Malachia – Real 80s CCM

Malachia released this demo on vinyl in 1986. All the tracks, except for the narrative track, appeared on their first album released in 1987. There were only about 200 copies of this vinyl pressed so it’s a pretty rare piece of history. That said there are several copies available on Discogs today. The demo was re-released in 2021 on CD so a copy can be had pretty easily now. We’re posting this album as the versions of the songs here versus the album are different but I think they were actually re-mixed and not re-recorded for the 1987 album. If you want to learn a little more about the band read our review of the 1987 album here.

Malachia – Red Sunrise – 1987

Tracklist
1 – Narration – 0:15
2 – Heaven Or Hell – 3:22
3 – Mark Of The Beast – 3:41
4 – Master’s Call – 5:00
5 – Let It Go – 3:10
6 – Red Sunrise – 3:46
7 – In Christ We Rock – 4:55

Credits
Bass – Wade A.Little
Drums – Dave Devaughn
Executive Producer – Bill Bafford
Guitar – Jeffrey James
Keyboards – Steve Ayola
Producer – Wayde Production
Remastered By – Rob Colwell
Vocals, Guitar – Ken Pike

While Malachia had a very limited short run no label release in 1986 this is essentially their first release. The California band came together in 1984 when Bassist Wade Little put it together. They played the usual California Christian circuit and went into the studio in 1986 to cut a demo. This album featured several tracks from that demo but of course rerecorded. If you want to see where ths album is headed just listen to the horrible clicheic title track “In Christ We Rock” While ther song may be a cliche the band were not. There was some real talent here and I thik Ken Pike’s vocals are very high quality in the Christin metal scene. The band changed their name to Vision sometime in 1988 and had a track on the California Metal Volume II release.

Tracklist
1 – In Christ We Rock – 3:59
2 – Red Sunrise – 3:51
3 – Lonely Is The Night – 4:45
4 – Let It Go – 3:08
5 – Sightless Eyes – 3:07
6 – Heaven Or Hell – 3:20
7 – Mark Of The Beast – 3:37
8 – Master’s Call – 4:50

Credits
Ken Pike – Vocals, guitar
Jeffery James – Lead guitar
Wade A. Little – Bass
Chima Ayola – Keyboards
Dave Devaughn – Drums

Companies, etc.
Recorded At – The Music Box, New York, NY
Mastered At – K Disc Mastering

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