History Main / ChristianMetal

Several Metal bands such as Attack Attack!, Music/AvengedSevenfold, He Is Legend, Music/KillswitchEngage, Music/{{Pentagram}}, Trouble, Music/{{Candlemass}} and even Music/BlackSabbath have included Biblical themes in their lyrics, but are generally [[NotChristianRock not considered Christian bands]]. Likewise, a few bands such as Music/{{Savatage}} and Music/{{Helloween}} have openly Christian bandmembers and have written several Christian-themed songs but are generally not considered Christian bands.

* Music/{{Red}} (AlternativeMetal, SymphonicMetal, and occasionally NuMetal)

* Music/{{Mortification}}

* Music/{{FitForAKing}} (Metalcore)

* Music/{{WolvesAtTheGate}}
(Metalcore and PostHardcore)

* Music/{{Phinehas}}
(Metalcore)

* Music/WolvesAtTheGate (Metalcore and PostHardcore)

* Music/{{Underoath}}[[note]]The band have since become anti-Christian, with vocalist Spencer Chamberlain's public renunciation of his faith and statement that the band no longer consider themselves Christian, and ''Erase Me'', the band's comeback album, was all but designed to drive away their former Christian audience.[[/note]] (Metalcore and PostHardcore; Early material was a mix of DeathMetal, BlackMetal, and Metalcore)

* Music/LoveandDeath

* Music/{{Underoath}} (Metalcore and PostHardcore; Early material was a mix of DeathMetal, BlackMetal, and Metalcore)

* Music/{{Lament}} (MelodicDeathMetal)

* [[Music/{{Blessthefall}} blessthefall]] ({{Metalcore}} and PostHardcore)

* Music/DemonHunter ({{Metalcore}} , GrooveMetal, and AlternativeMetal)

* Music/{{Disciple}} (originally GrooveMetal; later transitioned to NuMetal)

* Music/{{Extol}} ( TechnicalDeathMetal)

* Music/{{Horde}} ( The UrExample and TropeMaker for Unblack Metal)

* Music/{{Lament}} ( MelodicDeathMetal)

* Music/{{Narnia}} ( PowerMetal)

* Music/ResurrectionBand ( arguably the UrExample, although they were primarily HardRock)

* Music/TheShowdown ( MelodicDeathMetal, DeathMetal, and Metalcore for their early material and GrooveMetal, ThrashMetal, and Southern Metal for their later material)
* Music/SoulEmbraced ( Death Metal and Alternative Metal)

* Music/{{Stryper}} ( Traditional HeavyMetal and HairMetal)

* Music/{{Tourniquet}} ( ThrashMetal and ProgressiveMetal)

* Music/{{Underoath}} ( Metalcore and PostHardcore; Early material was a mix of DeathMetal, BlackMetal, and Metalcore)

* Music/VengeanceRising (reformed as Once Dead after former lead singer Roger Martinez denounced his faith)
* Music/VirginBlack (one of the more controversial Christian Metal bands due to the dark lyrical content of their songs)

Other bands, such as Tourniquet, Deliverance, Vengeance Rising (embodiment of FreakierThanFiction with their history) SaviourMachine, [[https://youtu.be/59ie7eJIPRo Sacred Warrior]] (from nonfictional StepfordSuburbia, FreakierThanFiction played with, and invokes this with Wicked Generation,) Mortal, Sardonyx, Ultimatum (a band full of GenreSavvy,) Circle of Dust, Argyle Park, (IndustrialMetal is introduced and very well received in the wider metalsphere but from Evangelical set InternetBackdraft for not being religious enough or being too dark,) and Australia's Mortification, incorporated a heavier style (this approach invokes InternetBackdraft from the Independent Baptist sects,) and have become staples in the underground Metal scene. At the TurnOfTheMillennium, RapMetal band P.O.D. achieved ranks in the Billboard 200 and frequently appeared on Creator/{{MTV}} alongside their secular peers though Tourniquet, Mortification, and SaviourMachine had toured with their counterparts (controversy ensues with each.)

