Revolution by Skillet
Skillet's 2024 album, their first as an independent band, loud and direct with anthems built for the arena.
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Hard Rock
Hard rock is a heavier, louder strain of rock built on distorted guitars, strong rhythms, and big choruses.
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Dominion by Skillet
Skillet's 2022 album Dominion is loud, defiant hard rock about standing firm and refusing to bow.
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Who We Are: The Head and the Heart by Fireflight
Fireflight's 2020 comeback is sharp Christian rock about identity, worth and holding your head up through the noise.
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Victorious by Skillet
Skillet's 2019 album is hard rock about rising from defeat, all big riffs and bigger choruses about winning through.
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Invincible by Skillet
Skillet's 2000 album, a heavier and more electronic turn for the band, a record I came to long after release.
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Bad for You Baby by Gary Moore
Gary Moore's 2008 release, guitar-led music with real feeling. I found it some years after it appeared and was glad I did.
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Close as You Get by Gary Moore
Gary Moore's 2007 release, a record that leans on tone and touch. I reached it late and it has stayed with me.
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Unleashed by Skillet
Skillet's 2016 album is tight, hard rock built for arenas, a record about feeling invincible and refusing to quit.
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Old New Ballads Blues by Gary Moore
Gary Moore's 2006 release, expressive playing rooted in the blues. It came to me long after release and earned its place.
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Between the Stars by Flyleaf
Flyleaf return in 2014 with Between the Stars, a melodic alternative rock record marking a new chapter and singer, full of fire and resolve.
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Power of the Blues by Gary Moore
Gary Moore's 2004 release, expressive playing rooted in the blues. I came to it well after release and have returned to it since.
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Rise by Skillet
Skillet's 2013 record turns the noise outward, a hard rock album about young people fighting to rise above fear and despair.
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New Horizons by Flyleaf
Flyleaf's 2012 New Horizons is a heavy, hopeful album, the last with Lacey Sturm, full of fire and farewell.
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Back to the Blues by Gary Moore
Gary Moore's 2001 release, a record that leans on tone and touch. It came to me long after release and earned its place.
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Now by Fireflight
Fireflight's 2012 album Now pairs hard, driving rock with a powerful female vocal and lyrics about resilience and hope.
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A Different Beat by Gary Moore
Gary Moore's 1999 release, a record that leans on tone and touch. I found it some years after it appeared and was glad I did.
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For Those Who Wait by Fireflight
Fireflight's 2010 album, ten tracks of melodic Christian rock about holding on through the hard stretch.
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Memento Mori by Flyleaf
Flyleaf's 2009 second album is heavier and more ambitious, a loud meditation on death, dreams, and grace.
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Awake by Skillet
Skillet's 2009 breakthrough is loud, anthemic hard rock about fighting through the dark and waking up alive.
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Dark Days in Paradise by Gary Moore
Gary Moore's 1997 release, expressive playing rooted in the blues. I came to it well after release and have returned to it since.
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Blues for Greeny by Gary Moore
Gary Moore's 1995 release, expressive playing rooted in the blues. I reached it late and it has stayed with me.
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Unbreakable by Fireflight
Fireflight's 2008 album pairs hard rock guitars with a strong voice and songs about standing firm under pressure.
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Kutless by Kutless
Kutless's 2002 self-titled debut is hard-edged Christian rock, loud and honest about doubt, grace, and need.
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After Hours by Gary Moore
Gary Moore's 1992 release, a record that leans on tone and touch. It came to me long after release and earned its place.
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Flyleaf by Flyleaf
Flyleaf's raw 2005 debut pairs heavy alternative metal with searching, faith-haunted lyrics about pain and hope.
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