This came out in 2000 — or at least that’s when I got it. Here’s what I said about it back then (with some minor editing):
There was a time when Christian rock was ruled by one band — Stryper, the ’80s hair-metal outfit that dressed in bumblebee colours, praised His name in cheese-metal epics like To Hell With The Devil and tossed Bibles from the stage.
Now, however, the religious rock ranks are multiplying like loaves and fishes. And they’re more subtle about how they spread the good word along with the Devil’s music. Take San Diego’s P.O.D. (Payable on Death). Unless you key into to the inspirational lyrics (“In His glory, we will rise”), you’d never know these rap-metal maniacs are out to save your soul; they’re too busy trying to crush your skull with the furious, Korn-like thrash and bludgeon of tunes like Southtown and a cover of U2’s Bullet The Blue Sky. Guess it’s true: If you wanna get to heaven, you’ve gotta raise a little hell.
