I've seen a ton of threads here talking about various Christian bands in a variety of genres (ex: Christian Rock Bands, Christian Metal Bands, Chants, Classical Music, etc.) but I'm a bit curious as to what if anything you guys listen to that's not explicitly Christian. I mean, not to be that guy, but while I do love a lot of Christian bands, a lot of it is admittedly cringe to me and I kind of have to be in the mood for it. I love hymns and classical, but contemporary Christian music is… iffy.
To start, I was born and raised on Rock of all kinds, but nowadays I tend to stick to Punk, Metal, and Hardcore With RAC bands as a sort of guilty pleasure. My all time favorite band is the Ramones, followed closely by Motörhead. I have aspirations of starting a band with christian themes, as well as secular social critique someday tbh. Johnny Ramone is a massive inspiration to me (pic related) I'm not super into the scene nowadays because of college, but I still keep the dress and attitude for the most part.
Thought's, comments, your preferences, etc…. IDK Just kinda winging it with this thread.
I enjoy some classic metal, it’s generally more upbeat.
Bentley Sullivan
Since metal got stale after all these years I'm now listening more to 80's music, atmospheric black metal and Faith No More. I recently downloaded Joji's album BALLADS 1, pretty nice. Now listening to this, thanks to the internet's busiest music nerd. As for "you probably wouldn't even know them" look for KEYGEN CHURCH on Bandcamp.
Kayden Adams
(checked) I like to sing songs that are great in karaoke. Embed related is my personal favorite. Really, anything with an upbeat tune and isn't too degenerate.
Also, the big band era (think Frank Sinatra, Johnny Mercer, Louis Armstrong, Aretha Franklin, Bobby Darin, etc) songs tend to be more wholesome than what you would get today.
Nicholas Roberts
I think that the best christian band is Kansas, as the lyrics have christian tones, and the music itself is fantastic, even if you aren't a fan of progressive rock. I highly recommend it.
Hudson Bell
Underoath, at least the older albums are considered Christian Metal/Rock.
The album “Conformicide” by Havok is pretty based. I think spiritually productive also. Good for the gym, etc. very solid thrash.
Jason Cruz
Also, there is almost endless supply of things on revelation type theme. Here’s a solid jam from a Testament . Lyrics Completely Christian.
Cameron Thomas
Here’s one from Manowar.
Caleb Turner
here’s another Savatage - Devastation
Jason Gutierrez
Trouble - Revelation (life or death) That whole album (Psalm 9) is pretty good
Anthony Phillips
Here is the title track from that album Lyrics: The Lord shall endure forever For he hath prepared his throne for judgment And they that know thy name will put thy trust in thee For thou Lord have not forsaken those that seek thee I will praise thee O Lord I will sing praise in thy name Don't forget the cry of the humble Have mercy on me Put them in fear O Lord That the nations may know Let them realize they are just men, just men Thou hast rebuked the heathen Thou hast destroyed the wicked Won't forget the cry of the humble Have mercy on me Put them in fear O Lord That the nations may know Let them realize they are just men, just men The Lord shall endure forever For he hath prepared his throne for judgment And they that know thy name will put thy trust in thee For thou Lord have not forsaken those that seek thee Put them in fear O Lord That the nations may know Let them realize they are just men, just men The Lord will be a refuge For the oppressed A refuge in times of trouble We are not holy men But at least we try Try to serve as best we can Sometimes I'd like to die Why must you be so angry Treat each other wrong The poor will not be forgotten God loves us all
Gabriel King
All of those bands are fakes and sold out. I only listen to Jesus Christ.
John Green
I grew up listening to skate punk and moved to heavy metal as I got older. However it became clear that 90% of these bands are fueled by Satanic influence. I am frequently tempted to listen to these bands and play their music when I pickup an instrument, just as I am sometimes tempted to look at porn sometimes. I know its wrong and try not to do it.
Lolz. That song is okay though. It’s basically just revelation 6 Lyrics: Above the wreckage of your mortal world I stand Judgement passed delivered by his hand Now clear the smoke, there the ashes stand A fitting tribute to mortality and man. What was written foretold in dreams, In visions apocalypse now seen. And all self-righteous fools who lived and blasphemed Drink the wine of his anger Die with the beast Vindication, he is coming on the clouds See his angels, hear their trumpets sound. The day of anger when the stars fall from the sky The moon turns red, the sun turns black as night. Know the end is coming, heed this sign By the morning star the four horsemen ride. Revelation, the chosen saved Earth be cleansed in a blaze Armageddon, the first trumpet blows Hail, fire and blood fall on Satan's throne. His hair as white as wool, his eyes like burning flame He is the first and last, he brings the seven plagues Seven stars of seven cities in his hand He holds the keys of death for the underworld and man Know the end is coming, heed this sign By the morning star he four horsemen ride Revelation, the chosen saved Earth be cleansed in a blaze Armageddon, the first trumpet blows Hail, fire and blood fall on Satan's throne. Revelation, the chosen saved Earth be cleansed in a blaze Armageddon, the first trumpet blows Hail, fire and blood fall on Satan's throne.
Gabriel Richardson
They have a ton of blasphemous songs, but this is the one I had in mind. Anyways, you should stop listening to Pedowar.
Lyrics: Slowly crossing as the river runs below Never stopping for what's waiting soon will show And this last time looking back, I'll see my home For he awaits me, reaching for my soul
He calls my name and waves me on The fallen one, he stands in flame
Well, the life that he has given Full of riches and success has a price That I made good in blood to pay And the light he now is showing To guide my every footstep is insurance If I falter on my way
And what God has now forsaken And man has never seen Are the riches of the underworld below All my years of earthly pleasures Gave support unto the bridge I now cross it giving him my soul
Dark lord, I summon thee Demanding the sacred right to burn in Hell Ride up on Hell's hot wind Face one more evil than thou Take my lustful soul Drink my blood as I drink yours Impale me on the horns of death Cut off my head, release all my evil Lucifer is king, praise Satan
Logan Sanders
I’m not arguing with you, I know what else they sing.
