{"id":24417,"date":"2015-09-16T07:11:35","date_gmt":"2015-09-16T12:11:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hmmagazine.com\/dvanpelt\/?p=24417"},"modified":"2015-09-16T07:16:07","modified_gmt":"2015-09-16T12:16:07","slug":"stryper-fallen-album-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hmmagazine.com\/dvanpelt\/stryper-fallen-album-review\/","title":{"rendered":"Stryper – Fallen (album review)"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"STRYPER<\/a><\/p>\n

Stryper<\/strong>
\n Fallen<\/strong><\/em>
\nI\u2019m shocked! That\u2019s my first reaction to the new Stryper album. Once I get past the utter surprise that they\u2019re playing power metal, then the shock turns to awe and I revel in the aural attack of this album. This is perhaps the type of heaviness that fans used to scream for back in the hair band\u2019s pop metal days. \u201cMore Than A Man\u201d and \u201cThe Reign\u201d would get traction from these metalhead critics when To Hell With The Devil<\/em> and In God We Trust<\/em> were released, but these folks were never satisfied. Now they can gorge themselves on a lion\u2019s share portion of Heaven and Hell<\/em> era Sabbath riffage. The guitar tones, tempo and grooves pummel and shake \u2013 like Piece of Mind<\/em> to Powerslave<\/em> Iron Maiden and the Long Live Rock and Roll<\/em> era Rainbow. This is new for Stryper and it\u2019s damn good.<\/p>\n

Pardon me. That\u2019s not cussing, but I threw it in there for effect.<\/p>\n

I was not a big fan of Reborn<\/em>, Murder by Pride<\/em> or even No More Hell to Pay<\/em>, but I sure am digging this. For the record, I loved The Covering<\/em> and Second Coming<\/em>, so I’m not down on their post comeback recordings. Kudos to Stryper for seemingly feeling comfortable in their yellow and black skin. This is unapologetic metal and they sound natural, confident and sport just the right amount of attitude.<\/p>\n

If you\u2019re looking for the sound you love (like I always am), like \u201cCalling on You\u201d and \u201cFree,\u201d it\u2019s just not here, but this is the next best thing. If you want \u201880s metal, \u201cLove You Like I Do\u201d will fit the bill perfectly. It\u2019s got a big hook, the right amount of BGVs, like they were known for, and it\u2019s bold like an Autograph tune (remember \u201cTurn Up the Radio?\u201d). Turn this one up. If you\u2019re craving for a Stryper ballad (and who isn\u2019t?), you\u2019ll get that in all its glory with \u201cAll Over Again,\u201d which is lighter-in-the-air perfect without being too soft.<\/p>\n

Major props to the band for the brilliant cover of \u201cAfter Forever.\u201d Those that know Black Sabbath know that this is a blatant \u201cChristian song\u201d that Geezer Butler wrote about the intelligence and reason to follow and respect Christ.<\/p>\n

The worshipful theme behind album opener, \u201cYahweh\u201d is book-ended by \u201cKing of Kings,\u201d which frames an excellent Christian metal album. They technically only disappeared for a decade and have been rocking hard for more years than they were ever dormant, but Stryper is back in a big way. [Frontier] Doug Van Pelt<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Stryper Fallen I\u2019m shocked! That\u2019s my first reaction to the new Stryper album. Once I get past the utter surprise that they\u2019re playing power metal, then the shock turns to awe and I revel in the aural attack of this album. This is perhaps the type of heaviness that fans used to scream for back […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":24418,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[3901,3897,390,3905,615,878,938,1202,1301,3904,3906,1995,3902,2428,2567,3903,2914,3287],"class_list":["post-24417","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog","tag-80s","tag-80s-metal","tag-black-sabbath","tag-bobby-baby-bear","tag-christian","tag-desert-high","tag-doug-van-pelt","tag-geezer-butler","tag-hair","tag-heavy","tag-holy","tag-metal","tag-ozzy","tag-rainbow","tag-rock","tag-satanic","tag-stryper","tag-tony-iommi","cat-17-id"],"yoast_head":"\nStryper - Fallen (album review) - The Original Heaven's Metal<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/hmmagazine.com\/dvanpelt\/stryper-fallen-album-review\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Doug Van Pelt\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/hmmagazine.com\/dvanpelt\/stryper-fallen-album-review\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/hmmagazine.com\/dvanpelt\/stryper-fallen-album-review\/\",\"name\":\"Stryper - Fallen (album review) - The Original Heaven's Metal\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/hmmagazine.com\/dvanpelt\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/hmmagazine.com\/dvanpelt\/stryper-fallen-album-review\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/hmmagazine.com\/dvanpelt\/stryper-fallen-album-review\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/hmmagazine.com\/dvanpelt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/STRYPER-fallen-COVER_small.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2015-09-16T12:11:35+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2015-09-16T12:16:07+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/hmmagazine.com\/dvanpelt\/#\/schema\/person\/b155afeb7086c8182b3bb3b435e68c4b\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/hmmagazine.com\/dvanpelt\/stryper-fallen-album-review\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/hmmagazine.com\/dvanpelt\/stryper-fallen-album-review\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/hmmagazine.com\/dvanpelt\/stryper-fallen-album-review\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/hmmagazine.com\/dvanpelt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/STRYPER-fallen-COVER_small.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/hmmagazine.com\/dvanpelt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/STRYPER-fallen-COVER_small.jpg\",\"width\":560,\"height\":499},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/hmmagazine.com\/dvanpelt\/stryper-fallen-album-review\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/hmmagazine.com\/dvanpelt\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Stryper – Fallen (album review)\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/hmmagazine.com\/dvanpelt\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/hmmagazine.com\/dvanpelt\/\",\"name\":\"The Original Heaven's Metal\",\"description\":\"Former Editor-in-Chief. 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