Why Christian Metal Makes the Best Worship Music 

My favorite Christian metal band is Tourniquet I also like 4 Vengeance Rising I've been looking for a list of similar bands is there a website I could go to

I also noticed that the lyrics in Christian metal tend to be much deeper and more thought provoking than a large majority of modern contemporary Christian songs you hear on the radio. Or maybe the messages in the metal songs come across with more purpose because of the intensity of delivery. I know it’s definitely impacted my life in a positive way. Great video dude.

I'm a freshman at a Christian college and I'm giving a speech defending Christian Metal. This video is a very helpful resource for me to quote and cite. Thank you, Josiah.

Christian metal has the potential to embody God even more than popular worship music. True. I’ve believed that for a long time. In fact, I’ve almost stopped listening to popular Christian music. Theocracy, Wolves at the Gate, Demon Hunter, HB - all these are amazing bands - putting the Christian worldview in poetic perfection.

I was finally saved in my early 30s. But in high school I fell in love with several Christian metalcore and metal bands (I still love the bands’ Christian albums to this day). Some of my favorite songs by those bands were the more outwardly Christian songs (Chorus of Angels by Haste the Day is still one of my favorite songs of all time). Even though I wasn’t a Christian yet, those songs really moved something in my heart. Now that I am a Christian, those songs mean even more to me. ✝️🙏🏻

This!!!! This was power bro!!!! Amen. Spot on, I was jammining all consuming fire from War of ages and seemingly happy and in a vibey mood, next thing I broke into tears of admiration and thankfulness that God had given me an outlet again through music, always been a metal fan, but never indulged in christian metal. Since giving my life "again" last year to October after many years of backsliding, I have been searching deep to try find myself. Being able to jam air guitar whilst calling for The Holy Spirits All Consuming Fire, a sudden rush of appreciation and ugh I dont even know came over me, and I realised, I am called to do this, promote it, To speak to a new generation of kids, teenagers and adults to be inspired by the Word through Christian metal!

So cool to find another Christian RU-vidr who likes metal!! I enjoyed your take on this, you brought up points I've never thought of before, like how dark things get in the Bible haha. Thanks for the encouragement dude!

God always answers my petitions and prayers perfectly. I asked God to reveal new sources of inspiration to ignite my spirit helping me stay encouraged in the warfare against myself along with what the world brings. There is a time and place for everything, but Sunday church worship occasionally leaves me wanting. The raw intensity of Christ following bands is what fuels me, and uplifts me, dealing with the extremes of pressures going on inside of me. "J", I am incredibly glad I was led to your channel after my morning worship starting this new day. I feel the Holy Spirit pouring over me, and it is even more well with my soul. "Subscribed"!!!

I discovered Christian metal a few years ago and it's now a permanent fixture in my Sunday playlist. I love the rawness and deepness of it, which is a welcomed answer to the shallow, pillowy mainstream Christian music that's cranked out at nauseum.

I think HolyName are also another great example. Some good points in your video! I can also personally say, that heavy worship really brings me to my knees and drives truth much harder. I often think of how all creation was made for His glory and worship, from the whisper of the wind to the earth shaking erupting volcano. Jesus said ‘even the stones would cry out’ For me, worship music in the form of Metal is often deeper, bolder, harder and more truth filled. 🙌🏻

Greetings from Dubai I'm an old school Christian metal head - Tourniquet, Mortification, Living Sacrifice, Deliverance , Believer and Ofcourse Stryper etc etc while I do listen and enjoy modern Christian bands like Zao, Demon hunter, AILD (debatable haha) Impending Doom and the like I think lyrically the 80's/90's was much more evangelistic and yes Worship in nature

Right on. The bible ain't pg. Its rated x.

I am almost positive there have been souls won to Christ from listening to metal or rap💪 It's how we worship, with spirit and truth!!

