Discography:
- Snuff The Punk (1994)
- Brown (1996)
- The Fundamental Elements Of Southtown (1999)
- Satellite (2001)
- Payable On Death (2003)
- Testify (2006)
- When Angels & Serpents Dance (2008)
- Murdered Love (2012)
- The Awakening (2015)
- Circles (2018)
- Veritas (2024)
Tropes:
- Agree to Disagree: In "Ghetto":We don't always see things the same;
We should agree to disagree. - Alliterative Name: Sonny Sandoval. Averted with his real first name, which is Paul.
- Auto-Tune: Used for it's more traditional purposes of correcting one or two off-pitch notes on short notice. It's most egregiously used on the albums that were produced by Howard Benson, who is notorious for taking it up to eleven on albums he produces regardless of artist or band.
- The Blind Leading the Blind: Discussed in the song "Youth of the Nation".
- Bread, Eggs, Milk, Squick: In "Sounds Like War":Sounds like it's war to me:
Peace, love and casualties. - Christian Metal: They're more subtle than most bands in the genre, though. You can still enjoy the band, regardless of your faith. This is probably the reason why they are one of the more successful examples.
- Their first two albums were quite less subtle though; their first album containing a song titled "Abortion is Murder"; their second actually containing a song titled "Preach", while both albums contain many Biblical references. They presumably toned it down to attract attention from mainstream record labels. However, they are still unabashedly Christians and aren't afraid to get in your face about it away from their music.
- Dramatic Drop: Discussed in "Know Me":So, uh, drop what you're doing and stop and stare at me;
Not who you are, 'cause you're just too scared to be. - Early-Installment Weirdness: Their first album Snuff the Punk is heavily influenced by crossover thrash and sounds like a Christian Biohazard.
- Fun with Acronyms: P.O.D. stands for "Payable On Death", of course.
- Also mentioned in "Brown", when the initials of "B.R.O.W.N." stand for "Believe, Receive, Obtain, Withstand, Never die."
- Genre Mashup: Nu Metal Meets Rap Metal Meets Reggae.
- God-Is-Love Songs: Or "Jah-Is-Love Songs", as their lyrics would say, with "Jah" meaning God.
- Now I Lay Me Down to Sleep: Parodied in "Southtown":Could be the next guy that you take before I wake,
Now I lay me down to sleep, eyes tight, when I pray. - Only Known by Their Nickname: Sonny - real name Paul Joshua Sandoval, as well as Wuv - real name Noah - Bernardo. Also, Traa's real name is Mark Daniels.
- Out-of-Genre Experience: Aside from the very brief rapped segment, "America", their song with Santana, is a lot closer to straightforward Heavy Metal than their usual material.
- Special Guest: They've had quite a few, notable examples being H.R., Mike Muir, Page Hamilton, Jamey Jasta, Sen Dog, Maria Brink, Lou Koller (Sick of It All), Tatiana Shmayluk, and Randy Blythe.
- Subliminal Seduction: Not in the form of backmasking, but in the second chorus of "Set Your Eyes to Zion", you can hear Sonny explaining what Jah means if you listen closely. This was done in response to backlash from evangelical Christian websites and reviewers.
- Take That, Critics!: Anything Right is about how no matter what they do, they'll be criticized either for being too religious, or not religious enough.
