Christian metal
Heavenly heavy music
Christian metal is heavy metal music with lyrics expressing Christian faith, themes of spiritual warfare, redemption, or biblical imagery.
The genre emerged in the 1980s as an alternative to metal's often dark or occult associations, spanning subgenres from thrash to death metal: Stryper was one of the first Christian metal bands to achieve mainstream success.
Christian faith's divine son
- GodSupreme spiritual authority
- salvationDeliverance from harm
- crossPass from side to side
- resurrectionRevival from death
gospel · Bible · scripture · redemption · grace · testimony · prayer · discipleship
Twisting from original state
- riffsRepeated melodic figures
- shreddingCutting into thin pieces
- breakdownsSudden failures or collapses
- double-bassLargest bowed string instrument
growling · screaming · amplifiers · headbanging · metalcore · deathcore · thrash · doom
Payment at delivery
- Demon HunterSlayer of evil spirits
- FlyleafBlank page in books
- SkilletChristian rock band
- CornerstoneFoundational element or name
Norma Jean · moshpit · festival · concert · testimony · ministry · outreach
Rejection of prevailing norms
- defianceOpen resistance to authority
- subversionUndermining established authority
- iconoclasmAttacking revered traditions
- contrarianChronic majority-opposer
radical · resistance · alternative · underground · subcultural · outsider · authenticity · rebellion
Jesus
Christian faith's divine son
resurrection · gospel · Bible · scripture · redemption · grace · testimony · prayer · discipleship · evangelism
distortion
Twisting from original state
- riffsRepeated melodic figures
- shreddingCutting into thin pieces
- breakdownsSudden failures or collapses
double-bass · growling · screaming · amplifiers · headbanging · metalcore · deathcore · thrash · doom · melodic
P.O.D.
Payment at delivery
- Demon HunterSlayer of evil spirits
- FlyleafBlank page in books
- SkilletChristian rock band
Norma Jean · Cornerstone · moshpit · festival · concert · testimony · ministry · outreach
nonconformity
Rejection of prevailing norms
- defianceOpen resistance to authority
- subversionUndermining established authority
- iconoclasmAttacking revered traditions
contrarian · radical · resistance · alternative · underground · subcultural · outsider · authenticity · rebellion · dissent
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