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List Of Christian Death Metal Bands
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. Because of the gory, violent, and often vehemently anti-Christian or Satanic lyrics typical of the death metal genre, Christian death metal is often considered an oxymoron and odd juxtaposition by commentators and has also encountered resistance from some Christians. Christian death metal emerged in the late-1980s through the mid-1990s through the outputs of Mortification, Vomitorial Corpulence, and Paramaecium in Australia, Opprobrium, Living Sacrifice, and Crimson Thorn in the United States, Sympathy in Canada, and the early work of Antestor in Norway. In the same period, the Christian thrash metal bands Vengeance Rising, Sacrament, and Believer, all from the United States, also included elements of death metal. In the late 1990s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Immortal Souls
Immortal Souls is a melodic death metal band from Kokkola, Finland, formed in 1991. They released a split album and their debut on Little Rose Productions in the late 1990s and early 2000s. In 2002, Immortal Souls signed with Dutch label Fear Dark which released their second and third album as well as a compilation. They have performed at Tuska Open Air Metal Festival. Their musical style is characterized by their use of melodic guitar riffs and singing which shifts between growls and shouting. Their music has been called winter metal since Immortal Souls utilizes frosty metaphors in their lyrics and usually creates a cold, wintry atmosphere. The album '' Wintereich'' was released in 2007 in Europe on Dark Balance and in the USA through Facedown Records. History Beginning In December 1991, Aki Särkioja (bass guitar, vocals) and Esa Särkioja (guitar) founded Immortal Souls. During the years 1992-1994 Immortal Souls recorded some demo tapes including a tape called ''Vision of H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Believer (band)
Believer is an American technical thrash metal band from Pennsylvania. Formed in 1986, the band plays a hybrid of thrash and progressive metal, and is also known for their innovative use of symphonic elements.Wagner 2010, p. 155 Their lyrics deal with topics of philosophy, theology and social issues. The two primary members of the band are vocalist/bassist/guitarist Kurt Bachman and drummer Joey Daub, who were joined by several others after their 1989 debut album, '' Extraction from Mortality''. The band was jointly signed to Roadrunner Records and the Christian label R.E.X. Music. According to AllMusic, several mainstream magazines praised their second album '' Sanity Obscure''. The title track of ''Sanity Obscure'' was covered by Robert Prince for the video game '' Doom'' as the track "On the Hunt". The band toured the US and Europe with Bolt Thrower the following year. Believer disbanded in 1994; however, in 2005, Daub announced that he and Bachman reformed the band. They ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Antidemon
Antidemon is a Christian extreme metal band from São Paulo, Brazil. The band was founded in 1994 by Carlos Batista. The band has been compared to death metal acts such as Morbid Angel and Suffocation. History Antidemon was formed on January 12, 1994, with founding members Carlos Batista on vocals, Alexandre Cebotorov on bass, Kleber Albino on guitars, Sergio Gonçalves on guitars, and Elke Garzoli (Batista's wife) on drums. The band issued a demo later that year. After that, Cebotorov and Gonçalves left forcing Batista to become the band's bassist. The band did another demo in 1997 and a third in 1998. The band's debut album, ''Demonocídio'' was self-released in 1999. The band then split an EP with the band Zen Garden, entitled ''Barad''. In March 2002, Antidemon began their first tour outside of Brazil, in Mexico, on the Demonocídio Mexican Tour. Their sophomore album, ''Anillo de fuego'', which is Spanish for ''Ring of Fire'' came out in 2003. In 2004, the band released a liv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tortured Conscience
