Favorite 80's/90's Christian Metal Band?

After reading the interview with Guy Ritter I just started thinking about how many good bands there were back then, that got screwed or hosed by the "big lables" and if we had had this forum I wonder how different it all might be....

Anyway fav's.... Everyone will pick Stryper, BloodGood, Barren Cross, Whitecross, Bride, Vengeance, Deliverance..... I'm curious who else did you all listen too...? Leaving those bands off of my list (because I like all too) here's a fav list of mine...


not in any particular order

Leviticus
Soldier (SF Bay Area... I roadied for 'em they should be a favorite!)
Crossforce (SF Bay Area.... demos only never signed)
Believer
Trytan (reminicient of Rush)
The Crucified (hard speed core...)
Armada (never signed demos only... 'Communication' is brilliant Metal)
Guardian (especially the 18 song demo with Paul Cawley)
Saint
100% Proof (some members went of to form Force 3)
Barnabas (early 80's metal female singer)
Emerald (heavy metal ala Priest/Saint/Accept)
Neon Cross

there were so many bands..... didn't even mention Rez or Daniel Band or Jerusalem.... fun stuff to kick on I'll tell you.... rock on my brothers !!




didn't even mention Sacrament, Thresher, Shout, Golgatha (ca), Messiah Prophet, Sacred Warrior, Paradox (tx), TNK, Eternal Ryte, Armageddon (aka Second Chance), Mercy Rule...... Xalt, Novella, Holy Ryte, Apostle,
The Lead (more punk/hard core), First Degree, Dual Edge, Ransom, Tourniquet, Magdallen, Minier, Holy Soldier, Red Sea, Darrell Mansfield (the Revelation album anyway), First Strike, Autumn Rose, Zion (ca), Zion (thunder from the mount), Arsenal, Haven, Follower, Stryken, Malachia,
X-Sinner, Tempest (melodic metal), Tempest (thrash metal before Vengeance), Taker, Mastodon (a studio project but so what...), Cross, Believer (ca), Force 3, Lightforce, Rosanna Raiders (some of the best album covers in Xtrian music, too bad the band wasn't that good), Mortification, The Watchmen,..... okay enough.....

I know I left some big ones off but they don't come to mind at the moment..... Who'd you like...?

Stryper
Barren Cross
Deliverance
Guardian
Bride (old Bride)
Believer
WhiteCross (pre-In The Kingdom)
Leviticus
Sacred Warrior
Saint
Haven
Mastadon
Bloodgood

Believer - Tourniquet - Messiah Force.

early Mortification, early Living Sacrifice, Horde, Paramaecium

although it was only demos, Eric Blair put out my fav album.
Other than that, I am a big fan of Crimson Thorn, early Tourniquet and
Living Sac, Seventh Angel, Detritus, Decision D, the first Teramaze
disc, the first three Veni Domine, etc.

For the guys who've been around the whole era, it's Saint. But considering the ones that crept in during the 90's; it's Veni Domine or Balance of Power, depending on the mood I'm in.

The Crucified, Seventh Angel, Mortification, Tourniquet, Believer, Deliverance, Betrayal, Living Sacrifice, Oil, Paramaecium, Vengeance Rising, Klank, Circle of Dust, No Innocent Victim (metallic hardcore) and of coarse Sacrament!

SAXON1500 wrote:

although it was only demos, Eric Blair put out my fav album.
Other than that, I am a big fan of Crimson Thorn, early Tourniquet and
Living Sac, Seventh Angel, Detritus, Decision D, the first Teramaze
disc, the first three Veni Domine, etc.

Crimson Thorn? really? i never would have thought.

Helloween.

I liked Crimson Thorn. Good, gut level, death metal!

Vengeance Rising
Deliverance
Believer
Seventh Angel
Recon
Barren Cross
Stryper
Saint
The Crucified
Bloodgood
Detritus
Rob Rock
Narnia
Veni Domine
Armageddon
early Living Sacrifice
Mortification
early Guardian
Tourniquet
Circle of Dust
Generation
Trouble (yes, I know, not really a Christian band)
Paramaecium
Place of Skulls
Holy Soldier
Haven
Extol
Rez
Whitecross
X-Sinner
One Bad Pig
Bride

and Ultimatum!

No love for Die Happy yet? Their debut is one of my all time favorites!

LIVING SACRIFICE
DELIVERANCE
TOURNIQUET
VENGEANCE RISING
DIE HAPPY(I liked them too,Fat Freddy:)
STRYPER
SAINT
MESSIAH PROPHET
BARREN CROSS
TERAMAZE
CRIMSON THORN
SEVENTH ANGEL
DETRITUS
GUARDIAN
BRIDE
WHITECROSS
THE CRUCIFIED
BELIEVER
MORTIFICATION
HOLY SOLDIER
ONE BAD PIG
RAGE OF ANGELS
BLOODGOOD
THRESHER
CONSECRATOR
IMMORTAL

Forgot 1
MORTAL ENEMY

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Crimson Thorn? really? i never would have thought.

