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Writers in this Issue
Matt Conner Kemper B. Crabb II Jeff Cunningham Nathan Doyle Lloyd Harp Tim Harris Dan MacIntosh Bianca Montes Rob Shameless Jeff Sistrunk David Stagg Greg Tucker Doug Van Pelt Chris Wighaman

Impending Doom & 25 Years of HM

Cover Feature:

• Impending Doom by Tim Harris

Anniversary Special:

• "The Top 100 Christian Rock Albums of All Time"
  Rock, Metal; (criteria detailed in #145)
• "The Top 20 Christian Hip-Hop Albums of All Time"
  Hip-hop, Rap
• "HM Magazine: 25 Years In Authority" by Nathan Doyle
  HM

Article:

• Haste the Day by Jeff Cunningham
• Norma Jean by Doug Van Pelt

Hardnews: Quick & Concise:

• "New Showbread Disc a Gift"
  Showbread
• "Stryper's 'Holy Land' Tour"
  Stryper
• "Destroy the Runner Finish the Race"
  Destroy The Runner breaks up

Hardnews:

• Petree by Matt Conner

So & So Says....:

• Slayer

Featurette:

• Stryper by Doug Van Pelt
• "Altar Boys" by Doug Van Pelt
  The Altar Boys, Mike Stand
• "Scaterd Few" by Doug Van Pelt
  Scaterd Few, Men As Trees Walking
• Tourniquet by Doug Van Pelt
• Brandon Ebel, Tooth & Nail Records by Doug Van Pelt
• Michael Guido by Doug Van Pelt

Rock And Roll Town Hall:

• Blood and Water

Album Review:

• As I Lay Dying - The Powerless Rise by David Stagg
• To Speak of Wolves - Myself < Letting Go by Bianca Montes
• Impending Doom - There Will Be Violence by Nathan Doyle
• Call to Preserve - Life Of Defiance by Rob Shameless
• A Plea for Purging - The Marriage of Heaven and Hell by Nathan Doyle
• Since October - Life, Scars, Apologies by Bianca Montes
• Amber Pacific - Virtues by Nathan Doyle
• Sarah Jaffe - Suburban Nature by Bianca Montes
• House of Heroes - Suburba by Jeff Sistrunk
• Petree - Weakness Makes You Beautiful by Bianca Montes
• Confide - Recover by Nathan Doyle
• Haste the Day - Attack of the Wolf King by Nathan Doyle
• Children 18:3 - Rain's A' Comin' by Bianca Montes
• various artists - Punk Goes Classic Rock by Doug Van Pelt
• Norma Jean - Meridional by Nathan Doyle
• My Epic - Yet by Nathan Doyle
• Mae - (A)fternoon by Jeff Sistrunk
• For All Those Sleeping - Cross Your Fingers by Nathan Doyle
• Heath McNease - The Gun Show by Jeff Sistrunk
• Grave Forsaken - Fight to the Death by Nathan Doyle
• Wintersoul - Frozen Storm Apocalypse by Lloyd Harp
• Rodeo Ruby Love - This Is Why We Don't Have Nice Things by Nathan Doyle
• Disaffection - Begin The Revolution by Jeff Sistrunk
• Thin Ice - Revolution Through Tribulation by Rob Shameless
• MyChildren MyBride - Lost Boy by Nathan Doyle
• The Supertones - ReUnite: The Best of the Orange County Supertones by Bianca Montes
• Mortification - Twenty Years In The Underground by Doug Van Pelt
• Malchus - Didymos by Jeff Sistrunk
• Jimmy Hotz - Beyond The Crystal Sea by Doug Van Pelt
• Jordan Elias - Desert Cry by Dan MacIntosh
• Dependency - Convicted by Rob Shameless
• Elgibbor - Soterion Apollum Hamartia by Jeff Sistrunk
• My Silent Wake, The Drowning - Black Lights And Silent Roads by Nathan Doyle

Pick of the Litter:

• A Rose By Any Other Name - One For My Master And One For My Dame

Live Report:

• "The Powerless Rise Tour" by Jeff Cunningham
  As I Lay Dying, Demon Hunter, Blessthefall, War of Ages

The Way I See It: "I'll admit it, this might sound a little sappy..." by Chris Wighaman

Devotions by Greg Tucker

The Christian and Art: "The Disconnect: Why Evangelicals Make Bad Art (Part The Twenty-Third)" by Kemper B. Crabb II

Poster:

• Robert Randolph and the Family Band

HM Back Page: "Dear Roger"