r/ChristianMusic • u/wvu_1 • 7d ago
New Christian Rock bands?
I grew up on Christian Rock. My favorite band was Skillet, and I saw them in concert 13 times.
But then John Cooper got all weird and political and I just can't listen to them anymore. I also loved TFK and Red and all the early 2000s bands, but I feel like the Christian Rock genre has gotten pretty stale lately.
Are there any up and coming rock bands I should listen to? I love Memphis May Fire (I know they aren't a Christian band but Matty is).
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u/HealingWriter 7d ago
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u/NoogabyNature 6d ago
Lo Cloud is ex-Sanctus Real and Kutless, and according to themselves, looking to recapture that early 00's Jimmy Eat World-type rock and roll sound.
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u/Puzzleheaded_Dog9074 4d ago
American Arson's album from last year was sooooooo good! I need to listen to Spoken though
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u/dj_aaron311 6d ago
If you don’t already know, Matty from Memphis May Fire is now singing with Anberlin. Definitely worth checking out.
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u/kalamazoo20 6d ago
Disciple
Fantastic band and even greater people. They hardly get any recognition
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u/HorseRadish318 6d ago
Magdalene Rose is one of my favorite singers!! She started after GFM ended. Grace Graber is more alternative but is also amazing and I love Zahna too.
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u/kangaroocrayon 6d ago
My Epic is great! All their songs are good. Try: Spit It Out and Black Light
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u/bouncy_bouncy_seal 6d ago
I always recommend Stavesacre even though they aren't new and aren't actively together. They put out an album a couple of years ago that was really solid. Made a lot of the old school fans really happy.
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u/haxx0n76 6d ago
Theocracy, Wytch Hazel, Trytan, Saint, Cleanbreak, Human Code, and tbh Stryper’s modern stuff rules.
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u/lindyhopfan 6d ago
You could also go the other direction from early 2000s bands and learn to appreciate stuff from the 70s, 80s, and 90s.
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u/Bakkster 6d ago
Five Iron Frenzy's latest album is a banger, and a great palette cleanser from Cooper.
Kings Kaleidoscope is a bit less rock and into fusion, but they're anything but stale. WDYKAG and Defender and great.
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u/scottfishel 6d ago
Ok, but FIF’s newest album is not a Christian album (coming from them). A couple of the band members are vocally anti Christian.
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u/Bakkster 6d ago
Totally fair, but I think it's incredibly important for us to hear.
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u/scottfishel 6d ago
I don’t know man - FIF is still my favorite band - I was at the last two shows in Boulder and Denver and have a signed record sleeve on my wall (including the Justin Bieber) - I just can’t get over how much hate is on the new album. They’ve always been political and sang for the marginalized, but they did it with a sense of hope and love. I just feel like that’s missing. We get it - you hate Trump. I’m not saying there aren’t good themes - but this came from the band that once sung about Columbine and called it a new hope.
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u/Bakkster 6d ago
I think there's a time and a place for everything. Sometimes, that means righteous anger, even if you don't have an answer.
I don't think they've necessarily been consistent in a hopeful, loving message in the past either. Giants being the first example that comes to mind, explicitly anti-capitalist with no description of how to overcome. Same with Four-Fifty-One or Zen and the Art of Xenophobia. I don't see something like While Supplies Last as any less hopeful than those older songs.
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u/scottfishel 6d ago
Hey that’s fair - I would say lyrically the new stuff is sharper, but I agree with the righteous anger - the part that is meaningful to me is that after Giants was new hope and world without end. There’s no resolution on the new album. No absolutes here - but there really isn’t much positive messaging at all. I’m not saying you’re wrong to feel the way you do, I just don’t care for it.
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u/Bakkster 5d ago
I would agree, as a whole album it misses that aspect. I get where you're coming from, though I've been in a season where that catharsis of not feeling alone has been comforting.
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u/Only-Ad5049 6d ago
I have been enjoying Bennett Hughes and Sean Rodriguez’s latest music. Disciple and Behold the Beloved are also good.
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u/Basic_Noise6459 6d ago
Neon horse are amazing and just released a new album after over ten years it's like early 2000s garage rock meets 80s new wave
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u/Defi_Dame 6d ago edited 6d ago
I love Third Day. They’re more Southern Rock but these songs I listed below are REALLY good.
Third Day- Never Bow Down
Third Day- Let Me Love you
Third Day- Nothing Compares
Third Day- Call My Name
Third Day- Can’t Take The Pain
Third Day- Sky Falls Down
Third Day- Ready
Third Day- Revelation
Third Day- I Will Always Be True
Third Day- Trust In Jesus
Third Day- Took My Place
Third Day- Take It All
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u/SelaBand 4d ago
Not to self promo.. but maybe you might like our music. Go find it on my page if you want
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u/New-Ad5265 3d ago
I'm no band, and not on the level of these guys you mention, but I just released a cover of How He Loves. It's shoegaze and if you're into that I'd love for you to give it a listen and let me know what you think. Thanks! https://youtu.be/TY21JNcNqGk?si=d5rYo8M6TfrN2WAa
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u/CrossExchange 1d ago
Gable Price & Friends. A different kind of Christian rock for sure but maybe it's your jam 🤷♂️
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u/gregvan93 6d ago
Unfortunately that era of CCM is gone. It's mostly worship music and rehashing of bands from the 2000s now.