The best Christian metal ... rise of classic heavy metal. In that regard, some bands got the short end of the stick from a ...

Three and a half decades ago, Stryper arrived on the scene and shook up the worlds of both Christian music and secular heavy metal with forceful ... late 1980s — the band’s third album ...

I know this may be a stretch for some, especially given (metal) bands usually takes decades to build to this level ... Anyone who dares to cross those cemetery gates will see how today’s ...

If you grew up Christian, or just really emo, you might remember the band As I Lay Dying from your teenage years. They mixed heavy metal instrumentation and angsty lyrics with a tinge of religion.

I was first introduced to Stryper by the late, great Rob Campo of the New York (and later, L.A.) metal scene back in 1987. I know nothing of Christian ... to the Cross," because the band seems ...

After immersing himself in metal, Kirby formed the Christian-metal band Fit for a King in 2007 in Tyler, Texas. 'I'm glad my parents didn't freak out when I went all out in this band,” he said.

The proclamation is one of dozens across six albums' worth of hard-hitting Christian metal tracks from Sioux City-born group For Today. The band forged a career for itself by spreading its ...