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Genre
christian metal
Parent Genre: metal

Christian metal is a subgenre of heavy metal music that incorporates Christian themes and lyrics into its music. It often features aggressive guitar riffs, pounding drums, and intense vocals. The lyrics typically focus on Christian beliefs, such as salvation, redemption, and faith. This genre has gained popularity in recent years, with bands like As I Lay Dying, The Devil Wears Prada, and Underoath leading the way. Their music is known for its powerful sound and meaningful lyrics that inspire listeners to embrace their faith.


Top artists of christian metal genre

The Devil Wears Prada
As I Lay Dying
Underoath
August Burns Red
Demon Hunter
Disciple
Petra
Norma Jean
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List of christian metal artists

Here is a list of christian metal artists on Spotify, ranked based on popularity, who exemplifies the christian metal genre. You can find out what christian metal genre sounds like where you can preview artists or sort them the way you want, just click the headers to sort.

#namePopularity instrumentalnessdanceabilityenergyacousticnessHappinesstempofollowers
1
The Devil Wears Prada
60 4 38 92 1 18 131 593047
2
As I Lay Dying
58 12 37 97 2 19 135 920013
3
Underoath
57 12 36 89 3 21 138 573949
4
August Burns Red
56 29 26 95 0 18 127 670044
5
Demon Hunter
53 10 44 87 4 25 135 275738
6
Disciple
47 0 46 84 1 35 132 176724
7
Petra
45 3 55 71 15 58 128 136578
8
Norma Jean
45 13 30 91 0 18 137 177255
9
Stryper
44 4 40 82 6 37 129 141143
10
Wolves At The Gate
43 0 43 96 0 28 119 107066
11
Haste The Day
41 2 38 92 6 31 123 120065
12
Phinehas
41 0 32 94 3 19 124 83811
13
For Today
41 0 36 88 1 26 112 193540
14
Oh, Sleeper
39 5 35 95 2 22 136 103096
15
Impending Doom
37 7 38 98 0 20 144 109665
16
Guardian
37 0 54 86 1 51 119 59865
17
War Of Ages
36 6 41 95 0 29 130 77417
18
Blindside
36 4 48 82 11 39 133 60084
19
Project 86
35 25 42 89 0 36 127 49790
20
Love and Death
35 12 46 90 0 32 126 63941
21
Theocracy
35 6 37 87 3 43 142 48247
22
Sleeping Giant
34 1 51 92 0 28 130 54640
23
Impellitteri
32 10 48 97 0 47 116 29603
24
Whitecross
31 1 45 93 0 58 121 43350
25
Still Remains
31 2 34 96 0 26 156 84379
26
Narnia
30 2 46 94 0 40 141 35599
27
Becoming The Archetype
30 27 24 88 6 18 151 41205
28
Living Sacrifice
29 35 38 90 0 40 124 34537
29
Whiteheart
29 1 58 63 10 70 129 28422
30
Bride
27 14 52 85 0 47 123 29137
31
Saving Grace
27 67 37 90 6 19 115 27090
32
Destroy The Runner
27 12 37 90 0 31 157 25628
33
The Showdown
27 10 43 88 0 56 128 23246
34
Tourniquet
26 2 33 95 0 38 139 27994
35
Barni
26 0 57 72 1 39 125 5675
36
HolyName
26 40 33 66 25 28 99 6713
37
MyChildren MyBride
25 0 34 94 0 29 134 26205
