Stryper: The Covering

"Even in their mid- to late-eighties heyday, the Christian rockers in Stryper walked a difficult path. They had to balance the hedonistic ways of their hair-metal brethren with the devout tenets of their faith while not being taken all that seriously. Still, the Orange County quartet managed to sell a surprising number of albums, including 1986’s 'To Hell with the Devil.' But Stryper’s mixture of pop metal and piety (the band members were known for flinging miniature Bibles into the crowd) didn’t prove to be a viable gimmick. Like so many of their secular peers, Stryper was flattened by nineties grunge, and the band splintered, only to reconvene in 2005. Stryper’s third album since then, 'The Covering,' features material by such artists as Black Sabbath, Ozzy Osbourne, Iron Maiden, and Judas Priest" ("Night Life," New Yorker, 3/28/11).
View catalog record here!