Tortured Conscience is a Christian extreme metal band from San Francisco, California. History Tortured Conscience formed in 2000 with the lineup of just two members, Jeff Lenormand on guitars and bass and Shannon Frye on drums and vocals. In 2001, the band released their first demo, titled ''Faces of God''. The demo was re-released through ''The Collection Vol. 1: Tools of the Trade'', a split release with Royal Anguish and Soul of the Savior in 2002. In 2002, Sounds of the Dead (SOTD) Records, released ''A Brutal Christmas: The Season in Chaos'', a compilation of Christmas songs covered by Christian metal bands. Tortured Conscience appeared on the compilation, alongside bands Kekal, Frost Like Ashes, Royal Anguish and Death Requisite, recording the song " The Little Drummer Boy". Tarantula Promotions released a sampler, titled ''Arachnid Terror Sampler'' for to promote some artists they had worked with, including Tortured Conscience, Soul Embraced, Frosthardr, and Sanctifi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Becoming The Archetype
Becoming the Archetype is an American extreme metal band formed in Atlanta, Georgia, in 1999. They have released six albums on Solid State Records. ''Dichotomy'', which was released in November 2008, sold around 2,300 copies in the United States in its first week of release, according to Nielsen Soundscan. The CD debuted at No. 18 on the Top New Artist Albums (Heatseekers) chart, which lists the best-selling albums by new and developing artists, defined as those who have never appeared in the top 100 of the ''Billboard'' 200. The band was part of the new wave of American heavy metal. After 2012's ''I Am'', the band went on an indefinite hiatus. In 2022, however, the band reunited with the lineup of Jason Wisdom, Seth Hecox, and Brent "Duck" Duckett. History The band formed in 1999 with two vocalists, including Jason Wisdom, guitarists Jon Star and Sean Cunningham, bassist Wes Gaither, and drummer Brent "Duck" Duckett under the moniker Nonexistent Failure. The band's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aletheian
Aletheian are a Christian progressive death metal, progressive/melodic death metal band. They formed in Lebanon, Pennsylvania in 1997 under the name Crutch, and then changed their name to "Aletheian" prior to the 2003 album ''Apolutrosis''. Guitarist Alex Kenis joined Becoming the Archetype in 2007. In the early 2007, Aletheian signed to IronClad Recordings, an imprint of Metal Blade Records. Biography Aletheian was originally formed under the name Crutch in 1997. With the lineup of Alex Kenis on guitars, Keith Isenberg on bass, Vinnie Aldrich on vocals, and Bryan Clarkson on drums, the band began writing material. The early material was very metalcore oriented rather than what the band became known for later. Aldrich did not remain in the band for very long, with the position being filled by Joel Thorpe who would record on the band's debut album, ''Crutch''. Following that, an EP was being written, initially titled ''Annealed by Animosity'', which they changed to ''Transitions ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Feast Eternal
Feast Eternal is an American Christian melodic death metal band from Traverse City, Michigan, United States. The band was originally formed in 1992. The band has released two full length studio albums and one EP to date. In 2006 Feast Eternal re-released their 1999, Prisons of Flesh, with 2 new bonus tracks. Their last release was a 4 song EP, Forward Through Blood, in 2013 which received a rating of 8.5 from the website PowerMetal.de (2014) Members ;Current * T.J. Humlinski – Vocals, guitar (1992–present) * Matt Skrzypczak – Drums (1993–present) ;Former * Aaron Byrnes – Guitar, bass guitar, backing vocals (2011-2014) * John Greenman - Bass guitar (1992-1996), rhythm guitar (1997-2000) * Josh Potrafka - Bass guitar (1997-2000) Discography * ''Prisons of Flesh'' (1999) * ''With Fire'' (2007) * ''Prisons of Flesh'' (re-release with two bonus songs) (2006) * ''Forward Through Blood'' (2013) [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Embodyment
Embodyment was a Christian rock band from Arlington, Texas. The group formed in 1992 and were first known by the name Supplication where they originally played death metal. The band changed its style for its debut album '' Embrace the Eternal'', which is credited as one of the earliest deathcore releases. Following their debut full-length the band would completely abandon all their extreme metal elements thereafter, pursuing instead an alternative rock/nu metal style with their album ''The Narrow Scope of Things'' and subsequently became lighter with each proceeding album. The band frequently performed shows with touring acts such as Living Sacrifice, Zao, Training for Utopia, P.O.D. and No Innocent Victim. History Embodyment started out as a death metal band known as Supplication, with the lineup of Andrew Godwin on lead guitars, Jason Lindquist on vocals, Kevin Donnini on bass, and Jason Donnini on drums. However, quickly thereafter, Jason Domini quit the band and ran awa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Holy Blood (band)
