Scandinavian Metal Praise

There doesn't seem to be a whole lotta info regarding this project, but they have some fantastic music on their sparse myspace site. Definately something fans of HB might be interested in (Sounds perfect for Topshot's show).

http://www.myspace.com/scandinavianmetalpraise

I'm trying to figure out if the band is a compilation of members of other Scandinavian bands, or if they are a new outfit. (it also looks like Youngside records has the album for sale).

I only got to listen to a couple of seconds as I am sitting in my hotel room on a public Wi-Fi connection. But, I will have to track this down!

Funny, I just listened to the "Metal Praise" album from 1992 this morning.

This one sounds interesting to be sure. There are some who are going to LOVE this. I like the female vocal. The metal is capably performed, and I like the way they worked the original songs into a metal song format. This is LONG overdue in the Christian metal community. However, that being said, this is not necessarily a style I like. But I might still get this and see if it grows on me.

I really like her vocals. They kind of remind me of Eowyn. This album reminds me of "All Hail the Power" by P.K. Mitchell. Definitely not a bad thing.

Nice find.

silentthunder89 wrote:

....This album reminds me of "All Hail the Power" by P.K. Mitchell.....

I was thinking the same thing.

I too really like the vocals. Some of the music isn't exactly my favorite, but the songs are fantastic. Definately gonna have to add this one to the "must have" list.

topshot rhit wrote:

Nice find.

Yep, I was pretty sure you would be interested.

This really rocks.
Cool praise and worship, I love the music.

I sing along the songs, but in Dutch.
We sing these songs in church.
"Praise Adonai" is a song I really love and "Dank U voor het Kruis" I love to sing in church too.
Wow, " ik ga uit mijn dak" of this song.
That is Dutch for when you like a song very much.

This really is very cool.
Cool find Staybrite.

I thought maybe these praise songs might be more popular in European Churches.

Many of them I have never heard in our local churces here.

Most songs we sing in church are translations of American. Australian praise and worship songs of Darlene Zchech, Paul Baloche, Tommy Walker, Don Moen Tim Hughes and more.

I just ordered the disc from Youngside Records. I will let you know how it is after I get it.

I like half the English songs (there's 1 Finnish). Interestingly, I did not care for their version of one of my faves, Take Me In. I don't think there is enough variety to hold the interest after consecutive spins. I predict it will be a good one to pull out when you want a more worshipful mood but not to keep in the car a couple days like HB.

Great music! Are there any other cds made by this artist? There's little information available on their MySpace website..

hickory wrote:

Great music! Are there any other cds made by this artist? There's little information available on their MySpace website..

First of all welcome to CHM Hickory.

As for the Scandinavian Praise Metal project, I don't think there is a lot known about them yet. I do get the impression that this is their first album.
I'm still trying to determine if this project is made up of members from other Sandinavian bands (and maybe it is a just a one-time kind of project), or if it is a whole new band.

Unfortunately, the inserts are not in English, so determining that could be difficult.




Altogether, I will say that this is an awesome worship project. I would have liked more leads on a metal disc, but there is not a bad song on here. OK, I don't care for the one non-English song. Other than that, there isn't a bad song on this!

I disagree, but that's what opinions are for.

Just got this in for review and agree with everything that has been said here. It is a good metal praise album. But the packaging fails to list the musicians performing on it- so I will contact the label and see if I can get this information.

Dynamis wrote:

...But the packaging fails to list the musicians performing on it- so I will contact the label and see if I can get this information.

That seems really strange to me, thanks for looking into it.

This CD is at the top of my wish-list.
I only have to check out if it's cheaper to order this CD in finland or in the US.
Yep, that keeps me busy for some time.

I just heard back from the label and was told that the musicians performing on "SMP" wish to remain anonymous. So it will be interesting putting together a review from that perspective but do not anticipate any problems.

Listening to "SMP" right now and am enjoying it a great deal!

Hmmm I wonder if they are under other record labels/deals.
Or maybe, they are closet Christians and nobody would buy their pagan power-metal (or dethmetal) records if they found out.