Ask Lemmy

Depends what you call Christian music

NF got pretty big for a while, and pretty sure he never swore because of his religion and talked often about Christianity and his faith while promoting the Christian beliefs that are actually in the Bible and admitting his own struggles and overcoming them thru faith and hard work.

That is Christian music to me.

I mean, it's not even really debatable, he's signed to a label exclusively for Christian musical acts.

But music that is explicitly all about Jesus is usually just cashgrabs with zero meaning behind it. It's playing to the low denominator for things where "safe" is the most important part of music.

So, TLDR:

NF

If you're into heavier stuff, Christian metal is generally really fucking good.

As is the theme of the thread, a lot of these bands don't consider themselves "Christian bands", but hey.

August Burns Red - pretty popular, their music has a wide variety of influences in terms of sound but every album but their very first is very solid and consistent imo. Their drums and breakdowns kick ass; listen to "Defender" and "Bloodletter".

Devil Wears Prada - also relatively popular, their style changed a little bit in the more recent years but there are songs on almost every album of theirs that I enjoy. "Sassafras" is a good older song, "Salt" is a good new one.

Silent Planet - probably the most thought out and intentional lyrics you'll find in metal. A majority of their songs include footnotes to every line, indicating what historical event, biblical passage, or other artist's work they're referencing. "Panic Room" and "Northern Fires" are great examples of their sound and message.

Pedro the Lion (like Priests And Paramedics and A Simple Plan), the Sixpence None The Richer album This Beautiful Mess particularly Love, Salvation, the Fear of Death, some of Rich Mullins like much of A Liturgy, a Legacy, & a Ragamuffin Band.

Starflyer 59!!

John Daker is my hero.

Flyleaf and Super chick are great female-lead Christian poprock bands that I still can jam out to today.

old gospel/soul and it's dope as hell.

Slayer, Demon Hunter, Celldweller.

I'm less of a former Christian and more of a thinks-outside-the-box Christian, but I think Mat Kearney is pretty solid regardless of what you believe. Sufjan Stevens is awesome too, but a bit of an aquired taste.

Not christian music per se, but I love Andre Antunes' metal renditions of evangelical preacher speeches. For example:

The Jericho Walls

I Demand with Kenneth Copeland

Unda di Blood

Bonus: Alex Jones and Rage Against The Vaccine

Gregorian chant can be very relaxing in the right moment.

Erica Campbell - I Luh God https://youtu.be/4G5BAQhLzMw

Plus, the entire gospel genre.

Skillet has made some cool stuff, Future of Forestry has made some good Christmas music, and I guess Owl City counts as a Christian band now

Sometimes I stumble upon a random song on Spotify that has a catchy tune, so I save it into a playlist but don't really listen to it until later, and in really hearing the lyrics for the first time, sometimes I'll be like waiting a sec...is this about Jesus/God?

Thousand Foot Krutch, Skillet.

When I was younger I used to listen to Red they has some pretty catchy songs

Honestly some straight up hymns are amazing. The Icelandic Hear Me Smith of Heaven and Russian Do Not Reject Me In My Old Age are my favourites

Run Kid Run for some decent quality pop-punk. Some lyrics more obviously Christian than others.

'Good to Be Alive'

By Geoff Moore and the Distance

I'm somewhere between an Atheist and a pagan. Gregorian chanting is always cool and "Dies irae" is rad.

YouTube

Jesus is My Friend by Sonseed is such a banger!

https://youtu.be/7-NOZU2iPA8

A while back I found a cool song about space on Pandora that's apparently by a Christian band but that song didn't give any evidence of that

Extol's "Burial" is one of the greatest metal albums of all time, IMO

Antestor is another killer Christian metal band.

https://youtu.be/ygr5AHufBN4

I'm a Christian, but found this gem this evening

https://youtu.be/LcTT0o4bgX4

Does Rasta music count? Because that’s technically a Christian belief system.

If you like 70s acoustic folk/rock, the first album from Lazarus has some great stuff. Their harmonies are amazing. "Warmth of Your Eyes" is my favorite.

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