When rock emerged from blues and heavy metal began to surface, faith-based metal acts also rose to start their own journeys. Initially shunned by both believers and non-believers, they were fighting for their spot at the table, ultimately building a legacy that would go on to change the genre forever. HM presents an oral history of the beginning of Christian metal music, featuring Guardian, Tourniquet, Holy Soldier, Whitecross, and, of course, Stryper.
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Review: Coliseum
(Level Plane)
Scene dropping: Louisville. Yes, everything from there rocks balls. Name Dropping: Ryan Patterson. He was one of the guitarists of The National Acrobat that went on to form Black Cross. In Coliseum, he still plays guitar but picks up the barking vocal duties as well. Sound dropping: Loud fast blistering punkish rock. Think Motorhead meets Discharge. Big walls of guitar and bass careen through every track. An unyielding attack of punk powered rock and roll done right. The Result: Twelve tracks (many less than two minutes) drives the point home quick with a distorted reckless drive. Think Zeke with more range.