1989 - Christian Metal Poll

I'm sure I missed some here. Please fill me in on any releases I am missing.


Angelica - Angelica
Barren Cross - State of Control
Believer - Extraction from Mortality
Bjorn Stigsson - Together With Friends
Bloodgood - Out of the Darkness
Bride - Silence is Madness
Crucified, The - The Crucified
David Zaffiro - The Other Side
Deliverance - Deliverance
Final Axe - Beyond Hell's Gate
Guardian - First Watch
Leviticus - Setting Fire To The Earth
Lightforce - Mystical Thieves (pre-Mortification)
Mastedon - It's a Jungle Out There
Moshketeers, The - The Moshketeers (demo)
Rez - Innocent Blood
Sacred Warrior - Master's Command
Scarlet Red - Don't Dance with Danger
Shout - In Your Face
Vengeance Rising - Once Dead
Watchman - Generation
Whitecross - Triumphant Return
X-Sinner - Get It

No brainer for me, Deliverance's debut, easy. Now if it had been up against Barren Cross' ATOMIC ARENA rather than STATE OF CONTROL.... that would've been tough.

Easy choice for me... The Crucified was a favorite of mine for years!

My fave will always be VR-Once Dead

Deliverance!

VR and Believer would come in a close second and third.

Cannot vote not familiar with any of these bands with the exception of Barren Cross

manny wrote:

Cannot vote not familiar with any of these bands with the exception of Barren Cross

Ditto. Off that list, I'm only familiar with Deliverence, but not that album. I had that Bloodgood at one time, but sold it off.

EDIT: I apparently own Barren Cross' State of Control as well. Guess I need to give that one a fresh spin.

Deliverance!!!!!!!!!!!

Barren Cross. Great, traditional metal.

Whitecross!!!

out of all of those, i've only heard 3, so i went with Believer.

I cabbot believe that people can actually make a choice in these. I mean even narrowed down to only Christian bands, I still want to go with Believer, Deliverance, Vengeance Rising and Barren Cross!

I went with Deliverance. Vengeance Rising, Believer and Barren Cross are all favorites,too.

Believer got my vote.

Of course it will be Vengeance Rising

I went with Deliverance but these are excellent:


Angelica - Angelica
Barren Cross - State of Control
Believer - Extraction from Mortality
Bloodgood - Out of the Darkness
Bride - Silence is Madness
Leviticus - Setting Fire To The Earth
Mastedon - It's a Jungle Out There
Sacred Warrior - Master's Command
Vengeance Rising - Once Dead
Whitecross - Triumphant Return

My personal favorite from 89' is Final Axe "Beyond Hell's Gate"


On the poll...it's Deliverance...followed closely by Angelica and Guardian

I'll go with Believer on this one, with Guardian and Rez close behind. Innocent Blood is my favorite Rez disc, fantastic songs on there.

ultmetal wrote:

Deliverance!

VR and Believer would come in a close second and third.

I agree, although I would switch the VR and the Believer.

not familiar with all those choices. vengeance was my pick.

Unfortunately, I did not discover the plethora of Christian Metal bands until '91 or '92. And man, what a blessing it was. For the next few years I listened to Christian Rock and Metal almost exclusively. From the list, I'm picking the album I listened to the most, and that would be Barren Cross.

Not a Christian, but I've heard The Crucified and enjoyed what I've heard. I went with them.

Only have Believer, VR, and Deliverance. I went with VR.

A good year. Many of those have been regular players for me. I'd probably go with Sacred warrior, Deliverance, VR and Believer, but I was a huge Bride, Bloodgood, BC and Shout fan back in the day. A multiple choice would have been a lot easier and fairer!

Believer - that album is powerful.