Holy Blood is a folk metal band from Kyiv, Ukraine, formed in 1999. The band is notable for being one of the few Christian bands in its genre, and the fact that they are the most successful group on its label Bombworks Records, and the band has been noted worldwide despite being an underground group. Holy Blood has released six albums: '' The Wanderer'', '' Waves Are Dancing'', ''The Patriot'', ''Shining Sun'', ''Day of Vengeance'' and ''Voice of Blood''. History Formation (1999–2000) Holy Blood was formed in October 1999 and their music leaned towards hardcore punk style. The band consisted of guitarist-vocalist Fedir Buzylevych, drummer Dmytro Tytorenko, and bassist Mykhailo Rodionov. Previously, they played in a band called Voice of Cryeth in which Buzylevych played bass, Tytorenko handled keyboard, and Rodionov was the guitarist. In 2000, the band changed their style to deathgrind. A year later in 2001 the band was joined by former Revival lead guitarist Oleksiy Furman, f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sacrificium
Sacrificium is a Christian death metal band from Stuttgart, Germany, formed in 1993. The band made its breakthrough in the metal scene with its 2002 album ''Cold Black Piece of Flesh''. The second album ''Escaping the Stupor'' was released on Black Lotus Records. Their music combines melodic passages with old school death metal, and their lyrics deal with personal experiences and opinions from Christian point of view. Biography Sacrificium has its roots in a band called Hardway, formed by Sebastian Wagner and Oliver Tesch. Musically, the band was pop rock oriented. That changed in 1991, when the session drummer Markus Hauth took the direction more towards a hard rock sound. In 1992, Hardway performed at the reputive Steiger 14 club in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. The band name was changed to Corpus Christi (not to be confused with Corpus Christi from Ohio) in 1993 and they began playing thrash metal. The style developed to death metal, and in 1994, after recording a demo, the name ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pantokrator (band)
Pantokrator is a Swedish Christian metal band that was formed in 1996. The band's name means "Lord Almighty" in Ancient Greek. Several members have been in Crimson Moonlight and Sanctifica. Background Pantokrator was formed in fall 1996 as a cover band. The band then decided to play songs written by themselves. It has had six members overall: Jonas Wallinder (bass guitar), Rickard Gustafsson (drums), Karl Walfridsson (vocals) and Matthias Johansson, and Johnathan Jansson (guitars). Pantokrator released two demos within their first three years of existence, followed by several EPs and compilations of material they had accumulated until they officially released their debut album, ''Blod'', which was released via Rivel Records on March 14, 2003. At that point, the band members had been together without losing a member for six years, only adding guitarist Jonathan Jansson in 2003. After four years of silence, the band released a single titled "Leviathan", a compilation titled ''A Dec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Deuteronomium (band)
Deuteronomium is a Christian death metal band formed in 1993, Jyväskylä, Finland, one of Finland's earliest and most influential groups in that genre.Ruisku, Riqu. "Suomi metal -spesiaali". ''Ristillinen'' No. 7. Pages 13-17. An exclusive 22 page article about the history of Finnish secular and Christian metal in the Finnish Christian metal fanzine Ristillinen. Deuteronomium is given a notable space in the article. Published April 2007. Deuteronomium are together with Immortal Souls the only remaining bands of the first wave of Finnish Christian extreme metal that are currently active. Their first EP ''Tribal Eagle'' is, according to Ristillinen magazine, the first Finnish Christian metal CD. '' Tribal Eagle'' and debut album '' Street Corner Queen'' are also noted as pieces of Christian metal history. Bassist Manu Lehtinen and guitarist/vocalist Miika Partala - also known for the bands Stoner Kings, Icon Clan, No Man's Band and Feiled, established the record label Little R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
