what christian metal albums are a must have?

brianmnemonic wrote:

I've just joined the site, so forgive me for posting on a thread two years too late... but I think a few other must haves are Extol's albums Burial and Undecieved; as well as their EP Paralysis.

Good ones indeed!

Shared the stage with Extol on both these tours. Still have my original pressing of Burial autographed by the band. Also have the backstage pass from the Albuquerque show.

ultmetal wrote:

I'm surprised to see you include Lightforce. I didn't think there were too many other people beside kmorg and I that liked them.

I've always liked Lightforce. Sure, definitely Maiden-worship (a little like Pegazus in the mid to late 90s), but there was always a diversity of ideas and sounds on both Battlezone and Mystical Thieves. It's not all that surprising that Mortification has gone on to incorporate different styles into their music, given that Lightforce did the same years ago.

Can't think of too many albums that haven't already been mentioned, though! Perhaps:

Neon Cross -S/T
Saviour Machine -S/T
Virgin Black -Requiem: Mezzo Forte
Theocracy -Mirror of Souls

Lots of great bands. Rather than re-listing a lot of them, here are some that i did not see mentioned (or just didn't see):
--Crimson Thorn I like all of them but Dissection is the best, imo.
--Force 3 I really like this cd some reason. Still play it a lot
--Six Feet Deep Struggle (Some don't consider this 'metal' but it ahsd a lot odf metal elements to it. If you had their ep cassette way back when, they were all metal)
--Sacrificium great first cd

Good stuff in this thread!!

Listen to my band (signature), we're christian-y. But we're poor so even though we have enough stuff for two full-lengths we haven't been able to put out one yet.

Anyone mention Red Sea? Excellent blues rock in the vein of Badlands.

I would also add Mainline Riders.

Ultimatum Into the pit

ultmetal wrote:

Here's a list I put in a past thread:

Recon - Behind Enemy Lines
Place of Skulls (any and all! / doom)
Generation - Brutal Reality (industrial metal)
The Crucified - Pillars of Humanity
Believer (all)
Bloodgood (all)
Seventh Angel (all)
Ashen Mortality
Narnia - Lone Live the King, The Great Fall, Enter the Gate
Rez Band/Resurrection Band
Oracle - Selah
The Moshketeers - Downward Spiral
Barren Cross (all)
Bride - Live to Die, Kinetic Faith, Snakes in the Playground
Deliverance - s/t, Weapons, Stay of Execution, Learn, Intense Live Series
Holy Soldier - s/t, Last Train
Rose - Healing
Detritus - Perpetual Defiance
Eternal Decision - s/t
Betrayal - Rennasiance by Death
Die Happy - s/t, Vol. 2, Intense Live Series
Stryper - Soldiers Under Command, To Hell With the Devil, Against the Law
Sacred Warrior (all)
Seventh Avenue (German power metal)
X-Sinner - Get It
Whitecross - s/t, Hammer & Nail, Triumphant Return
Ken Tamplin - Tamplin & Friends
Veni Domine - Fall Babylon Fall, Material Sanctuary
Tyton - Mind over Metal
Mass - Voices in the Night (very Stryper-ish)
Sardonyx - Majestic Serenity
Main Line Riders - Shot in the Dark
Titanic - Maiden Voyage
Final Axe - Axe of the Apostles
Angelica - s/t (w/ Rob Rock on vox)
Jesus Freaks - Socially Unacceptable
Fear Not - s/t (has a Skid Row sound to 'em)
Harmony (melodic Euro-metal)
Haven - Your Dying Day, Age of Darkness
Joshua - Surrender (Jeff Fenholt on vox), Intense Defense (Rob Rock on vox)
Crimson Thorn (any / old school death metal)
Metanoia (all / Australian old school death metal)
One Bad Pig (unique band mixing thrash, punk and metal)
Paramaecium (death/doom)
Eternal Ryte - Anthology (L.A. BIG HAIR metal! Anthology has all their recordings on two CDs.)
Once Dead - Return with a Vengeance (DVD! I am quite proud of this one)

I'm going to add to this list:
My Silent Wake - Shadow of Sorrow

Great list. This will certainly help me fill in the holes in my collection as well. Unfortunately, I didn't discover the plethora of great Christian metal bands that were out there until '92 or '93, and then we left for Japan, so I missed a lot. So thanks.

