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