HM Album Reviews Pacific Gold Sing My Welcome Home Pacific Gold’s mission is to take old (often obscure) hymns and repurpose them with new music and arrangements. The result is the debut album Sing My Welcome Home, released... HM Album Reviews Ghost Ship Costly The folksy aspect of Costly, the sophomore studio EP from worship band Ghost Ship (formerly of Mars Hill), makes the album a breath of fresh air in the overly... HM Album Reviews Owl City Mobile Orchestra It seems crazy it’s been six years since a little song called “Fireflies” reigned as the catchy, carefree summer anthem, skyrocketing multi-instrumentalist Adam Young from near obscurity to the... HM Album Reviews Righteous Vendetta Defiance Rock/metal outfit Righteous Vendetta is poised to take over active rock radio with their new album, Defiance. It’s quality, in-your-face rock music with pounding drums, chugging guitars, breakdowns and... HM Album Reviews Manafest The Moment The Moment, the seventh studio album from four-time Dove Award nominee Manafest, is filled with infectious rap-rock anthems infused with layers of trendy-pop beats. Thematically, Manafest focuses on life’s... HM Album Reviews The Ember Days Live The Ember Days’ Live EP is comprised of five moving worship tracks. There’s something fun about live tracks, getting to hear the crowd clapping and cheering — it just... HM Album Reviews Kutless Glory Every time I hear Kutless is releasing a new album, I think back to that self-titled debut I rocked out to as a teenager. But with each release, Kutless... HM Album Reviews 20 lb. Sledge Divine Battery Divine Battery, the debut album from southern California rockers 20 lb. Sledge, is packed with nine brutal tracks, laced with a bit of punk, funk and head-banging beats. In... HM Album Reviews Under the Weather When Character Was King Fusing pile driver post-hardcore riffs with poppy, Mae-esque melodies, Alto, Georgia’s Under the Weather have delivered a satisfying release with When Character Was King. The six-track record (not counting... HM Album Reviews Elevation Worship Only King Forever The three-song EP from Elevation Worship is a teaser to their full-length album under the same title, Only King Forever, which is being released on January 14. The worship... HM Album Reviews Citizens Repeat the Sounding Joy Citizens has managed to effectively pack a myriad of genres — punk, indie, blues, pop — into one five-song Christmas EP that’ll warm your heart like a steaming mug... HM Album Reviews False Idle California or Bust False Idle’s California or Bust EP is a collection of acoustic versions of previously released songs by the band. (They come from a combination of the band’s I Refuse... HM Album Reviews Young Oceans Deluxe You’re going to need one hour, nine minutes and 45 seconds of uninterrupted listening time to fully immerse yourself in Young Ocean’s Advent. Young Oceans, originating from an alternative... HM Album Reviews Icon for Hire Icon for Hire Two years ago, Icon for Hire exploded onto the rock-and-roll scene when the band’s debut album, Scripted, had Tooth & Nails’ highest-selling first week of any debut in the... HM Album Reviews Thousand Foot Krutch Made in Canada If you’ve been a fan of Christian rock music for more than a decade, chances are you’ve seen Thousand Foot Krutch in concert, probably have an album or two... HM Album Reviews Bread of Stone The Real Life After signing with Dream earlier this year, this indie worship band has re-released its debut album, The Real Life. Unfortunately, many of the tracks on The Real Life too... HM Album Reviews Newsboys Restart The Christian music industry was intrigued when Michael Tait, a former member of the highly acclaimed group DC Talk, joined another distinguished band, Newsboys. Interestingly, none of the original... HM Album Reviews Even The Dogs They'll Never See It Coming Even The Dogs are poised to carve a name for their band in the realm of heavy metal. ETD’s debut EP, They’ll Never See It Coming, features five hard-hitting,... HM Album Reviews The Digital Age Evening:Morning There’s something mesmerizing about Evening:Morning, the debut album from The Digital Age, a quartet of former members of the immensely popular and eclectic worship ensemble, David Crowder Band. It’s... HM Album Reviews Decyfer Down Scarecrow Scarecrow, the third studio album from Decyfer Down, is the culmination of four long years of writing and recording, and for the fans, waiting. But this album is well... HM Album Reviews Secrets Fragile Figures This past April, lead singer Xander Bourgeois quit Secrets to focus on his sobriety, emphasizing that there was no bad blood between him and his former bandmates. Not long... HM Album Reviews Hillsong Live Glorious Ruins Currently, there’s no other name that has such a global impact on today’s worship music than Hillsong. Recorded live in London, England and Sydney, Australia, Glorious Ruins is the... HM Album Reviews These Hearts Yours to Take The mixture of pop punk and hardcore puts Yours to Take, the third full-length album from the North Dakota-based band These Hearts, into the sub-genre dubbed popcore, though the... HM Album Reviews We As Human We As Human There’s been a lot of anticipation and expectation about the self-titled debut album from We As Human since the band was discovered by Skillet’s front man John Cooper. (He... HM Album Reviews Everfound Everfound Everfound, a band comprised of four Russian brothers, has been slowly gaining popularity in the pop-piano-rock genre, and this popularity is only going to soar with its self-titled debut... HM Album Reviews Skillet Rise Rise, Skillet’s eighth studio album, incorporates elements reminiscent of previous records – industrial sounds from Invincible and Alien Youth, melodically-driven rock from Collide – and is a good step... HM Album Reviews Fallstar Backdraft Fallstar’s Backdraft is metalcore at its heart, but still seamlessly pulls from a myriad of genres—melodic hardcore, punk, rap-rock, electronic—to create an album that’s hard not to like. Songs...
