Even the Devil Believes

´Middle Finger Messiah´? Hell yeah! Christlicher Metal ist offensichtlich der neue Punk. In einer Szene, die längst alle Extreme ausgelotet hat, triggert kaum etwas so sehr wie das unbeirrte Propagieren christlicher Werte. Insbesondere wenn sie nicht so devot dargeboten werden wie beispielsweise von der Narnia-Posse mit ihren 777 Nebenprojekten oder Neal Morse. Natürlich waren STRYPER

As THE DAMNED memorably put it back in 1979: "religion doesn't mean a thing/it's just another way to be right-wing". Not that the STRYPER album is full of paeans to Mike Pence, of course. Always a much better band than their vexed reputation would suggest, the Orange County crew made a handful of great records in the '80s and generally avoided being laughed out of town by being a reliably over-the-top live band, and, if we're honest, a bit of a novelty. Unfortunately, even several decades lat...