Continuing a trend started with their 2013 release, “No More Hell To Pay”, Stryper’s 10th studio album, “God Damn Evil”
Release Date: 20-04-2018
Genre: Heavy Metal
TRACKLIST
1. Take It To The Cross
2. Sorry
3. Lost
4. God Damn Evil
5. You Don’t Even Know Me
6. The Valley
7. Sea Of Thieves
8. Beautiful
9. Can’t Live Without Your Love
10. Own Up
11. The Devil Doesn’t Live Here
Continuing a trend started with their 2013 release,
“No More Hell To Pay”, Stryper’s 10th studio album, “God Damn Evil”
sees the band offering up their heaviest
release yet! Opening track, “Take It To The Cross”
features a guest appearance from Matt
Bachand (Shadows Fall, Act Of Defiance) on death growls, yes, death growls, and
immediately shows you that Michael Sweet and company have zero intentions of
mellowing with age. The next two tracks, “Sorry”
and “Lost”, are classic Stryper anthems,
but with a modern heaviness and edge that carries the band’s sound into the
21st century and beyond. The title track, as with all
previous Stryper releases, proves to be an instant classic and surely will be a
setlist staple on the upcoming tour cycle. “You Don’t Even Know Me”
and “The Valley”
are excellent follow-ups to the glorious
title track, with the latter being a true example of how heavy doesn’t have to
equate to “fast”. Later, “Can’t Live Without Your Love”
showcases that Sweet can still write
ballad lyrics, but doesn’t need the saccharine music popularize in ‘80s heavy
metal to accompany it and can take it tasteful new directions. While only time
well tell, pound for pound, this very well and truly might be Stryper’s best
album yet. As Frontiers said to Michael after he turned in the record, “How are
you going to top this?”
Fans of the previous two releases, “No More Hell To
Pay”
and “Fallen”
and of the band’s classic early material
will find much to love here as the band continues to push the envelope of their
musical abilities.
STRYPER will be headlining the first day of the
Frontiers Rock Festival 5 on April 28, 2018. For more info: www.frontiersrockfestival.com
FOR FANS OF: Accept, Queensryche, Judas
Priest, W.A.S.P., L.A. Guns, Megadeth, Mr. Big, Dokken, Last In Line, Sweet
& Lynch, Michael Sweet
