List of Christian hardcore bands
The following is a list of Christian hardcore bands, organized by subgenre.
Christian hardcore is a subgenre of hardcore punk primarily distinguished by its lyrical focus on Christian themes and values, although former Burden of a Day guitarist Bryan Honhart has suggested that the genre also possesses sonic distinctions.[1] No Innocent Victim is considered a progenitor of the movement. In recent years, Demon Hunter[2] and The Chariot,[3] among others, have gained considerable popularity among fans of the genre, while metalcore bands such as Underoath, As I Lay Dying, and Norma Jean have served as mainstream representatives of the genre.
List
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Hardcore punk bands
Traditional hardcore punk and melodic hardcore bands in Christian music.
Post-hardcore, screamo bands
These are bands associated with post-hardcore and its subgenres screamo and emocore.
- 12 Stones[8]
- Aftereight
- Anberlin[9][10]
- The Appleseed Cast[11][12]
- As Cities Burn
- Before Their Eyes
- Beloved
- Being as an Ocean
- Blessed by a Broken Heart
- Blessthefall[13][14]
- Blindside
- Brandtson[15][16]
- Burden of a Day
- The Chariot[17]
- Chasing Victory
- Close Your Eyes
- The Classic Crime[18]
- Confide[19]
- Cry of the Afflicted[20]
- Dead Poetic (early)[21][22]
- Dear Ephesus[23]
- Decyfer Down[10]
- Demon Hunter[24]
- Destroy the Runner[25]
- The Devil Wears Prada[26][27]
- Dizmas
- Edison Glass[28]
- Emery
- Family Force 5
- Far-Less
- Fireflight[29]
- Flee the Seen[30][31]
- Flyleaf[32]
- Forever Changed[33]
- Further Seems Forever[34][35]
- Hallows[36]
- Haste the Day[37][37][38]
- He Is Legend[39][40]
- Here I Come Falling
- I Am Empire[41]
- Inhale Exhale[42]
- The Juliana Theory[43][44]
- Kids in the Way[45][46]
- Letter Kills
- MewithoutYou
- Norma Jean[47]
- Oh, Sleeper[48]
- Once Nothing[49]
- Pillar[50]
- Sent by Ravens[51]
- Showbread
- Spoken
- Staple
- Stavesacre
- Subseven
- Terminal
- Texas in July[52]
- This Beautiful Republic[53]
- Thrice[54][55]
- Underoath
- The Wedding
- Wolves At The Gate
- Write This Down
Metal/hardcore bands
These are Christian bands associated with metal and hardcore fusion genres, such as metalcore.
- Advent
- Alove for Enemies (early)[56]
- ATTWN (early)
- A Plea for Purging
- As Cities Burn (early)
- As I Lay Dying
- August Burns Red
- Becoming the Archetype[57]
- Beloved[58]
- Blessthefall[59]
- Blood of the Martyrs
- Burden of a Day
- The Chariot
- Chasing Victory[60]
- Corpus Christi
- The Crucified
- Cry of the Afflicted[20]
- Demon Hunter
- Destroy the Runner
- The Devil Wears Prada
- Disciple (early)[61][62]
- East West
- Embodyment (early)
- Extol[63]
- The Famine[64]
- For Today
- Gwen Stacy
- Haste the Day
- Hope For The Dying
- I, the Breather
- I Am Terrified
- Impending Doom
- Inhale Exhale
- In the Midst of Lions
- Life in Your Way
- Living Sacrifice
- Lust Control
- Luti-Kriss
- MATSOD[65]
- Means
- Memphis May Fire
- Mortal Treason
- Mortification[66]
- MyChildren MyBride
- Norma Jean
- Oh, Sleeper
- Once Nothing[49][67]
- One Bad Pig[68]
- Pillar[50]
- P.O.D.[69][70]
- Point of Recognition[71]
- Project 86
- Saving Grace
- Scaterd Few[72][73]
- Selfmindead
- Sent by Ravens (early)[51]
- Showbread[74]
- The Showdown
- Sinai Beach
- Since October[75]
- Stavesacre (early)[76]
- Still Remains
- Strongarm[77][78]
- Symphony in Peril
- Texas in July
- Times of Grace
- Thousand Foot Krutch[75]
- Thrice[54]
- To Speak of Wolves
- Training for Utopia
- Underoath
- War of Ages
- We as Human
- Winter Solstice
- With Blood Comes Cleansing
- xDEATHSTARx
- Zao
See also
- Christian hardcore
- Christian punk
- List of Christian punk bands
- List of hardcore punk bands
- List of Christian metal bands
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...the likes of Crashdog (a hard-core, punk band)...
