Song Of The Year 2013: # 15 - 11

Hey friends,

today I want to start my first countdown of this year. So before I'll show you my album of the year list (the most interesting thing for you, I think) I present you my personal song of the year list, starting with # 15 to 11.
I can tell you one thing: it was very hard for me to select 15 songs from the mass of great records this year. To my surprise many ballads made it in that list. Maybe because I was in that mood - don't really know. Ok, I always loved the big rock ballads from the 80's and I think you'll see that tendency in this list. So, let's get right into it!

CD-Review: Stryper - "No More Hell To Pay"

After a cover album ("The Covering") in 2011 and a record, which consists only of re-recordings ("The Second Coming") earlier this year, the Christian Metal heroes Stryper are back with completely new song material since their 2009 output "Murder By Pride". I enjoyed this album very much, but their new effort "No More Hell To Pay" shows Stryper from a very different side.

STRYPER sign to Frontiers Records!

The Christian rockers STRYPER sign to Frontiers Records for a multi-album deal. The first release will be the new re-recorded collection "Second Coming". It will hit the streets on March 22nd in Europe and March 26 in North America. The album features sixteen tracks, including new recordings of fourteen old songs as well as two brand new tracks. Frontman Michael Sweet promised that some of the re-recordings sound better than the originals.

Stryper is one of the top Christian metal bands, who became famous through a lot of rotation on MTV and their big live-shows, where they throw Bibles into the crowd.

Tracklist:

01. Loud N' Clear
02. Loving You
03. Soldiers Under Command
04. Makes Me Wanna Sing
05. First Love
06. The Rock That Makes Me Roll
07. Reach Out
08. Surrender
09. To Hell With The Devil
10. Calling On You
11. Free
12. The Way
13. Sing Along Song
14. More Than A Man
15. Bleeding From Inside Out (new song)
16. Blackened (new song)

www.stryper.com