Brother, you got it right. I really like your point on the counterculture element. That's definitely among the top reasons why Christian Metal as worship works for me, right after biblically sound lyrics in a lot of bands, especially DH, and, well, just the sound of it. Thank you for some of the recommendations here. I would definitely add Project 86 to the list. When you mentioned counterculture it immediately reminded me of the old, traditional organ compositions and masses, that just up until recently dominated the Roman Catholic tradition, as well as the old chants, Roman and Byzantine. I listen to all of that almost the same amount of time, depending of course on the mood and circumstances. I found the combination of the three to be a really complete musical worship setting, and the reason really is what you said about the ballads on the heavy albums - the contrast they make in portraying either God's greatness or the struggles of life. I don't know if you have experience with that type of thing, but I seriously recommend it.

I've recently found Jesus and I've always been a Rock and Metal fan. Never has music felt so powerful. Its like Jesus took something I loved and amplified it times a million. Praise The Lord🎉❤

The band saving Grace has an album called The King is coming and that is one of the best Christian metal albums of all time. Very old school death core and quite worshipful lyrics. Plus their song Revelation 6 is one of the most metal songs you'll ever hear... "A voice like thunder spake!... COME! And one by dreadful one, the four ri-ders approach, each bearing his own disaster. STEPHANOS! The crown and the bow, bent on bloody conquest.... allowwwwed. By the haaaand. Of Heeeeeee in powwwwwahhhhh....

Christian metal is often just pure scripture. Mortification, VR, Deliverance, TQT and others buried a lot if scripture in my brain. I would say Becoming the Archetype's music is utterly beautiful and does a better job bringing me beforecthe Throne than anything I've ever heard in church.

For today has to be my favorite christian metal because of the lyrics and how clean you can understand them. Wish they still made music tho

I used to think Metal was a bunch of nonsense, but as I listen to it more I had a change of thought 😁

When you brought up “White as Snow” by Haste the Day, I literally out loud said: “YESSSS”. Great video!

I like that one of my favorite bands was mentioned first. Demon hunter is great. I don’t know your thoughts on ABR but I like them too

I've been waiting years to hear someone speak on this topic. I agree with you 100%. I've tried to explain this to my fellow brothers and sisters, but they sadly don't seem to understand it. For Today introduced me to the Christian Metal scene back in 2013 ✝️

GREAT job on this Josiah!! Totally LOVED this!!!! - Pastor Bob, Sanctuary International

As a man who rediscovered Faith after many years of being lost, who now has a stronger faith than I ever thought was possible, and a man who's played guitar and bass for 30+ years, primarily playing metal most of these years, I am extremely excited to now be making metal music for God and for the glory of my Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.

Thank you for this, this was a message from God truly. You helped bring out thoughts I've known to be true for a long time and put the truth out there for everyone to hear. Seriously thank you man.

My favorite bands: Diamonds to Dust, Impending Doom, War of Ages, Phineas, Hope For The Dying, Fit For a King, Becoming the Archetype, etc.

wow just found this video and can't even say how much I can relate! Thanks.

Great video!

Great video man!

This was bang on, thanks for making it

Yes my dude, love it love it love it🙌

Thanks for your time to bring thi vision, you should share a list of a lot of christian metal... thanks again!

First video I seen of yours. Love it

Dude, holy smokes. Well said! New sub!

Love the TBR swag man!

Great video! Made me subscribe.

I love the Lord, and I love metal. I'm glad there are bands out there putting the two together in an interesting and heavy way. Love this video Josiah keep up the good work. Subscribed.

Love your books!

Enjoyed the video. Stryper is my all time favorite band. Melodic metal with great lyrics. Very talented band! And their “pop” metal and ballads are awesome too!

war of ages one of my favorite band

Tithemi by sleeping giant is blatantly a t Worship song with a brutal ending. Especially spiritually brutal. Reminds all that Jesus is coming back and when he does he's coming back in power and might and he will subjugate all his enemies and force them to bow. That's the most metal thing ever

Well said ☺️ I agree those more intense sounds and lyrics definitely have a place as we go through all the ups and downs life can bring us. Punk and metal have strengthened me and helped me with tough situations, all the more so for Christian metal.

Loved this video! A lot of us slightly older farts (54) really love this music because we were teens when secular metal was forming (Slayer, Megadeath, etc...) So as I slowly progress in my walk with Christ this music is a natural fit for me. It is not for Sunday morning (That is why hymnals were written) but the messaging allow the word to reach a wider audience. I just wish you would have put Impending Doom on your list. "My light unseen" is an amazing ballad, while "Murderer" is just deliciously aggressive.

