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On its 2006 release, THE RECKONING, the Christian heavy-rock act Pillar offers up another hard-charging set that goes for general spiritual themes rather than blatantly praise-oriented lyrics. Although the Oklahoma-based group adds a little "screamo" edge to the mix, the album largely consists of straightforward, guitar-laden alt-metal, as exemplified by the pummeling opener, "Everything."
Recording information: Lakeside Studios, Knoxville, TN.
Photographer: Tec Petaja.
Personnel: Rob Beckley (vocals); Noah Henson (guitar); Dexter Murphy (keyboards); Lester Estelle (drums).
Audio Mixer: Travis Wyrick.
Reckoning Music Review Average Rating: (3.8 out of 5 stars)   pillar power I had never heard of pillar until I bought this album and I was pleasantly suprised by the depth of this album. With harder songs like "the reckoning" and "everything" to softer ballads like "angel in disguise", this album satisfies every rock fans tastes. Submitted by maskedman58 (Largo, FL, USA)  Was This Review Helpful? Yes No
new fan im new at the whole Christian music thing, but Pillar was one of the first bands i heard. i think they roc, literally and fig. they dont seem to have the depth as some bands, or the humor, but other than that i have no critism. Submitted by zink1107 (somewhere, Overtherainbow) Was This Review Helpful? Yes No
Maturing Where do we go from here? I thought melds with me than Fireproof. The screams are not as prevalent on every track, on this record, period. They go for melody. They strike a rock slash alternative sound in their stream. Two tracks that strike similarities in their melody but may strike a chord slash key are 'Last Goodbye' and 'Chasing Shadows at Midnight'. That shows this band has soul into their music. Submitted by Hmmm ... (Edmonton, Alberta, CANADA) Was This Review Helpful? Yes No
Where do we go from here? That's a good metaphorical question, not rhetorical. I think most Christian bands or not should embrace indie labels these days unlike the most of them (P.O.D. and 12 Stones to name a few). Still, I don't know if this album could live up like the two bands I've mentioned above. How bout a little Switchfoot? They're good as well. Hmmm ... Submitted by Bless many souls (Edmonton, Alberta, CANADA) Was This Review Helpful? Yes No
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$9.09 This is a Hyper CD, which contains regular audio tracks and also provides a link to the artist's website with the help of a web browser.
At first listen, Swedish rockers Blindside might sound similar to their American pals P.O.D. However, Blindside's fourth album, ABOUT A BURNING FIRE, is their most fully realized effort to date, bringing the band's unique take on heavy rock into distinct and full focus.
Refreshingly light on the kind of screaming vocals that have become a cliche over the years (Christian Lindskog's tuneful self-harmonizing is one of the group's major assets), Blindside's anthemic rock, with its direct, uplifting message of youthful redemption, is forcefully conveyed here. On tracks such as the churning "Eye of the Storm," which comes closest to traditional emo-core; the stuttering, filmic "Hooray, It's L.A." (featuring former Smashing Pumpkin Billy Corgan on guitar); and the atypically subtle and atmospheric "Shekina," the band shows its mettle. With its combination of creative aggression and sensitivity, ABOUT A BURNING FIRE firmly establishes Blindside as the pre-eminent European wing of the heavy-rock movement.
On P.O.D.'s Label, "3 Points".
Recorded at Bay 7, Valley Village, California; Sparky Dark, Calabasas, California and Decibal ...
| | Decyfer Down End Of Grey CD (2006)
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$11.69 Christian rock albums often suffer from much of the same lyrical banality that afflicts many black metal records. Despite the obvious differences in ideology, each genre sticks so closely to its initial themes of God/Satan, light/dark, and grace/violence that the music becomes the sole focus. This debut from the band formerly known as Allysonhymn ("all ...
| | Red End Of Silence CD (2006)
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$9.89 The debut album by alternative CCM act Red, END OF SILENCE blends impassioned but not preachy lyrics with heavy alt-rock in a vein that's similar to nu-metal acts like Linkin Park and Evanescence. Singer Mike Barnes's better than average voice and thoughtful lyrics are the band's strongest points, but the group provides a massive rock wallop on tracks like "Breathe into Me" and Let Go."
