By now you have probably heard the hype about the new Stryper album. Maybe you are even sick of it. But don’t be fooled by the hipster snobs – this album deserves the hype it is gaining. This is a darker, heavier, more mature Stryper than we heard back in the late 80s MTV heydays. The interesting thing is that they managed to go heavier without losing what made them Stryper in the first place. As much as I like Against The Law, it always seemed like they lost a bit of how they were to make that album. That was probably on purpose. I know that some fans are not happy with this album, and I get that the songs overall are a bit slower than some in the past. Of course, you do have “Water Into Wine” – an air guitar jam song if I ever heard one. The cover of “Jesus is Just Alright” does stick out a bit stylistically, but I still enjoy it. “No More Hell To Pay” is almost melancholy (in a good way), but still finds the band saying they will “rock for the Rock” in a more worn-but-still-hanging-in-there kind of way. Stryper has been on a roll for the last few albums – I hope they keep that going with future releases.
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