The best Christian metal bands can be a divisive topic to a lot of people considering the nature of the genre. It’s no secret that metal has always had a lot of lyrics against Christ, which makes ...

Christian metal band Stryper sure love to play the victim in terms of their Christian beliefs, especially lately. Just a few months back, drummer Robert Sweet claimed that the group was “given a hard ...

Satan is unequivocally the most metal character in history. During the 1980s, bands embracing his evil imagery spurred the Satanic Panic, when straitlaced parents were terrified that their children ...

In the early 1980s, Michael Sweet formed a band called Roxx Regime with older brother Robert, eventually changing the name to Stryper. Their full-length debut, 1985’s Soldiers Under Command, became ...

I was first introduced to Stryper by the late, great Rob Campo of the New York (and later, L.A.) metal scene back in 1987. I know nothing of Christian metal. In fact, I know almost nothing about ...

The venue for P.O.D.’s show Tuesday night could not have been more fitting, as the veteran Christian metal band played New Kensington’s Preserving Underground, a former church converted into a concert ...