Purification is a masterpiece! When played very loud, it is hands down my fav death metal album.

thrasher73 wrote:

DIE HAPPY(I liked them too,Fat Freddy:)

"Oh, and by the way...they call me Bones. BWAHAHAHAHAHA..."

I love many, but my top 10 would be:
LIGHTMARE
STRYPER
BLOODGOOD
BRIDE(MATRIX demos+first albums)
WHITECROSS/KING JAMES debut album
MORTIFICATION
BARREN CROSS
DELIVERANCE(specialy first demo+first albums)
SAINT
PETRA

To sum it up; I listened to anything I could find!

Stryper, Bloodgood, Jerusalem, Messiah Prophet, Whitecross, Leviticus, Saint, Bride, Vengeance Rising, Deliverance, Believer, The Lead, Daniel Band, Rosanna's Raiders, Mercy Rule, Guardian, Neon Cross, LightForce, Mortification, The Crucified, Recon, Seventh Seal, Barren Cross, King James, Tourniquet, Petra, Holy Soldier, Rage Of Angels, One Bad Pig, Living Sacrifice, Six Feet Deep, Angelica

BTW: Messiah Force was not a Christian band.

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BTW: Messiah Force was not a Christian band.

Really? I couldn't find lyrics anywhere but I thought that I read somewhere about them being a Christian band ... however, they aren't bad at all

sovdat wrote:

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BTW: Messiah Force was not a Christian band.

Really? I couldn't find lyrics anywhere but I thought that I read somewhere about them being a Christian band ... however, they aren't bad at all

No, great band!

thrasher73 wrote:

LIVING SACRIFICE
DELIVERANCE
TOURNIQUET
VENGEANCE RISING
DIE HAPPY(I liked them too,Fat Freddy:)
STRYPER
SAINT
MESSIAH PROPHET
BARREN CROSS
TERAMAZE
CRIMSON THORN
SEVENTH ANGEL
DETRITUS
GUARDIAN
BRIDE
WHITECROSS
THE CRUCIFIED
BELIEVER
MORTIFICATION
HOLY SOLDIER
ONE BAD PIG
RAGE OF ANGELS
BLOODGOOD
THRESHER
CONSECRATOR
IMMORTAL

pretty much DITTO for me. Ultimatum too.

How'bout FEAR NOT?

Most of mine have been listed......let me add - Magdallen - Big Bang

Barren Cross
Deliverance
Vengeance
Bride (only LtD and SiM era)
Living Sacrifice (era of 1st 3 albums)
Believer

Fun with CD burner! Here's what I actually listen to...CD of faves I burned for myself.

Disc One
1. Stryper-Intro/Hell With Devil
2. Rez- Military Man
3. Xalt- Piercing the Darkness
4. Stryper-The Way
5. Whitecross- He is The Rock
6. Saint- Times Wasting
7. Leviticus- Born Again
8. Narnia- Shadows from the Past
9. Laudamus- I Am
10. Barren Cross- Deadlock
11. Balance of Power- Seven Days to Nevermore
12. Saint-On the Street
13. Trouble- Heaven on my Mind

Disc Two
1.Deliverance- River Disturbance
2.Laudamus- Lost in Vain
3. Masquerade- Judas Kiss
4. Jacobs Dream-Scapegoat
5. Veni Domine- Healer's Face
6. Deliverance- Slay the Wicked
7. Jacobs Dream- The Warning
8. Laudamus- Salvation
9. Wisdom Call-Lost Generation
10. Narnia- Falling From the Throne
11. Jacobs Dream- Never Surrender
12. Deliverance- If We Faint Not
13. Veni Domine-Innner Circle
14. Trog Dawn- Fallen World

I'm just gonna order Puppet of Destruction and Symphomy, so I might have to update. I also made a third disc I call the "Psychedelic Old Testement" which is spiritually themed proto hard rock from around 1970. Mostly obscure, but does have Bang, Stray, Sir Lord Baltimore, and Wishbone Ash.
Bands that didn't do it for me...Jerusalem, Bloodgood, Impelleteri. Can't get into them.

some faves of mine:


SCATERD FEW- "Sin Disease"
SCARLET RED- "Don't Dance With Danger"
RANSOM- "Soul Asylum" & "S/T"
THE BRAVE- "Battle Cries"
DETRITUS- "Perpetual Defiance"
HOLY SOLDIER- "Last Train"
RECON- "Behind Enemy Lines"
NEON CROSS- s/t
ONE BAD PIG- "Swine Flew"
THE AWFUL TRUTH- s/t
ROSE- "Sacrifcium"