Aiden Jenkins
Eh, to be honest the only metal band I kinda like is Sabaton, but even their music is full of heresy. Also, it is severely cringeworthy for grown men to wear band t-shirts.
Thomas Stewart
I do take issue with your interpretation though. It’s not “evil” automatically because it says those things. For instance, it is also important and very spiritually productive, I think, to recognize that we ourselves as Christian /are/ essentially “summoning Satan” to the earth, and proclaiming our allegiance to him / verifying his rule over us each time we sin. And for the same reason, I think it is also important to recognize that our “old selves” are essentially satans tools, and then shedding them and the new body given by the grace of Christ emerging out from the old Satan body and “converting” my old Satan self into the new Christanon self. A lot of the supposedly satanic things in metal genres play around with the sort of esoteric meaning of the “demon within me” type of thing — and I personally think that is very soeoruakky oroductive , to keep thst in the forefront of my mind that my old body self is the one that I want to burn in hell to be purified and made Holy for Christ to be able to shine through. anyway not for everyone , I suppose, but I had a long journey through metal for a bit of a whole, and God can be found everywhere. You gotta sometimes get people where they’re at , and you can come out from manowar to the same spiritual truths that can be found everywhere. That’s the thing about spiritual truths, it just is . Anyway most “satanic” people at the actual shows are mostly tongue and cheek. And even if they are not , “contemplation of death/destruction” is imo far more beneficial than contemplation of heaven and blessings. There is a path up that speaks far louder than the path down. I am unconcerned completely, because I already got to the bottom of where that down path leads. There’s an up path, but you won’t see it at all unless you start following it up from where you’re at . Anyway, Christ is the teacher, he guides and teaches us all in different ways, I suppose.
Gavin Campbell
i liek prog rock and idm
Jaxon Cruz
There was so much equivocation and invalid rationalization in your first couple sentences that I couldn't bring myself to read the rest of your post. You need to pray on this and ask for God's guidance rather than find excuses for indulging in your compulsions. Fight the good fight, don't be an apologist for Satan's acolytes because you like the aesthetic.
Landon Davis
Eh… When music has heretical lyrics or just lyrics I disagree with I tend to just block out the actual meaning of the words and just focus on lyrical flow. That's how I still listen to Skrewdriver Neo-Nazi Band even after my political/moral views changed.
The whole point of this thread was to acknowledge musical talent outside of our clique, as well as sort of indirectly address faith/life balance. I'd love it if the world were all totally on board with Christianity, and I'd love to sit here all day and pretend like my entire life is nothing but spirituality, but that's just not the case.
Also, a lot of the people on this board, if not most of us are converts rather than Cradle-Christians. I mean… we're on Zig Forums. That kind of says a lot about the type of people we are. I'm on this board because I don't fit in with "normal" Christians. This sort of stuff is part of that. I think it's healthy to open up and talk about these kinds of things since we're such a weird faction in the Christian community.
Aaron King
In retrospect, the choice of Antisocial was ironically fitting for what I was talking about… just thought it was funny.
Never heard of them until right now… will check out though.
Charles Johnson
Yeah uhhhh not sure how posting a band I'm a fan of is trolling, but ok buddy.
Carson Reyes
Well given you haven't made the best case for yourself.
However, given the contents of such a totally serious post, I think you'd probably like Skrewdriver.
Leo Rogers
I didn't know making tongue in cheek posts was trolling either. I know who Skrewdriver are. They have some OK songs but a little too white supremacist for me.
Daniel Reyes
Smooth jazz and Soft Rock/R&B of the mid 70's to mid 80's; 70's and 80's pop in general. Electronic music (particularly late 90s/early 2000s Deep House, Chillout/Lounge, Ambient/Illbient etc., Chillhop/lo-fi hip hop, modern takes on 90s EDM by the likes of Lone and Hello Meteor, Vaporwave,Future Funk, Synthwave, 80's revival stuff, etc.) Traditional pop/Great American Songbook era stuff,etc.
Adrian Gonzalez
Also, mini-rant/soapbox:
I hate how much like the term Techno degenerated into a generic umbrella term for all EDM in the early 90's, Deep House has degenerated into an umbrella term for "whatever is the generic/middle of the road/mainstream club house sound being pushed at the moment." Vid related: what Deep House should sound like.
Noah Martinez
Bamping thread with other favorite song
Jackson Jackson
I like the cut of your jib, good sir.
Nolan Jenkins
Bumping with some non-metal /mu/sic.
Adam Myers
Thank you gentlemanon, have a Vera Lynn embed
Apart of me misses FilthyFrank but, after listening to this, I'm glad he became Joji now.
Zachary Lewis
where do "normal" Christians hang out on the internet, I have but one Christian friend irl
Reddit, Facebook, Forums… normalfag parts of the internet. I mean, there's prayer groups/youth groups. I have acquaintances from my Newman center but I wouldn't really say we're "friends". We can talk about spirituality together and have some casual conversation, but that's about as far as it goes. Plus, they all have a very beginner level understanding of spirituality and church history because most of them are cradle Catholics. I get along better with the director of the group than I do the actual members. My only good friends are agnostic.
Tyler Price
BTW, I'm OP, I just switched computers.
Gabriel Rivera
Given how political discussions usually go here, I think Zig Forums would like Anti-Heros. One of my faves, even though they're inactive:
