Christian rock
Praise band genre
Christian rock is rock music with lyrics expressing Christian faith or values.
The genre emerged in the 1970s as an alternative to secular rock, ranging from soft acoustic styles to heavy metal.
Some bands play explicitly for worship contexts; others simply incorporate religious themes into mainstream rock sound.
They grew up listening to Christian rock bands like Switchfoot and Skillet.
Christian rock band
- P.O.D.Payment at delivery
- MercyMeExclamation expressing astonishment
- PetraRock-carved Jordanian ruins
- festivalOrganized public celebration
concert · tour · youth group · testimony · outreach
Expression of approval
- hymnsReligious songs of worship
- psalmsReligious songs of praise
- devotionDeep, loyal commitment
- adorationProfound loving regard
reverence · altar · sacred · holy · spiritual · glory · ministry · sanctuary
Of the present age
- alternativeAnother available choice
- indieProduced outside majors
- popFizzy drink, regionally
- metalHard conductive solid
punk · hardcore · screamo · emo · grunge · crossover · fusion · progressive
Sacred choral tradition
- salvationDeliverance from harm
- graceEffortless beauty of motion
- redemptionRecovery or moral restoration
- scriptureSacred religious writings
testimony · resurrection · evangelism · discipleship · baptism · prayer · righteousness · sanctification
Fretted stringed instrument
- drumsStruck membrane instruments
- bassDeep pitch or fish
- amplifierSignal-strengthening electronic device
- distortionTwisting from original state
riff · anthem · ballad · acoustic · electric · keyboard · vocals · harmony
Arousing drive or hope
- hopefulFeeling positive expectation
- encouragingGiving confidence or hope
- motivationalEncouraging effort or ambition
- empoweringGiving authority or confidence
upbeat · joyful · positive · comforting · reassuring · optimistic · heartening · affirming
Skillet
Christian rock band
festival · concert · tour · youth group · testimony · outreach
praise
Expression of approval
adoration · reverence · altar · sacred · holy · spiritual · glory · ministry · sanctuary · congregation
contemporary
Of the present age
- alternativeAnother available choice
- indieProduced outside majors
- popFizzy drink, regionally
metal · punk · hardcore · screamo · emo · grunge · crossover · fusion · progressive · new-wave
gospel
Sacred choral tradition
- salvationDeliverance from harm
- graceEffortless beauty of motion
- redemptionRecovery or moral restoration
scripture · testimony · resurrection · evangelism · discipleship · baptism · prayer · righteousness · sanctification · messiah
guitar
Fretted stringed instrument
- drumsStruck membrane instruments
- bassDeep pitch or fish
- amplifierSignal-strengthening electronic device
distortion · riff · anthem · ballad · acoustic · electric · keyboard · vocals · harmony · chorus
inspirational
Arousing drive or hope
- hopefulFeeling positive expectation
- encouragingGiving confidence or hope
- motivationalEncouraging effort or ambition
empowering · upbeat · joyful · positive · comforting · reassuring · optimistic · heartening · affirming · triumphant
- Christian MusicMercyMe, worship music, praise music, CCM, worship songs
- Modern ChristianityVatican II, ecumenism, evangelicalism, liberation theology, Billy Graham
- American ChristianityBaptists, Methodists, Presbyterians, Lutherans, Episcopalians
- American ProtestantismBaptist, Methodist, Presbyterian, Lutheran, Episcopalian
- Evangelicalismevangelicalism, born again, born-again, evangelists, evangelist
- Modern Religionevangelicalism, fundamentalism, Pentecostalism, New Age, Scientology
Christian rockshock rock
Music built on transgression
Marilyn Manson · punk rock · hardcore punk · gangsta rap · death metal
rock, rocky, rocks, rocking, bedrock, rocked, Christian, Christianity, rockslide