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Skillet  
I had a friend describe Skillet to me once as "hard-core worship". I'll admit I
laughed at that, expecting to hear some sort of meated up Hillsongs, but I was surprised.
Certainly their first album proved that. The opening track, "I Can" is exactly that. It
switches from grinding guitars to orchestrated worship throughout the song, and I have to say
that it is now one of my favourite songs. Although much of Skillet is like that.
It's not so much the music of Skillet which I would describe as worship, but the ferver of their lyrics and their music, especially John Cooper's vastly improved vocals. Before Deliriou5? started to experiment with electronica, there was Skillet. Their debut self titled album was most definitely as Matt described it, "hard-core worship". However the follow up "Hey You, I Love Your Soul", mixed up the moshable music of the first album with the contagious sounds of electronica. "Locked in a Cage" is phenomonal, not only are its lyrics brutally honest, but the creativity in that one song, comes off amazingly. The entire album follows this trend with incredible success, a success which they carried into their third release. 
Their last two releases, "Invincible" and "Alien Youth" have continued on with the electronic rock trend established back in '98 mish-mashing it with some beautiful worship numbers. Songs such as "Best Kept Secret" and "Alien Youth" showcase the band's trademark sound with crunching guitars and samples that do wierd things to your stereo. "Angels Fall Down" and "You Are My Hope" provide simply beautiful moments of worship while there are plenty of heavier numbers (which I looove) like "Stronger" and "You're Powerful" to keep the original panheads (hardcore skillet fans) happy.
Skillet also recently released an worship album which has blown me away. If you want to know just what Skillet are all about get this. It's phenomonal worship. "Jesus Be Glorified" is an anthem and the live version of "Angels Fall Down" is amazing, like a sound bite from Heaven's throne. As long as Skillet stay as fervent for Christ as this, they'll long be one of my favourite artists. | |
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