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    Various Artists

    2000: The Second Coming

    (2000)

    Reviewed by D_Lister

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    Label Dwell RecordsDead Zine2000
    gothic metalheavy metalmelodic metalthrash metal

    Here is an excellent product. A full attempt to encompass nothing but Christian metal on a CD. There's no straying into metalcore or anything like that here. This is pure Christian METAL, brought to you by Dwell Records.

    The track listing is as follows:

    Sculpture - Spiritual Matrix
    Oil - When No One Cares
    Ultimatum - Never
    Tyrant - No Where To Run
    Solace - She Kissed Jesus
    Midnight Orchestra - Cain
    Sons of Thunder - Healing To My Soul
    3rd Day Rising - House of Cards
    Lost Angel - Gateway To Heaven
    Modus Operandi - Today Is A Good Day To Die
    Faithbomb - Rise Above
    Devout - Martyrdom

    If by some chance you had all these bands' albums you'd have all these songs, so nothing here is considered a "Newly Released" song. There were some bands on here that I had wanted to check out, and this was a great way to get to hear some of these guys. Tyrant RULES, their brand of metal is killer reminding me of the old days of Metal Church style music. I was very let down in the Devout track. Quite honestly its lower production level really didn't blend well at all with the rest of the CD. I love the speedy Ultimatum and Sculpture tracks, but I've already got those CDs.

    It's a very professional production, full color insert, band info and picture for every band, nice clear tray jewel case good cover design, etc.

    Bottom line it's another compilation. It's pretty cool if you're into comps.

    7.5/10

    Other coverage for this album

    HM Magazine #82Reviewed by Doug Van PeltThis 12-song compilation CD has a cool picture of an angel statue and simply states that it's "A Christian Metal Compilation." This is no hype. It's the truth. Here's 12 indie bands that fly high the metal banner. Some of the standout bands here are Oil, the gothic musings of Midnight Orchestra, the rich crunch of Faithbomb (you can tell who's got some cool gear), and the slow and steady riffage…Art for the Ears 2000Reviewed by Marco PovervestHere's another sampler that's worth checking out for all metal fans worldwide. Opposed to the Extreme Metal Sampler, this CD has more variety as it has commercial metal tunes as well as extreme metal. My Dutch friends of Sculpture are here too and they have the honor to open this disc with Spiritual Matrix. It's good death metal. The second band is Oil with the same track as on Extreme ..., When…

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