Audio Mixer: Ben Grosse.
Recording information: Czech National TV Studios, Prague, Czech Republish; ...
| | Fireflight Healing Of Harms CD (2006)
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$9.59 Undoubtedly FireFlight's Dawn Richardson will be compared to Evanescence's Amy Lee and Lacey Mosley of Flyleaf. (Every alternative female vocalist is.) Some comparisons are legitimate but more often then not, Richardson finds her own voice in style and melody. "Serenity" kicks off the disc with tight production and well-layered vocals. With screams aplenty, the song drives forward with chugging guitars. "You Decide" is a riff aplenty as Day of Fire's ...
| | Skillet Comatose CD (2006)
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$9.49 On their seventh full-length album, this Wisconsin-based quartet continues to pursue their heavy, hooky vision of what Christian music can be. Explosive drumming, molasses-thick guitar, and bewitching prog-metal melodies create a highly charged emotional atmosphere from which their lyrical meditations take flight. Even with a lyric sheet, ...
| | Pillar For The Love Of The Game CD (2008)
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| | Pernice Brothers World Won't End CD (2001)
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$9.45 Additional personnel includes: Lorenzo Ponce (violin); David Gold (viola); Jane Scarpentoni (cello).
Principally recorded at Rockland Heights Studios, Northampton, Massachusetts between May and October 2000.
So maybe Joe Pernice isn't crazy. He spent his time between the release of the Pernice Brothers' Overcome By Happiness and The World Won't End by issuing Chappaquiddick Skyline and Big Tobacco under separate aliases, claiming that the material on those weren't from his top drawer and that the good stuff was being saved for the second Pernice Brothers record. Most listeners just rolled their eyes, figuring it to be yet another case of a musician's eccentricities and inability to recognize their own talents. After all, those "interim" releases did more than merely maintain fan attention; they might not have been as polished or perfected as Overcome By Happiness, but they were chipped from the same precious ore. So here's the payoff, proving that he was being accurate after all, if a twinge modest. With much of the support from Overcome staying on board with a couple of relative newcomers (this lineup has been in place over two years), The World Won't End is every bit on par with its predecessor, if not an improved effort thanks to the increased importance of those Pernice surrounds himself with. This is a record made by a band, not a singer/songwriter aided by seasoned session hands. The sound is as lush, melodic, and clean as ever (not sterile), with sweet arrangements standing at the polar opposite of lyrics dealing with sinking relationships and pesky emotional ghosts. This is all-purpose pop; you can hum merrily along to the melodies or sink yourself in the lyrics and wonder where everything went wrong. Or both. Regardless of where you're at, you won't lose sight of Pernice's voice, one that most vocalists would cross the river Styx to possess. Most indicative song title: "Endless Supply." That seems to be the case. ~ Andy Kellman
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Pernice Brothers include: Joe Pernice (vocals, guitar, bass); Thom Monahan (guitar, keyboards, bass, programming, ...
| | Spacemen 3 Taking Drugs To Make Music To Take Drugs To CD (1990)
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$13.99 TAKING DRUGS TO MAKE MUSIC TO TAKE DRUGS TO is a compilation that includes early demos and B-sides.
For the majority of its six-year career, Britain's Spacemen 3 pursued its sound-for-sound's-sake obsessions in near-total oblivion. It turns out, however, that the band was merely a decade or so ahead of its time. Spacemen 3 featured guitarist/keyboardists Pete "Sonic Boom" Kember and Jason "Spaceman" Pierce. They later formed Spectrum and Spiritualized, respectively, and the much more commercially and critically successful '90s work of those two ...
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