38
Bloodgood
25 0 50 91 1 60 112 21894
39
Fallstar
25 0 42 93 1 29 147 6969
40
Glenn Kaiser
24 0 57 68 6 73 139 10556
41
Rob Rock
24 8 47 94 1 41 116 16522
42
Bloodlines
24 0 49 87 2 32 132 6874
43
Mortification
24 51 32 91 0 26 124 27772
44
Holy Soldier
23 0 51 60 2 34 122 19540
45
Resurrection Band
23 0 51 69 3 49 128 18734
46
Deliverance
23 12 43 82 1 39 115 20154
47
Golden Resurrection
22 0 45 95 0 43 128 13499
48
Death Therapy
22 29 53 82 1 34 107 8270
49
The Union of Sinners and Saints
22 1 42 82 1 48 138 3338
50
Shout
22 0 42 70 2 48 119 3169
51
Corpus Christi
22 15 40 91 0 13 131 14529
52
John Schlitt
22 0 58 79 4 56 114 11236
53
All For The King
22 0 54 81 0 43 122 2287
54
Michael Sweet
22 0 45 84 3 39 149 23848
55
Darrell Mansfield
21 0 60 69 5 72 155 6578
56
Jerusalem
20 0 44 73 13 45 134 6793
57
HB
20 0 45 43 62 54 140 15447
58
Mastedon
20 5 49 72 8 55 119 6053
59
Extol
20 42 28 83 4 19 137 19597
60
Stavesacre
20 2 48 90 0 60 95 9505
61
A Plea for Purging
20 27 38 97 0 29 133 25312
62
Stryken
20 0 0 0 0 0 0 444
63
Inhale Exhale
20 0 0 0 0 0 0 24266
64
In The Midst Of Lions
20 16 43 88 0 30 122 23645
65
Darkness Divided
19 10 38 91 1 29 120 8695
66
Boanerges
19 0 37 91 0 31 155 9033
67
Gwen Stacy
19 1 37 86 0 26 159 21671
68
King James
19 2 66 74 15 63 123 1394
69
Idle Cure
19 0 55 59 23 38 119 6737
70
Chaotic Resemblance
19 0 43 91 1 37 131 3436
71
Forevermore
18 9 43 96 0 27 122 13335
72
Divinefire
18 14 41 96 0 16 124 12647
73
Sacred Warrior
18 0 32 82 1 44 108 9548
74
Scandinavian Metal Praise
18 1 44 95 0 50 131 8232
75
Ransom
18 0 0 0 0 0 0 819
76
Saviour Machine
18 21 39 79 1 24 112 9951
77
Barren Cross
18 1 43 95 0 35 122 15941
78
Saint
17 0 43 96 1 54 158 2124
79
Antestor
17 72 31 83 7 15 150 16130
80
Seventh Avenue
17 0 36 89 1 42 133 9978
81
Life In Your Way
17 0 30 95 0 13 116 12338
82
Audiovision
17 0 42 93 1 38 138 6804
83
Nodes Of Ranvier
16 43 29 73 1 21 109 8330
84
Saint
16 0 67 73 3 71 164 1681
85
DANIEL BAND
16 1 39 89 0 52 133 4834
86
Pantokrator
16 39 44 94 0 28 118 7699
87
The Great Commission
16 6 36 94 0 24 129 12663
88
Galactic Cowboys
15 13 46 87 0 64 87 7294
89
Vengeance Rising
15 31 31 97 0 41 145 8905
90
The Crucified
15 0 0 0 0 0 0 7389
91
Slechtvalk
14 41 27 92 0 7 150 8759
92
Everything In Slow Motion
14 0 0 0 0 0 0 6858
93
The Brave
13 10 49 81 5 56 137 1705
94
Mortal Treason
13 77 36 88 0 19 107 7473
95
Sacrificium
13 64 40 97 0 14 125 5231
96
Altar Boys
13 0 44 85 6 67 175 5162
97
Leviticus
13 1 44 73 1 51 130 1961
98
One Bad Pig
12 0 39 85 3 69 161 5920
99
Believer
12 0 0 0 0 0 0 28487
100
Fear Not
12 0 44 89 0 48 137 1744
101
Horde
12 75 27 81 20 8 108 6679
102
Antidemon
12 38 37 90 1 29 137 9372
103
Angelica
12 0 48 86 5 33 112 2009
104
Crimson Moonlight
12 91 31 28 86 7 117 11104
