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According to blabbermouth, Rob Rock's early 90's project with Roy Z, Driver is finally going to see the light of day. Metal Heaven is going to release a full album of completely rerecorded songs. Driver made a name for itself playings gigs in both Connecticut and the sunset strip, but never landed a record deal.Driver released a cassette only EP containing 5 songs in 1989.Labels: Driver, Rob Rock

Precious Death was one of those interesting bands that were at once before, and after, their time. By that, I mean that they were embracing that funk-metal hybrid that had come & gone a couple years earlier with bands like Atom Seed, Mindfunk, Living Colour, and I Mother Earth. Most bands erroneously categorized as funk metal were in fact more alternative rock than metal, and though their music contained elements of heavy metal, it was not the dominant element. The aforementioned bands were probably the most "metal" of those associated with the genre. The Christian music market only had one band widely recognized as funk metal, and indeed were associated more w/ the alt rock scene, though their music was heavy enough to be considered metal at that time. ...

Got a few new CDs in, mini reviews to come within the next week or so. Vigilance, a metal band out of the Pacific Northwest has re released their demo from the late 80's remastered. They play traditional heavy metal with some high pitched vocals.Sardonyx, the ministry minded band hailing from Pennsylvania has had Majestic Serenity re released by Retroactive records. Sardonyx plays traditional/power metal with bold lyrics and a vocal approach I would compare to Savatage. The disc is completely remastered and has Sardonyx's 4 song demo Rebel of Reason as bonus tracks.Labels: Christian Metal, Sardonyx, Vigilance

Wish For Eden is the inaugural release from Tooth and Nail Records, a CD that would prove both highly important, and slightly controversial. No one could have predicted the impact T&N would have on the Christian music world, not even Brandon Ebel himself. Of course, this CD was the humble first release of the label that could, a far cry from the current sounds being marketed today. No, this post-hardcore gem was ripe & ready, even if it was a couple years behind the curve.The controversy I mentioned is that a few Christian bookstores & retailers refused to carry the album. They thought that "pet the fish" was a masturbation reference, when in reality, it was just a nonsensical phrase suitable for an album title in the midst of the ...

If it wasn't already quite obvious, I'm going for variety in this blog. I don't want to post all of a single style or a certain group of styles: that would be boring. No, variety is the spice of life, & I like my food spicy. As such, sometimes I like to dabble in music styles & genres I'm not intimately familiar with so I can expand my musical vocabulary.That brings us to this band. World Against World is a band that seemed to spring out of nowhere. In reality, they formed from the ashes of Christian pop-punk Spudgun. Spudgun were a solid, if unremarkable punk band. The guys in the band probably realized this & knew that if they were going to be effective, ...

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