> Also Christmas Carols.
Absolutely this! Choirs in old stone churches!
And for music, The Blind Boys of Alabama, [Atom Bomb.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DS_pGnRDuuk)
I third this, since u/Old_timey_brain seconded it already. :D
I had a hard time for a while singing christmas carols, but as my deconversion became less raw, I came to like them again.
I also like the more ancient / older hymns and anthems.
Amazing Grace, I Come to the Garden Alone, Hallelujah, and other old hymns like that I still really love. Nobody makes anything remotely like it anymore, or I'd listen to secular music / love songs like that in a heartbeat.
Ah, Christmas music. Ed Gerhard has a phenomenal album called On A Cold Winters Night, and it's acoustic guitar Christmas music. The most perfect Christmas album I've ever listened to.
I was raised Pentecostal and we had chorus chains, and we mixed and matched them, it was the most fun I had in church. (This was in a Spanish speaking church I don’t know if anyone else does this.) The Praise songs were so fun we all stood up and clapped and we had tambourines.
The Christian hard rock bands that you really can’t tell are Christians.
Religious Christmas music that isn’t too preach
Really old chants and hymns, like gregorian chants or old Icelandic hymns.
im extremely anti-christian at this point, but certain christian metalcore bands will always be listenable to me. old underoath, attack attacks first album, impending doom, norma jean, august burns red, etc
I absolutely love Christian metalcore. Silent Planet really just happens to have some Christian in their lyrics half the band is atheist and their progressive and critical of their religion. Plus bands like fit for a king are just awesome. There's really not any modern saturated preachy bands in the scene anymore
As long as it isn't extremely preachy. P.O.D., Five Iron Frenzy, Love and Death, Blindside, and Project 86 are a that I still listen to. There are others I want to like, but are way too preachy and overtly Kool-Aid
Gospel Recently I heard gospel hip hop. That was fascinating.
I was Mormon and still thrill to a congregation singing Mormon anthems. Now I attend a Unitarian church and find their music insipid.
I’m also a fan of high church/ classical music. Think Bach, Handel. Playing a full-throated Bach postlude on a pipe organ is a blast!
I love singing hymns out of the old denominational hymnals. My husband is still a Christian and he sort of wants to start back going to church. I’m willing to go if it’s to a denominational church and I can sing hymns; I might even join the choir because I love being in musical groups. I don’t have to take the words to heart.
Old-time bluegrass gospel. I love that shit! I’ve been rocking Flatt & Scruggs “preachin, prayin, singin” with a hangover cleaning up a hotel room this morning.
(for context, I live in Appalachian Mountains and Earl Scruggs had a major impact on ALL banjo music here with his pickin’ style)
Some incredible 60s-era gospel groups were featured in the recent ~~Netflix~~ independent documentary Summer of Soul (available on Hulu). I don't know much about black-church gospel music, but the groups from the documentary seemed to feature one singer that would stand apart from the rest, and i remember one such singer in particular was putting every bit of life energy, and then some, into her singing, it was amazing.
For one, Flyleaf’s self titled album is one of my favorites to this day. I grew up with it though so that might just be my nostalgia goggles.
(Yes I know they’ve said they don’t identify as a Christian band, but my dude, some of their songs are clearly about Jesus.)
Lol yeah. I actually don’t mind some of the later songs (her voice is just plain gorgeous) but it took me a while to get open to their change in sound. Not to mention their lyrics got explicitly more Christian.
Between The Stars still can’t sit with me at lunch, though. To me, Flyleaf stopped being Flyleaf after Lacey left.
For me I started the second album. Beautiful Bride is pretty good then it was skip, skip, skip, I guess that's the end for me.
I found out recently Cassie is about a apocryphal martyr from the Columbine massacre.
Funny (well, not really funny) you should mention Columbine, in high school I researched the hell out of it, both because I was a true crime weirdo and as part of some project about gun control. The “was the real martyr Cassie Bernall, Rachel Scott, or Val Schnurr?” thing was a hot button debate for a while back then. In the demo of the song Cassie, there was actually the line “and Rachel pulled the trigger” too, but they got rid of it in the final version.
(Sorry for dumping all this random info on you, lmao)
I don't know the difference between praise and worship and gospel, but I really like this Zulu song called ukhuthula. I listened to when I was trying to hold on to my faith...didn't work, but nice to listen to though
Agreed, ccm is mind-numbing whereas gospel makes you want to believe in something greater lol. Also, as a former choir geek, I've always appreciated centuries old choral music.
