Christian Bands reviews from Reddit

"Listen to They're Only Chasing Safety and Define the Great Line for Underoath."

"UnderOath ( I know you said they aren't clicking but Define the Great Line is probably the best heavy album ever, easily best metalcore release ever)"

"A bunch of good ones like August Burns Red, Fit For a King, and Underoath have already been mentioned"

"Underoath and I The Breather"

"August Burns Red, Oh Sleeper, Memphis May Fire, Silent Planet, Underoath, The Devil Wears Prada"

"Underoath, Fit For A King, August Burns Red, The Devil Wears Prada, Silent Planet"

"Underoath, August Burns Red"

"A bunch of good ones like August Burns Red, Fit For a King, and Underoath have already been mentioned"

"August Burns Red, Oh Sleeper, Memphis May Fire, Silent Planet, Underoath, The Devil Wears Prada"

"Underoath, Fit For A King, August Burns Red, The Devil Wears Prada, Silent Planet"

"Underoath, August Burns Red"

"August Burns Red"

"ABR is one of the two most circlejerked bands here, they're about as essential as /r/metalcore-core goes."

"Give Oh, Sleeper's album When I Am God a spin. One of my all-time favorite albums which helped shape my taste for metalcore."

"Oh Sleeper"

"August Burns Red, Oh Sleeper, Memphis May Fire, Silent Planet, Underoath, The Devil Wears Prada"

"Oh Sleeper"

"Oh, Sleeper"

"Just about every song by Red."

"I'll second both Theocracy and Red."

"Red and Skillet are similar."

"Red, Echoing Angels, Jeremy Camp, 7eventh Time Down, Pillar, Thousand Foot Krutch, Abandon, Mainstay, Rob Rock, Narnia, Theocracy, Scandinavian Metal Praise, Bleach, Caedmon's Call, Plankeye, Mercy Me, Third Day, Zach Williams, Swingin Hammers, Nine Lashes, Sent by Ravens, Manic Drive, The Afters, Chris Tomlin, Kutless, 12 Stones, Anberlin, Life House, Shawn McDonald, The Almost, Neal Morse, The B"

"Red"

"I really appreciate that someone else in this thread mentioned demon hunter, they have been my favorite band for 12 years now."

"My personal favorite is demon hunter."

"Demon hunter is good!"

"Demon Hunter sound cool, that name is pretty badass."

"In the Midst of Lions was heavy as fuck"

"In the midst of lions."

"In the Midst of Lions"

"If you like Impending Doom you'd like In The Midst of Lions."

"Silent Planet"

"August Burns Red, Oh Sleeper, Memphis May Fire, Silent Planet, Underoath, The Devil Wears Prada"

"Underoath, Fit For A King, August Burns Red, The Devil Wears Prada, Silent Planet"

"Silent Planet"

"Haste The Day for sure"

"Haste the Day"

"If you like Zao, check out Haste The Day."

"I'll second on the Haste the Day."

"I've listened to some of the songs by 7eventh Time Down and I like 7TD's album God Is on the Move."

"7eventh Time Down, Behold the Beloved, Thousand Foot Krutch"

"Not necessarily all like Daughtry, but worth a check if you're looking for more classic/hard rock that's not too pop and not too metal... 7nth Time Down ... Stephen Stanley (my current fav)"

"Seventh Time Down sounds a lot like Daughtry."

"As I Lay Dying"

"As I Lay Dying's earliest albums."

"Also try As I Lay Dying"

"As I Lay Dying is Christian as well as August Burns Red, but im not sure if they are strictly metalcore."

"With Roots Above by Prada."

"August Burns Red, Oh Sleeper, Memphis May Fire, Silent Planet, Underoath, The Devil Wears Prada"

"Underoath, Fit For A King, August Burns Red, The Devil Wears Prada, Silent Planet"

"Wolves at the gate"

"Wolves at the Gate."

"Wolves At The Gate, they're signed to the same record label. Their new album is good, too."

"Skillet"

"Why not skillet? I find them pretty awesome."

"Also Skillet"

"Toby Mack, Jordan Feliz, Outspoken, Casting Crowns, Lauren Daigle, Katy Nichole, Big Daddy Weave, NewsBoys, Brandon Lake, Delirious?, Kutless, Third Day, Mercy Me, For King and Country, Tenth Avenue North, David Crowder Band, Building 429, Switchfoot, Sidewalk Prophets"

"TobyMac"

"Toby Mac"

"A Plea For Purging"

"A plea for purging."

"A Plea For Purging. And this is deathcore, but you might like Impending Doom."

"A bunch of good ones like August Burns Red, Fit For a King, and Underoath have already been mentioned"

"Underoath, Fit For A King, August Burns Red, The Devil Wears Prada, Silent Planet"

"Would Fit For A King count?"

"With Blood Comes Cleansing (fffff RIP all those guys)"

"With blood comes cleansing"

"With blood comes cleansing."

