Stryper - Blood From Above

[@MrRoarkeFI]

Some of Stryper’s best records were released in the past decade.

[@joshalan5125]

100% agree with you on that. No More Hell to Pay, Fallen and God Damn Evil are solid albums; I'm pumped for Even the Devil Believes.

[@sopwithsnoopy8779]

Pray for Stryper lead guitarist Oz Fox. He & his wife just announced the other day that Oz has some brain tumors? ( I believe) that need operating on.

[@loganviking3923]

"By His stripes we are healed" is what their name is from; that's their official band verse. I think their recent work is their best. Keep in mind that their early stuff was NOT uniquely cheesy for their genre, they were an 80's hair band and right on par (if not near the top) with all the other 80's hair bands. They deserve the major respect they've earned for pioneering Christian metal to the level of secular metal. But with that being said, though I do enjoy their early work, 80's hair metal is far from my favorite style. However their modern work is phenomenal; it keeps their signature style, while modernizing it to excellent status. I highly recommend "Fallen" or "Yahweh" off their 2015 (and my favorite album) "Fallen."

[@warpig4942]

I'm not a fan of Stryper but they have my respect. They invented Christian rock/metal and 35 years later they are still rolling.

[@lackthrowofficial]

didn't invent at all. still, there's something to be said for longevity.

[@golfer435]

That was petra about 10 years before them, but kudos for longevity

[@jimmyrivera1866]

Petra...not the same genre

[@slamdancer1720]

@@golfer435 they were rock, no where near metal...but they did form in like 72. many props.

[@paulmorris8762]

@@golfer435 and Resurrection Band in the early 70s now called Rez Band but they do hard blues rock, progressive hard rock and acoustic stuff etc

[@repyrts9]

Do “Yahweh”(about Crucifixion of Christ) or “The Valley”(video) by Stryper. Two great heavy songs! Yahweh is one of those 6 1/2 minute songs. Killer solos in both songs.

[@benireges]

Stryper has plenty of amazing songs. I can name dozens.

[@davidmayo7119]

It's nice to see Stryper back with a winner, they didn't miss a beat!

[@Sonee777]

The whole Even the Devil Believes album is awesome stryper is truly blessed ✝️❤️✝️

[@scottflatt9880]

Thanks for the review, I'm looking forward to the new lp and the tour, saw them first in 1987.

[@madj3202911238]

I'm excited for the new album as well. Try to catch them everytime they come to town.

[@mtaffer]

Stryper did a song on the "Soldiers Under Command" record that has one of the catchiest repetitive songs "Reach Out" i've ever heard.

[@shed245]

Crazy timing.....2 of my favorite Christians reviewing my favorite Christian band on the same day my Stryper shirt showed up in the mail. And me.....an atheist......lol

[@ShiftaelV2]

I'm an agnostic/atheist that loves Christian music, too. IMO, music is music and one of the few venues we have left for speech.

[@shed245]

@J Sawya not confused at all. I don't get into Stryper's message, but they're phenomenal musicians. The guitar work can get pretty intricate and rival that of bands like Metallica and Megadeth at times. And sometimes it's cool to take a break from all the music with depressing and negative lyrics and hear someone trying to say something positive for a change

[@ShiftaelV2]

@J Sawya nope, not ocnfused, just not ignorant when it comes to good music, no matter what they sing about

[@gemmagean9330]

WOW! When I lived in Key Largo Stryper came to our church and did a concert for free. This was back in 1987

[@bobmiller6870]

Michael Sweet can still belt it out with the best of them at 57. Whether or not one is a Christian or a fan of Christian metal, Stryper is worth listening to if you are just a heavy metal fan, especially their more recent albums. I highly recommend Stryper's 2013 LP "No More Hell to Pay"

[@faithfamilyandfuntech5062]

Your discussion was wonderful to listen too regarding faith...a real breath of fresh air.

[@billbox1916]

Thank you guys, that was great!

[@efogg3]

cool! i always liked stryper. havent listened to them in a long time. gona dive back in.

[@LarryStAmant-jc2xj]

Honestly is my favorite song. A great Christian band in my day

[@jimmyrivera1866]

Stryper was not a Christian band

[@keith6868]

"Sorry " is another really good recent song from Stryper

[@mattlaw8533]

EXCELLENT!!!!! GREAT PIC.

[@madmaxx2366]

Hi there Sori you are absolutely Stunning. Remember to always stay frosty🤘🤘

[@purplebeard1526]

Are they still going strong? As I recall they were one of the pioneers of Christian Metal.

[@theaterofsouls]

yep... brought it to the mainstream lights

[@iridiumrockandmetalreviews2128]

Their last 4 albums have been some of the best of their career

[@marketingmajor8126]

Their latest release "Do Unto Others" broke all of their previous rankings and hit #1 on the Billboard charts. Their first song ever to do that.