105
Letter 7
11 0 43 93 0 42 132 3429
106
Embodyment
11 4 31 83 0 16 148 5543
107
Eternal Decision
11 0 0 0 0 0 0 4912
108
Balance Of Power
11 0 44 90 0 39 148 4787
109
Soul Embraced
11 54 47 98 0 6 90 8765
110
Liaison
11 0 55 91 5 59 101 1334
111
Hope For The Dying
11 10 42 96 0 15 127 10042
112
Immortal Souls
10 56 47 98 0 24 132 4972
113
David Zaffiro
10 0 36 84 1 42 134 2243
114
Rage of Angels
10 0 50 88 0 47 128 3221
115
Renascent
9 70 39 89 13 12 119 5532
116
Crystavox
9 0 50 60 3 43 110 3111
117
To Speak Of Wolves
9 0 0 0 0 0 0 9928
118
Jacobs Dream
9 32 44 81 1 30 136 5040
119
The Famine
9 7 22 98 0 22 180 5159
120
Deuteronomium
9 34 42 85 0 27 120 7713
121
Paramaecium
9 0 0 0 0 0 0 4671
122
Illuminandi
8 0 0 0 0 0 0 4193
123
Brotality
8 0 0 0 0 0 0 1923
124
Ritual Servant
8 0 0 0 0 0 0 979
125
Holy Blood
8 88 21 94 0 21 153 7532
126
The Blamed
7 0 0 0 0 0 0 3044
127
Majestic Vanguard
7 0 0 0 0 0 0 3958
128
X-Sinner
7 55 56 90 0 33 133 2991
129
Nouveaux
7 0 0 0 0 0 0 1700
130
The Overseer
6 0 0 0 0 0 0 3441
131
P.K. Mitchell
6 0 33 96 0 49 123 1449
132
Die Happy
6 0 0 0 0 0 0 1399
133
Ultimatum
6 0 0 0 0 0 0 2166
134
Deathbreaker
6 0 0 0 0 0 0 3001
135
Björn Stigsson
5 1 55 60 0 40 160 1040
136
Pastor Brad
5 0 0 0 0 0 0 1282
137
XIII Minutes
5 0 0 0 0 0 0 737
138
Les Carlsen
5 0 50 90 2 56 138 757
139
Seventh Angel
5 0 0 0 0 0 0 6208
140
Final Axe
5 0 61 89 1 70 138 1915
141
Magdallan
4 0 0 0 0 0 0 2069
142
Sacrament
4 0 0 0 0 0 0 793
143
Perpetual Legacy
4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1413
144
Scarlet Red
4 0 0 0 0 0 0 938
145
Messiah Prophet
4 0 0 0 0 0 0 2248
146
Detritus
4 0 0 0 0 0 0 971
147
Precious Death
4 0 0 0 0 0 0 947
148
Randy Rose
4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1547
149
Letter To The Exiles
4 0 0 0 0 0 0 4357
150
Reign Of Glory
3 0 0 0 0 0 0 593
151
Menchen
3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1240
152
Germán Pascual
3 0 21 99 0 19 170 910
153
Veni Domine
3 0 0 0 0 0 0 3005
154
Joshua Perahia
3 0 0 0 0 0 0 764
155
Modest Attraction
3 0 0 0 0 0 0 980
156
TRYTAN
3 0 0 0 0 0 0 688
157
Rev Seven
2 0 0 0 0 0 0 829
158
Sin Dizzy
2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1471
159
Tempest
2 0 0 0 0 0 0 448
160
XT.
2 0 0 0 0 0 0 410
161
Saint
2 0 0 0 0 0 0 287
162
Laudamus
1 0 0 0 0 0 0 658
163
Sardonyx
1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1322
164
Lordchain
1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1119
165
Grave Forsaken
1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1005
166
7th Avenue
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 103
167
Lambs Among Wolves
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 22
168
Jet Circus
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 639