Bach. Anything after that’s pretty cheesy…

Is Skillet a Christian band? They’ve got a couple songs I like.

Monster, Hero…

Sister Christian by Night Ranger. 😉

I used to get down with some Collective Soul.

I always respected that they refused to identify as a Christian rock band. From what I recall their response was something like “We’re a rock band, that happens to be Christian.”

Quite a lot of folk hymnals absolutely slap.

Check the soundtrack for O Brother Where Art Thou?

https://youtu.be/FbwUSOw_7qU

August burns red
The devil wears prada
Underoath
Silent planet
Texas in july
Wolves at the gate
Memphis may fire (some lyrics are cringey though)

Did someone say 80s?

Kyrie, Mister Mister

https://youtu.be/9NDjt4FzFWY

Carol of the Bells

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

Starflyer 59!!

Slayer, Demon Hunter, Celldweller.

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.

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.

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

Plus, the entire gospel genre.

I’m somewhere between an Atheist and a pagan. Gregorian chanting is always cool and “Dies irae” is rad.

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