If there was ever a band in the West Coast late 80’s Christian metal scene that should have been able to “break big” and didn’t, it should have been Soldier. They had all of the tools and stage presence of the likes of Bloodgood, Barren Cross and Stryper. They wrote great songs. They gave all the glory to God. But it wasn’t meant to be. Fortunately, 30 years later, their voice (and their impact) will not be lost thanks to Bill Bafford (Roxx Productions) Jeff Lemas and Rob Col

From The Vault Vinyl Series #2 The From The Vault Vinyl Series (Retroactive Records) continues in 2018 with some great new releases this month – one classic oldie never before released on vinyl –The Money Mask (1989) – and then the more recently released Bride – Tsar Bomba (2009) which will be given similar treatment on vinyl (review forthcoming). For those not familiar with this series, it is comparable to the Roxx Underground Series, which features a “limited edition” type

Truth Without The Noise For those not familiar, Millennial Reign is a Christian, Texas-based, power metal band. They started in 2010, guitarist and song-writer Dave Harvey at the helm, and released their debut in 2012. Their label debut release with Ulterium Records in 2015 – Carry The Fire – brought their fiery melodic power metal sound (heavily influenced by Iron Maiden and Queensryche) to a broader listening audience, and subsequent touring with Stryper, Sonata Arctica and

I had the pleasure of attending the City Rockfest show last night in Mannheim, PA with my whole family, getting to see killer music sets from As We Ascend, The Protest, Spoken, Random Hero, Seventh Day Slumber, and Disciple. Our whole family loved all the bands, especially my youngest autistic son, who just loves all the sensory input from the lights, pyros, and metal chaos. If you have the chance to check out a date on the remainder of this hard hitting music and hard hittin

There have been some requests to republish the "top 100 list," so here is the essential content (sans album pics) from the 'list' as originally published in 2010 for the 25th Anniversary issue (#86) of the Heaven's Metal fanzine. Keep in mind that this list doesn't include anything released post 2010. The plan is to eventually make this issue (along with other back issues) available to view in its (their) original, full color glory (pdf format). Stay tuned for that, but in th

Misled, Misunderstood, Misinformed For those who thought 2013’s Hear What I Say was Deliverance’s swan song, think again. While that release was truly a nice amalgamation of all of their styles over the years, I think it left many fans wanting more. After much anticipation, Deliverance returns with yet another line-up (Brown II, Jim Chaffin, V. Macias and Glenn Rogers!) and yes, the long-awaited return to the thrashy (“roots”) aggression that characterized their inception-day

The Case For Christian Metal 2016 marks the relaunch of Heaven's Metal Magazine. For the most part, this has been a rolling process which began with Heaven’s Metal Radio earlier this year and more recently the creation and updating of the website. As word continues to spread via social media (the Facebook page has never been inactive) our karew continues to push forward with new radio shows, reviews and coverage as time allows. So in lieu of the relaunch, I thought it might b