]

I don't even like metal and I can name several. UnderOATH, As I Lay Dying, The Chariot, Life in your Way, August Burns Red, Gwen Stacy, Bloody Sunday, xdeathstarx, Still Remains, At the Throne of Judgment, Maylene and the Sons of Disaster, Bloodlined Calligraphy, Haste the Day, Blessed By a Broken Heart, Zao, Demon Hunter and of course Stryper.

Aside from metal I find it kind surprising you don't know many especially with Reliant K and Switchfoot getting so big recently. Them aside there's KiRAB in the Way, Emery, Flyleaf, Anberlin, P.O.D., Stellar Kart, Hawk Nelson and "country" music generally promises christian values and sometimes even just christanity. Christianity is pretty popular in music and there's always going to be banRAB popping up with that kind of message to appeal to the kiRAB. If you don't know any you're just not looking around.