Christian Hard song of the day

[metalmaniac777]

On 8/6/2021 at 9:37 PM, auslander said:

Fear Not from their one and only album in 1993. Still has a fresh sound now.

 

Excellent album, one of the rare Christian rock bands to actually bring "attitude" to their sound. This was a massive step up from their former incarnation, when they were called Love Life (which was a solid album itself, by the way).

[auslander]

Some prog from John Elefante in 2013. The whole album is excellent and I play it often. 

 

[Mr.AOR]

 

[metalmaniac777]

On 8/7/2021 at 11:29 PM, auslander said:

I'm not sure if anyone talked about this CD in 2018, but it is better than 95% of anything released these days. For those who love sleaze metal, check out Chaotic Resemblance. It was hard to pick a song to be honest as I love the whole album.

 

I haven't grabbed this particular album yet but I did recently pick up their latest release, "Covenant." It does sound like a Christian band's attempt at the sleaze-metal genre and I appreciate the effort to bring some balls into Christian rock, but it's definitely not up to the standards of their secular peers such as Crashdiet or Hardcore Superstar. That said, it was good enough to earn a spot in my collection and I have no problem giving it the occasional spin.

[auslander]

Rez doing a smokin', bluesy cover of The Who's "Bargain" in 1989. I've always liked this more than the original. 

 

[Metal T]

I've always dug that Rez' cover'...

[Mr.AOR]

 

[auslander]

17 minutes ago, Mr.AOR said:

 

Never thought someone would post one I'm not familiar with...

[metalmaniac777]

On 8/11/2021 at 7:13 AM, auslander said:

It was over-produced. Which is something that not many Christian rock albums are accused of doing! I much prefer the two Shout albums before it.

Yeah, the overproduction didn't help things, but I can get past that if the songs are there (like "Radio Bikini") but for the most part, the tunes just absolutely paled in comparison to Shout. There was/is also too much Lanny Cordola influence, something which also hurt Ransom's 2nd album.

[auslander]

Speaking of Lanny Cordola, why not a little bit of his shredding instrumentalism today. This is Angry Candy from 1991.

 

[Mr.AOR]

 

[auslander]

Pretty full on video for an awesome industrial track. Mortal - Rift from 1993.

 

[Doggy]

Motherlode ( Sweden ) -  He's Coming Back.

[Mr.AOR]

 

[metalmaniac777]

On 8/11/2021 at 6:18 PM, auslander said:

Broken Silence from 1995 with this heavy glam release. Very catchy tune.

 

I remember paying a fortune for this CD back in the day, as I believe it was a limited-run Japan-only release. It was worth the money, though, because it's a really solid album.

[auslander]

XL & DBD were a very early rap/metal group. This track is from 1993. They had a great sound, mixing hradcore, thrash and hip-hop.

 

[Mr.AOR]

 

[metalmaniac777]

On 8/13/2021 at 7:01 PM, auslander said:

Some prog from John Elefante in 2013. The whole album is excellent and I play it often. 

 

I've never been able to get into John Elefante's solo stuff. Love his voice, love his work with Mastedon, and love his production skills, but aside from the odd song here and there, his solo albums have all missed the mark for me.

[auslander]

It sounds dated now, but I still love this track by Rick Cua in 1986. 

 

[Mr.AOR]

 

[auslander]

A little known glam release from here in Australia. Justice from 1990.

 

[Mr.AOR]

 

[Doggy]

Speaking Australian band

Cry Mercy - What Am I Doing Wrong

[auslander]

From 1996, this traditional metal style song by David Benson.

 

[auslander]

16 hours ago, Mr.AOR said:

 

This is SHIT 💩