Month: May 2023

Betrayal – Renaissance By Death – 1991

I’m going to start this review by saying, I don’t know anything about thrash, I don’t like thrash, and I don’t understand how it fit in the Christian genre of music. All that said I listened to the album and quite frankly I was left with more questions than answers. This album was released on Wonderland records which was a division of Word that I assumed Word opened so they could keep stuff like this off their main label. Now I just finished listening to a Towne Cryer album and I am mystified at how that band couldn’t get a record deal but these guys did. Did Word put someone in charge of this label that like me didn’t understand the genre? As for the album, this was their first release after rising from the ashes of a band called Marty. They had a 2 album run on Wonderland before self releasing two more albums. I hate to criticize the band as I struggle with this style of music but feel free to comment and let me know if they were good or bad. I just can’t tell.

Tracklist
1 – Renaissance By Death – 1:41
2 – The Invitation – 4:28
3 – Fallen Deceived – 3:50
4 – More Faith Than Me – 3:44
5 – Escaping The Alter – 9:06
6 – Assassins In The Midst – 4:56
7 – Mortal Flesh – 6:12
8 – Stroll Thru A Wicked Age – 6:45
9 – Prophets Of Baal – 4:08
10 – Plead The Blood – 5:16

Credits
Bass – Jeff Lain
Drums – Brian Meuse
Engineer – Caesar Kalinowski
Engineer, Keyboards – Christopher Mosher
Guitar – Matt Maners
Guitar, Backing Vocals – Marcus Colon
Mastered By – Eddie Schryer
Producer – Caesar Kalinowski
Vocals – Chris Ackerman

Companies, etc.
Recorded At – The Sonic Temple
Mastered At – Future Disc

Bryan Duncan, Anointed & Crystal Lewis – One Voice – Concert

Recorded live as part of the Big Voice tour Bryan Duncan, Anointed & Crystal Lewis come together for this star studded performance. Unfortunately we don’t know where this particular concert was recorded as it was part of a series of concerts.

Tracklist
00:05 – Anointed – The Call
03:07 – Bryan Duncan – United We Stand
05:08 – Crystal Lewis – Shine Jesus Shine
07:06 – Crystal Lewis – The Lion And The Lamb
12:15 – Crystal Lewis – Beauty For Ashes
16:05 – Anointed – Adore You
20:15 – Anointed – Under The Influence
24:30 – Bryan Duncan – Blue Skies
29:04 – Bryan Duncan – Joy Is A Singable Thing
32:29 – Bryan Duncan – Love Takes Time
36:40 – Anointed – Get Ready
39:38 – Crystal Lewis – People Get Ready
45:08 – Anointed & Crystal Lewis – I Surrender All
47:02 – Anointed – If I Labor
52:30 – Anointed, Bryan Duncan & Crystal Lewis – One Voice

Credits
Bass – Kevin O’Neal
Drums – Steve Latanation
Executive-Producer – Chuck Shanlever, Dan Posthuma
Film Director – Chuck Shanlever
Horns – Alan Palmer, Andy Cleaves
Keyboards – James Slattery
Lead Guitar – Bob Hartry
Producer – Denise Mortimer

Companies, etc.
Copyright © – Myrrh Records
Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Myrrh Records
Manufactured By – Word Entertainment, Inc.
Distributed By – Word Entertainment, Inc.

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Children Of The Consuming Fire – Children Of The Consuming Fire – 1991

Here’s another band I had a difficult time finding any information on. They were from southern California and this is their first of two albums. It was the second release for New Breed records who were a sub label of Frontline Music Group. It was produced by Chris Wimber (The Lifesavors) who produced most of the releases for New Breed records. That’s it, that’s all I know. Okay so lets move onto the album. I really like it. It has an early 90’s late 80’s sound and was spot on style wise in 1990. I do have one nitpick though. They tried running many of the tracks together. This worked great on LP’s but in the world of CD’s and now MP3’s it just doesn’t work. I wish someone would have caught this at the time but hey it’s a pretty trivial thing so I shouldn’t make a big deal out of it. I can’t really pick a favourite track so my suggestion is to listen to the whole thing.

Tracklist
1 – Good Boy – 3:09
2 – Armed For Hostile World – 1:45
3 – Cry – 3:55
4 – Speed Metal Mariachis – 2:33
5 – Unlisted Track – 0:34
6 – Spirit Of Love – 4:13
7 – Burning Fire – 5:58
8 – She Said To Me – 3:48
9 – Pray For Rain – 2:36
10 – Flowers – 3:09
11 – Saved By Grace – 3:54
12 – Sad, Sad, Lonely World – 5:19
13 – We Must Become – 3:30

Credits
Backing Vocals – Chris Lizotte, Eddie Arizmendi, Jon Bestwick, Shawn Tubbs, Tim Curiel, Todd Warlock
Bass – Marc Rivera
Drums – Tim Curiel
Guitar – Eddie Arizmendi, Jon Bestwick
Keyboards – Jon Bestwick, Rob Watson
Lead Vocals – Marc Rivera
Mastered By – Bernie Grundman
Mixed By – Jeff Dykehouse
Percussion – Shawn Tubbs, Tim Curiel
Performer [The Children Are] – Eddie Arizmendi, Jon Bestwick, Marc Rivera, Tim Curiel
Producer – Chris Wimber
Saxophone – Greg Vale

Companies, etc.
Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Vineyard Ministries International
Copyright © – Vineyard Ministries International

Towne Cryer – Towne Cryer – 1990

This is a demo from a band that never did get signed but it appears most metal heads are very well aware of them. They were best known as a thrash metal band but this demo leans far more to just a straight up metal band and not commercial metal, real metal. The quality of the demo is not all that great but I think the mix was pretty good. The problem probably lays in the quality of cassette tape used. You can’t fault bands when this happened as they were paying out of pocket for these things. Anyway this is a strong metal demo and I can’s tell you why they never got record deal. Just another one of those mysteries of early 90’s CCM.

Tracklist
1 – Still I Wait – 4:01
2 – Rock Of Salvation – 4:05
3 – Without You – 4:37
4 – He Is The One – 3:45
5 – The Tempter – 3:28
6 – Right To Kill – 3:03
7 – King Of Broken Hearts – 4:25
8 – Night Of The Thief – 3:03

Credits
Gena McClure – Vocals
Steve Metzger – Guitars
Shawn Cummings – Bass
Ron McClure – Drums