Walmart refuses to sell Stryper’s ‘God Damn Evil’

Posted on Apr 18, 2018 in God Damn Evil, Michael Sweet, MTV, Oz Fox, Perry Richardson, Robert Sweet, Stryper, Walmart

Mega retail chain Walmart chooses not to carry Stryper’s ‘God Damn Evil’ citing concerns over album title…

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Philip Renner – Carrying The Fire

Posted on Dec 15, 2016 in Features, Hillsong, Moscow Good News Church, MTV, Philip Renner, Renner Worship, Rick Renner, Russia, Worship

After 25 years of leading worship in Russia, this missionary musician brings his passion for worship and people back “home” to the States

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Davis Mallory – ‘Box It Up’

Posted on Dec 5, 2016 in Blake Guidry, Christmas, Clayton Jones, Davis Mallory, Josh Sudduth, Kelly Laney, media, MTV, Music Video, Nashville, Relient K, Stream, The Madison Letter, The Nashville Film Institute, The Real World, Tyler Laney, Video, Zachary Layman

Former MTV “The Real World” cast member releases new Christmas single titled, “Box It Up”—watch the video on CCMmagazine.com now!

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5 reunion worthy rap-rock bands

Posted on Nov 30, 2016 in .rod laver, 38th Parallel, Ace Troubleshooter, BEC Records, Check Your Pulse, Disgruntled, Dove Awards, Earthsuit, EDL, Engage, Every Day Life, Extreme Days, Features, ForeFront Records., In A Perfect World, Kaleidoscope Superior, Mark Jennings, Moment Of Clarity, MTV, Mutemath, Opinion, P.O.D., Paul Meany, Pax217, Pillar, Skillet, Slick Shoes, sparrow records, Spoken, Squint Entertainment, TFK, The Benjamin Gate, The Dialogue: Rudolph Wayne vs. The Man, The Essence Of The Game, The Rise Of Modern Simulation, Thousand Foot Krutch, Turn The Tides, Two Seventeen, Uprok Records

CCM Magazine contributor Justin Sarachik offers up 5 popular suggestions for bands that we lovingly miss and say, “there’s more in their musical tanks!”

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Michael Sweet – ‘One Sided War’ battle lines

Posted on Oct 14, 2016 in Boston, Brian Tichy, Chickenfoot, Dokken, Dove Awards, Ethan Brosch, Evanescence, Features, Foreigner, George Lynch, GRAMMY Award, James LoMenzo, Joe O’Brien, Joel Hoekstra, John Fogerty, John Mellencamp, John O’Boyle, Kenny Aronoff, Lynch Mob, Megadeth, Michael Sweet, MTV, One Sided War, Only To Rise, Rat Pak Records, Screaming Souls, Stryper, Sweet & Lynch, The Passion Of The Christ, Tom Ingram Band, Trans-Siberian Orchestra, White Lion, Whitesnake, Will Hunt

We get the rock legend’s take from his side of the one sided war battle lines—and, will he really take on any new projects this year?

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Stryper celebrates 30 years of ‘To Hell With The Devil’

Posted on Oct 14, 2016 in Fallen, Featured Stories, GRAMMY Award, Michael Sweet, MTV, One Sided War, Stryper, To Hell With The Devil

Amid the ongoing project-factory that is Michael Sweet, he and his “Yellow And Black Attack” cohorts are managing to squeeze in a 30-year celebration of one of the most influential rock albums of all time.

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