Unless you are living under a rock, you had to have heard the hype about how awesome this album is. For those that are trying to resist the glowing reviews, let me reassure you: in this instance, you need to believe the hype. Jimmy P. Brown II has been the front-man for many bands through…
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We all probably remember how the 90s produced a massive amount of bands that put out one album and then disappeared. One would assume that quality was a factor in the lack interest in many of those bands, and that would be a good assumption in most cases. However, Killed by Cain was the exception…
The mighty Barnabas is back! The band is not, but their music is. Retroactive Records signed a deal with Nancy Jo Mann to remaster and repackage all five albums. Rob Colwell has done a competent job getting the sonics to be the best they can be. In this review I will focus on the first…
Back in 1990 when thrash was a big deal in the Western world, a prolific Christian crossover (one part punk, one part metal) band recorded their debut album. The guitarist decided to record some songs on a 4 track for fun. These songs did not fit The Crucified’s style, so the demo tape ended up…
Back in the 80s I was into metal (still am actually). I grew up in the Midwest and heavy metal was quite accessible. Growing up Christian meant I gravitated towards metal on Christian record labels. Let me tell you, there was a lot of Christian metal back then. But before I tell you my life…
This is one of my favorite Bride releases. Original release came out in 2007, this album got me back into the band and led me to look into all the albums I had missed. I’ve said it before, Bride may be the greatest hard rock band ever, huge catalog, every album has it’s own unique…
Well, here we thought ‘Tsar Bomba’ was the final Bride album and we thought wrong. The Thompson brothers are back picking up right where they left off, ‘Incorruptible’ is in the vein of Bride’s more artsy/progressive (if you will) albums like ‘Drop’, ‘Oddities’, and ‘Tsar Bomba’. Amazing riffs from Troy as always, moments of dark…
Score another holy grail for the Retroactive crew. Talk about a sought after obscurity – original copies of both Messiah albums have gone for insane amounts on eBay. What few copies there have been, that is. Now we not only have this classic in digital form, but also a very detailed band story on their…
The second and final album by Messiah – this one was even rarer than their debut Final Warning. At least Final Warning had some bootlegs floating around – this album almost seemed more like a myth for a while. Originally an ep, this re-issue has been expanded with the addition of the first three demo…
This album is far better than their debut (2007’s Shot In The Dark). Former Migrains (and current Grave Robber) vocalist Shawn Browning is an amazing singer, in that he sounds nothing like he does in his other projects. Cliffy (former Stivs/original Huntington) really pulled this project together nicely. Producer Tim Bushong (Bride, Grave Robber) did…