Scandinavian Metal Praise
Scandinavian Metal Praise Hails from Finland a country known for its quality Finnish Metal bands like Mehida, Oratorio, HB, and Northern Flame. Scandinavian Metal Praise-actually is the name of the band which is female fronted delivering up some hard hitting praise music.
There's nothing quite like praise music that's dripping with Molten Metal due to the added heaviness of the guitars, up beat tempos, Drums, and other instruments injecting more power to these traditional hymns giving them more edge. Remember some of the earlier artist to first do this concept of heavier Praise albums? There was the Petra Praise-'The Rock Cries Out', then there was 'Metal Praise', also the fantastic band Tree63 with their 'Worship Volume One' Kutless also released some rocked up praise music, and then there was the incredible album 'Rock Power Praise Vol I-The Hymns' series, this was a compilation of various artist which was one of my all time favorite albums which really needs to be re-released-hint hint.
There's nothing quite like praise music that's dripping with Molten Metal due to the added heaviness of the guitars, up beat tempos, Drums, and other instruments injecting more power to these traditional hymns giving them more edge. Remember some of the earlier artist to first do this concept of heavier Praise albums? There was the Petra Praise-'The Rock Cries Out', then there was 'Metal Praise', also the fantastic band Tree63 with their 'Worship Volume One' Kutless also released some rocked up praise music, and then there was the incredible album 'Rock Power Praise Vol I-The Hymns' series, this was a compilation of various artist which was one of my all time favorite albums which really needs to be re-released-hint hint.
Scandinavian Metal Praise's self-titled debut release was six years in the making and released by the Bullroser Record Label. The band wishes to remain anonymous as they haven't released any of the band member's names. Maybe their thinking is that they wish to give all the glory to Jesus and didn't want to get in the way of that, which I can understand and appreciate.
Vocals are very well done by our female Vocalist and some of the tracks where her vocals really shine are "When The Spirit Of The Lord" , "Praise Adonai" , and "Worthy Is The Lamb".
On this 2008 release we find that most of the tunes are guitar driven. Our Finnish guitarist delivers up some heavy guitar riffs. The guitars are distorted with a raw and heavy sound that hits hard. If you like your Metal raw then your in for a treat as our (chef )guitarist has delivered up a Metal feast here.
Our bassist plays in a straight forward bass direction adding fullness to the tunes and giving the overall sound a nice heaviness.
The Keyboardist adds some nice touches to the album without dominating the mix. One track that the keys stand out on is on the tune "Holy King" where we find our keyboardist opening it with some cool Folk sounds that are repeated throughout the song.
The drums are done tastefully and add just the right amount of drive and beat to each song without trying to dominate or stand out too much. However, at the opening to the tune "Wonderful God", we find our drummer unleashing his fury on the killer intro.
With the lyrics being traditional hymn songs we have very Christ centered lyrics that magnify the name of Jesus as you can see here:
Vocals are very well done by our female Vocalist and some of the tracks where her vocals really shine are "When The Spirit Of The Lord" , "Praise Adonai" , and "Worthy Is The Lamb".
On this 2008 release we find that most of the tunes are guitar driven. Our Finnish guitarist delivers up some heavy guitar riffs. The guitars are distorted with a raw and heavy sound that hits hard. If you like your Metal raw then your in for a treat as our (chef )guitarist has delivered up a Metal feast here.
Our bassist plays in a straight forward bass direction adding fullness to the tunes and giving the overall sound a nice heaviness.
The Keyboardist adds some nice touches to the album without dominating the mix. One track that the keys stand out on is on the tune "Holy King" where we find our keyboardist opening it with some cool Folk sounds that are repeated throughout the song.
The drums are done tastefully and add just the right amount of drive and beat to each song without trying to dominate or stand out too much. However, at the opening to the tune "Wonderful God", we find our drummer unleashing his fury on the killer intro.
With the lyrics being traditional hymn songs we have very Christ centered lyrics that magnify the name of Jesus as you can see here:
"Worthy Is The Lamb"
Thank you for the cross Lord Thank you for the price You paid Bearing all my sin and shame In love You came And gave amazing grace Thank you for this love Lord Thank you for the nail pierced hands Washed me in Your cleansing flow Now all I know Your forgiveness and embrace Worthy is the Lamb Seated on the throne Crown You now with many crown You reign victorious High and lifted up Jesus Son of God The Darling of Heaven crucified Worthy is the Lamb Worthy is the Lamb |
"Great In Power"
Praise Him you heavens and all that's above Praise Him you angels and heavenly hosts Let the whole earth praise Him Praise Him the sun moon and bright shining stars Praise Him you heavens and waters and skies Let the whole earth praise Him Chorus: Great in power, great in glory Great in mercy, King of heaven Great in battle, great in wonder Great in Zion, King over all the earth |
"We Sing Alleluia"
The Lord is in His holy temple The Lord is on His heavenly throne We bring our praises unto Jesus For all the love that He has shown We sense the beauty of His presence We hear the great triumphant shout The lamb for sinners slain is worthy How can we keep from crying out The Lord is in His holy temple And we are in His presence now The ones whove gone before have gathered As one before the Lord we bow (Chorus) Singing alleluia, alleluia, alleluia Singing alleluia, alleluia, alleluia |
"Praise Adonai"
Who is like Him The Lion and the Lamb Seated on the throne Mountains bow down Every ocean roars To the Lord of hosts Praise Adonai From the rising of the sun ‘Til the end of every day Praise Adonai All the nations of the earth All the angels and the saints Sing Praise |
If you find that you have a hard time relating to softer more contemporary type hymns and want some edge behind your hymns then you are in good hands with this Scandinavian Metal Praise band.