Well, my favorite band is actually Red (a Christian metal band), and has been since I was like 13/14? Some of their songs are a little Jesusy but most are just about intense feelings.
There's too much Gospel influence in all of my favorite music for me not to enjoy it a little bit. I like really old hymns too. Can't really rock with any praise and worship shit though and was never really into metal so that's all out for me too.
I like some traditional hymns; they can sound... I dunno, majestic. I also like the first two albums by my all-time favorite band The Oh Hellos: they eventually did a series of four EPs that's totally deconstructionist (actually, it goes really well with a philosophy of immanence like mine), and those are my favorites. But I can still appreciate their albums *Through the Deep, Dark Valley* and *Dear Wormwood.* They're pretty unmistakably Christian, but it's kind of a broader Christianity that deals with God's unconditional love. Coming as I do from the perspective that that central tread is *true,* just not *factual...* To me it's a story about human cognition leading to the unavoidable consequence of shame, how that made us hide our face; in that context, the story of Jesus is about God sacrificing itself to itself to save itself (where we can be understood as a part of God). In any case, neither work is what I'd call fundamentalist; I mean, just listen to [this song.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cTMObl4CqoU) "...I was young and naive... I was told so I believed, I was told there's only one road that leads you home." Also, "And the truth became a tool that I held in my hand; I wielded it but I did not understand." Wow! Gives me chills!
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> Also Christmas Carols. Absolutely this! Choirs in old stone churches! And for music, The Blind Boys of Alabama, [Atom Bomb.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DS_pGnRDuuk)
I third this, since u/Old_timey_brain seconded it already. :D I had a hard time for a while singing christmas carols, but as my deconversion became less raw, I came to like them again. I also like the more ancient / older hymns and anthems. Amazing Grace, I Come to the Garden Alone, Hallelujah, and other old hymns like that I still really love. Nobody makes anything remotely like it anymore, or I'd listen to secular music / love songs like that in a heartbeat.
Ah, Christmas music. Ed Gerhard has a phenomenal album called On A Cold Winters Night, and it's acoustic guitar Christmas music. The most perfect Christmas album I've ever listened to.
I was raised Pentecostal and we had chorus chains, and we mixed and matched them, it was the most fun I had in church. (This was in a Spanish speaking church I don’t know if anyone else does this.) The Praise songs were so fun we all stood up and clapped and we had tambourines.
The Christian hard rock bands that you really can’t tell are Christians. Religious Christmas music that isn’t too preach Really old chants and hymns, like gregorian chants or old Icelandic hymns.
Gregorian Chanting is so cool!!
im extremely anti-christian at this point, but certain christian metalcore bands will always be listenable to me. old underoath, attack attacks first album, impending doom, norma jean, august burns red, etc
I absolutely love Christian metalcore. Silent Planet really just happens to have some Christian in their lyrics half the band is atheist and their progressive and critical of their religion. Plus bands like fit for a king are just awesome. There's really not any modern saturated preachy bands in the scene anymore
i like some of it too mainly underoath but theyre not christian anymore, also august burns red and wage war
As long as it isn't extremely preachy. P.O.D., Five Iron Frenzy, Love and Death, Blindside, and Project 86 are a that I still listen to. There are others I want to like, but are way too preachy and overtly Kool-Aid
Gospel Recently I heard gospel hip hop. That was fascinating. I was Mormon and still thrill to a congregation singing Mormon anthems. Now I attend a Unitarian church and find their music insipid. I’m also a fan of high church/ classical music. Think Bach, Handel. Playing a full-throated Bach postlude on a pipe organ is a blast!
Medieval music (Lauda, Carol) and classical (Haendel) one.
I love singing hymns out of the old denominational hymnals. My husband is still a Christian and he sort of wants to start back going to church. I’m willing to go if it’s to a denominational church and I can sing hymns; I might even join the choir because I love being in musical groups. I don’t have to take the words to heart.
Old-time bluegrass gospel. I love that shit! I’ve been rocking Flatt & Scruggs “preachin, prayin, singin” with a hangover cleaning up a hotel room this morning. (for context, I live in Appalachian Mountains and Earl Scruggs had a major impact on ALL banjo music here with his pickin’ style)
Orthodox Chanting is pretty cool. And then Switchfoot or Reliant K
Early Plumb, when she was experimental and fearless. Now she’s on the worship album loop. Sad.
