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Christian metal, which is also known as white metal or heavenly metal, [2] is heavy metal music with a Christian message. Christian metal is regarded more of a concept rather than a genre since it has no specific musical characteristics. [3] It emerged in the late 1970s as a means of evangelization to the wider heavy metal music scene and was ...
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At this point the band's sound underwent a drastic change. Whitecross has won three Dove Awards with Triumphant Return (in 1990) and In the Kingdom (in 1992) winning "Metal Album of the Year" [1] and Come unto the Light from the Unveiled album winning "Hard Music Recorded Song of the Year" at the 25th GMA Dove Awards in 1994. [2]
Aki Särkioja of Immortal Souls, a leading Finnish Christian death metal band. The following is a list of Christian death metal bands. Christian death metal consists of death metal music fused with Christian metal; that is, death metal music with Christian lyrical content, or from bands whose members profess Christianity, or both.
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 ...
Saint is an American Christian metal band, first active in the mid-1980s, releasing their first album Warriors of the Son in 1984. Common themes of Saint's music include hell, evil, and apocalyptic themes such as the End times. [1]
Joshua is a Christian metal band that formed in 1980. [1] The band has re-formed under three names – Joshua, M Pire, and Joshua Perahia – but has remained centered on guitarist Joshua Perahia. Despite being based in Los Angeles , California , they are best known outside of the United States. [ 2 ]
Since that time, the band has played individual gigs throughout the Chicago area and headlined metal festivals in Europe and the U.S. while working on a new album. A concert in Stockholm, Sweden in 2005 produced the live DVD "Trouble – Live in Stockholm" with members Eric Wagner , Rick Wartell, Bruce Franklin , Jeff Olson , and Chuck Robinson.