Deliverance (metal band)
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| Deliverance | |
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| Origin | USA |
| Genres | Heavy metal Progressive metal Speed metal Thrash metal |
| Years active | 1985-1995 2001-2002 2006-present |
| Labels | Retroactive Records |
| Website | Deliverance Official Myspace |
| Members | |
| Jimmy P. Brown II Mike Phillips Corin Jae Scott Tim Kronyak Mike Reed |
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Deliverance is an American Christian thrash metal band which later shifted more towards heavy metal and progressive metal. Founded by Jimmy P. Brown II in 1985, although many members have either stayed in the lineup for a number of years, or left and returned to the lineup, Jimmy P Brown II is the only persistent member of Deliverance.
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[edit] History
[edit] Speed Metal Period
Deliverance formed in the 1985 as a speed metal outfit, where the Christian metal community first encountered them on the compilation album California Metal. They put forth their self-titled debut album Deliverance in 1989 with Jimmy P Brown (guitars and lead vocals), Glenn Rogers (lead guitar), Brian Khairullah (bass), and Chris Hyde (drums), but did not make major waves in the Christian metal community until their 1990 release Weapons of Our Warfare. During this time, the band replaced guitarist Glenn Rogers with George Ochoa, and released a video on MTV for the title track of Weapons.
During the production of their third album, What A Joke, Brian Khairullah and Chris Hyde were replaced with Mike Grato and Kevin Lee respectively. The album did not perform as well, and tensions within the band resulted in the departure of George Ochoa.
[edit] Style Change
Their fourth album was a major change in direction for the band musically. "Stay of Execution" went in a more progressive metal direction, complete with new guitarist Mike Phillips.
In an interview with Doug Van Pelt of HM Magazine, when asked about the musical change, Jimmy P. Brown explained:
"I got tired of being labeled Oh the Deliverance.... the Metalliclones are back. You know, that got really old. Because in a sense we were kind of ripping them off. But I definitely know that the lord wants us to be original. I want to be original. So I think it was time."—HM Video Magazine
While this move did anger fans at the time, others feel that Stay represents Deliverance's best work. Their fifth album Learn continued in a progressive direction with new bassist Manny Morales. From this time on, the other positions in the band changed with increasing frequency, but the core of the band remained Jimmy Brown and Manny Morales.
Deliverance released River Disturbance in 1994 and Camelot in Smithereens in 1995. Originally intended to be a single album, conflicts with their record companies resulted in these albums being released separately, with "Camelot" being the poorest seller in the Deliverance catalog at the time.
[edit] Into a New Millennium
Deliverance disappeared until 2001, when they released their next studio album, Assimilation. Assimilation represented another change in style. Deliverance again retreated until 2006.
In 2006 Deliverance reformed with a lineup of Jimmy P. Brown II, Mike Phillips, Corin Jae Scott, Tim Kronyak, and Mike Reed. The band's then released As Above - So Below was released on April 24, 2007.[1] Full length songs from the album can currently be heard on the band's official MySpace page.[2] The album featured a mix of all their past material (musically) with some more modern metal elements.
[edit] Outside Deliverance
After Deliverance, Jimmy Brown started to work on his new line-up, electronica-industrial-gothic group Fearful Symmetry. The name is probably derived from Daniel Amos' album Fearful Symmetry. The only member besides Brown in the group is Corin Jae Scott. The group has published two albums, This Sad Veil of Tears in 2002 and A Loss of Balance in 2005.
Also in 2005, Jimmy formed a outfit called Jupiter 6 along with Brian Khairullah, Trevor Shannon, Mike Reed and Tiberius Ahan. This band provided an outlet for Jimmy to express his love for glam rock cited influence from Bowie, T-Rex and other from the genre. They released one album titled "Back From Mars". Jupiter 6 is currently working on their second release titled "A Message From Home".
[edit] References To Queensrÿche
Jimmy P Brown II has made several references to Queensrÿche throughout his career in Deliverance, not the least of which is the band name itself, taken from the title to track 3 on Queensrÿche's 1984 album, The Warning. Other references include:
Renew, track 5 from their 1993 album, Learn, contains the phrase, "Even dead you still seem sad," a reference to the line "Even in death you still look sad" from Electric Requiem, track 10 from Queensrÿche's 1988 album, Operation: Mindcrime.
Speed Of Light, track 5 from their 1994 album, River Disturbance, contains the phrase, "Until we see your shadow casting on us once again," a reference to the line, "Oh let me see you standing in the shadows once again" from London, track 9 from Queensrÿche's 1986 album, Rage For Order.
Assimilation, track 3 from their 2001 album of the same name contains the phrase, "Screaming In Digital," a reference to the song title of track 10 from Queensrÿche's 1986 album, Rage For Order.
[edit] Discography
- Deliverance (1989, Intense Records)
- Weapons of Our Warfare (1990, Intense Records)
- What a Joke (1991, Intense Records)
- Intense Records Presents: Recorded Live, Vol. 1 (1992, Intense Records)
- Stay of Execution (1992, Intense Records)
- Learn (1993, Intense Records)
- River Disturbance (1994, Brainstorm Artists, Intl)
- A Decade of Deliverance compilation (1994, Intense Records)
- Camelot in Smithereens (1995, Intense Records)
- Back In The Day: The First Four Years compilation (2000, Magdalene Records)
- Greetings of Death compilation (2001, Magdalene) (2007, Retroactive Records)
- Assimilation (2001, Indie Dream Records)
- Live at Cornerstone 2001 (2001, Magdalene Records)
- The First Four Years renamed reissue of the 2000 release (2007, Magdalene Records)
- Assimilation Expanded Edition (2007, Retroactive Records)
- River Disturbance Collector's Edition (2007, Retroactive Records)
- As Above - So Below (2007, Retroactive Records)
Other Releases
- I Predict A Clone (1994, tribute to Steve Taylor)
[edit] Current members
- Jimmy P. Brown II - Vocals, Guitars
- Mike Phillips - Guitars
- Corin Jae Scott - Keyboards
- Tim Kronyak - Bass
- Mike Reed - Drums
[edit] Former members
- Manny Morales - Bass
- David Gilbreath - Keyboards
- Larry Farkas - Guitars
- Jesse Rivera (deceased 2006) - Drums
- Glenn Rogers [1] - Guitars
- George Ochoa - Guitars
- Marcus Colon - Guitars
- Brian Khairullah - Bass
- Mike Grato - Bass
- Chris Hyde - Drums
- John Gonzales - Drums (Weapons of our Warfare Video)
- Kevin Lee - Drums
- Jon Knox - Drums
- Jim Chaffin - Drums
- Jonathan Maddux - Lead Guitar, Keyboards
- Lael Conan - Guitars
- Jim Calvert - Drums
- Ian Baird - Drums
- Justin DeTie - guitars
[edit] References
- Hale, Mark (1993). "0796". Headbangers (First edition, second printing ed.). Ann Arbor, Michigan: Popular Culture, Ink.. p. 92. ISBN 1-56075-029-4.
- Powell, Mark Allan (2002). Encyclopedia of Contemporary Christian Music (First printing ed.). Peabody, Massachusetts: Hendrickson Publishers. p. 252. ISBN 1-56563-679-1.
