CONSOLIDATED STICKY: Catholic Rock Music

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I didn’t read the whole thing, so I don’t know if anyone’s mentioned Matt Maher or Ike Ndolo? Not metal, but still good and totally Catholic! 👍
 
While I do not know any specifically Catholic metal bands(there is a post on this site claiming that metal is spiritually dangerous) I do know of some pretty hard core Christian bands. The Devil Wears Prada and Blessthefall but there are many bands out there with great messages like Sleeping With Sirens and Pierce the Veil. Though I think PTV specifically might have some anti-religious themes. Even Falling In Reverse(who in their main song uses God’s name in vain) can be inspiring if you know the vocalist’s history. Escape the Fate’s lead vocalist, Craig Mabbitt I think might be Christian because I heard he was Blessthefall’s ex-singer and I think they are Christian.
 
Great thread! I’m so glad (as a metalhead/heavy rock fan) I stumbled upon it.

I’ve found that quite a lot of european metal bands, especially with folk leanings, like to take and “metalize” medieval songs. So, I like to look there. It’s “traditional”, but not!

Overall I’m not super concerned with whether a band is religious at all. Boy, I know that my collection would be pretty limited if I weeded out all that stuff I bought because of the cover art alone. 😃
 
New Catholic band!

Name: Cry 4 Freedom
Genre: Catholic/Rock/acoustic
Record: Indie
Similarity: Mumford & Sons, Caedmon’s Call, Steven Curtis Chapman

Site:
Cry4FreedomBand.com
 
Captain_Napalm said:
I am in to heavy metal… :banghead:

It is difficult to find a metal band that isn’t downright offensive, let alone Christian. Most of them are not very good, either.

If anyone knows of a good Christian, or better yet specifically Catholic metal band, please let me know who they are. I would be eternally grateful.

:blessyou:

My favorite group is Dream Theater. They are considered progressive metal and, while not specifically religious, they are more than just loud and fast. One of the band members is a practicing Catholic and two others are Christian. They are possibly the most talented musicians I have ever heard.

Here is their home page for anyone wanting to check it out.
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Sorry. Catholics are not allowed to listen to any kind of rock.
Rock is all about rebellion. Catholicism us about submission and obedience.

“Rock is a basic way to express passions which, in big audiences, may assume characteristics if cult or even adoration, contrary to Christianism.”
(Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, Pope Benedict XVI)
 
Fears said:
Sorry. Catholics are not allowed to listen to any kind of rock.
Rock is all about rebellion. Catholicism us about submission and obedience.

“Rock is a basic way to express passions which, in big audiences, may assume characteristics if cult or even adoration, contrary to Christianism.”
(Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, Pope Benedict XVI)
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Again, not true at all. There is no Catholic prohibition against Rock music.

The quote by the Pope is true, but it doesn’t prohibit listen to rock. It is just pointing out some possible negative affects.

I am going to keep shadowing you around this forum until you stop making these outrageous accusations.
 
An amazing Christian metal band is Flyleaf. They are my favorite band, they have four albums out now, but the first three are my favorites! 🙂
 
I copied all of the following from my own two posts regarding Catholic Heavy Metal bands on another thread here. My apologies if this isn’t the proper procedure. I’m not trying to be spammy or anything.

I wrote:

"Known Catholic bands by subgenre:

Black Metal:
Elgibbor (Poland) - metal-archives.com/bands/Elgibbor/37693
Fire Throne (Poland) - metal-archives.com/bands/Fire_Throne/52377

Progressive/Gothic Metal:
Illuminandi (Poland) - metal-archives.com/bands/Illuminandi/15882

Power Metal:
Eterna (Brazil) - metal-archives.com/bands/Eterna/3255

Speed/Thrash Metal:
Last Rites (Georgia, USA) - metal-archives.com/bands/…tes/3540303264

Of these… Only Elgibbor and Fire Throne (which are both the same guy) are up to the musical quality of comparable secular or protestant bands. Illuminandi is good too, if a bit unfocused. Unfortunately, Thrash is kind of Metal’s flagship subgenre (i.e. Metallica, Dark Angel, Slayer, etc…) and our sole Catholic representative, Last Rites, really kind of falls flat. It’s a one man band, and although he is a fabulous guitarist, the songs are aimlessly wandering all over the place, totally unfocused.

