ETERNAL DECISION
Well, for any of you who have been looking for a Christian band that sounds
like METALLICA, this is as close as anything I have heard. I'm not really sure
what they call this style of music now days, but it clearly has it's roots
in what was called speed metal back when I was in high school. That was the
time when Metallica was first coming on the scene, and I didn't care much for
it back then, but it grew on me over the years, and now I really like it, if
it's done well. I think that in the secular world Metallica set the standard
for this type of music being done well, and in the Christian music scene that
honor, in my opinion, would have to go to the first DELIVERANCE album. So it
is against those bands that I judge the music of any other band trying to use
this style of music. ETERNAL DECISION clearly has more of a Metallica sound
over all then a Deliverance sound, at least as far as the vocal sound is
concerned. The lyrics are clearly and boldly Christian, and the playing is
tight and well crafted. My favorite song right now is a very well crafted
rocker called OVERFLOW. The song really moves and starts off with the opening
theme from Scooby Doo, which always makes me laugh. Another song that is now
growing on me is called HUNGER, which is just another example of well crafted
songwriting. There are times on the album where it all kind of sounds the
same, which is not uncommon with this type of music, but those moments don't
last too long, so they don't ruin the album. For anyone who is not familier
with the style of music being discussed here, it's very heavy, but in this
case not thrashy, which always makes me happy, as I hate when this type of
music gets thrashy. You can get this album from Radrockers as well as other
sellers of independant Christian rock.
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