Honestly some straight up hymns are amazing. The Icelandic Hear Me Smith of Heaven and Russian Do Not Reject Me In My Old Age are my favourites
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Piling on, my favorite Russian one is Spaseniye Sodelal (salvation is created): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n8BwsZqTyr0
Shivers every time
I love it when two things that I adore find each other out in nature and create some kind of apotheosis such as this. Truly, the fruit and flower of life.
I'm somewhere between an Atheist and a pagan. Gregorian chanting is always cool and "Dies irae" is rad.
Doom 2016
Extol's "Burial" is one of the greatest metal albums of all time, IMO
Antestor is another killer Christian metal band.
Extol is phenomenal.
Miserere mei, Deus is one of the most beautiful vocal pieces I've ever heard. That descant soprano part is insane.
Learned about the band Jars of Clay when they were on MTV as a kid and thought they were pretty neat. Bought a couple albums ad a student. Still listen to them sometimes
I like Flood (more rock), Sad Clown (more chill), and Boy on a String (in between)
old gospel/soul and it's dope as hell.
A while back I found a cool song about space on Pandora that's apparently by a Christian band but that song didn't give any evidence of that
'Good to Be Alive'
By Geoff Moore and the Distance
Erica Campbell - I Luh God https://youtu.be/4G5BAQhLzMw
Plus, the entire gospel genre.
https://youtu.be/n2FrFBceLuY Jesus on the Mainline. Half of American music is built off Church music.
NF and TobyMac
Thousand Foot Krutch, Skillet.
Gonna answer my own question with "spirit in the sky"
I seem to recall liking the Doctor and the Medics cover of that, even if my age could be counted on one hand when it was released.
The oft-stated did-you-know question being "Did you know the guy who originally wrote and sung it was Jewish?". Quite the surprise when I learned that one.
But to simultaneously bring this back around and buck the trend a little, Shine, Jesus, Shine used to slap as a hymn back when I dabbled in God-bothering.
And to buck things even more, Hava Negila kind of slaps too.
Just last night I was listening to Bach’s BWV 182 and wondering what non-Christian devotional music has such broad appeal.
Plain chanting is boring, but maybe there’s some Muslim or Buddhist polyphony I’ve been missing out on.
Flyleaf and Super chick are great female-lead Christian poprock bands that I still can jam out to today.
Does Rasta music count? Because that’s technically a Christian belief system.
The live version of Grey Stone Chapel by Cash almost makes me want to go to church everytime I hear it
I think I read that Champion was explicitly Christian music which I didn't realize until I had already been listening to it.
Oh Holy Night is amazing.
Fall on your knees! Hear the angel voices!
Chains he shall break, for the slave is our brother, and in his name all oppression shall cease!
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Josh Garrels - Love & War & The Sea in Between
If you like 70s acoustic folk/rock, the first album from Lazarus has some great stuff. Their harmonies are amazing. "Warmth of Your Eyes" is my favorite.
Oh, sleeper
War of ages