[@alangary9893]

Their not a metal band even Michael Sweet the singer said wee are just a rock band ( actually a Hard Rock band)

[@alangary9893]

Pioneers of Christian Hard Rock

[@arthurbohanan9429]

The screamo is so 80's!! The nostalgia.

[@jamesnorthup7717]

You knew a different version 😂 by His stripes we are healed is where they got their name!! Lived these guys since the beginning! Still killing it! More Stryper please!!

[@kevintucker6000]

Incredible song and album!!!

[@davidmachado11]

Moonspell - Full Moon Madness

[@arekpays7405]

Maybyb kzbin.info/www/bejne/hIDSp4pobploi5I

[@lackthrowofficial]

...but most important, remember that IT IS A STORY. also, stryper still rocks.

[@mattnobrega6621]

First time hearing this song. I liked it. Glad they are still in the game. In the past they seem more symbolic lyrics. Today they are more straight forward and open. Interesting. Love the sound of the music. Sounds oldschool and the lead singer hasn't lost his vocal sound at all. Awesome!

[@youdontscareme5372]

Been listening to these guys for decades. Now they are my 8 year old son's favorite band. We can't drive anywhere without him wanting to listen to Stryper. Loved the discussion afterwards. As a reformed believer, enjoyed the Owens and Spurgeon references too!

[@racers115]

My 7 year old nephew became a Stryper fan when one day he song Take It To The Cross. Not sure if Michael or Stryper are aware that some of their more experimental songs such as Take It To The Cross is getting the attention of a whole new and very young generation of fans that otherwise never would've know of their existence.

[@dealy9268]

Some translations has it as "By his stripes we are healed" Leads into the bands name. Stryper has some great songs lately like Do unto others. New Stryper album coming out in early 2023. It's hard to believe these guys are still going strong heading into their 60's. Michael and Oz Fox have always been the most underrated guitarists. Robert on the Drums has always been a treat and Tim on base and now Perry are always solid. I love Stryper music from The Yellow and Black Attack to the latest album. Michael is in a side band called Iconic. They just releast two songs. Some big names in this band. Michael solo stuff is amazing and shows his range. Sweet & Lynch is another side project of Michael Sweet to check out.

[@aditsakti420]

always love your reaction...

[@ecoffey71]

Used to be a big stryper fan.never heard this one!!!

[@mtaffer]

Scott Flatt you are cool man! Stryper is fantastic live too. Prayers to Oz Fox for the tumors to shrink!

[@xheadlessx]

Greetings from Dubai , love you guys ❤️

[@sirt3z119]

This song is true epicness

[@rogerhuggettjr.7675]

I've only heard their first 4 ablums from the 80's. This speed metal gave me shivers! On the topic of writing yourself into the story, in Dante's Inferno Dante wrote himself into the tour of Hell. Also, the GREATEST rock song about the crucifiction is It Is Finished by Petra. It gets your attention and makes it real!

[@benv3854]

You haven't seen nothing from this band. Watch In God we trust live in Japan 1989. Listen to his high notes and for the haters not even Dio can't hit those high notes and I love Dio.

[@MetalHeadforChrist]

They were the first christian Metal band to b played on regular metal stations in the early 80s I still have a metal shop with them playing them off their first album. I remember they played them like after Merciful fate and before Judas Priest Electric Eye . They actually got better over the yrs . I was more into Thrash and they were more glam although I like their first 2 albums. Cool review!

[@slamdancer1720]

their newer stuff is much heavier.

[@TDreamer2]

Been a fan of Stryper since the 80's. I never got to see them live but give much respect for them to put that style out there for Christians rock fans.

[@johnpierceiv2160]

Great choice Scott

[@Broken-Flesh]

You guys need to check out Broken Flesh. They're a Christian brutal death metal band from Oklahoma and they go HARD!! They have a lyric video for their song "Scorned".

[@nativeson6561]

And by His stripes we are healed. Hence, Stryper.

[@alangary9893]

Isaiah 53.5 the last part is how they got their name for band .By his Stripes wer are healed

[@tonystank9739]

Drag the Waters - Pantera

[@blind_channel_fp]

Please react to "Make Love Great Again", it's Stryper's latest song!

[@madj3202911238]

Love that song.. can't wait for the new album

[@jeremymiller1513]

Stryper rules!

[@1satisfiedmind]

The album is definitely solid. Do Unto Others is another high point on the album. Yep, he doesn't fix everything right now, but is saving, one day he will make everything new. That thing that's so hard to describe, is a new creation, new life. You (generically speaking) can't describe life to a corpse, you have to give it life, then it will understand.

[@Mr-SRG]

The first angel sounded his trumpet, and there came hail and fire mixed with blood, and it was hurled down upon the earth. ... Woe to the inhabitants of the earth, because of the trumpet blasts about to be sounded by the other three angels!

