associated_acts years_active article_title background genre origin name
stryper 1985 -- 1994 , 2006 -- present bloodgood
 group_or_band christian metal , thrash metal , hard rock seattle , wa , us bloodgood
bloodgood

bloodgood is a christian metal band from seattle , washington .
originally formed in 1984 and by 1988 represented one of the four largest christian metal bands -lrb- excluding the mainstream success stryper -rrb- alongside barren cross , whitecross , and leviticus .
bloodgood became known for their `` go-for-broke attitude about showmanship '' , displaying attitudes and imagery that brought them into collision with some on the extreme christian right .
in a 1998 retrospective , christian music critic brian quincy newcomb would write that `` bloodgood 's ministry and music was a vital stepping stone in the maturing process of christian rock . ''
