Ask Lemmy

August burns red
The devil wears prada
Underoath
Silent planet
Texas in july
Wolves at the gate
Memphis may fire (some lyrics are cringey though)

Quite a lot of folk hymnals absolutely slap.

Check the soundtrack for O Brother Where Art Thou?

https://youtu.be/FbwUSOw_7qU

Doom 2016

Here's a few:

The Creation - Haydn
Requiem - Mozart
Requiem - Verdi
Messiah - Handel
Stabat Mater - Pergolesi
Gloria - Vivaldi
Mass no. 3 in F minor - Bruckner
St Matthew's Passion - Bach

Learned about the band Jars of Clay when they were on MTV as a kid and thought they were pretty neat. Bought a couple albums ad a student. Still listen to them sometimes

I like Flood (more rock), Sad Clown (more chill), and Boy on a String (in between)

Miserere mei, Deus is one of the most beautiful vocal pieces I've ever heard. That descant soprano part is insane.

There's always Calibretto 13 (I copied the name hence the large font). A Christian punk band. I've only heard a couple songs.

I just know of them because at least some of the members (including the guitarist/singer/songwriter aka the frontman) made another band:

Harley Poe

Pretty much the opposite of a Christian band, and I love it (used to be religious long ago). But it's pretty much peak folk/horror punk. Really great music. But like I said....the opposite of Christian music.

Would recommend (their version of) "the hearse song" or "transvestites can be cannibals too" (same album) or "Music for teenagers.

Oh Holy Night is amazing.

Fall on your knees! Hear the angel voices!

Chains he shall break, for the slave is our brother, and in his name all oppression shall cease!

I listen to a lot of classical Music and Handel's Messiah is my favourite concert. You just have to ignore the lyrics. Their pretty propagana-y Best rendition of it IMHO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bR0cEOTpYSk&t=0

Most older gospel is wonderful. Here's a song by an artist you've probably never heard of, because she only released this one single. She had a gorgeous, rich gospel voice, and the record company was all set to promote her as the next Janice Joplin. But she feared the music business would corrupt her soul, so pop music lost a brilliant voice. She's dead now. I like to imagine her cranking out great albums in heaven.

https://youtu.be/Q2G1F8urLtE

Flyleaf and Super chick are great female-lead Christian poprock bands that I still can jam out to today.

Thousand Foot Krutch, Skillet.

Lift to Experience, and meWithoutYou. I don't think either is really evangelizing but they're heavy on the biblical imagery and allusions. And they're both certified hood classics

I like many of the above, but I'll add a couple more

Project 86 The wedding Switchfoot

This As I Lay Dying album https://m.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_nzZIYR7uePQRjKVrHkJiG9jU3pS5dnbg8&playnext=1&index=1

This Phinehas album https://m.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLe3UPCHpSqZli70WbgsAeSB5fdZ6VTWYQ

Pretty much all roots reggae, Wailing Souls, Culture, Buju Banton. Reggae answers the question "what if Christian Rock was cool"

John Daker is my hero.

Sometimes I stumble upon a random song on Spotify that has a catchy tune, so I save it into a playlist but don't really listen to it until later, and in really hearing the lyrics for the first time, sometimes I'll be like waiting a sec...is this about Jesus/God?

When I was younger I used to listen to Red they has some pretty catchy songs

Run Kid Run for some decent quality pop-punk. Some lyrics more obviously Christian than others.

Bach. Anything after that's pretty cheesy...

I'm a former Christian, if that counts.

DC Talk - the album Jesus Freak is peak Christian Rock, but the earlier, hokey rap stuff was fun, too.

Five Iron Frenzy - ska band that I absolutely adored as a teen. Saw them live at a reunion tour a few years ago (as an atheist) and had a great time.

Audio Adrenaline - more Christian Rock, just a good all around band.

Relient K - really fun and melodic punk/alternative. Went more rock than punk over time, but always solid quality. They made one of the better Christmas albums on offer, too.

And just for fun, try singing Amazing Grace to the tune of Gilligan's Island!

Five Iron Frenzy. Christian ska band.

Is Skillet a Christian band? They've got a couple songs I like.

Monster, Hero...

Sister Christian by Night Ranger. 😉

It's not technically a Christian band but Creed has a couple banger songs that are very clearly about God/religion.

If a song slaps a song slaps. I don't care if it slaps while it talkes about something I don't personally believe in. I still listen to all kinds of hardcore rap and I have never done any drugs harder than shrooms or shot anybody.

"Spirit In The Sky" -by Norman Greenbaum (himself Jewish)

I used to get down with some Collective Soul.

I always respected that they refused to identify as a Christian rock band. From what I recall their response was something like "We're a rock band, that happens to be Christian."

Did someone say 80s?

Kyrie, Mister Mister

https://youtu.be/9NDjt4FzFWY

P.O.D. - Satellite and earlier albums.

Seeking the Wise still makes it onto my rock playlists.

Depends what you call Christian music

NF got pretty big for a while, and pretty sure he never swore because of his religion and talked often about Christianity and his faith while promoting the Christian beliefs that are actually in the Bible and admitting his own struggles and overcoming them thru faith and hard work.

That is Christian music to me.

I mean, it's not even really debatable, he's signed to a label exclusively for Christian musical acts.

But music that is explicitly all about Jesus is usually just cashgrabs with zero meaning behind it. It's playing to the low denominator for things where "safe" is the most important part of music.

So, TLDR:

NF