[@golfer435]

One of the translations for Isaiah 53 says "by his stripes we are healed". This is where they got the name Stryper

[@sweett8351]

For Ghost BC fans, you haven’t heard, IF YOU HAVE GHOSTS cover from ROKY ERIKSON?? It’s an unbelievable song and video. This is one of their all time best!! How I got into GHOST BC in the first place.

[@Stryperdrive]

Stryper is a warhorse... still going strong.

[@jeremyboehm5512]

Bolt Thrower Suspect Hostile

[@alexanderivarsson4146]

Slayer - Bitter Peace and Angel Of Death

[@toddenderby5583]

noone is doing high vocals anymore....you obviously haven't heard Judas Priest 2018 release Firepower...it's still out there guys..trust me

[@blind_channel_fp]

That's a great album!

[@MrDrummer201]

Also dont forget about Greta Van Fleet lead singer has great high vocals too

[@weareresolutew.a.r.3643]

No one as he used it in context just means that it isn't widely done... remember in generalized comments there's always an exception....

[@weareresolutew.a.r.3643]

@@TheHill1798 he's speaking of mainstream USA.... You guys gotta stop taking a generalization and making an issue out of it... i mean really.

[@MrDrummer201]

HeavyHorses that is true but I don’t know how much they’ve done with German and Sweden power metal bands

[@matthewbenoit2066]

New Gojira out guys! Another World !!!

[@bradsteed6833]

Stephen King wrote himself into The Dark Tower series.

[@Sonee777]

Steel heart never let you go singer hits high too

[@jeremymiller1513]

Check out the band Betrayal. The are a great heavy Christian band.

[@slamdancer1720]

They were good, martyr with a new singer

[@RaulRamirez-pg7xw]

They don't care, pray for stryper

[@angelmolina6827]

Please Do a reaction to the Band “Love and Death” or “Brian Head Welch”

[@warpig4942]

The date is August 6th. There are a plethora of atomic bomb related songs out there to review. Get topical.

[@Mariusz79Rocznik]

Helloween - Laudate Dominum

[@psychogoreman198]

Cradle of Filth - Presents for the poison hearted

[@efogg3]

13;12- i understand!

[@terryconnelly484]

1984 soldiers under command tour .. loudest concert ever ... Michael Sweet was(still is) an ear piercer... Try SOLDIERS UNDER COMMAND!

[@jeremymiller1513]

1985

[@efogg3]

chastain'' judgement day''

[@forestduffe9586]

Scars of life: descending

[@weareresolutew.a.r.3643]

Stryper uses dueling guitars! Vocalist Michael Sweet and Oz Fox do the guitars! Michael does the song writing.

[@slamdancer1720]

most of it...the way and the reign were written by Sir Oz Fox. He has also had a hand in others.

[@Scott2Celli]

Michael Sweet is the singer of Stryper

[@jarkkokyntaja4073]

Very good new song, again. Stryper after their "second-coming" from 2013 has done three excellent records. And Michael Sweet on vocals still delivers, not as angelic high as in 80´s, but show me another singer from the 80´s still at that level ? No, you can´t, there´s only one Michael Sweet. Stryper was one of my favourite bands up until Against The Law, I´m so glad they came back even stronger. Best album is Second-Coming, re-recorded versions of old hits with more mature Michael and clever arrangements. I seldom prefer re-recorded versions of orinals, but in this case, yes.

[@racers115]

l much prefer his voice now as compared to the 80's, primarily because he made some mistakes on how he sang certain songs which he later regretted and admitted that he wouldn't have done them that way again precisely because to many people (even to this day) they say it sounds just like a woman singing, primarily the ballads, l do remember even people l knew who would hear me playing some Stryper songs back then would say stuff like "l didn't know you were in to chic metal" to which l would have to constantly clarify that it was a man signing and to which they would reply something along the lines of "l just can't associate those vocals with being from a man, it sounds exactly like a woman signing". Michael then made the mistake of recording the album ln God We Trust at an even higher tuning than they had done before and later Michael related that he was having problems even finishing the vocals on some of those tracks because of how high up in tuning he had decided to record them. That's also why after the IGWT album tour Michael intentionally avoided including any of the songs from IGWT for subsequent tours, not only because of how layered the recordings were on that album but because of how high the tuning was which was killing his vocal cords when trying to perform them live. Thankfully Michael came to his senses after IGWT and learned to modulate the characteristics of his vocal tone so as to not sound like a woman singing even when he was singing more in the typical female range. A good example of another male singer who sang many songs in a similar pitch/range as Michael but did not sound like it was a woman singing was Dennis DeYoung from the progressive rock band STYX (fyi a band which heavily influenced Stryper) and that was because of the despite the pitch he was Dennis sang in he still maintained male characteristics of his vocal expressiveness. By the time the Stryper album Against The Law came out Michael had gotten a grip on that and the love ballad on that album "Lady", like Dennis DeYoung did not sound like a "Lady" singing it even though it was still sung in Michael's typical range. Yes in all albums before Against The Law Michael's voice was more elastic and very impressive transition speed, but from Against The Law, the shifts we begin to hear in Michael's singing is not just his voice maturing but rather one can clearly here him using better, more controlled technique. Although nowadays, during live performances, Michael's vocal cords definitely cannot put up with nearly as much of the abuse he used to subject his vocal cords to during their live performances back in the 80's, we do also get to enjoy how his voice has matured and the inclusion of a smokier more guttural rasp at times which no longer has the female tonalities that colored some of the songs he sang in the 80's and personally l think that's a very good thing.

