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Many websites and online communities are dedicated to discussions about Christian metal's music, events, and bands. For the first time since Stryper's success in the 1980s, certain Christian metal artists found mainstream acceptance selling millions of albums to both Christian and non-Christian fans, including Underoath and P.O.D.
It emerged in the late 1970s as a means of evangelization to the wider heavy metal music scene and was pioneered by American bands Resurrection Band, Saint, and Barnabas, Swedish bands Jerusalem, and Canadian band Daniel Band. [4] Los Angeles' Stryper achieved wide success in the 1980s. In the mid to late 1980s, extreme metal genres were ...
This article contains links to lists of notable Christian music artists, organized by music genre. Note: Because classifying music by genre can be arbitrary, these groupings are generalized and many artists appear on multiple lists. List of Christian country artists; List of Christian hardcore bands; List of Christian hip hop artists
Those bands appear in the list of Christian metal artists and list of Christian hardcore bands, respectively. The Encyclopedia of Contemporary Christian Music defines contemporary Christian music (CCM) as "music that appeals to self-identified fans of contemporary Christian music on account of a perceived connection to what they regard as ...
Stryper was the first openly Christian heavy metal band to gain recognition in the mainstream music world. [1] Mark Joseph states, " The Yellow and Black Attack was propelled by the group's success in Japan, which was largely due to an endorsement of the band by famed rock critic Masa Itoh , the man who ruled the Japanese hard rock/metal scene ...
This is a list of Christian punk bands, which include all notable Christian bands that fall under the category of punk or one of its subgenres, excluding hardcore genres. Christian hardcore bands are listed on the list of Christian hardcore bands.
Bloodgood was an American Christian metal band that formed in Seattle, Washington, in 1983. [3] By 1988, Bloodgood represented one of the four largest Christian metal bands (excluding the mainstream success of Stryper) alongside Barren Cross, Leviticus, and Whitecross.
Pages in category "American Christian metal musical groups" The following 167 pages are in this category, out of 167 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .