A Light In the Dark

I keep hoping Metal Church will reform and do something along these lines. I liked This Present Wasteland but felt it could use more aggressiveness like Light did. And Temples of the Sea is epic.

I like all their albums with Munroe, i waited long before buying This Present Wasteland, read some lukewarm reviews and the general talk on forums was not very enthusiastic. Was very pleasantly surprised by it and i think it is too bad they called it a day.

I like all things Metal Church. It took me awhile to get This Present Wasteland too but I also found it to be very enjoyable. A Light In The Dark is killer. Really strong songs on it. Here's to Metal Church reforming !

I really like blessing in Disguise.

I was just listening to This Present Wasteland and was thinking how boring and unmemorable it is. I had it on in my car on the way into work about a week or so ago. When I got back in my car that night to head home, I had to pop the disc out to see who it was. I couldn't remember what cd I was listening to.

Overall I guess it's not a bad cd, it's certainly not unlistenable or anything like that. I just don't think of it as a Metal Chruch cd. It could be any generic heavy/power metal band. It has no personality.

I'm with MG on this. When Metal Church got back together I was psyched cuz they'd been one of my fave 80s bands, but MASTERPEACE was an out-and-out disaster (how did they not notice that David Wayne's voice was shot?) and none of the three discs with Munroe on vox did much for me either. Each of them had one or two songs that were semi-decent and then a whole lotta "meh."

...which was a serious bummer for me cuz I really WANTED to like those albums. Each time they came out with a new disc I hoped that it would be "the one" that got them back on track and it never really happened.

I'd heard that the "new" lineup could really throw down live, though I never got the chance to see them for myself. Maybe they would've been better off remaining a "live band" instead of coming up with new studio stuff.

I can understand what you're saying but I listened to Masterpeace so much it kind of grew on me. Not a lot of that kind of metal being made when it came out. I had no expectations for albums with Munroe and was pleasantly surprised by Weight of the World though it couldn't touch earlier MC. Then Light came out and was leaps better in my book.

I kinda like Masterpeace. It's been awhile since I've spun it, but I remember liking it rather well. I'll have to give that one a fresh listen and see if anythings changed.

Well, you're probably deafer now so it might be stellar to your ears.

Dark Horseman wrote:

Well, you're probably deafer now so it might be stellar to your ears.

I'm surprised noone has thought to blame my old age and the early onset of alsheimer's for not remembering what cd I was playing that morning. Even if that was the case, I'm still blaming Metal Church and their subpar performance here.

Go with the excuses. Whatever helps you sleep at night.

I saw them live on their final tour and they sounded amazing. Excellent show.

On album, not so much.

I liked A Light in the Dark well enough. Haven't really spent much time listening to the other albums with Munroe though to be honest, and I still haven't heard Masterpeace.

I will admit to being jaded and a fanboy of MC.

I'm playing Masterpeace right now. Sounds as good as I remember it, but it doesn't seem to get much love from the Metal Church loyalists.

What is it you don't like about the Masterpeace album?

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What is it you don't like about the Masterpeace album?

It just lacked the "crunch" that earlier MC albums had, and Wayne's voice sounded shot to me. I was hopin' to hear some of those Udo style growly screams he was so good at but he sounded like he couldn't pull those off anymore.

Mind you, I gave that album two chances. Bought it as a new release, didn't care for it much, traded it off. Years later, having a hole in the midst of my otherwise-complete MC collection was bugging the hell out of my OCD so I re-acquired it... and it still didn't do anything for me.

I tried, I really tried.

You might like that WAYNE solo album. I think it's great. His voice sounds much better, the songs and guitar playing are also MUCH better than "Masterpiece". The only thing that might be a little lacking is the drumming. 3rd best METAL CHURCH album!

Temple of Blood wrote:

You might like that WAYNE solo album. I think it's great. His voice sounds much better, the songs and guitar playing are also MUCH better than "Masterpiece". The only thing that might be a little lacking is the drumming. 3rd best METAL CHURCH album!

Oh yeah, I have the "Wayne" album and like that one much better than "Masterpeace."

As do I though I will defend Masterpeace.

Yeah same here-Wayne is the better of the 2 but by no means is Masterpeace a slouch. I would have loved to have heard a second Wayne album.Too bad.

I have that Wayne disc. I'll have to pull that one out and see how it compares to Masterpeace.

I bet they're similar. Shiny on one side, kind of muted on the other.

Thank-you, i'll be all week. Don't forget to peel the TP off your shoe before you leave.

The WAYNE solo album, MASTERPIECE and A LIGHT IN THE DARK are great albums and very underrated by metal fans worldwide. Sad but true. Same happens with many of the later JAG PANZER albums, underrated.