[@sirt3z119]

Actually it's by his stripes we are healed

[@alanhernandez1376]

This is off topic with this reaction video, but maybe a note for later.... CROWN OF WORMS by MEGADETH is MUST REACTION... I think youll find the lyrics interesting.

[@G.G14]

Reaction and lyrical breakdown to GG Allin - Suck my ass it smells

[@LuisRodriguez-ph4co]

Michael Sweet es el mejor cantante del mundo

[@brexxxer9430]

O.N.A - Pieprz

[@sirt3z119]

Check out gold frankincense and myrrh gfm three sisters out of Florida check out their song taking over or what's on the inside

[@labra-dog]

Headless cross by black sabbath!

[@benbaer3525]

Opeth - Godhead's Lament

[@duffalias]

Please: Angelica - I believe

[@pedroprado5628]

React to Angra - Carolina IV

[@mimic4844]

Gorgoroth Open the Gates please.

[@mtaffer]

Lol handprints, It's the Bible illustrations by way of the Blair Witch Project... xD

[@alfredtorres2188]

You both should check out this band Lovebites. This band is great live. Recently they released a live version of a song called "Thunder Vengeance". I've posted the link for you. kzbin.info/www/bejne/r4ioaIOneNV6n5Y

[@MorbidAngel31775]

Not a bad song actually.

[@mabii777]

Has anyone suggested ANTESTOR to them? Its a really good Christian Black metal band "white metal"

[@slamdancer1720]

they have done Antestor.

[@santiagomorales8509]

Listen to Mortification it's Christian Death Metal

[@danielbeotich1664]

😅😅😅😅

[@klayshotter]

Mortifications is my uncles band believe it or not

[@santiagomorales8509]

@@klayshotter you are Steve's nephew?

[@klayshotter]

Santiago Morales yes but not really dad has known Steve for years, and I’ve known him since I was very little I’m know 21 but I always called him uncle.

[@santiagomorales8509]

@@klayshotter yeah I know what you mean. Hey please tell him some guy in Argentina says hi and hopes he is doing well, please!

[@4themusicman]

Vin, you are one of my favorite people.

[@OskoreiMick]

do Redgum - 'I was only 19' Its an Aussie classic dealing with Vietnam Vets kzbin.info/www/bejne/o3inma2MnpaVp7c

[@Justiceforall55]

React to red fog by orbit culture

[@jeremymiller1513]

You guy’s said almost nothing about the song.

[@danielbeotich1664]

Pretty much all there "reactions" are like that...

[@deadliestassassin3092]

@@danielbeotich1664 maybe dont skip through the video and actually pay attention more and you might actually learn something.

[@jaimeocana6159]

Im waiting for new Metallica songs :(

[@danielbeotich1664]

Why🤪

[@jeremyboehm5512]

Metallica Eye of the Beholder

[@brianherman2482]

I feel like you barely talked about the song.

[@skaface32]

GG ALLIN live video review please

[@doomiseternal7241]

Y'all react to all metal but not #TrapMetal like #Suicideboy$ or #Ghostemane

[@Doughty5]

Please react to Strypers Song "Make Love Great Again"

[@hismastersvoice4184]

Check you email, i sent you the Roman Catholic black metal band -

[@zockor]

Kreator - Enemy of god

[@VinnyShade]

react massacration with official video clip

[@fooser77]

"No body is doing high vocals anymore!" Uhhh ....... You need to broaden your search .. Check out Project Aegis and Delain .. "The Rest is Mystery" ; "Masters of Destiny" ; "Burning Bridges" ..

[@buddinganarchist]

I've heard far worse. Anarchist and Christian here.

[@kel5423]

Stryper was cheesy in the 80s and they are still cheesy today. If you want to react to some awesome "Christian" metal/rock then try these: Project 86 - SOTS / Thrice - In Exile / Demon Hunter - Storm The Gates Of Hell / Amaran's Plight - Shattered Dreams / Stonehigh - Awakened / Red - Feed The Machine....to name a few.