But two songs stand out on the album above the rest. The title track is a complex blast of twisting riffs, and "Stop the Madness" is a far more interesting take on an anti-drug song than what most of their contemporaries have come up with. Believer is hard to pin down they often sound like Megadeth, but their aggression and passion are focused in a much different direction than Dave Mustaine's. Although it never really became popular, several mainstream magazines praised the album and the band found themselves in a deal with Metalblade soon after. ![]() With low expectations, Believer released this massive slab of molten metal. Bands like Petra and Sacred Warrior never broke through to the mainstream for this very reason. Before 1990, the Christian heavy metal genre rarely strayed from generic riffing and poor lyrics.
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