DELIVERANCE AS ABOVE ~ SO BELOW Band: Deliverance Title: As Above ~ So Below Label: Retroactive Records Release Date: April 24, 2007 Catalog Number: RAR7833 Style: Heavy Metal Tracks: 10 Time: approximately 51 minutes Lyrics: Yes ABOUT THE ALBUM Since their thrashing 1989 debut, Deliverance has been breaking new ground wherever and whenever they decide to make their metal presence known. The video for Weapons of Our Warefare was the first Christian video to ever get airplay on Headbanger's Ball. And, when the band stepped away from speed metal and thrash in favor of progressive metal in the mid 90's, they ascended to musical and artistic brilliance without peers. From the very beginning, Deliverance enjoyed both commercial and critical success that allowed them to dominate the Christian market as the most distinguished heavy metal band on the scene, period. Over a decade of aggressive touring, exposure in the mainstream markets, and 12 albums later, Deliverance continues to hold icon status among legions of metal enthusiasts world-wide. In spite of years of rumor-filled message boards and relentless requests from fans, this is the first new Deliverance album from vocalist Jimmy Brown and company since 2001. Never has Retroactive Records been privileged to release an album met with such fan appreciation and unbridled anticipation! Jimmy knew how high fan expectations would be for a new release, and has worked relentlessly with the band for over a year to deliver Retroactive Records an album that would not only delight, but astound fans....an album that would hold up under the most scrutinizing fan critique. Jimmy's goal was to create the greatest Deliverance record of all-time; a culmination of a brilliant career, while continuing to break new ground. As Above ~ So Below is a prayer that things would be on earth, as they are in heaven. Musically, this 13th album represents a unilateral step forward in the heavy music genre; few groups have ever blended epic thrash / speed metal with the elegance and beauty of progressive metal (later period Deliverance) with such devastating skill and brutality. Never has a Deliverance album alternated so many moments of beauty (e.g.
The Omen inspired opening track) with beastly moments of metallic fury and spine snapping riffs that would seem right at home on a Slayer, Believer, or early Deliverance album. The end result is arguably the heaviest Deliverance album yet. Jimmy continues to deliver vocal melodies that are as commanding as a thundering voice from above. What no one could have anticipated is that the band would deliver one of the most enormous-sounding metal records ever made. In our minds, it seems like the album is a piece of heaven here on earth, which, ironically means that the album is an answer to it's own prayer! WWW.
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COM REVIEW Deliverance deserves to rank among the more influential bands in the history of Christian metal. Hitting the scene with the melodic speed metal and thrash of it's self-titled debut in 1989, the group returned a year later with more of the same on the groundbreaking release Weapons Of Our Warfare. The erratic What A Joke followed in 1991 before Deliverance went through a transitional phase that saw it drift away from the speed metal and thrash leanings of it's earlier efforts. The end result was Stay Of Execution. Released in 1992, the album showcased a straightforward heavy metal sound that would prove a precursor to the bands work that would follow. Learn from 1993, for example, was highly acclaimed album that delivered a blend of metal and hard rock with a progressive edge. The polished but slightly subdued River Disturbance (1994) preceded Camelot In Smithereens (1995), a melancholic piece heading in a guitar driven direction that hearkened back to Learn and Stay Of Execution. Deliverance proceeded to go on hiatus until 2001 when it came back to recorded the industrial influenced hard rock of Assimilation. After the passage of six long years, however, I am proud to announce the return of Deliverance and it's ninth full leng
