Christian metal
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Relient K...Christian rock and featured lyrics with a wide range of pop-culture references. Cushman left later that year to join the Christian metal band Narcissus. Brett Schoneman of Christian rock band Philmore filled in temporarily, followed by... In this article: Relient K, Matt Thiessen, Dave Douglas, Switchfoot, Matt Hoopes, Two Lefts Don't Make a Right...but Three Do, Christian rock, The Bird and the Bee Sides, Brian Pittman, and Five Score and Seven Years Ago |
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Wikipedia | October 30, 2009
King's X
...on it and King's X stuck . Whether the band's name was intended as a Christian reference or not, the band members themselves have resisted being identified as a Christian metal or Christian rock band. Although many of their early...
In this article: King's X, Doug Pinnick, Ty Tabor, Jerry Gaskill, Sneak Preview, Out of the Silent Planet, Living Colour, King's X, and Springfield
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MTV News | September 19, 2008
MTV Multiplayer » Christian Metal Band Stryper Coming To Christian Clone Of 'Guitar Hero' In 2009
...Righteousness" and one of their albums is called To Hell With The Devil) b) There aren't really any other "Christian metal" acts that immediately spring to mind. And (primarily) Of course, if you've played "Guitar Praise" - which...
In this article: Stryper, Multiplayer, MTV, Christian rock, Honestly, Hollywood Records, Pride, and To Hell with the Devil
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HM (magazine)
...also represent "Hard Music". Despite name and format changes over its history, the magazine's spiritual focus remains identifiably Christian, as it follows both the Christian rock and the Christian metal movement. Bands' sales usually rose...
In this article: HM, P.O.D., Christianity, Stryper, Christian rock, Jesus Christ, and Kerrang!
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Jesus movement
...right and the Christian left. Jesus music, which grew out of the movement, greatly influenced contemporary Christian music, helping to create various musical subgenres such as Christian rock and Christian metal. The terms Jesus movement and...
In this article: Jesus, Chuck Smith, God, Christian rock, Christianity, and Duane Pederson
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Undercover (band)
...(band) Formed in the early 1980s by Joey "Ojo" Taylor in southern California, Undercover brought a new sound to the Contemporary Christian Music scene that differed from the Christian rock and Christian metal bands of the time. Through...
In this article: Undercover, Ojo Taylor, Jesus, Christian rock, California, and Pontius Pilate
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KLYT
...program and others. Perhaps the most popular show in this lineup, Light as a Rock, was launched by Pete McConnell in the summer of 1988 as an outlet for Christian heavy metal, thrash and alternative music. This show became the bane of...
In this article: KLYT, Albuquerque, New Mexico, Christian rock, Rock, and New Mexico
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Resurrection Band
...was no longer the dominant force in Christian rock; instead, Stryper had burst onto the scene in all their yellow-and-black glory, bringing Christian metal to the mainstream with To Hell with the Devil in 1986 , which sold millions of...
In this article: Resurrection Band, REZ, Christian rock, P.O.D., Lament, MTV, Van Halen, Glenn Kaiser, Jesus People USA, and Crimes
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Christian metal is a form of heavy metal music which, as well as its many subgenres, contains Christian lyrics and themes.
Christian metal came to existence in the late 1970s Jesus movement, and was pioneered by the American Resurrection Band and Swedish Jerusalem. Los Angeles' Stryper brought the genre into media spotlight during the mid 1980s. The term ”Christian metal” itself was born in 1984, around the time when heavy metal music divided into numerous subgenres. At the same time the secular label Metal Blade Records came up with the term "white metal" in contrast to the rising black metal movement to market the doom metal band Trouble, known for its Biblical lyrics. As a result, "white metal" was used interchangeably with "Christian metal" until the early 1990s when the mainstream popularity of the scene ended and the movement went underground. After that, English-speaking countries (North America, Australia, United Kingdom etc.) and Central and Northern European scenes adopted the "Christian metal" term, while "white metal" remained in use in South America and southwestern Europe. California's Tourniquet and Australia's Mortification led the movement in the 1990s. The metalcore groups Underoath, Demon Hunter, As I Lay Dying, and Norma Jean, dubbed by Revolver Magazine as "the holy alliance," pioneered the music's revival in the 2000s, achieving ranks in the Billboard 200.
- Name:
- Christian metal
- Origin:
- Late 1970s United States and Sweden in Jesus movement
- Stylistic Origins:
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- Heavy metal
- Psychedelic rock
- Christian rock
- Hard rock
- Jesus music
- Blues-rock
- Instruments:
- Electric guitar - Bass guitar - Drums - Keyboards (occasional)
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