When many bands hit a certain point of longevity, they tend to settle back on their greatest hits. Whether that's through tours that play the fan favorites, best-of collections, re-recordings, or re-mastered re-releases, it's easy for a successful, storied band to simply rest on their past. Stryper has gone against that stereotype. Since their return from hiatus in 2005, the classic hair metal band has released albums of new material on a regular basis, recently getting down to a rhythm of every two years. Given that The Last Battle came out in 2022, it's time for the next record. Right on cue, Stryper has released their latest, When We Were Kings.

Overall, there's a lot about this album that feels similar to their past few. From the similarly styled cover art to the themes covered in the songs to the sound of the music, When We Were Kings will give...

And now let us sing the praises of the Kickstarter online fundraising platform and all the great artists that it allows to continue to make great music. In the last year or so, classic artists like Caedmon's Call, Steve Taylor, Russ Taff, and The Choir have been able to make new (or re-imagined) music and continue their artistic efforts in this brave new world of streaming and ever-changing avenues of income.

Remedy Drive has certainly benefited from the fan-funded model, as their last album, the fantastic and epic Imago Amor was one of the best releases of that year. Scars To Prove It, their latest fan-funded release...

Today's country music is a lot like store-bought apple pie. There's no denying it's sweet, and hits the spot when you're craving pie. Yet, all of them bleed together and you end up growing bored of it quickly. But when you bite into a slice of homemade apple pie, you are shocked by the upgrade in flavor. Rhett Walker, a CCM mainstay from the late 2000s, has provided the listening world with an attempt to share a homemade apple pie in a world of store-bought carbon copies. The question is this: Is Days That We Dreamed Of a bite of something new, or the same old-same old?...