I just finished reading Jesus Triumphant, the latest book in the “Chronicles of the Nephilim” series by Brian Godawa. I’m not one who searches the modern Christian section on Amazon to find something to read much less browse the “Christian Fiction” section. The “Chronicles of the Nephilim” series sits head and shoulders (pun intended) above…
Back in the day, long before Slayer existed as band, Belshazzar was seated on the throne in the palace in Babylon, holding a big feast. While partying it up, sacred vessels were taken from the Jerusalem Temple. They drank wine from these vessels while praising the Babylonian gods, thus profaning Yahweh. A disembodied hand appears…
Randy Layton does it again. Alternative Records has been excavating musical treasures and releasing them for 26 years. I picked up Robert Vaughn’s Love & War album back in the late 80s due to the “genius” reputation Exit Records had earned. Exit was home to musical proteges wanting to hand a stick of dynamite to…
When I first heard that Holy Blood was dropping the folk side of their folk metal signature sound, I was more than a bit worried. Black/death/grind/etc bands can easily become cliché caricatures of their own genre once they lose that particular element that makes them unique. It was the folk that drew me into Holy…
Another stretch for DTL, but also another quality early Jesus Music release that fans with wide musical tastes should check out. Sonlight changed names to become Koinonia – this album was originally their self-titled release under their original name. This re-issue helps to make the connection with Koinonia, who made a name for themselves as a…
So this album is a bit outside of what we usually review at DTL, but I am always up for expanding my musical horizons. Most people have probably heard of Andraé Crouch, but this debut album is actually from the year before he became the Jesus Music super star. The interesting aspect that I pick…
The Lonely Revolts are back – gruff, rough and in your face. The hard thing about reviewing all of these new Christian punk rock bands is that punk was never really about innovation, but just getting loud and getting something off your chest… so it feels like I write the same thing for all of…
Peter 118 cranks out a quick ep of straight up punk with a few acoustic/oi! influences here and there. The songs sit back and find a groove more often than just going for full-on speed punk, which makes for good driving music. Well, for short drives that is 🙂 . If you are looking for…
In the midst of what, to me, has been a bad year compared to last for new music releases ‘Lands and Peoples’ swoops in to save the day! Bill Mallonee is Americana, I honestly can not think of anyone in the genre that has this consistent output. In my mind every bit as good as…
I am behind on this review, as the full-length is already out. But based on these few songs alone, I need to get the full length. The first track,“White Night, Black Light,” is a Doug Burr going to the next level, mixing in a Wovenhand-ish, Nick Cave-ish sensibility that is still all his own. Things…