Top Upcoming New Releases for August 2008

Just Love offers 10 songs that are pure urban inspirational. Wilson has a beautifully smooth voice and the production here is first rate. This will be one of those albums that you play over and over and over again.

Songs to Listen For

• Waiting To Turn
• I Need More
• Just Love

The AntiMother offers 10 songs that are all metal, Metal, and then, of course, METAL! Norma Jean isn't called a leader in their genre for nothing ... they push the boundries with every release.

Songs to Listen For

• And There Will Be A Swarm Of Hornets
• Discipline Your Daughters
• Birth Of The Anti Mother

Perceptions offers 13 songs that hit you with a message that basically says that we just don't see things like God does and that's good because we couldn't handle it. Wow followed by wow again.

Songs to Listen For

• The Ones
• Say Goodnight
• Pain

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The Altar and the Door Live offers 8 live songs (both on CD and DVD) from The Altar and The Door. DVD bonus content includes a behind-the-scenes documentary, the music video for "Slow Fade," and four 5-minute teaching videos from Mark Hall.

Songs to Listen For

• All Because of Jesus
• Every Man
• Somewhere In the Middle

A New Abolition offers 11 songs on their debut album. While the name "The Wrecking" may bring heavy metal images to mind, don't be fooled by the name. This band is 110% modern rock with a teeny bit of quirky thrown in and the blend works in a big way.

Songs to Listen For

• The Reel To Real
• Sights and Sounds
• The Waiting

I'm not the only one in love with this new band. ChildVoice International, a global Christian non-governmental organization that works in war-torn countries with local NGOs to assist children of war, has just announced that they will be using "Sights and Sounds" for their "Voices Rising" campaign.

The Bright Sadness offers 12 modern worship songs with some intensely personal lyrics. Some of the songs on this release may be familiar if you've attended any of the Passion events as they were debuted there with much success.

Songs to Listen For

• You Are God
• Knit My Heart
• Hookers And Robbers

Back Breaker offers 10 metal tunes (44 minutes) that exemplify raw power and absolute passion for what The Showdown is doing.

Songs to Listen For

• One Foot In Hell
• Die On Our Feet
• Give Us This Day

Jubilee offers 11 songs that remind us why we loved this band when they released their last album back in 2003.

Songs to Listen For

• Love from a Lesser God
• Daylight
• You Rescue

The Troubadour Years, a double CD set, offers 34 songs that John Michael Talbot considers to be his best from the past 18 years.

Songs to Listen For

• God Alone is Enough
• City of God
• The Word of God

Rock meets the Caribbean in this new release from the 5 brothers known as The Katinas. The 10 songs on Still are each inspiring as well as uplifting.

Songs to Listen For

• Fade
• Praying For You
• My Friend

Hands down, this is the best release of 2008. DecembeRadio rocks your socks off with tunes like "Gasoline" and "Satisfy" but they show that they know how to slow down and take it easy with "For Your Glory," "Find You Waiting" and "Love Can."

Their debut album was a 5-star winner and Satisfied doesn't just pick up where it left off, it goes to the next level. Musically they have all stepped up their game and the lyrics and vocals are as strong as ever.

Songs to Listen For

• For Your Glory
• Gasoline
• Find You Waiting