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Christian hardcore bands that explicitly state their beliefs and use Christian imagery in their lyrics may be considered a part of the Christian pop music (aka Contemporary Christian music) industry and play for a predominantly Christian market. However, given the edginess of hardcore punk, many bands have been dismissed by the Christian and Christian pop music market and rely on genre specific labels to promote and release their music. Look up belief in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Category: ...

Typically, Christian hardcore and metalcore bands perform music influenced by their faith and see their audience as the general public. More recently Christian hardcore bands may avoid specific mention of God or Jesus in their lyrics and from stage as well as rejecting the Christian pop label. However, at the same time some bands strive to convey a blatant Christ-based message. This article discusses the term God in the context of monotheism and henotheism. ... This article is about Jesus of Nazareth. ...

Traditionally, hardcore has been antipathetic towards Christianity- much like the broader punk rock community- and has often left Christian Hardcore bands alienated on the fringes of both the hardcore and Christian music scenes. Many inside the hardcore music scene view Christianity in a negative light, or feel that Christian hardcore as a genre is a passing fad.

Spirit-Filled Hardcore

A brand of hardcore typified by bold faith based lyrics, a typical hardcore aesthetic and often a Straight Edge mentality. This brand of Christian Hardcore saw its rise and fall in the 90s with bands like Focused, Unashamed, Overcome, Zao, and Strongarm. Although the Spirit-Filled Hardcore movement fell into obscurity in the late 90s, many Christian hardcore bands continued to include religious material in their lyrics. Bands such as No Innocent Victim (who had recently reformed due to a lack of integrity in the people that claim to be Christians), xDisciplex AD, Born Blind and Figure Four were all well known for their Christian lyrics. Recently, bands such as Underoath, The Devil Wears Prada and War of Ages have continued with music that contains Christian lyrics. Spirit filled hardcore has been widely accepted by traditional metal and hardcore audiences. For the drawing or cutting tool, see Straightedge. ... Christian hardcore is a form of hardcore and metalcore music and a subgenre of punk rock played by bands where the musicians promote Christian beliefs. ... Unashamed is one of the founding bands in the The Spirit-Filled HardCore movement. ... For other uses of the term zao, see Zao (disambiguation). ... No Innocent Victim is a Christian hardcore band on Facedown Records. ... The Christian punk rock four-piece Born Blind was originally from San Diego, California, playing shows in the western part of the United States. ... The Figure 4 leglock From the world of pro wrestling, it is one of the most simple holds, yet very devistating for anyone that has to suffer through it. ... Underoath (sometimes stylized as Underøath, underOATH, or UnderOath) is an American rock band. ... War of Ages, formerly known as Point Zero, is a Christian metalcore band formed during the summer of 2002 in Erie, Pennsylvania. ...

Criticism

Christianity and hardcore punk are sometimes considered to be contradictory due to the conflict between punk's anti-authoritarian message and the prominence of authority figures in Christianity. The concept of Christian anarchism addresses this somewhat, as it stresses rejection of wordly authority in favor of Godly authority. However, this was used by fundamentalists who thought of the hardcore scene as "ungodly." Nonetheless, the punk community does not completely dismiss Christianity and hardcore punk as incompatible, as there are members of punk bands that openly state they are Christian. This is covered in a section of the Christian punk article. Christian anarchism is a synthesis of anarchist theory with Christian theology. ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... Christian punk is a form of Christian alternative music and a subgenre of punk rock with some degree of Christian lyrical content. ... Christian punk is a form of Christian alternative music and a subgenre of punk rock with some degree of Christian lyrical content. ...

Record labels

• Cloud Nine Records
• Solid State Records
• Facedown Records
• Blood and Ink Records
• Strike First Records
• Harvest Earth Records
• Tooth & Nail Records
• Indianola Records
• Flicker Records
• Mono Vs. Stereo

Solid State Records is a Christian record label. ... Facedown Records is a Christian record label based in Sun City, California, devoted mostly to hardcore punk and metalcore bands (Christian and secular). ... Tooth & Nail Records is a record label founded by Brandon Ebel in California in 1993. ... Flicker Records is a Christian record label based in Franklin, Tennessee. ... Mono Vs Stereo logo Mono Vs Stereo is an independent record label based in Franklin, Tennessee. ...

Related genres

• Christian punk
• Christian rock
• Christian alternative music
• Christian metal.

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External links

• God Save the Teens: Local Kids Seek a New Kind of Church Through Hardcore and Hip-Hop by Lauren Sandler in the Village Voice 30 May - 5 June 2001
• Review As I Lay Dying and Norma Jean by Ben Bishop in The Hard Music Magazine
• Rock and Pop > Christian Punk and Hardcore in the Yahoo! Directory

The Village Voice is a New York City-based weekly newspaper featuring investigative articles, analysis of current affairs and culture, arts reviews and events listings for New York City. ...

See also

• List of Christian hardcore artists
• List of Christian Music Videos