Skillet is an American Christian rock band that has been active since 1996)). Their music has been described as Christian rock, Christian metal, alternative rock, hard rock, nu metal, post-grunge, and symphonic metal)). They have crossed over to a mainstream metal audience with their orchestral prog-rock. Skillet is definitively a hard-rock band that welcomes pop hooks and hip-hop production, a similar approach thats helped Imagine Dragons, Twenty One Pilots and Fall Out Boy find crossover success at a time when rock is no longer the most consumed music genre.