Song of the Day: Veil of Ashes – Without Eyes
Veil of Ashes was a college rock band from Oakland, California, who debuted with the critically-acclaimed album Pain on Graceland…
Song of the Day: The Bubblebaby Experience – The Big Blue
I’ve got a confession to make. I don’t know a lot about electronica. As much as I love genre-fying musical…
Song of the Day: The Calicoes – Read
If you turn the Christian indie shaker upside down, not too many psychobilly bands fall out. One of the first…
Song of the Day: Chasm – Unknown
In the mid- to late-90s when all of the other Christian hardcore bands were doing new school/chugga chugga style hardcore…
Song of the Day: God – Revelation
Is it a bit pompous to call your band “God”? Maybe. But what’s particularly interesting about this band is we…
Song of the Day: Disturbulenced – EXpose(d)
While Gospel music to most probably represents tradition and preservation, there is also a strong undercurrent of experimentation and the…
Song of the Day: Beloved – Before There Was You There Was Everything
Wow, what a great band, with such potential! Sadly, Beloved released only one EP (originally for Vindicated from the Deep…
Song of the Day: Resurrection Band – Beggar in the Alleyway
Depending on how you define the term, Resurrection Band was arguably the first Christian heavy metal band. While their debut…
Song of the Day: 4•4•1 – Show Me
4•4•1 burst onto the SoCal new wave scene in 1984, releasing their debut album on Royal Commandment Records (soon to…
Song of the Day: The Walk – Vessels of Noble Worth
Welcome to what is probably the most underrated album in Christian alternative music history. The problem is largely that it…
Song of the Day: Creed – Meet Again (no, not THAT Creed)
Long before Scott Stapp was crooning about going higher and breaking out of his own prison, there was this Creed,…
Pantokrator release new video!
Swedish death metallers Pantokrator have released a new video for “We the People.” The song is presumably the lead single…
Song of the Day: Seventy Sevens – Don’t This Way
I’m really hesitant to do this, but I’m gonna lay it on you. I’ve been a fan of music for…
Song of the Day: Dig Hay Zoose – Struggle Fish
The funk-punk and funk-metal scene(s) rose quickly in the early 90s and then disappeared just as quickly. At one point,…
Song of the Day: Circle of Dust – Aggressor (Regressive Mix)
Industrial music has a long and complicated history, which we don’t have time to get deeply into here. Its roots…
Song of the Day: Moral Support – Control
Punk rock developed somewhere in the 1970s when what had essentially been garage rock bands got louder, snarlier, and started…
Song of the Day: The Virgin Birth – Empires of Excrement
Remember when hardcore was still exciting? Fast loud rules! While hardcore can still be interesting, I find the monotony of…
Song of the Day: Rage of Angels – Don’t Give Up
Glam metal gets a bad rap. Especially in punk/indie/hardcore circles. Except for the occasional semi-ironic nod to the genre, it…
Song of the Day: Champion Birdwatchers – Resolution . . . in C
So, it’s New Year’s Day. 2020 is a recently faded memory, but with the obvious enduring repercussions. Do you make…
Song of the Day: Adam Again – Angels We Have Heard on High
First things first–merry Christmas everyone! It’s been a challenging year, and many of us are ready to see the back…
Song of the Day: Dead Artist Syndrome – Dance With Me
The year was 1990. I’d heard lots of buzz about this new “goth rock” band Dead Artist Syndrome. Even Roger…
Song of the Day: Living Sacrifice – Not Beneath
There are so many different types of Living Sacrifice fans. People who started listening from the beginning, and those who…
Song of the Day: The Swoon – Sweet Ally
Don’t you hate it when an amazing band releases one stellar album and then disappears off the map leaving virtually…
Illect Recordings Announce Holiday Sale
Underground hip-hop leaders Illect Recordings (home of Sivion, Terem, James Gardin and many others) are running holiday sales currently on…
Daniel Markham – Burnout
From the opening riffs of opener “Armadillo”, you know this is going to be something interesting—dual harmonic guitar riffs in…
Song of the Day: The Pilgrims – Thank You Lord
There’s a recurring debate about who the first Christian rocker was. It’s very often touted that Larry Norman was the…
Song of the Day: Ben Okafor – Jah Love
British Christian reggae artist Ben Okafor was born in Nigeria. Experiencing life as a victim of the Nigerian civil war,…
Song of the Day: Marc Plainguet – Barbie’s Lament
I’m not sure how most IVM readers feel about new wave and synth-driven music. It’s extremely nostalgic for me, having…
Starflyer 59 – Miami (EP)
There used to be a fairly well-known release formula for SF59. Step one: release full-length album. Step two: release EP…
Song of the Day: Seventh Angel – The Passing of Years
When Seventh Angel’s debut album The Torment came out, I was an instant fan. I was a huge thrash fan…