Last Train

Before the band went to work on Last Train, guitarist Michael Cutting departed for a short period and was replaced by Scott Soderstrom, a guitarist whose melodic flair counterbalanced guitarist Jamie Cramer's insistent, irreducible rhythmic drive, adding a different element to the band's sound, and opened new musical directions.
In January of 1992, "Last Train" was released. The album immediately went up Billboards CCM sales chart to No. 10. The title track "Last Train," went up the CCM rock charts to No. 2 and received an award from the Nashville Songwriters Association International for "Superior Creativity in Words and Music." Once again, Holy Soldier hit the road embarking on a 50 city nationwide tour and tours in Europe, Canada, Central America and Mexico. By 1993, Holy Soldier was now an indomitable force on the music scene, and they have continued to be to this day. At this period Jamie Cramer departed and guitarist Michael Cutting re-entered, adding another key element to the musical evolution of Holy Soldier.
Roxx Records is very excited to announce a very special reissue from one of Christian rock's most instrumental and influential artists of the late eighties and early nineties, Holy Soldier.
Formed by bassist Andy Robbins and guitarist Jamie Cramer, Holy Soldier burst on to the scene in 1985 taking the Christian rock world by storm. The band played all over the US but very quickly built a large following in their home state of California. At one time the band held the largest attendance records at the famous Hollywood night club Gazzarri's. By 1990 the band would release their debut self-titled album which would draw even more attention and success to the band allowing them to continue to tour and record. By 1992 the band would release their highly anticipated sophomore effort titled 'Last Train' which would even further their success and broaden their market reach across the world. The band would play live relentlessly, touring all over, winning two Dove awards and building an amazing following all over the world.
"'Last Train' shows a band at the peak of their prowess. With grit and determination Holy Soldier shows that they were not followers in a narrow glam scene but were an exceptional hard rock act that worked hard to create a unique sound that deserved more recognition than they received. All the years of slugging it out in the L.A. club scene were not lost on this talented five piece, producer David Zaffiro pulled out the best they had and helped to craft an under rated gem."
~ Keven Crothers (White Throne / Heaven's Metal).
This year marks the 25th anniversary of that sophomore release 'Last Train' and with that we are going to celebrate and give this classic release a much needed reissue giving it that special Roxx treatment. The music on this reissue will be exactly as it originally appeared in 1992 track by track, but featuring a complete and new remaster done by J Powell at Steinhaus Remastering, and it sounds amazing! In addition this reissue will feature some slightly updated artwork, however keeping the integrity, look and feel of that classic original pressing. This brand new interpretation of the artwork as well as the full layout and design was done by Scott Waters (Roxx Records / No Life Til Metal).
This limited edition pressing will come in a 500 piece vinyl pressing with 150 on red vinyl and 350 on black vinyl marking the very first time this album has ever been pressed on vinyl! In addition we will also be releasing a very cool 500 piece limited edition remastered reissue on CD.

Lineup

Steven Patrick - Lead Vocals
Scott Soderstrom - Guitars/Vocals
Jamie Cramer - Guitars/Vocals
Andy Robbins - Bass/Vocals
Terry Russell (D.O.G. [Disciples Of God]) - Drums/Vocals