Love the book on your shelf with the picture of Deitrich Bonhoeffer!!!

This is SUPER interesting to me. You think of stuff that was totally not on my radar. You deserve way more support. I’ll check these songs out, because the usual Christian contemporary stuff doesn’t usually do it for me these days lol

Greetings from Bulgaria! I love You brother! I am a biker and always sharing the Gospel with my saddle brothers 😊. My favourite metal band is Sleeping giant. Their lyrics are amazing. I have Jewish roots and love the only true Moshiach, Yeshua❤!!! I am listening and jewish ortodox metal ( yes it's exists) the name of the band is "Atzmus" and located in Argentina. Two of the band members are ortodox jews and the others are christians. Anyway my point that G-d is a " Man of war" Exodus 15:3, we are in spiritual battle , and you will not go to war by playing violin😂. Like Rob Rock wrote: You can't kill a metal breed. Be blessed in G-d' name!

So many Great Bands out there. Love the old stuff too. Check out Sletchvalk and at the moment I'm listening to Fit For A King 😀

Spot on, man!

Absolutely agree with you! 💯🎶

Awesome! Please do more content like this

Dude, amazing vid. Got a sub here!

I'm waiting for the Psalms to be metal, would be so awesome🔥

This came up as a suggestion after binging Impending Doom. Great video! To anyone else finding this now, and you haven’t worshiped with ID, do it.

God bless you.

I used to listen to Christian metal before I was Christian. Oh Sleepers "in the wake of pigs" helped guide me toward salvation and I'll never stop listening to Christian metal.

I find it amazing and glorious that Satan tried to have his own type of music (metal) and yet Jesus said no Satan metal belongs to me. Satan has no chance

Skillet's Collide was their heaviest album, and arguably their best. Forsaken is awesome. And Under My Skin is the least ballady lighter track. Check out Energy and Cycle Down as well. From that track. And then yes, Comatose - the track is transcendent.

I listen to this christian metal band called FOR TODAY. You should look up the song called Saul of Tarsus. Thank you for the video it's really a blessing. Glory to our father!

Failure On by Beloved is one I still go to daily for this very reason

A year later... appreciate this video. Love me some war and peace, resurrected...

Christian metal is so underrated with alot of potential to show the passion faith we feel as christians

Very well put! I'm surprised I've never seen this before. I'm a worshipping metalhead. A few of my favs are Sleeping Giant, Becoming the Archetype(pure metal genius btw), and though they are billed as secular their lyrics are CLEARLY about Him, Chevelle. The argument I always use regarding faith metal is, WE are in BATTLE! How often did armies go INTO battle with a lullaby as their battle hymn and even IF so did they win?

"and some things never change" subbed

God bless heavy metal Christian bands

Regardless of the use of algorithms, I don't agree that metal is any better than any other genre for worship. I believe that all genres are equally appropriate for worship. Having extremely eclectic music taste, I feel that the song "You" by Jaci Velasquez is just as good as "Way, Truth, Life" by Mortification. Both songs express love for God each song employees lyrics appropriate to its genre. Metal is what I like to listen to first thing in the morning. It's what I call musical caffeine. I recommend Mortification, Living Sacrifice, Antidemon, Hope for the Dying, Pantokrator, Metanoia, Antestor, Saving Grace and Devine Symphony.

I am a Christian that is struggling with faith, so I want to say why Christian metal is my favorite genre. Contemporary Christian artists may bring up dark subject matter in between songs with a 15 to 45 minute sermon, followed by yet another generic 4 chord song with 15 band members and 9 guitarists. Demon Hunter and Impending Doom are bands that I resonate with more because they are more open about the brutality about the human condition and that faith is NOT AN EASY THING. I am a person that HATES aggressive positivity. And the Christian music you hear on Smile FM is the very stuff that is Drowning the average suburban neighborhood into thinking everything is just perfectly fine. I've been bullied all my life for my faith. By "believers" and the ones who aren't. Despite my views not being extreme, everyone treats me like I am, and that's why I resonate with bands like these so much.

