Category Archives: Rock

Thrive Worship is an American band headquartered in Sacramento, California.  According to their website, they are a “collection of people from diverse backgrounds all pointing in the same hope-filled direction. With a singular goal

Elevation Worship is a church-led band that was created in 2007.  They join Bethel Music and Hillsong as the “big three” that has the biggest reach in modern Christian music.  They released many albums and

Elevation Worship, much like Bethel and Hillsong, is a church-based worship band that competes for global Christian Music dominance and influence.  With their home in Charlotte, North Carolina, and led by controversial pastor Steven

Brandon Lake is an American worship leader for Bethel Music and Maverick City Music.  He released three albums and one EP, including: Closer (2016) House of Miracles (2020) House of Miracles (Live) (2021) Almond Eyes (EP, 2021) He

Tim Hughes is a British artist, songwriter, and Anglican priest.  In 2015, he was appointed Vicar of St Luke’s, Gas Street Birmingham.  As a former director of worship at Holy Trinity Brompton, he created

What can I say about Hillsong that hasn’t been said in 30+ other reviews?  Leading CCM artist.  Check.  Run by a church organization in Australia.  Check.  Song List.  Check.  Awards for Hillsong UNITED and Hillsong Worship. 

Breakthru Worship, much like in the same structure as Hillsong, Bethel, and Elevation Worship, is a church-led band.  Based in South Africa, they’ve only released one album: Kingdom Come. Lyrics can be found at

To put it succinctly, Maverick City Music is the audience on stage.  Recently, they have collaborated with other artists such as Elevation Worship, Chandler Moore, and Brandon lake to produce music. They released seven

Planetshakers is a church that was formed in 1997, and headquartered in Melbourne, Australia.  Much in the same organizational methodology as Hillsong, Bethel, and Elevation Worship, they created their own brand of worship music.