Favorite Christian Core Albums

I know most of us on here aren't very big on any Core genres so I'm curious what peoples favorite Core albums are. One of my favorites is Oh, Sleeper - Son Of The Morning. It's such a good album. Another one of my favs is Saving Grace - The King Is Coming. It's the only Deathcore I ever liked. It feels less actual core and more just core influenced.

BTA, Living Sacrifice and Demon Hunter are about the only core influenced bands I listen to.

Black Rider wrote:BTA, Living Sacrifice and Demon Hunter are about the only core influenced bands I listen to.

I don't think BTA is super core influenced. Living Sacrifice is full Metalcore now imo. Demon Hunter I'm not sure. Their first album is just Nu Metal (Slipknot sound), The Triptych has a little core influence but not that much. I haven't listened to anything past The Triptych though so maybe they're more core now.

BTA are more diverse than LS imo.

Black Rider wrote:BTA are more diverse than LS imo.

I prefer BTA over LS.

Living Sacrifice - Reborn because it at least has atmosphere

What core? Hardcore, Grindcore, Metalcore, Deathcore?

Any core.

Hardcore: Strongarm - Atonement
Deathcore: BTA - Terminate Damnation
Metalcore: N/A
Grindcore: N/A

I’m not a fan of any core. I’m very selective of a few songs from a few groups. Maybe LS and DH…a few of their core songs. Give me classic, power, thrash, melodic, prog and hair metal any day.

What exactly is the definition of core anyway?

Ammocas wrote:I’m not a fan of any core. I’m very selective of a few songs from a few groups. Maybe LS and DH…a few of their core songs. Give me classic, power, thrash, melodic, prog and hair metal any day.

What exactly is the definition of core anyway?

Well core ranges a whole lot. The big definition is down-tuned guitars and break-downs. Deathcore is basically just death metal with breakdowns. Easycore is pop-punk mixed with metalcore, so catchy choruses, cool riffs, heavy breakdowns with growling vocals. Easycore is my favorite sub genre of core.

Living Sacrifice - Reborn and The Hammering Process
Six Feet Deep and

see my Zao thread

Forgot about the first 2 Zao albums too. After Blood and Fire Bring Rest they lost me a little. The vocals while good for the genre became more and more harder for me to decipher

Pretty much just me listing my favorite albums of all time:

Mychildren Mybride - Unbreakable
The Devil Wears Prada - With Roots Above and Branches Below
As I Lay Dying - An Ocean Between Us
Haste The Day - Burning Bridges
Zao - The Funeral of God
Impending Doom - Baptized In Filth
Norma Jean - Bless The Martyr and Kiss The Child
The Showdown - A Chorus of Obliteration
Fallstar - Backdraft
Living Sacrifice - Reborn
Demon Hunter - The Tryptych
Wage War - Deadweight
Norma Jean - Polar Similar
Oh, Sleeper - Son of the Morning
Mychildren Mybride - Lost Boy
Haste The Day - Pressure The Hinges
As I Lay Dying - Shadows Are Security
The Devil Wears Prada - Deadthrone
August Burns Red - Messengers
Norma Jean - Redeemer
Maylene and The Sons of Disaster - I
Phinehas - Till The End
I The Breather - Truth and Purpose
A Plea For Purging - The Marriage of Heaven and Hell
August Burns Red - Constellations
Oh, Sleeper - Children of Fire
Sleeping Giant - Kingdom Days In An Evil Age
For Today - Portraits
He Is Legend - Suck Out The Poison
Zao - The Crimson Corridor
The Devil Wears Prada - Zombie
Fit For A King - Creation/Destruction

Finally! Someone else that likes For Today. Core has never been my favorite but For Today is just awesome.

I tend to be picky about what I like in this genre but there are a few bands that I still love and listen to regularly:

Saving Grace "The King is Coming"
Phinehas "The Last Word is Yours To Speak"
War of Ages "Dominion"
Wolves At The Gate "Eulogies"
Fit for a King "Dark Skies"
Sleeping Giant "Kingdom Days In An Evil Age"

Bands like Becoming the Archetype and Demon Hunter I don't think of as metalcore but they are my favorites above all these others.

Attallus "Into the Sea," My Epic "Yet," Everything in Slow Motion "Phoenix," and Hands "Give Me Rest" are other huge favorites that fall outside the mold but have notable hard-core influences.

It has been years though since I really enjoyed a new band in the genre.

Frozen Fire wrote:I tend to be picky about what I like in this genre but there are a few bands that I still love and listen to regularly:

Saving Grace "The King is Coming"

Lets gooooo. This feels more like Death metal with core influence rather than full Deathcore imo.