I am surprised you don't have Saint on you list.

Theocracy- Mirror of Souls

MetLHed4GZus wrote:

Theocracy- Mirror of Souls

Good recommendation.

D's first 4 are ESSENTIAL metal albums. As is Ultimatum's entire discography. Believer's first 3 and VR's first two. The Crucified's full length albums, and also Tourniquet's first three and latest two.

I like some of the bands previously mentioned, but I guess my musical tastes are little on the heavier side.

Must haves for me:
As I Lay Dying - An Ocean Between Us
As I Lay Dying - The Powerless Rise
Demon Hunter - Storm The Gates Of Hell
Demon Hunter - The Triptych
Demon Hunter - The World Is A Thorn
Becoming the Archetype - Terminate Damnation
Becoming the Archetype - The Physics of Fire
Becoming the Archetype - Dichotomy
Living Sacrifice - Conceived In Fire
Paramecium...any CD of theirs you can get your hands on. They are hard to find.

Pantera wrote:

I like some of the bands previously mentioned, but I guess my musical tastes are little on the heavier side.

Must haves for me:
As I Lay Dying - An Ocean Between Us
As I Lay Dying - The Powerless Rise
Demon Hunter - Storm The Gates Of Hell
Demon Hunter - The Triptych
Demon Hunter - The World Is A Thorn
Becoming the Archetype - Terminate Damnation
Becoming the Archetype - The Physics of Fire
Becoming the Archetype - Dichotomy
Living Sacrifice - Conceived In Fire
Paramecium...any CD of theirs you can get your hands on. They are hard to find.

If you want heavier...get Discern- To Praises With Persecution

King's X -The first three albums.
Galactic Cowboys -All of them.
Trouble Self Titled
Poor Old Lu - Picture of the 8th wonder
Undercover - Vol I and II

Comp albums that everyone should checkout include The California Metal 1 and 2 Underound Metal 1 and 2, Demolition, Cranial Captivity, The Northern Lights, East Coast, and the Fish and Loaves Comps.

SACRAMENT-Haunts of Violence
KING'S X-Faith,Hope,Love
SAINT-Too Late for Living
NARNIA-all

Saint - Hell Blade

Wargod51

Wow!

Everyone bringing up these old bands are bringing a bunch of memories back! I also really liked that band "Ransom" that had the metal chick singer. Both tapes that they had were pretty good (boy, speaking about tapes; we are going back!).

Also, the band Love Life had only one tape that I knew of but it was pretty good. Can't remember if someone brought up Angelica here, but liked them a lot back in the day. The band Fear Not was awesome, but they also had a tape before where they had a different name (can't remember right now). It was pretty good stuff as well. Novella was very melodic and had some good stuff. Zion was very cool as well. Liked the first Neon Cross tape alot, but didn't care for the "Torn" tape.

Another band I like a lot (but I'm not really sure if they are Christian or not) is Antithesis. Quality powerful stuff. Balance of Power (all) are fantastic.

And the list goes on and on...

Alaskan Metalhead wrote:

Another band I like a lot (but I'm not really sure if they are Christian or not) is Antithesis. Quality powerful stuff.

They're legends in my book.

Had the honor of recording with their bassist on our previous album.

One of my very favorite prog metal bands.

JBall_Z wrote:

MetLHed4GZus wrote:

Theocracy- Mirror of Souls

Good recommendation.

Can't forget about their s/t debut either. Great Euro-sound. Hard to believe these guys are from Atlanta, GA.

Alaskan Metalhead wrote:

Also, the band Love Life had only one tape that I knew of but it was pretty good.

Alaskan Metalhead wrote:

The band Fear Not was awesome, but they also had a tape before where they had a different name (can't remember right now).

Love Life became Fear Not.

The Moshketeers - The Downward Spiral

Killer, killer album! Having it as a proper, remastered CD makes the album even better.

Dave the Boss wrote:

The Moshketeers - The Downward Spiral

Killer, killer album! Having it as a proper, remastered CD makes the album even better.

I'll second that.

Orion Crystal Ice wrote:

Listen to my band (signature), we're christian-y. But we're poor so even though we have enough stuff for two full-lengths we haven't been able to put out one yet.

Yes, do this.

This is good melodic metal.