Since P.O.D.'s success, Christian bands such as Music/{{Underoath}}, ''Norma Jean'' and Music/TheDevilWearsPrada have gained enormous popularity in the burgeoning {{Metalcore}} scene. Tourniquet challenges the riddle that ThrashMetal invokes with their fanbase, AuthorAppeal, as Circle of Dust also invokes this with Industrial Metal, as does Mortal. Generation taps Trouble for Brutal Reality and the core members of the other project invokes PhilipKDick and TwilightZone for audio sampling. Some would try to dismiss some bands as trying to sound dark. They would never guess when one hears Tourniquet they invoke LightIsNotNice, plays with HumiliationConga in A Dog's Breakfast even lampshades FlippingTheBird as some joke is the song that Christian Thrashers blast when they want to give the gesture. Ultimatum had been photographed with thrash luminaries overkill as the [[http://www.nolifetilmetal.com lead singer]] is a Historian.

'''Christian Metal''' is a particularly controversial offshoot of ChristianRock which began in the late 1970s and early 1980s, and has gradually gained popularity since. Basically, any HeavyMetal band with UsefulNotes/{{Christian|ity}}-based lyrics or Christian members can be categorized as this. American bands such as Resurrection Band and Petra are usually credited with pioneering the genre, while Stryper were arguably the first Christian Metal band to garner mainstream attention. Other bands, such as Tourniquet and Australia's Mortification, incorporated a heavier style and have become staples in the underground Metal scene. At the TurnOfTheMillennium, RapMetal band P.O.D. achieved ranks in the Billboard 200 and frequently appeared on Creator/{{MTV}} alongside their secular peers. Since P.O.D.'s success, Christian bands such as Music/{{Underoath}}, ''Norma Jean'' and Music/TheDevilWearsPrada have gained enormous popularity in the burgeoning {{Metalcore}} scene.

Several Metal bands such as Attack Attack!, Music/AvengedSevenfold, He Is Legend, Music/KillswitchEngage, Music/{{Pentagram}}, Trouble, Music/{{Candlemass}} and even Music/BlackSabbath have included Biblical themes in their lyrics, but are generally [[NotChristianRock not considered Christian bands]]. Likewise, a few bands such as Music/{{Savatage}} and Music/{{Helloween}} have openly Christian bandmembers and have written several Christian-themed songs but are generally not considered Christian bands.

* Music/{{Paramaecium}}

* Music/{{Tourniquet}} ( ThrashMetal and ProgressiveMetal

'''Christian Metal''' is a particularly controversial offshoot of ChristianRock which began in the late 1970s and early 1980s, and has gradually gained popularity since. Basically, any HeavyMetal band with UsefulNotes/{{Christian|ity}}-based lyrics or Christian members can be categorized as this. American bands such as Resurrection Band and Petra are usually credited with pioneering the genre, while Stryper were arguably the first Christian Metal band to garner mainstream attention. Other bands, such as Tourniquet and Australia's Mortification, incorporated a heavier style and have become staples in the underground Metal scene. At the TurnOfTheMillennium, RapMetal band P.O.D. achieved ranks in the Billboard 200 and frequently appeared on Creator/{{MTV}} alongside their secular peers. Since P.O.D.'s success, Christian bands such as Music/{{Underoath}}, Music/NormaJean and Music/TheDevilWearsPrada have gained enormous popularity in the burgeoning {{Metalcore}} scene.

* Music/{{Red}} (AlternativeMetal)

Several Metal bands such as Attack Attack!, Music/AvengedSevenfold, He Is Legend, Music/KillswitchEngage, Music/{{Pentagram}}, Trouble, Music/{{Candlemass}} and even Music/BlackSabbath have included Biblical themes in their lyrics, but are generally [[NotChristianRock not considered Christian bands]].