Christian hardcore

Categories: Christian rock genres | Hardcore punk genres | Christian rock | Music genre stubs | Hardcore punk

Christianity and contemporary music
Stylistic origins:	Gospel - Hymns - Country music - Folk music - Popular music - Rock and Roll - Alternative music: Punk music - Hip Hop – Heavy metal music
Cultural origins:	early 1970s - Jesus Movement - Popular culture - Evangelicalism North America
Typical instruments:	Guitar - Bass - Drums
Mainstream popularity:	Limited until recently depending on genre, has gained much popularity in recent years
Derivative forms:	Contemporary Christian music
Subgenres

Fusion genres
Christian rock - Christian alternative music: Christian hip hop - Christian metal - Christian punk - Christian hardcore
Regional scenes

Other topics
Lists of artist: Non-CCM Hip hop & rap - Metal & CCM artists: alpha, decade & sub-genre

Christian hardcore is a form of hardcore punk music and a subgenre of punk rock played by bands where the musicians are openly Christian. The extent that their lyrics are explicitly Christian varies between bands. Metalcore is a fusion of hardcore and heavy metal.

Christian hardcore bands that explicitly state their beliefs and use Christian imagery in their lyrics may be considered a part of the contemporary Christian music (CCM) industry and play for a predominantly Christian market. However, given the edginess of hardcore punk, many bands have been rejected by the Christian and CCM music scene.

Typically, Christian hardcore and metalcore bands perform music influenced by their faith and see their audience as the general public. They may generally avoid specific mention of God or Jesus and may specifically reject the CCM label.

The Australian hardcore scene has a strong Christian element and Straight Edge is also influential.

1 Development
2 Christian hardcore and metalcore bands
3 Record labels
4 External links

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Development

The Crucified was an influential hardcore punk band (1984 to 1993). The Spirit-Filled HardCore movement (xSxFxHxCx) in California during the late 1980s and early 1990s was also important.

Early in the development of Christian hardcore it was differentiated from secular hardcore. Also early Christian hardcore bands tended to show metalcore traits.

Hardcore was perhaps the first genre that Christians set the tone. Early Christian hardcore bands include Terra Firma, Training For Utopia, Unashamed, Focused and Innermeans.

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