Check out the new concept album from Rusty Shipp!
Check out the new concept album from Rusty Shipp!

    For our 6th annual Highlighting feature, we're doing things a little differently. Normally, we select our top 25 most anticipated releases for the whole year, but we realize that it's tough to really gauge EVERYTHING that may release throughout a given year when we're making the list in January. So, for 2012, we're splitting the year into TWO pieces -- January to June and July to December (Click here for Part 2). Also, we're making each list 15 artists/releases for a total of 30 in 2012. So, without further ado, we give you Highlighting First-Half 2012!



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#9. Demon Hunter
True Defiance

Release Date: April 10, 2012
With each new album, Demon Hunter gets progressively softer and softer from the "hardcore" label that they are associated with. While I am excited to see what is produced this time around, I am hoping for a little more of the throat wrenching growls that caught my attention back in the early 2000's.
        - Kevin Hoskins

Demon Hunter kept getting heavier and heavier, but kept losing my attention as well. 2010's stunner from the guys, The World Is A Thorn (arguably their heaviest and most metal material to date), gave me no choice but to love nearly every song on the album. I can say I'm a Demon Hunter fan again, and I can't wait to hear what they've cooked up this time around.
        - Scott Fryberger

Though some may be dismayed at more line-up changes within the band, the one constant remains: Ryan Clark. If the man behind the band is in place, you can count me in for a new Demon Hunter release any day. While The World is a Thorn was nowhere near the band's best, I have enormous expectations for this album. Giving the band's comments on their distaste for the current metal scene--and I agree with the points they made--this should be an epic release, as well as the heaviest and most aggressive of the band's career.
        - Michael Weaver

The World is a Thorn was possibly Demon Hunter's best work to date, but you never really know where this band is going from album to album. As one of the current godfathers of Christian Metal, this is a band that never seems content to settle on a specific sound, often trying to mix in a variety of influences in their music, with perhaps mixed results. More often than not, however, these guys have been able to put together some truly excellent metal, and there's no reason to think this upcoming album will be an exception.
        - Timothy Estabrooks

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    This Friday, June 27, 2025
    ALBUMS
    7eventh Time Down We Praise You [BEC]
    The Browns 25th Anniversary: Better Days Ahead [StowTown]
    Franni Cash Wild Child - EP [Capitol CMG]
    Matt Crocker interlude [Anotherland]
    Jimmy Fortune Songs of an American Dreamer [Gaither]
    Roxanne Grace Road Trip - EP [DREAM]
    JJ Hairston & Youthful Praise The Live Reunion: Washington, DC [James Town]
    Kutless The Seventh Seal - EP [BEC]
    Evvie McKinney It Ain't Over - EP (independent)
    Rusty Shipp Capsized Empire (independent)
    SEU Worship A Forgiving God [Provident]
    The Shimmering Carnelians The Doorway (Version 2.0) (independent)
    We Are Messengers A Thousand Times - EP [Curb]

    SINGLES
    Anchor & Braille Rattlesnake - Single [Equal Vision]
    ANTHNY imposter syndrome - Single [Provident]
    Blanca Right On Time - Single [Curb]
    Landry Cantrell & Elenee sunshine & rainbows - Single [DREAM]
    Eddie Clark Never Content - Single [Syntax]
    Colony House Atomic - Single [Roon]
    Megan Danielle Preachin' To The Choir - Single [Provident]
    Drea LP & OnBeatMusic Don't Try Me (DTM) - Single [Syntax]
    Joseph Habedank Running to Me - Single [Daywind]
    Lonnie Hunter Flow (Like A River) - Single [Uncle G]
    Kashh Kade HELP - Single [Syntax]
    KB x KEANU Keanu's Song - Single [Provident]
    Tasha Layton Singing In the Dark - Single [BEC]
    Tasha Cobbs Leonard The Hand That Keeps Holding - Single [Motown Gospel]
    Tim Lovelace Celebration of America Medley (feat. Charlie McCoy) - Single [StowTown]
    Lecrae Tell No Lie (feat. Jackie Hill Perry) - Single [Reach]
    LO Worship The Perfect Love of Jesus - Single [Integrity]
    Patrick Mayberry Thank The Lord - Single [Provident]
    Michael Monroe John The Baptist (feat. Chris Renzema) - Single [Provident]
    Alexander Pappas A Great Awakening / Un Nuevo Despertar - Single [Integrity]
    PEABOD Summer in Seattle - Single [RMG Amplify]
    Rave Jesus Walk On The Water Remix (From The Chosen) - Single [Provident]
    The Rocky Valentines Nat Song - Single [Velvet Blue]
    Saints In Exile & Cutright My Dead End (ft. Jeannie Ortega, Luc DiMarzio, Jericko) - Single [Syntax]
    Emilie Weiss Take Care (Studio Sessions) - Single [BEC]

    DVD
    Jimmy Fortune Songs Of An American Dreamer DVD [Gaither]

    Next Friday, July 4, 2025
    ALBUMS
    Chad Cory America [DREAM]
    Tenielle Neda The Way Of Love [Wings]

    SINGLES
    Christian Back Now - Single [DREAM]



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