Barren Cross is a Christian Rock and Heavy Metal band that was formed in California in 1984. The band released six albums from 1986 to 1994 and has been quiet ever since. They've reunited for some shows in recent years but there are no news for a new album. 1984 (MCMLXXXIV) was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... A music genre is a category (or genre) of pieces of music that share a certain style or basic musical language (van der Merwe 1989, p. ... Christian rock is a form of rock music played by bands where the musicians are openly Christian. ... Hard rock is a form of rock and roll music which finds its closest roots in early 1960s garage rock and psychedelic rock. ... Christian metal or White metal is a form of heavy metal music with explicitly Christian lyrics and themes. ... Christian rock is a form of rock music played by bands where the musicians are openly Christian. ... Heavy metals, in chemistry, are chemical elements of a particular range of atomic weights. ... Official language(s) English Capital Sacramento Largest city Los Angeles Area Ranked 3rd - Total 158,302 sq mi (410,000 km²) - Width 250 miles (400 km) - Length 770 miles (1,240 km) - % water 4. ... 1984 (MCMLXXXIV) was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... An album (from Latin albus white, blank, relating to a blank book in which something can be inserted) is a packaged collection of related things. ... 1986 (MCMLXXXVI) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1994 (MCMXCIV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated as the International Year of the Family and the International Year of the Sport and the Olympic Ideal by United Nations. ...
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1985 (MCMLXXXV) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1986 (MCMLXXXVI) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1988 (MCMLXXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1989 (MCMLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... This article is about the year. ... This article is about the year. ... 1994 (MCMXCIV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated as the International Year of the Family and the International Year of the Sport and the Olympic Ideal by United Nations. ...
Although they never achieved as much notoriety as their Orange County neighbors Stryper, Los Angeles' BarrenCross were among the best-known Christian (or "white") metal bands to emerge in the 1980s.
Good Samaritan that he was, Elefante agreed to produce BarrenCross' aptly named debut E.P., Believe, which the band released and distributed in May 1985 using $10,000.00 they had raised themselves.
Choosing to name their 1990 live album Hotter Than Hell was, in retrospect, obviously a sign of frustration, and it wasn't surprising to see BarrenCross give up the fight only a short time later.
BarrenCross' debut was influenced by classic heavy metal bands like Judas Priest, Queensryche and especially, Iron Maiden.
The lyrics on "Rock for the King" are definitely coming from a Christian perspective, not unlike contemporaries Stryper, but BarrenCross are MUCH heavier than Stryper.
As if all those years hadn't past, BarrenCross records a great follow-up to "State of Control." The music is still power metal but is even heavier than anything they had done in the past.
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