THIS ALBUM CONTAIN(10-TRACKS)
1-LIVING IN THE LIGHT
2-TAKE ME HOME
3-JUDGEMENT DAY
4-FOUNDATION
5-YOU ARE MY WIFE
6-FINAL STAND
7-FORGIVEN
8-HAIL TONIGHT
9-SINCERITY
10-A MELODY,A SYMPHONY,A SONG
CREDITS:
Thurane Aung Khin -Guitars,Blues Harp,Vocals,
Randal James Householder -Vocals Percussion
Jeoff Camden -Bass
Glen Dudley -Drums
Additional Musichians:
Andrew Lee Olson -Vocals,Bass
Richard R. Ross -Drums On "Hail tonight" And " You Are My Life"
Phil Parameter- Percussion.
New Jerusalem heralds a return to a great deal of what made Christian Rock what it is today: hearkening back to hard music's blues-metal roots, the band has been both praised and criticized for sounding akin to late-70's and early 80's metal masters Led Zeppelin, Aerosmith, Rolling Stones, Barren Cross, Guardian, Slaughter, and Neon Cross. With virtuoso solos, dead-on vocal prowess, and a return to melody on metal, New Jerusalem is poised to return the fun to hard music as 1997 saw happen in the mainstream market.Based in Phoenix, Arizona, New Jerusalem is one of the few Bulletboy Music artists not hailing from the Southeastern U.S. The band's leader, and lead guitarist, Thurane Aung Khin is both an accomplished songwriter with several published hits, and a guitar virtuoso with jazz and rockabilly backgrounds. Vocalist Barry Jenkins plays the drums, while Phoenix native Brian Hutchison plays the bass. All band members are born-again Christians, and are accountable to local churches. Thurane was the music minister at Camelback Community Church, and currently attends Camelback Bible Church.The signing of New Jerusalem is a testament to the importance of the newly-formed National Association of Christian Rock Radio (NACRR) and to the band's own promotional instincts. Introduced to Bulletboy Vice President David Vanderpoel at NACRR's February summit in Indiana, the band was repeatedly recommended by reporting rock deejays to the label, leading to the first introductory steps in band/label relations. New Jerusalem has also shown outstanding self-promotional initiative, selling through hundreds of copies of their eponymous indie CD, touring with production in the Southwest U.S., marketing radio singles (one currently on rock charts), running national ads, and obtaining the endorsement of Cactus Game Design, the creator of the Redemption trading card game. Cactus now manufactures a collectible New Jerusalem card for their game that may be used to win the game.Bulletboy has spent the last six months seeking exactly the right band to use to reintroduce the Christian market to its early metal sounds of Jerusalem, Daniel Band, Barren Cross, and others. Bulletboy label owners have flown across and outside of the U.S. to showcase classic metal bands, including bands featuring former members of Stryper. Unsatisfied with their findings until now, Bulletboy is now gearing up to begin a major marketing campaign as the leaders of the return to 70's and 80's "hair metal" rock, with New Jerusalem at the forefront..If you are a fan of '70s rock then this album will put you in rock heaven! Imagine a Christian band that slips into the melting pot the sounds of Purple, AC/DC and Led Zep and comes out with a hard and heavy rock sound matched by straight ahead lyrics. Powerful? You bet! Andrew Lee Olsen's gritty vocal wail is somewhere between Bon Scott and Robert Plant and Thurane Aung Khin's confident riffy guitar swagger makes this independent release kick dirt in the faces of some of the other young rock pretenders that are releasing debuts right now! From the opening AC/DC-style rifferama of "Living In The Light" this quickly hooks you. Shh! "Judgement Day" even has a Zep instrumental steal with Thurane doing a passable Jimmy Page! (See if you can name that tune rock fans!) Joking aside, this is a killer set proving the band's versatility with the mellower "Foundation" and the epic "A Melody, A Symphony, A Song" but The Riff rules once more on "Sincerely" and "Forgiven". If you're a bit bored with that alternative rock thing, then return to the real thing! Already proving a popular live draw in the USA, it can't be long before a major label picks up on the potential contained here. With a big budget, it's scary to think what these boys might be capable of doing!.New Jerusalem originates from Phoenix, Arizona. The focus of the band is to bring the message of salvation in Jesus Christ to all people throughout the world. This mission is burning in the heart of the group's founder: Thurane Aung Khin. The Great Commission of Jesus Christ in Matthew 28:18-20 - "All authority in heaven and earth has been given to me. Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit; teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And I am with you always, even to the end of the age." is the band's official slogan and is basis of New Jerusalem's mission statement. The "Zeppelinesque" influence is merely musical. Most importantly, the spiritual focus of the unit is to reflect the love, tenderness, power, authority and fun of God! The Gray Dot(http://www.holymetalrob.com/)
