STRYPER Even the Devil Believes They say that even the devil believes that Jesus is God, the Ultimate Authority figure and the Creator of all things. Maybe now he’ll also believe that Stryper is a serious power metal band to be reckoned with. Hell, he probably figured that out back in 1984, but this album is a serious metal onslaught that has everything those testosterone-filled Stryper fans have been demanding for decades. Yep, it’s heavy as hell. While this reviewer loves

This crust punk/anarcho-punk release came out late last year, and while not exactly heavy metal, it seems more than fitting to cover it here. For those who don’t know, the genre takes old school hardcore punk (fast riffs, no breakdowns) but infuses it with metallic overtones. There’s not a lot of this genre in Christian circles (World Against World is the only other Christian band with a label release, to my knowledge), and Svarteskerm do it well. Lyrics are all in Swedish

What led to making this solo album? Well, I have had some of the songs with me for a while, and some of them has come thru, while working on this album. And now, those two last years, seemed to be a good time to work on it, between tours, and other recordings. I have a studio in my house, so I started to work on the songs. And then when the songs were in place, I asked my music-friends if they wanted to play on the record, and all of them joined, and have been so kind and hel