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Still the band's ability to deliver both post-hardcore edge and power pop hooks—not to mention '80s-inspired guitar solos—keep [the album] worth rocking.
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A post hardcore sound a la Anberlin and Emery
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Mare Vitalis...is post-hardcore, post-punk, emo, rock 'n roll, indie rock...whatever you want to call it...perfection.
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Blessthefall might be far from creative, but what Christian, post-hardcore screamo bands are anymore?
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Cleveland, OH's Brandtson...has produced a tough set of stripped-down post-hardcore on their debut album, Letterbox.
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...the pop-punk/post-hardcore blend the band is known for.
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...the solid screamo of [their album] "New Medicines"...
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...the first emo-core album I have really liked.
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...many of [Demon Hunter's] death/power/thrash/screamo metal peers...
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...[The band] saw no reason to tarry, nor alter their spastic screamo/metalcore formula while recording sophomore outing, Plagues, lest this peculiar trend should suddenly go cold on them.
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The question of progression for the Devil Wears Prada lies not in innovation but refinement, with the vaguely Christian screamo sliding effortlessly toward pure metalcore on their third album, With Roots Above and Branches Below.
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Post-hardcore act Edison Glass...
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...[E]mo-core band Fireflight will swarm the stage.
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...Texas' post-hardcore/metal champs Flyleaf.
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...[The band's] emotional post-hardcore...
- ↑ Andrew Leahey. "Dashboard Confessional" (ARTIST BIO). AllMusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 12 December 2011.
...having left behind his former band (the post-hardcore Christian outfit Further Seems Forever)...
- ↑ Corey Apar. "Hope This Finds You Well" (REVIEW). AllMusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 26 December 2011.
...[Further Seems Forever's] Christian-tinged brand of emocore...
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...'Pressure The Hinges' is clearly a play for the melodic screamo throne that Underoath seem to have vacated in favour of pastures harder.
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But further listens to this blend of emocore, metal, and a twinge of punk...
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Post-hardcore mob I AM EMPIRE have released a music video for their song 'Saints And Sinners'.
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Based out of Canton, OH, the group combined their Christian faith with...post-hardcore into a melodic yet unforgiving sound to call their own.
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Their 1999 debut, Understand This Is a Dream, experimented with emo long before it became a fad, and the simplicity of its post-hardcore indie sound made that project a pleasing introduction to the band.
- ↑ D. Gabrielle Jensen (Nov 2010). "Brett Detar, Bird in the Tangle - Album Review". Yahoo! Voices. Yahoo! News. Retrieved 17 February 2012.
Detar is probably most well-known as the lead singer of the late 90's-early 2000's post-hardcore indie rock band The Juliana Theory.
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The screamo outfit's sophomore album...
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Everything else is the same that we've grown to expect from this band: loud, aggressive in your face emocore that pounds you from beginning to end.
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...[Once Nothing] blends post-hardcore and alternative CCM with their metal...
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Post-Hardcore bands are a dime a dozen, but some of them that are worth listening to are Blindside, This Beautiful Republic, Burden of a Day, and A Day to Remember.
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Attempting to follow the trail marked out earlier by Poison The Well, Hopesfall et al, Beloved create a metalcore and melodic rock fusion...
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...Christian metalcore band blessthefall...
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Arguably the most important song on the album ["Jesus Freak"] is given two new treatments here...with hardcore/metal act Chasing Victory reprising with a bonus cut.
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[B]y the time of their next release - the EP 'My Daddy Can Whip Your Daddy' for Warner Resound - the band had moved into Rage Against The Machine musical territory.
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The buzz stems from continued evolution in sound, shifting away from the harder grunge and rapcore screaming of their previous efforts.
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Melding the best of thrash with elements of progressive metal and hard-core, 'Burial' is one unique musical journey you won't want to miss.
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Like a band of fugitive outlaws, Alabama's Maylene and the Sons of Disaster bring their marauding metalcore back to Atlanta.
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Australia's finest grind core team...
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Christian alternative metal outfit P.O.D. mix post hardcore sounds with touches of rap, Latin, reggae, and straightforward metal...
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Demon Hunter offers something more, though they're certainly not the first. P.O.D. comes to mind, evolving beyond straight-up hardcore metal by incorporating elements of rap, reggae, jazz, and pop.
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[The albums mix] up a wide range of influences, from Bowie-esque glam to Bad Brains-style reggae, hardcore, and punk...
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