Hello bro,grettings of costa Rica🎸

Cool video.

Bravo, Sir. Bravo.

I love Demon Hunter, FFAK, For Today, War of Ages, The Devil Wears Prada... I also like Sleeping Giants, Impending Doom, Memphis May Fire and Phinehas. That Haste the Day song you mentioned is amazing (just looked it up).

I was at that first fit for a king show

The argument I always use is this... we are in a war... how many armies have ever gone into battle using a lullaby as their battle music and if so how many of those won their battle?

Regardless of what your opinion is on Skillet, John Cooper has my deepest respect for his out spokeness in the faith. Anyways...I'll continuing to watch the next 9 minutes of your video...

When I was 14 I was suicidal and had been for a few years prior. I listened to metal music because it helped and I found peace in it. I listened to for today as I lay dying, war if ages, fit for a king and many more bands that I had no idea were christian until one day at a christian book store I saw August burns red albums. It had me so confused because I thought metal was demonic, but then realized that over half the music I was listening to was in fact christian and it made me realize God was watching it for me. Ever since then I believe that music styles like rap, metal, and other genres that have a bad rap can actually be home to groups of Christians that are tighter knit than contemporary christian groups, and is probably more effective at spreading God's word, because they're where more people who don't know God are

I'm not a throat-singing lover, but love good tight metal. Been a Demon Hunter fan since their first album. By the way; I'm 66. Never too old.

I absolutely love Christan metalcore

Love the video. I agree. I am suggesting His Kingdom Suffers"Revival", HARD LOOK "Infinite Rebirth", and Refiner"The Clock and Veil". ENJOY!!! Jesus wins!

Shred on brothers!

unfathomably based

I still find it somewhat funny when you say I'm talking about the heavy stuff but your heavy music is still on the softer end of what I listen to. With bands like Impending doom, Diamonds to dust, and with blood comes cleansing

I love groups I like christian metal brotherhood,pantokrator and Petra, stryper.

I love skillet! Their newer stuff is sounding great so far, u should listen to some stuff from thier new album dominion

Narnia, signum regis, seventh day slumber, innerwish, disciple, divinefire, skillet, theocracy, seventh avenue, golden resurrection,p.o.d, michael sweet, firelight, spoken, love and death are the bands i listen to. No growling, no screaming just good music. Spotify is a good source for that.

Great videos I am gan of white metal scene God bless all true metal never ever dies!!!

What I learned from this: God's a metalhead.

This is an older video but some of my favorite Metal bands to worship to are For Today (still) Bloodlines Oh Sleeper Phinehas Fit For a King Impending Doom

Not going to lie. That Sunday morning would be 🔥

Great video! Yes! Jesus was extreme and he was aggressive! Christian metal is healthy aggression! 🤘🔥

If you want to check out worship in the form of Industrial Deathcore, check out HARD LOOK!

Pastor Bob with Sanctuary would concur. 😊

1st John 1:5 God is light and in him is no darkness at all

Another one of the leading christian metal bands is living sacrifice, and they are back! I love their song death machine

My favorite Christian Metal bands are: Stryper, & Bloodgood.

I have listened to metal since I was 13, but I was also involved in the occult and new age believes before Jesus saved me. In my path in Jesus, being concerned about metal music, I stopped listening to that for a while. But since music is a b8g part of my life - for I also studied music - I was feeling very miserable. So... right now I still concerned about whether or not to listen to metal. I appreciate your video.

As a Christian when I found what It was so good fr I love it

Thanks for the video! I like the logo of the shirt you are wearing, what is it?

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Abated Mass of Flesh, Broken Flesh, Nyctalopia, Disarticulating Extinguishment, Skald In Veum, Evroklidon, Holy Blood, Lo-Ruhammah, Dehumanize, Horde, Vials of Wrath, Aceldama : Some of the best Christian metal ever

Legit!

as i lay dying was the first christian metal band I got into before tim's arrest. I also found august burns red, fit for a king, for today, silent planet, texas in july, wolves at the gate and holyname. I also found christian hardcore like gideon and sleeping giant and deathcore like impendoing doom. I'm more agnostic so I like it because it's poistive and I like poistive music then negative music.