CHRISTIAN’S TOP 5
EMPIRE 21
”EMPIRE 21”
European, anthemic,
commercial power metal
featuring guitar virtuoso
CJ Grimmark (Narnia)…
what more can one ask for? Featuring heavy guitar
driven melodies, great soaring vocals, keys, and
some insanely fast, shredding solos, all bought
together over a backdrop of thundering bass and
pounding drums, this album contains 11 tracks of
blistering metal that deserves a few spins.
DISCIPLE
“ATTACK”
Attack is a heavy and
powerful album. From the
opening words, “‘Till the
day I die, I’ll be a radical”
which is sung over a nice southern metal guitar riff,
to the final words on the album, “My God will
make a way even when it seems that there’s no
way, With God it’s never too late, With God it’s
never too late“, it’s obvious that Disciple play and
sing for Jesus. (Read Review)
WAR OF AGES
“SUPREME CHAOS”
Supreme Chaos is a hard
album, and fans of Demon
Hunter, For Today,
Testament, The
Showdown, and the like, should love it. But rest
assured it’s not as brutal as many of the recent
metal releases (The Reformers, Those Who Fear). I
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found Supreme Chaos to be a lot more listenable,
which in turn (for me) makes it much more
enjoyable. (Read Review)
CHRIS TOMLIN
“LOVE RAN RED”
For almost 20 years Chris
Tomlin has been playing
worship. And it shows.
Love Ran Red is his 13th
release and I have to be honest and say that,
although Chris’ other releases are good and
worthy of listening to, this album blows the m all
away! Every track on Love Ran Red is amazingly
written and played, and the album as a whole is
possibly the best worship album I have ever heard.
I have no doubt that before too long churches will
be singing songs from this album in their times of
worship. (Read Review)
TOURNIQUET
“ONWARD TO
FREEDOM”
For 25 years Tourniquet’s
music has taken fans on
an hard musical odyssey
from all out thrash to stoner metal to hard rock to
hardcore. And they are a band that rarely fails to
impress. This album is no exception… in my
humble opinion it is by far their best work since
Psycho Surgery (1991). As always the lyrics are
hard and uncompromising, and the music is
expertly written and played, making Onward to
Freedom an auditory treat for fans of the heavier
side of music! (Read Review)