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!

	1 of 15   #1. House Of Heroes Cold Hard Want Release Date: July 10, 2012 The End Is Not The End was easily tops for 2008, but Suburba let us feeling a little less enchanted two years later. The HOH boys have completed their fourth studio album and we can't help but anticipate it with high hopes yet again.         - John DiBiase One can only hand it to these guys for bouncing back after a long period of inactivity and winning back old (and new) fans with their masterful musical efforts. It's only natural to eagerly anticipate something from House of Heroes with little reservation, and their top-spot on our list is more than deserved. We'll see that they've been brewing since Suburba this summer.         - Roger Gelwicks Easily one of the best bands in Christian rock. Their combination of pop punk and classic rock gives them a sound unlike most other pop punk groups out there today. Their last two albums have really pleased the pop punk lovers, and judging from the Halloween song they released a few months ago, their next album will make most of our top ten lists this year.         - Scott Fryberger The End Is Not The End first brought my attention to House Of Heroes. Suburba made me a full-believer. Is there any doubt that their upcoming album won't be something special?         - Nathaniel Schexnayder While Suburba was a slight step back from The End is Not the End, that does not mean the new release should be any less anticipated. House of Heroes is one of the top names in Christian rock for a reason and this should be one of the top 2012 releases. I personally hope the Beatles-esque sound returns for this release.         - Michael Weaver Visit our House Of Heroes page for more information about them... 2012 Countdown Recap: 15 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 HONORABLE MENTIONS: Here are a few other artists that made our staff's individual lists that didn't quite make the top 15... Before Their Eyes, Kutless, Sarah MacIntosh, Showbread, Nine Lashes, For King & Country, SONS, Poema, Jimmy Needham, All Sons & Daughters ©January, 2012 Jesusfreakhideout.com

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This Friday, November 8, 2024
ALBUMS
2003ub313 Giants EP [The Charon Collective]
Aklesso Loner (independent)
Gabby Barrett Carols and Candlelight [Warner Music Nashville]
The Choir Patreon Sessions (independent)
CXMMXNS CXMMXNS Chapter 1 - EP [Essential Worship]
DJ Mykael V & 1995 BODEGA 2! (independent)
Fire From Heaven One Riff To Rule Them All (independent)
Daniel Hardin Geoff With A G, Pt. 4 EP (independent)
Impending Doom Live From Exile (independent)
LIFE Worship Stones of Remembrance: Volume 1 - EP [Integrity]
Light the Way Expel [Small Step]
New Hope Oahu There Is One - EP [DREAM]
Neal Morse & The Resonance No Hill For A Climber [InsideOut]
nobigdyl. Even Lower EP (independent)
Psallos Advent Songs EP (independent)
Psallos Christmas Songs EP (independent)
Songs From The Soil, Marc James Live at the Garden - EP [Integrity]
Sower The Seed EP (independent)
TAKE Time Bomb [Resuscitation Records]
Lauren Talley A Lauren Talley Christmas [Horizon]
Various Artists Fighting From the Ground Up, Vol. 4 [Indie Vision Music]
Wind and Sail Walking Club Sessions (independent)
Wolves at the Gate Lowborn (instrumentals) EP [Solid State]

SINGLES
Above the Clouds The Product - Single [Polished Arrow]
Cory Asbury I Hope You Dance - Single [BEC]
Micah Barbosa Close To You - Single (independent)
Bethel Music Center (Live) (feat. Abbie Gamboa) - Single [Bethel]
CHANGETHEWXRLD In A World - Single (independent)
Confessions of a Traitor Doomsayer (feat. Exist Immortal) - Single [Facedown]
Drenae His Plans - Single [Syntax]
Grace Graber More Than A Miracle (feat. Jonathan Cyphers) - Single (independent)
Ashley Gronholm Miracle in Me - Single (independent)
IMRSQD Backstroke Freddy - Single (independent)
Paige King Johnson Boots Under My Tree - Single [PCG]
Jordan Kauflin, Laura Story Approach, My Soul - Single [Getty]
Mr. Weaverface O God, Help Me - Single (independent)
Jeannie Ortega Don't Ever - Single [Syntax]
Oyarsa Sundrops - Single (independent)
Pulpit Vomit Turkey Annihilation (Redux) - Single [Broken Curfew Records]
Reliance Now or Never - Single [Thumper Punk Records]
The Riverside Great Feast at the King's Hall - Single (independent)
Sam Bowman & GLADDEN Misfit Toys - Single [DREAM]
Wavorly Enemies - Single (independent)
Natasha Zimbaro O Holy Night - Single (independent)

VINYL
Michael W. Smith Every Christmas Vinyl [Rocketown]
Stryper To Hell with the Amps Vinyl [Frontiers]
TAKE Time Bomb Vinyl [Resuscitation Records]

DVD
Stryper To Hell with the Amps Blu-Ray [Frontiers]

Next Friday, November 15, 2024
ALBUMS
Dolly Parton & Family Smoky Mountain DNA – Family, Faith & Fables [Owepar Entertainment]
The Lore Family Faith Over Fear [Horizon]
Fernando Ortega For All the Saints - EP (independent)
Earnest Pugh Worth is the Lamb
We Are Messengers Rejoice! (A Celtic Christmas) - EP [Curb]
Paul Wright III Reverie [United Alliance]

SINGLES
Big Dismal Here In My Heart - Single (independent)
Blanca Worthy (Spanish + Spanglish Versions) - Double Single [Curb]
Hannah Kerr It Came Upon A Midnight Clear - Single [Curb]
Olivia Lane Silent Night - Single [BEC]
Tasha Layton Wake Up It's Christmas - Single [BEC]
Jamie MacDonald A Million Chances - Single [Capitol CMG]
Ronnie Martin On Christmas Morning - Single [Velvet Blue]
Hunter Plake Daylight - Single [BEC]
Jordan St. Cyr Christ is Here - Single [BEC]

VINYL
Sixpence None the Richer Divine Discontent Vinyl [Word]



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