With emotionally charged lyrics and heavy, crunching guitars, Chevelle sounds ready to take the hard rock world by storm. Although this album will fit nicely alongside fellow heavyweights Godsmack and Staind, Chevelle does not concentrate on penning deliberately gloomy compositions. ...

Christian Rock songs. Looking at the photos that adorn her albums, one might be forgiven for assuming that the petite, golden-locked Martha Munizzi sings either teen pop or smooth CCM of the Sandi Patty sort. In fact, Munizzi's THE BEST IS YET TO ...

Christian Rock music. Founded by songwriter/guitarist Bob Hartman in the early 1970s, Petra was one of the first groups to garner the "Christian rock" label. Although the band, which played its farewell concert in 2005, went through several lineup changes, and veered from ...

Christian Rock album. When the majority of Christian artists were going unheard in the secular market, Stryper became even more visible among non-Christian audiences with its third album, To Hell with the Devil. This was the first time a Stryper album went platinum ...

Christian Rock songs. While The Yellow and Black Attack! earned Stryper a fair amount of publicity, it was Soldiers Under Command that put the band on the map commercially. The album went gold, and Stryper became a major hit on MTV without abandoning ...

Christian Rock music. Unquestionably Stryper's strongest and most rockin' album, To Hell with the Devil was a tough act to follow. Instead of following it up with something equally intense, the band stressed its pop side on In God We Trust. Though not ...

Christian Rock album. Recorded between 1984 & 2003. Includes liner notes by Michael Sweet. Throughout rock history, all great bands spawn quite a bit of similar-sounding offspring -- and the mighty Van Halen were no different. Throughout the '80s, a plethora of VH disciples ...

Christian Rock songs. When church leaders were accusing heavy metal of encouraging Satanism, Stryper set out to prove that metal and hard rock could be used to promote Christianity. The southern California band was viewed with suspicion by both ministers (who refused to ...

Christian Rock album. The easy -- call it the cop-out -- description of Norway's Circus Maximus would be to say that they essentially offer accomplished, melodic prog metal in the Dream Theater vein, only delivered with a distinctly European aesthetic. Of course things ...

Christian Rock music. A definite improvement over In God We Trust, the grittier Against the Law is not only a more consistently rockin' album, it's also much more focused and inspired. The CD's standout track is an imaginative cover of Earth, Wind & ...

Christian Rock songs. Chevelle's debut, Point #1, finds them collaborating with producer Steve Albini to create forceful, mercurial indie rock. Dynamic rhythms and melodies predominate on the album, and songs like "Open," "Dos," and "Blank Earth" combine delicate interludes with blasts of noise. ...

Christian Rock album. MUCH AFRAID is an Enhanced CD containing both a full audio program as well as multimedia computer files. Additional personnel includes: Kate St. John (English Horn); Greg Wells (bass, drums, percussion); Neil Conti (drums). MUCH AFRAID won the 1998 Grammy Award for ...

Christian Rock album. Fresh off a bizarre but pleasant experiment in roots pop with legendary producer Phil Spector, the Ramones were somewhat confused. After punk's failure to gain mainstream airplay anyway and the ascendance of keyboard oriented new wave, the Ramones' breakneck tempos ...

In 2001 Hosanna! Music released New Season with Israel Houghton and his band, New Breed. The album was recorded live at the Cornerstone Church in Toledo, OH, and features high-energy contemporary praise and worship consistent with former Integrity and Hosanna! ...