"HolyName, you know them but they're amazing."

"Holyname is really good."

"I really like for KING & COUNTRY"

"There’s for KING & COUNTRY"

"The Crimson Armada. Guardians album. Probably some of the best instrumentals you will ever hear from a Christian deathcore band."

"The Crimson Armada fucking goes in too."

"Zao and The Chariot have been mentioned but they are amazing too."

"Early Zao"

"Creed is amazing"

"Creed!"

"Casting Crowns consistently tops my list. Modern music with thought provoking, theologically solid lyrics."

"Some other singers/bands that you could like could be Casting Crowns"

"Creations"

"Creations."

"Big Daddy Weave"

"Big Daddy Weave"

"All Sons & Daughters"

"All Sons & Daughters (sadly disbanded)"

"Crimson Moonlight is orthodox"

"Try Crimson Moonlight while you're at it"

"For active I really like Abated Mass of Flesh"

"Abated Mass of Flesh"

"Norma Jean."

"I think Norma Jean is a christian band, either way they are one of the best metalcore bands regardless"

"I find Wage War to be one of those bands whether or not they claim to be a "Christian band"."

"Wage war"

"Pleasantly surprised by Gideon"

"Gideon and FFAK, though the latter's lyrics can be a bit preachy at times imo."

"Try Becoming the Archetype"

"Becoming the Archetype is probably one of the closer ones, but that's not really metalcore."

"I would check out CityAlight, Shane and Shane, Getty Music, & maybe Skillet (for rock)."

"CityAlight"

"Disciple is another great one."

"Disciple."

"Petra"

"Petra sounds closest to "out of my head""

"My Epic really plays with genres, so you could get acoustic, softer rock and even hardcore on their early stuff."

"My Epic – Many styles of rock, some soft, some hard, some acoustic"

"Third Day maybe? If nothing else they’re classic."

"Third Day isn’t mentioned. Should be in the list."

"I'll second both Theocracy and Red."

"Theocracy is great if you ignore their theology"

"King Kaleidoscope is good too"

"KB (although he is more of a rapper)"

"Building 429"

"Aaron Shust"

"Natalie Grant"

"Jason Gray"

"Jordan Feliz"

"Francesca Battistelli"

"Hilary Scott & The Scott Family"

"Newsboys"

"Audio Adrenaline"

"David Crowder"

"NEEDTOBREATHE"

"Citizens"

"John Mark McMillan"

"Mat Kearney"

"Golden Resurrection has some pretty good stuff."

"And Thousand Foot Krutch."

"Gwen Stacy and Means are 2 great ones I didn't see mentioned."

"Gwen Stacy and Means are 2 great ones I didn't see mentioned."

"Advent"

"Is As Hope Dies Christian? Check them out."

"Darkness divided is pretty good"

"For all eternity"

"Forevermore"

"Islander (they're nu metal don't know if you're willing to listen to it but I'd say give them a chance)"

"Saving grace"

"Everything In Slow Motion (formerly Hands)"

"A Feast For Kings"

"Hope For The Dying"

"Living Sacrifice"

"Rival Choir (formerly Mouth of the South)"

"Times of Grace"

"Sleeping giant"

"Agree with all the choices here, also try Convictions!"

"Listening to Fragile Wings by The Overseer, and I'm digging it."

"Underoath and I The Breather"

"Poured Out"

"August Burns Red, Oh Sleeper, Memphis May Fire, Silent Planet, Underoath, The Devil Wears Prada"

"Phinehas"

"Flyleaf, skillet, red, kutless, thousand foot krutch"

"P.O.D, Flyleaf, Anberlin, Thrice, Skillet, Creed, Pillar, Decyfer Down, Red"

"Compass by Jonathan Thulin"

"IYKYK by ELEVATION RYTHE"

"Find you by Jervis Campbell"

"Satisfied by Stars Go Dim"

"Heart & Soul - Titan"

"My personal favorite is zion. They are a Christian k rock band."

"I like all of the songs I've heard so far by Sidewalk Prophets!"

"THE BAND JAREN! They have an amazing new song called "Your Cross is Everything"."

"DOC Radio plays a great mix of Christian rock and pop."

"12 Stones will get you kind of close to the Daughtry vibe."

"Seventh Day Slumber will bless your soul."

"Deas Vail has this quite mellow yet still rock sound."

"Mortification, Mental Destruction"

"Hawk Nelson, Relient K, Sent By Ravens, Seventh Day Slumber, Kutless, Ashes Remain, Lincoln Brewster, Disciple, Switchfoot"

"Brightwood"

"Nine Lashes – they started off harder, but their more recent albums are softer"

"Wavorly – Alt. Rock"

"Sherwood – A smooth pop/rock group"

"Rootdown – they have a nice surf rock vibe"

"Stephen Stanley sounds like Daughtry a bit"