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BARNABAS - FEEL THE FIRE (*NEW-CD, 2017, Retroactive Records)
Artist: BARNABAS
Album: FEEL THE FIRE (Legends Remastered)
Label: Retroactive Records
Product ID: RRCD1444
Barcode: 656165850617
Format: Compact Disc / 38 minutes
Packaging: Full color 12 page booklet insert with lyrics and band pics
Release Date: December 12th, 2017
- Pioneering band in Christian rock and metal
- Originally released 1984 on Light Records
- Part of the Legends Remastered series on Retroactive Records
- Full color 12 page booklet insert with lyrics and band pics
- First ever CD release of classic album
- Band write-up inside booklet
ABOUT THE ALBUM
Barnabas developed a style of music that straddled the fence between energetic, aggressive power metal (like Iron Maiden, Dio, or Black Sabbath) and experimental progressive rock (like Rush, Styx, or Marillion). On top of the music soared the vocals of a chain-chompin' banshee lead singer who was all about putting her boot up the dark one's back side. The overriding question for Feel the Fire was obvious. Considering the artistic and commercial success of 1983's Approaching Light Speed, could the band capture lightning in a bottle twice? Barnabas was an amazing band, both because they were the heaviest Christian band of their era, and also one of the most creative lyrically and musically. They were as musically adventurous as Rush, but they would also put the hammer down and at any moment to grind out some extremely heavy metal - which they were doing a couple of years before the likes of Barren Cross, Philadelphia, Saint, Messiah Prophet, and Stryper appeared. And, while the band proved even more progressive in their metal for this release, the trademark foundations remained intact - smokin' guitars and top-notch instrumentation. With Feel the Fire, the band expanded the boundaries of Christian metal. Not satisfied with creating art by numbers or being a cookie-cutter band, it would be many years before anyone in Christian metal circles would touch the depth and creativity of Barnabas. With Feel the Fire, fans were treated to a mesmerizing magic slab of metal. One that couldn't be ignored or shaken. One that was impossibly irresistible and memorable. Indeed, Barnabas was unique in the truest sense.
TRACKLIST
Prelude 2:20
The Dream 2:32
Breathless Wonderment (The Dream Becomes Reality) 6:48
Hearts 7:02
Feel The Fire 5:22
Northern Lights 3:45
Follow You Up 5:09
Suite For The Souls Of Our Enemies (Part I - Hammer & Sickle) 5:03
Prelude/The DreamBreathless Wonderment (The Dream Becomes Reality)/Hearts/Feel The Fire/Northern Lights/Follow You Up/Suite For The Souls Of Our Enemies (Part I - Hammer & Sickle)
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