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Isolate
(2007)
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Circus Maximus
There are quite a few "love it or hate it" genres within the realm of hard rock and heavy metal, but undoubtedly toward the top on the list is prog metal. Depending on your musical preference, the style is either a pretentious bloated dinosaur or a platform to showcase exceptional instrumental chops and difficult song structures. Norway's Circus ...
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7: The Best of Stryper
(2003)
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Stryper
Throughout rock history, all great bands spawn quite a bit of similar-sounding offspring -- and the mighty Van Halen were no different. Throughout the '80s, a plethora of VH disciples appeared on the scene -- many of which happened to also hail from the same locale, Hollywood. Musically, Stryper were quite similar to the Van Halen boys, but ...
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In God We Trust
(1988)
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Stryper
Unquestionably Stryper's strongest and most rockin' album, To Hell with the Devil was a tough act to follow. Instead of following it up with something equally intense, the band stressed its pop side on In God We Trust. Though not quite as big a seller as To Hell with the Devil, the album quickly went gold and fell short of platinum. In God isn't a ...
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To Hell with the Devil
(1986)
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Stryper
When the majority of Christian artists were going unheard in the secular market, Stryper became even more visible among non-Christian audiences with its third album, To Hell with the Devil. This was the first time a Stryper album went platinum -- something the headbangers' presence on MTV no doubt played a role in. And the fact that this album ...
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The Yellow and Black Attack!
(1984)
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Stryper
When church leaders were accusing heavy metal of encouraging Satanism, Stryper set out to prove that metal and hard rock could be used to promote Christianity. The southern California band was viewed with suspicion by both ministers (who refused to believe that Christianity and metal were compatible) and fellow headbangers -- and yet, Stryper ...
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Soldiers Under Command
(1985)
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Stryper
While The Yellow and Black Attack! earned Stryper a fair amount of publicity, it was Soldiers Under Command that put the band on the map commercially. The album went gold, and Stryper became a major hit on MTV without abandoning its Christian message. Glossy yet intense pop-metal like "The Rock That Makes Me Roll" and "Surrender" definitely ...
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Against the Law
(1990)
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Stryper
A definite improvement over In God We Trust, the grittier Against the Law is not only a more consistently rockin' album, it's also much more focused and inspired. The CD's standout track is an imaginative cover of Earth, Wind & Fire's "Shining Star," which works surprisingly well in a metal/hard rock setting. But originals like "Rock the People," ...
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Pressure the Hinges
(2007)
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Haste the Day
Pressure the Hinges marks Haste the Day's third effort for Solid State and first with new vocalist Stephen Keech, who stepped in after Jimmy Ryan departed for married life at the tail-end of 2005. The record expands on the increased melodic exploits of 2005's When Everything Falls, most songs not only falling into the sing/scream dynamic of ...
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Define the Great Line
(2006)
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Underoath
Screamo/metalcore Warped Tour mainstays Underoath expand their sonic palettes on the blistering and occasionally majestic Define the Great Line, a mammoth production that exemplifies how far Christian metal has come since the days of Stryper and Bloodgood. On their third full-length release, the Florida-based rockers have found the delicate middle ...
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The Triptych
(2005)
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Demon Hunter
Because it embodies a particularly thorny contradiction -- pairing one of rock's most consciously rebellious genres with an institution fundamentally based on blind-faith obedience -- Christian metal has enjoyed startlingly infrequent success stories over the years. So infrequent, in fact, that an '80s group as lame as Stryper is still perceived ...
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When Everything Falls
(2005)
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Haste the Day
Haste the Day has been described as a Christian metalcore band, but truth be told, what transpires on their second album, When Everything Falls, is closer to Christian screamo than Christian metalcore. While pure metalcore is known for being ferocious and unforgiving, When Everything Falls offers more breathing room. Haste the Day thrives on the ...
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Crashings
(2004)
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Falling Up
Crashings is the debut release for the band Falling Up. What the band manages to offer up on the disc are guitar-driven melodies that drip with sweat and working class attitude. Cuts like "Bittersweet" and "Broken Heart" are tunes that utilize a well-presented guitar formula. Cut after cut possesses strong rhythmic charges only occasionally ...
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The 1st Chapter
(2005)
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Circus Maximus
The easy -- call it the cop-out -- description of Norway's Circus Maximus would be to say that they essentially offer accomplished, melodic prog metal in the Dream Theater vein, only delivered with a distinctly European aesthetic. Of course things are never so simple when discussing the dense and complex array of sounds necessary for sculpting ...
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Can't Stop the Rock
(1991)
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Stryper
Though Can't Stop the Rock isn't the last word on Stryper, it does a decent job of summarizing the Christian rockers' contributions. Drawing on five Stryper albums and providing two new songs ("Believe" and "Can't Stop the Rock"), the CD contains some essential tracks (including "To Hell with the Devil," "Free," and "Soldiers Under Command"), as ...
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Reborn
(2005)
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Stryper
Much has changed since the yellow and black attacked TV screens via Dial-MTV during hair metal's golden era. Grunge, punk-pop, electronica, rap-metal, and countless other styles have had their seasons in the sun, and a new Stryper video on TRL would be as laughable as another Ross Perot run for president. Bound and determined to shatter the notion ...
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X 2006
(2006)
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Various Artists
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Undeceived
(2000)
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Extol
The follow-up to Extol's well-received debut, Burial, Undeceived only enhanced the group's progressive/death metal reputation. Adding generous amounts of violin and cello parts to their Christian death metal bombast, Extol deepened their musical pallet without weakening Undeceived and its aggressive metal stance. The guitar and bass playing is ...
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Define the Great Line [Bonus DVD]
(2006)
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Underoath
Screamo/metalcore Warped Tour mainstays Underoath expand their sonic palettes on the blistering and occasionally majestic Define the Great Line, a mammoth production that exemplifies how far Christian metal has come since the days of Stryper and Bloodgood. On their third full-length release, the Florida-based rockers have found the delicate middle ...
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X 2004: 17 Christian Rock Hits!
(2004)
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Various Artists
X 2004 follows the footprints of the preceding year's X comp, gathering tracks from a variety of alternative CCM artists under the Tooth & Nail/Solid State/Bec Recordings umbrella, as well as a few ringers from outlets like Gotee. The set kicks off appropriately with Skillet's "Savior," a distortion-heavy number from the band's 2003 effort, ...
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A Chorus of Obliteration
(2004)
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The Showdown
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Captiva
(2007)
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Falling Up
Ten years from now, when the current vogue for smartypants non sequitur song titles has passed, everyone will look back on songs called "The Dark Side of Indoor Track Meets" and "How They Made Cameras" and shake their heads in mild embarrassment. What will remain, and what will determine whether the next generation decides the music of the early ...
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Microscopic View Of Telescopic Realm
(2000)
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Tourniquet
With Microscopic View of a Telescopic Realm, Tourniquet attempt to bring their message to a wider, more secular audience, in addition to their devoted following among fans of Christian heavy metal. Luckily, the band members are inventive enough musicians to make the record worth a listen even for the unconverted; although their primary focus is on ...
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Golgotha
(2006)
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With Blood Comes Cleansing
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The Physics of Fire
(2007)
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Becoming the Archetype
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Where Moth & Rust Destroy
(2003)
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Tourniquet
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