Another forgotten METAL gem!

Recon-Behind Enemy Lines (Intense) 1990

1. "In the Beginning" (1:33)
2. "Lost Soldier" (4:53)
3. "Ancient of Days" (5:36)
4. "Choose this Day" (5:42)
5. "Dreams" (5:12)
6. "Take Us Away" (3:44)
7. "Holy is the Lord" (6:03)
8. "Alive!" (4:09)
9. "Eternal Destiny" (5:43)
10."Behind Enemy Lines" (4:17)

Yup!I was just spinning this a couple weeks ago.

Oh yea, I love this album... one of my all time favorite Christian metal discs (right behind Barren Cross' ATOMIC ARENA and Deliverance's WEAPONS...) I was lucky enough to get one of the M8/Magdalene Records reissue CDs a few years back (only 1000 pressed) so I could finally retire my long-suffering cassette copy.

I've turned several people on to this band over the years, and when I'm asked what they sound like I say "Imagine if Queensryche went to a tent revival in between THE WARNING and RAGE FOR ORDER albums and got some religion"

There was talk of a new album around the time that BEHIND ENEMY LINES was reissued (George Ochoa even mentions it in his liner notes in that CD) but I don't think anything came of it. They were working with a new singer for a while whose name was Rod Dickenson. Any idea where he is now, or what happened to the project? The second album was supposed to be called THE CHOSEN FEW, I believe....

Bassist Mike Grato is a friend of mine. I doubt you'll ever see the long talked about second album. George Ochoa seems to have his hand in too many pots to worry about Recon apparently.

Rod is a FANTASTIC singer! I saw Recon live with Rod singing for them and they OWNED! I spoke to him last September. He told me Recon were still technically together, but were doing nothing.

I have a Recon - The Chosen Few t-shirt from that show.

ultmetal wrote:

Rod is a FANTASTIC singer! I saw Recon live with Rod singing for them and they OWNED! I spoke to him last September. He told me Recon were still technically together, but were doing nothing.

Shoot, that's a bummer. I was in contact with Rod via e-mail a couple of times a few years ago and he seemed like a cool guy. I left a message on Recon's Geocities web page (which probably doesn't exist anymore does it?) and he was the one who responded to it.

Mike Grato is one my Top Friends list on my MySpace.
www.myspace.com/ultmetal

This band is Ok for what they were. I wouldn't say they are amazing by a long shot though. The new album would have really secured a place for them, but ehhh.

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I have a Recon - The Chosen Few t-shirt from that show.

I have that shirt as well. Great band!

Great disc....

I liked it quite a bit back in the day.

Love Recon. As a matter of fact, Im listening to Recon Live-2001 Cornerstone right now in my car. Rough recording, but its Recon!

Great band and a great disc!



Arttie

i actually have this, suprisingly. haven't listened to it in ages though.

I've got the original, bought it the day it came out. Heard the two cuts on Hot Metal Summer 3, which I still have & had to get it, have'nt given it a spin in a while though.

YEP!!! Have the original disc... AWESOME DISC!!!!

I have the original disc also, bought it at C-stone 88? or 89?.... I think I got burned oh the 'Geoff Tate' vocals... between Recon, Sacred Warrior, Fates Warning, Haven..... my goodness it seemed that everyone was sounding like the Reich after 'Mindcrime'.....

I did listen to it a few months ago. It was better than I remembered, seems to have stood the test of time...

I'd like to get a vinyl copy of this album.

ultmetal wrote:

I'd like to get a vinyl copy of this album.

I honestly don't remember if it was released on vinyl.... It came out when a lot of labels started to stop releasing vinyl. I worked in a Christian bookstore when it came out, our music department got everything. That one I don't believe made it.

I have the original CD - great album