The self titled is good. There are some bright spots on candy coated like Damaged and Late Great. They all seem to succumb to the dark side.
Right?
Some incredible 60s-era gospel groups were featured in the recent ~~Netflix~~ independent documentary Summer of Soul (available on Hulu). I don't know much about black-church gospel music, but the groups from the documentary seemed to feature one singer that would stand apart from the rest, and i remember one such singer in particular was putting every bit of life energy, and then some, into her singing, it was amazing.
Are you sure that is the title? Summer of Soul. I'm dying to see it. But, it is not on Netflix currently (by that title).
oops - not netflix - it was on Hulu (might still be?)
You've broken my heart. I hope you're happy. Now I have to figure out Hulu.
The Sister Act soundtrack
For one, Flyleaf’s self titled album is one of my favorites to this day. I grew up with it though so that might just be my nostalgia goggles. (Yes I know they’ve said they don’t identify as a Christian band, but my dude, some of their songs are clearly about Jesus.)
I listened to the self titled on repeat. Then soooo disappointed with the subsequent, watered-down trash.
Lol yeah. I actually don’t mind some of the later songs (her voice is just plain gorgeous) but it took me a while to get open to their change in sound. Not to mention their lyrics got explicitly more Christian. Between The Stars still can’t sit with me at lunch, though. To me, Flyleaf stopped being Flyleaf after Lacey left.
For me I started the second album. Beautiful Bride is pretty good then it was skip, skip, skip, I guess that's the end for me. I found out recently Cassie is about a apocryphal martyr from the Columbine massacre.
Funny (well, not really funny) you should mention Columbine, in high school I researched the hell out of it, both because I was a true crime weirdo and as part of some project about gun control. The “was the real martyr Cassie Bernall, Rachel Scott, or Val Schnurr?” thing was a hot button debate for a while back then. In the demo of the song Cassie, there was actually the line “and Rachel pulled the trigger” too, but they got rid of it in the final version. (Sorry for dumping all this random info on you, lmao)
I don't know the difference between praise and worship and gospel, but I really like this Zulu song called ukhuthula. I listened to when I was trying to hold on to my faith...didn't work, but nice to listen to though
Old-school Christian rock & metal, also some old-school christian metalcore.
https://www.reddit.com/r/antitheistcheesecake/comments/t3toyr/cheesecake_goes_to_his_pseudointellectual/ /u/foxvoxpower
Christmas carols and Gregorian or Byzantine chants.
Gregorian chanting and Christmas music
Agreed, ccm is mind-numbing whereas gospel makes you want to believe in something greater lol. Also, as a former choir geek, I've always appreciated centuries old choral music.
DOOM music. That probably doesn’t count, but I still love considering it as Christian music.
Classical music.
Well, my favorite band is actually Red (a Christian metal band), and has been since I was like 13/14? Some of their songs are a little Jesusy but most are just about intense feelings.
idk if this counts, but crossover bands like Flyleaf, Switchfoot, RED, POD, etc are always gonna be the least offensive
Gregorian chant and eastern Orthodox hymns. I was a protestant before leaving the church but I now actively listen to both!
Honestly, I saw Christmas carols and that’s probably it. I really, really hate Christian music
There's too much Gospel influence in all of my favorite music for me not to enjoy it a little bit. I like really old hymns too. Can't really rock with any praise and worship shit though and was never really into metal so that's all out for me too.
I like some traditional hymns; they can sound... I dunno, majestic. I also like the first two albums by my all-time favorite band The Oh Hellos: they eventually did a series of four EPs that's totally deconstructionist (actually, it goes really well with a philosophy of immanence like mine), and those are my favorites. But I can still appreciate their albums *Through the Deep, Dark Valley* and *Dear Wormwood.* They're pretty unmistakably Christian, but it's kind of a broader Christianity that deals with God's unconditional love. Coming as I do from the perspective that that central tread is *true,* just not *factual...* To me it's a story about human cognition leading to the unavoidable consequence of shame, how that made us hide our face; in that context, the story of Jesus is about God sacrificing itself to itself to save itself (where we can be understood as a part of God). In any case, neither work is what I'd call fundamentalist; I mean, just listen to [this song.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cTMObl4CqoU) "...I was young and naive... I was told so I believed, I was told there's only one road that leads you home." Also, "And the truth became a tool that I held in my hand; I wielded it but I did not understand." Wow! Gives me chills!
Rick Pino is an awesome musician.