Your favorite hard rock and metal bands.

What are your favorite hard rock and metal bands?

Some of my favorites:

Stryper
Whitecross
Bride
Narnia
Final Axe/Titanic/Redeemer/Rev Seven (maybe I should have just said Bill Menchen)
Petra
Ken Tamplin
Bloodgood
MATW
Rose
Crystavox

I could list a bunch more. But as much as I like classic hard rock and metal, I seem to play modern rock bands even more.

Yikes, too many to list... I'll just list my favorite favorites:


2020Blind
the Brave
Broken Silence
CrystavoX
Cynical Limit
Die Happy
Divine Right
Dreamer
Eden
Eternal Decision
Fear Not
Fighter
Final Axe
Mastedon
Novella
Red Sea
Sanxtion
Seraiah
Titanic
Traxter
X-Sinner

Barren Cross
Bloodgood
Die Happy
Fighter
F.O.G.
Giant
Mastedon
Neon Cross
Red Sea
Rez
Rob Rock
Rose
Sacred Warrior
Saint
White Heart
X-Sinner

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Most all of my very faves are secular.

Here is a list of Christian bands that would make my favorites list:

1. Rob Rock
2. Narnia
3. Darkwater
4. Harmony
5. Majestic Vanguard
6. Red Sea
7. Guardian (the first 3 cd's only)
8. Mad Max
9. Essence Of Sorrow
10. Barren Cross
11. Wingdom
12. Ken Tamplin
13. Rose

Also, if Stride, Shadow Gallery or Magnitude 9 are considered Christian then they could be on the list.

I like a lot of the bands mentioned, but here are the essentials, in my book:

Bride
Die Happy
Red Sea
Rob Rock
Barnabas
Deliverance
Stryper
Rez

I have many, like everyone else. But at present here's my favourite 5 (in no particular order)

Tourniquet (early)
Boarders
Stryper
Rob Rock
Seventh Avenue


But hey, there's really too many to list

Fundy

Fundy, where'd you get your copy ofBoarders ?

A few fav :

1. Living Sacrifice
2. Narnia
3. Red
4. Barren Cross
5. Theocracy
6. Immortal Souls
7. Sanctifica
8. DivineFire
9. Rob Rock
10. Endless Funeral
11. Harmony
12. Audiovision
13. Extol (old)
14. Antestor
15. Believer
16. Disciple
17. Sacrament
18. Skillet
19. Awake
20. Petra
21. Deuteronomium
22. Sacred Warrior
23. Slechtvalk
24. Third Day
25. Letter 7

D'oh! I forgot Theocracy.

Hi apolo

I went to http://www.weathertop.ch/ and preordered it from them. If you like Tourniquet, Megadeth and European speed/melodic metal then you'll like Boarders.

Fundy

Oh yeah, I've liked the sound of Megadeth since back in the 80s when I bought "killing is my business" on record ! Saw them in concert during their "peace sells" tour. I've been waiting over 20 years to hear a Christian band come close to their sound. Some are claiming that the Boarders album comes close. I want to buy it from a normal vendor, but everything on the web is foreign or "e-mail" orders.

Bride
Whitecross
Stryper
Rose
Mad At The World
Siloam
Crystavox
Fear Not.
The Bill Menchen stuff.
Letter 7
and all the others I have forgotten.

I'm going to limit this to albums, ones that if I was forced to listen to incessantly I wouldn't go nuts.

Blood Covenant - Covered
Disciple - Back Again
GS Megaphone - Out of My Mind
Knoteye - Moment Threw Time
Kutless - s/t
Liptocoal - Fly
Nailpoint Payment - Freedom
Place of Skulls - Love Through Blood
Theocracy - s/t

endlessfuneral2003 wrote:

A few fav :

10. Endless Funeral

Hmmm how come Alldat didn't put himself on his own list.

topshot rhit wrote:

Place of Skulls - Love Through Blood

Fantastic album.
If I were to go with album titles my list would have been considerably longer.

Avdb

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The Bill Menchen stuff

what is that ? I'm just curious as Ive never heard of him

The Bill Menchen stuff is Final Axe, Titanic, Rev Seven and Redeemer.
You have to check out those band Apologetix freak.
On MySpace and in the band links you can find places where you can listen to his stuff.
Let me know what you think about all those Bill Menchen bands.

apologetixfreak wrote:

Oh yeah, I've liked the sound of Megadeth since back in the 80s when I bought "killing is my business" on record ! Saw them in concert during their "peace sells" tour. I've been waiting over 20 years to hear a Christian band come close to their sound.

Do you still listen to Megadeth? Dave Mustaine is a believer now and his faith shows through STRONGLY on many of the new songs.

Rob Rock
Narnia
Theocracy
Veni Domine
Wingdom
Destra
Jacobs Dream
Stryper
Saint

Others (that are no longer still around)
Sacred Warrior
Red Sea
Barren Cross

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The Bill Menchen stuff is Final Axe, Titanic, Rev Seven and Redeemer

I have been educated now. I've got all those albums, but was unaware that there was a common thread between them by the name of Menchen. Now I know, thanks !

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Do you still listen to Megadeth? Dave Mustaine is a believer now and his faith shows through STRONGLY on many of the new songs.

I've heard as much, but am still stand-offish. Reason being is, I was steeped in a lot of music like that before I was a believer myself. When the Lord saved me in '89 I trashed all my music incl Slayer, Venom, King Diamond, Dio, and Megadeth. I am curious to hear his newer stuff and would love to be convinced that Dave has repented. He's an incredibly talented musician, but his prior lyrics were not exactly edifying.
So, being out of the loop myself, what evidence is there of his new life with Christ ?

Daves testimony is his life and words.

He has refused to even play shows with certain satanic bands (Rotting Christ was one of them).

Here are a three seperate comments he made after canceling shows with them:

"Yes, I said that I was not really interested in playing with Satanic [bands], and that is because I changed my outlook on life and my spritual beliefs over three years ago. I became a Christian..."

"Yes, I did say I would prefer not to play on concerts with Satanic bands. That doesn't mean I won't, it doesn't mean I would not talk with the bands either, (sometimes it is just for fun anyway with these bands). But to make a life-altering change and then not have some kind of affect would not have been a change at all, would it?"

"I have to draw the line and stand for my beliefs or they aren't beliefs at all, are they? I don't expect anyone to fully understand this, but I know many of you do, and I thank you for your support."

Here is what Mustaine said in a recent interview in Revolver Magazine regarding the new cd "United Abominations":

"I got saved a few years ago, and I believe the Bible says that the U.N. is going to fail. In order for the predictions in the Book of Revelations to take place, it's gotta fail."

Dave even wrote a song with the Christian band Pillar!
The song "Shadow of Deth" on their last album was the 23rd Psalm set to Megadeth music. Several of their newer songs are clearly pro-Christian.

Dave has a message forum where he answers all sorts of questions and I know that he has been very upfront and vocal about his faith. He is in recovery from drugs and alcohol as well and encourages people to stay sober.

That is WAY awesome ! I thank God for Dave's decisions, now may the Lord protect Him from all the self-righteous Christians who would seek to hold him back by their words or actions. And may Dave be able to influence others !

PS I still have a painting I did of him back in high school. I should photo it and upload it for you guys to see.

Ok, I uploaded it and it's in the photos section

There is a VERY Christian song on 'Deth's latest called "Never Walk Alone" that is about God's love for us and He will never let us walk alone.

Moderators might wanna move this last portion as a different topic... cuz it seems to be straying over to Dave Mustaine...

What album(s) could someone recommend to me that would reflect Dave's faith ?