When you speak of classic Christian albums that inspired countless other albums that followed, Branded is usually at the top of the list. The honesty and emotion on display in this album was pretty rare for this era of Christian music. I actually didn’t first hear this album until 1994, 8 years after it was…
When Deliverance first unleashed What a Joke in 1991, fans thought that surely this album was the extent of Jimmy Brown and company’s experimental side. They had no idea what was really in store in the next few years, but at the time this album had a few people scratching their heads. Extremely short songs…
The second round of re-issues by Intense Millennium brought us the re-mastered re-issue of the classic debut by Ransom. When this album first came out in 1990, pop/glam metal ruled the airwaves and Ransom was immediately stuck in that genre in many people’s minds. Truthfully, though, Ransom was more of a straight ahead metal band…
Vengeance Rising… what can I say? This first release was the definitive Christian thrash record of its time. Originally released in 1988, everything about this record caused a stir. People complained about lead singer Roger Martinez’s voice, they complained about the album art, song titles, record title etc. etc. etc. Even with all the finger…
Where Human Sacrifice introduced this band to the market, Once Dead solidified their place in the Christian metal world. Kicking off this record with an eerie recital of the The Lord’s Prayer, Vengeance Rising stormed back into the scene with a fury and a (ahem) vengeance. This release continues down the path that these guys…
Bloodgood’s classic debut album gets the re-issue treatment from Intense Millennium Records. The sound is classic metal – a little power, a little melodic, but all shred. The only real problem when it was first released was the limited recording budget. Now that has been fixed with a nice re-mastering job that really helps these…
Sacred Warrior was one of the first Christian bands to take on the progressive metal genre pioneered by Queensryche. They are not copycats by any means, but fans of simple riff rock might want to look elsewhere. You probably already know the album – so let’s talk about the re-issue. The sound is vastly improved…
The fine folks are Intense Millennium Records have re-mastered and re-released this landmark Christian metal record. In the late 80’s when hair metal was the rage, Bloodgood drops this second release and makes a name for themselves. If you remember these guys when they were first around, they looked more like a hair metal band,…