Use this chart to get a feel for how our favorite CCM artists compare with the secular
Mainstream
| Artist | Style | Recomended if you like these mainstream artists | Recomended if you like these christian artists |
| AD | Progressive Art/Rock | Kansas, Styx, Yes, Genesis | Kerry Livgren, The Awakening, The Obvious (100 Days) |
| Allies | Power Pop/Arena Rock | Foreigner, Journey | Petra, DeGarmo & Key, Legend 7 |
| Angelica | Pop/Metal | Poison, Ratt, Extreme | Shout, Tamplin, Stryper, Magdalen |
| Barren Cross | Classic Heavy Metal | Iron Maiden, Judas Priest | Bloodgood, Die Happy |
| Brave | Hard Rock/Melodic Metal | Kansas, A.D., Reo Speedwagon | Mastedon, Halo, Kerry Livgren |
| Bride | Classic Heavy Metal | Motley Crue, Metallica, Led Zepplin | Killed By Cain, Rose, Barren Cross, XT, Die Happy |
| Lanny Cordola | Arena Rock/Instrumental Guitar | Joe Satriani, Steve Vai, Bon Jovi, | Shout, Idle Cure, Magdallan |
| Degarmo & Key | Pop/Rock | Doobie Brothers, Mike & Mechanics | Petra, Allies |
| Dreamer | Hard Rock/Heavy Metal | Tesla, Damn Yankies, Bon Jovi, Ratt | Daniel Band, Whitecross |
| Mark Farner | Bluesy Hard Rock/Pop Rock | Grand Funk Railroad | Darrell Mansfield, Rez |
| Fighter | Power Pop/Arena Rock | Heart, Foreigner | Arsenal, Mastedon, Legend |
| Guardian | Classic Metal | Van Halen, Bon Jovi, Extreme | Bride, Whitecross, Bloodgood, Holy Soldier |
| Halo | Progressive Power Pop | Survivor, REO Speedwagon | Mastedon, Petra, Legend |
| Holy Soldier | Classic Heavy Metal | Whitesnake, Van Halen | Bride, Sacred Warrior, Guardian, Bloodgood |
| Idle Cure | Power Pop/Arena Rock | Loverboy, REO Speedwagon | Petra, Allies |
| Jacob's Trouble | Retro Rock | The Beatles, The Monkees, Hootie & Blowfish | Lost Dogs, PFR, Hoi Polloi, Newsboys |
| Legend (7) | ArenaRock | REO Speedwagon, Journey, Survivor | Petra, Mastedon, Fighter, Halo |
| Liaison | Power Pop | Journey, Foreigner | Petra, Legend 7, Shout, Ruscha |
| Love War | Progressive Heavy Metal | King's X, Loverboy | Deliverence, King's X |
| Magdalen | Rock | Aerosmith, John Mellencamp, Led Zepplin | Bride, Ken Tamplin, Michael Sweet |
| Mastedon | Progressive Power Pop/Arena Rock | AD, Kansas, REO Speedwagon | Kerry Livgren, Halo, Petra |
| Jet Circus | Euro Pop/Metal | Poison | Leviticus, Jerusalem, XT |
| Mylon LeFevre & Broken Heart | Rock, Pop/Rock | Elvis Presley, Mike & the Mechanics | Whiteheart, DeGarmo & Key |
| Kerry Livgren | Progressive Art/Rock | Kansas, Styx, Yes | AD, One Hundred Days |
| Neon Cross | Classic Heavy Metal | Warrant, Slaughter | Sacred Warrior, Bride |
| Novella | Melodic Metal | Winger, Van Halen | Bride, Angelica, Holy Soldier, Guardian |
| Larry Norman | Bluesy, Heartland Pop/Rock | Beatles, Rolling Stones | Steve Camp, Randy Stonehill |
| Ransom | Melodic Metal | Heart, Pat Benatar (on steroids) | Rez, Ordained Fate, Arsenal, Fighter |
| Red Sea | Grungy Metal | Blues Traveler | Die Happy, Holy Soldier |
| Resurrection Band (also known as Rez) | Heavy Metal/Hard Blues Rock | Fabulous Thunderbirds, Ozzy, Page & Plant | They set the standard by which others are measured. |
| Sacred Warrior | Melodic Metall/Progressive Metal | Queensryche | Haven, early Neon Cross, Veni Domine |
| Jeff Scheetz | Instrumental Guitar | Joe Satriani, Yngwie Malmsteen, Stevie Vai | Rex Carroll, Oz Fox, Tony Palacios |
| Seraiah | Pop Metal | Van Halen, Bon Jovi | Neon Cross, Guardian, Bride |
| Shout | Pop Metal | Bon Jovi, Van Halen | Magdallan, Stryper, Tamplin |
| Sign of the Times (Jeff Scheetz' band) | Classic Heavy Metal | Stevie Vai, Yngwie Malmsteen, Satriani | Jeff Scheetz, Lanny Cordola, PK Mitchell |
| The Stand | Heartland Rock | John Cougar Mellencamp | Rez, This Train, Petra |
| Sweet Nectar | Progressive Metal | Alice In Chains, Stone Temple Pilots | Four Living Creatures, Elder |
| Ken Tamplin | Power Pop/Classic Heavy Metal | David Lee Roth, Bon Jovi, Poison | Shout, Stryper |
| Titanic | Classic Heavy Metal | Overkill, Judas Priest | Saint, Deliverance |
| Scott Wenzel | Power Pop/Melodic Metal | Ratt, David Lee Roth | Whitecross |
| Whitecross | Power Rock/Classic Heavy Metal | Aerosmith, Led Zepplin, White Lion | Petra, Whiteheart |
| Xalt | Melodic Metal | Bon Jovi, Whitesnake | Angelica, Shout, Seraiah |
| XT | Heavy Metal | Gun's N Roses, Motley Crue, Tesla | Leviticus, Jerusalem, Jet Circus |
| David Zaffiro | Melodic Pop/Metal | Stryper, Bon Jovi | Bloodgood, Shout |
| Zion | Classic Heavy Metal | Ratt, AC/DC | Whitecross,Stryper |
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