Sioux Falls, South Dakota's Zion was a christian metal band from 1981-1992. Predating many of the pop metal bands of Christendom, like Stryper, Whitecross, or Holy Soldier, Zion sonically resembled Kiss, with driving hard rock guitars, hooks aplenty, bgv's, and memorable choruses. They were the first signing for Image Records and become the indie label's flagship brand. In 1988 Thunder From the Mountain was the band's sole full length outing, producing multiple hit singles a

Record Store Day 2019 Reissues The next releases in our Limited Edition classic reissues series from Roxx Records are coming your way! These next 3 releases are set to release on April 13th 2019 in celebration of this year’s Record Store Day! Up first the classic and never before released on vinyl in the US self-titled release from Holy Soldier. The debut album from one of the premiere Christian metal bands of the eighties featuring all ten original tunes completely remaster

After nearly 25 years of silence legendary rockers Fear Not are back and they are louder than ever! This Spring the band is set to release their brand new EP ‘For The Wounded Heart’ featuring 5 brand new original tracks. Kicking it off with the debut single and lyric video for the single ‘Don’t Want None (Come Get Some)’ and if that isn’t enough for you we actually have 2 different versions of lyric videos for you to enjoy! Check them both out now! "Don’t Want None (Com

Classic Christian Rockers Fear Not have signed on with Roxx Records to release their brand new EP entitled “For The Wounded Heart”. This EP will showcase the first new recordings from Fear Not since the release of the bands one and only full length self-titled album in 1993, over 25 years ago. This year after celebrating the 25th anniversary with a beautifully done reissue of that debut album on both vinyl and limited edition CD, the Christian rock community was buzzing about

San Diego based Christian melodic rockers Crystavox were a staple on Christian rock radio in the early 90’s with hard rock hits like ‘Sacrifice’ and ballads like ‘Home Again’ all over the airwaves. The band made their debut on Regency Records in 1990 with their self-titled album, which was followed up in 1992 with their Ocean Records sophomore release ‘The Bottom Line’. Both of these classic Christian rock albums are long out of print and have been difficult for fans to find

Another review for this record by a member of the Karew? Really? Well…yes. Because we want to. And we can. And because we wanted to give more than one perspective on it. Plus, I like to sit with a record for a couple of weeks and not give any snap judgments. As a fan of progressive stuff, I like to find the nuances in the music. And let’s get the title out of the way…this review is not going to get into the controversial title. However, I personally do agree with the c

Sunroad has been rocking Brazil for 20+ years, and though they're not a household name in America (they should be), Heaven's Metal has been keeping up with the band for years, reviewing cds, and interviewing them for our All Brazilian issue back in 2009, and last interviewed by the late Dale Huffman in 2013. Sunroad's history actually predates drummer and frontman Fred Mika's salvation in 1999. The band moved from doing covers, and then original material as a bluesy hard rock