HM Album Reviews Pacific Gold Sing My Welcome Home Pacific Gold’s mission is to take old (often obscure) hymns and repurpose them with new music and arrangements. The result is the debut album Sing My Welcome Home, released...
HM Album Reviews Ghost Ship Costly The folksy aspect of Costly, the sophomore studio EP from worship band Ghost Ship (formerly of Mars Hill), makes the album a breath of fresh air in the overly...
HM Album Reviews Owl City Mobile Orchestra It seems crazy it’s been six years since a little song called “Fireflies” reigned as the catchy, carefree summer anthem, skyrocketing multi-instrumentalist Adam Young from near obscurity to the...
HM Album Reviews Righteous Vendetta Defiance Rock/metal outfit Righteous Vendetta is poised to take over active rock radio with their new album, Defiance. It’s quality, in-your-face rock music with pounding drums, chugging guitars, breakdowns and...
HM Album Reviews Manafest The Moment The Moment, the seventh studio album from four-time Dove Award nominee Manafest, is filled with infectious rap-rock anthems infused with layers of trendy-pop beats. Thematically, Manafest focuses on life’s...
HM Album Reviews The Ember Days Live The Ember Days’ Live EP is comprised of five moving worship tracks. There’s something fun about live tracks, getting to hear the crowd clapping and cheering — it just...
HM Album Reviews Kutless Glory Every time I hear Kutless is releasing a new album, I think back to that self-titled debut I rocked out to as a teenager. But with each release, Kutless...
HM Album Reviews 20 lb. Sledge Divine Battery Divine Battery, the debut album from southern California rockers 20 lb. Sledge, is packed with nine brutal tracks, laced with a bit of punk, funk and head-banging beats. In...
HM Album Reviews Under the Weather When Character Was King Fusing pile driver post-hardcore riffs with poppy, Mae-esque melodies, Alto, Georgia’s Under the Weather have delivered a satisfying release with When Character Was King. The six-track record (not counting...
HM Album Reviews Elevation Worship Only King Forever The three-song EP from Elevation Worship is a teaser to their full-length album under the same title, Only King Forever, which is being released on January 14. The worship...
HM Album Reviews Citizens Repeat the Sounding Joy Citizens has managed to effectively pack a myriad of genres — punk, indie, blues, pop — into one five-song Christmas EP that’ll warm your heart like a steaming mug...
HM Album Reviews False Idle California or Bust False Idle’s California or Bust EP is a collection of acoustic versions of previously released songs by the band. (They come from a combination of the band’s I Refuse...
HM Album Reviews Young Oceans Deluxe You’re going to need one hour, nine minutes and 45 seconds of uninterrupted listening time to fully immerse yourself in Young Ocean’s Advent. Young Oceans, originating from an alternative...
HM Album Reviews Icon for Hire Icon for Hire Two years ago, Icon for Hire exploded onto the rock-and-roll scene when the band’s debut album, Scripted, had Tooth & Nails’ highest-selling first week of any debut in the...
HM Album Reviews Thousand Foot Krutch Made in Canada If you’ve been a fan of Christian rock music for more than a decade, chances are you’ve seen Thousand Foot Krutch in concert, probably have an album or two...
HM Album Reviews Bread of Stone The Real Life After signing with Dream earlier this year, this indie worship band has re-released its debut album, The Real Life. Unfortunately, many of the tracks on The Real Life too...
HM Album Reviews Newsboys Restart The Christian music industry was intrigued when Michael Tait, a former member of the highly acclaimed group DC Talk, joined another distinguished band, Newsboys. Interestingly, none of the original...
HM Album Reviews Even The Dogs They'll Never See It Coming Even The Dogs are poised to carve a name for their band in the realm of heavy metal. ETD’s debut EP, They’ll Never See It Coming, features five hard-hitting,...
HM Album Reviews The Digital Age Evening:Morning There’s something mesmerizing about Evening:Morning, the debut album from The Digital Age, a quartet of former members of the immensely popular and eclectic worship ensemble, David Crowder Band. It’s...
HM Album Reviews Decyfer Down Scarecrow Scarecrow, the third studio album from Decyfer Down, is the culmination of four long years of writing and recording, and for the fans, waiting. But this album is well...
HM Album Reviews Secrets Fragile Figures This past April, lead singer Xander Bourgeois quit Secrets to focus on his sobriety, emphasizing that there was no bad blood between him and his former bandmates. Not long...
HM Album Reviews Hillsong Live Glorious Ruins Currently, there’s no other name that has such a global impact on today’s worship music than Hillsong. Recorded live in London, England and Sydney, Australia, Glorious Ruins is the...
HM Album Reviews These Hearts Yours to Take The mixture of pop punk and hardcore puts Yours to Take, the third full-length album from the North Dakota-based band These Hearts, into the sub-genre dubbed popcore, though the...
HM Album Reviews We As Human We As Human There’s been a lot of anticipation and expectation about the self-titled debut album from We As Human since the band was discovered by Skillet’s front man John Cooper. (He...
HM Album Reviews Everfound Everfound Everfound, a band comprised of four Russian brothers, has been slowly gaining popularity in the pop-piano-rock genre, and this popularity is only going to soar with its self-titled debut...
HM Album Reviews Skillet Rise Rise, Skillet’s eighth studio album, incorporates elements reminiscent of previous records – industrial sounds from Invincible and Alien Youth, melodically-driven rock from Collide – and is a good step...
HM Album Reviews Fallstar Backdraft Fallstar’s Backdraft is metalcore at its heart, but still seamlessly pulls from a myriad of genres—melodic hardcore, punk, rap-rock, electronic—to create an album that’s hard not to like. Songs...
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