METAL CHURCH

Release Year: 2022
Artist Origin: USA
Style: poignant dynamic power heavy metal

as if sensing something bad is coming, Metal Church decided to work out this special between-the-albums compilation [2020] which turned to become the final appearance of iconic frontman Mike Howe: alongside four completely new tracks, matching the ambition and intensity of their recent impressive outputs, it features Nazareth, Sugarloaf, and Lead Belly covers, rare B-side cuts from 2016 and 2018 album sessions, and newly recorded versions of Fake Healer and Badlands classics that sound incredibly powerful, upgraded to meet modern recording standards, and even include guest backing vocals by Todd La Torre of Queensrÿche fame, so at the end of the day sixteen track, 78 minute wall of expressive sound becomes a standalone statement, leaving as strong an impression as any other albums recorded with the late Mike