Norma Jean

After releasing two albums as a rap-metal act under the terrible moniker Luti-Kriss, Norma Jean smartly underwent a total band overhaul, ditching its Limp Bizkit style. Re-emerging in 2002 with the new name and a revamped sound—first appearing on Bless The Martyr, Kiss The Child—the group came into its present day self as a reputable Christian post-hardcore band. Combining a brutal sound with grandiose thematic lyrical concepts, Norma Jean set a practically unreachable standard for the aftermath of metalcore mutations that would follow, that has continued through releases like 2006’s Redeemer and 2010’s Meridional, featuring the smash-to-the-face “Deathbed Atheist.”

Updated 05/11/2011