The following are protestant bands whose theology is acceptable in a pinch, and whose musical quality is unparalleled in Metal of any background:

Sacrament (Pennsylvania, USA)(Evangelical) - metal-archives.com/bands/Sacrament/2618
Thresher (Pennsylvania, USA)(Baptist? Presbyterian? Evangelical Baptist?) - metal-archives.com/bands/Thresher/46326
Detritus (Bristol, England)(High Anglican with Catholic sympathies) - metal-archives.com/bands/Detritus/578
Creation Of Death (Poland) - metal-archives.com/albums…our_Soul/14196

Creation Of Death may be Catholic. They are from Poland after all. I just haven’t ever been able to confirm their affiliation. The band is now defunct. A word of warning, however; they are quite angry about abortion, as are we all; but angry enough to drop an F bomb in one song about abortion. I’m angry enough to drop F bombs too, but if that offends you, just watch out for it. The lyrics are available in the link I’ve posted here.

Detritus are Anglican, but songs like Taste The Blood imply a belief in the Real Presence, and band leader Mark Broomhead has hung up his bass guitar in favor of the vestments of an Anglican “priest.” He’s soooooo close to coming home to mother Church. If we could bring him home…

There are some Catholic Death Metal bands as well but I typed this all from memory and their names escape me at the moment.

That’s all for now. Enjoy! "

And then later after more research, and help from my friend J, in Poland, I wrote:

"I did a bit of digging and found the following as well.

Monastery (Poland) - Thrash Metal influenced strongly by Slayer, with female vocals which create a product not entirely unlike Germany’s Holy Moses. Mostly in Polish. metal-archives.com/bands/Monastery/43738

Brutal Cross (Poland/Ireland) - Death Metal with some melodic Death and Black Metal influences, a bit less aggressive than most Polish Death Metal (Vader, Decapitated, Deiwos, etc…), but very tight and well produced. metal-archives.com/bands/…oss/3540336092

Struendo (Spain) - Crossover/Thrash similar to Tankard or Agnostic Front. Todo en Espanol. metal-archives.com/bands/Struendo/3540343275

Muerte Villa (Texas) - Straightforward “meat and potatoes” Death Metal. Fast, brutal, nothing fancy, just straight up Death Metal. Totally formulaic. <—That is a compliment. Two thumbs up from this metalhead elitist. All songs in Spanish. metal-archives.com/bands/Muerte_Villa/94624

Rosicrucian (Bristol, England) - Black Metal of a rather ordinary sort, no real innovation, but well produced, well written, and enjoyable. metal-archives.com/bands/…ian/3540325537

Aggelos (Columbia) - Gothic Metal, respectable, if a bit pedestrian. Sort of a poor man’s Dismal Euphony. If Gothic Metal is your cup of tea, worth a spin. metal-archives.com/bands/Aggelos/79116

It is worth mentioning that most “Christian” Metal bands, who are overwhelmingly protestant, have some merit. There are a few however, of extremely high musical quality, who should be avoided by Catholics as if they were card carrying Satanists. Bands like Theocracy (prog/power metal from Georgia, USA) and Metanoia (from Australia) have multiple songs that are deeply offensive to the Holy Spirit in that they dump on the Church (the song “Nailed” by Theocracy), or slander the Blessed Mother (the song “Never” by Metanoia). I single these two out as examples because not only are they flinging the devil’s own lies at the Church and at the Blessed Mother, but also because their musical quality and reputations are impeccable. Our separated Protestant brethren may recommend these sorts of artists in good faith, not meaning any harm. It is best to be forewarned.

God Bless."

Enjoy.
 
The_Epigone said:
Here’s one to add to your list!

leahmchenry.com/music

I’d call it symphonic metal. Made by a Catholic mother of 4 from Canada. And it’s actually really good.

Check out this song:
youtube.com/watch?v=e7oem25hSDo
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Awesome! Thanks! 👍

In looking at one of her Q & A videos on YouTube, she mentions that she homeschools, too! So she is a Catholic homeschooling Mom of four. Too cool! :cool:

How do you know she’s Catholic? It makes sense considering some of the songs, but I haven’t seen anything explicit that refers to her being Catholic.

It’s pretty good stuff, though. I’ll definitely have to pick up her albums. For those in the U.S. with Amazon Prime, you can actually listen to all of her stuff through their Amazon Music section. She has some great Christmas songs, too. I love “Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence”. 👍
 
I found that the band Skillet is a hard rock band that has a christian meaning hidden in their lyrics.
 
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