Little Foxes

The band's contract obligations required them to release another album, Little Foxes, which was released in 1986, after which the group disbanded.
On the album, Brian Belew's pyrotechnic guitar leads continued to push the sound of Barnabas over the top. He was well known as a human dynamo of an axeman, one who routinely wow'd audiences by combining in-concert acrobatics with the fact that he never missed a note! Brian had an amazing ability to use tapping techniques, (pioneered by Eddie Van Halen), in incendiary ways that had never been heard before in Christian rock. Gary Mann's bass style was heavily influenced by bassists Geddy Lee of Rush and Dave Hope of Kansas. Gary drove the band from beneath, his playing coupling beautifully with the powerhouse drumming of Kris Klingensmith. Kris emerged as a talented lyricist, writing the words to nearly all of the band's songs on the last three albums as well as the notable words on the back cover of the Little Foxes album. A lyrically harsh and distinct album, Little Foxes also contains some of Belew's most notorious guitar work, along with NancyJo Mann's most convicting vocals (her performances on "China White" and "Destroy After Use" are soul haunting!). Little Foxes marks the next step of Barnabas moving beyond the experimental and progressive sounds of Approaching Light Speed and Feel the Fire to embrace an all-out metal assault. "Auschwitz 87" is so fast and aggressive that the guitar riffs could have come from a Metallica or early Slayer album. "Destroy After Use" hammers away with monster metal riffs and terrifying passionate vocals that let you know in no uncertain terms: - "the devil has a line on you." Gone are most of the complex progressive pieces with keyboards that gave the listener moments to breathe on previous albums. Little Foxes is overflowing with urgency and is nothing less than full-on bombastic heavy metal at it's finest! For fans of Jerusalem, Philadelphia, Metal Church, Saint, Testament, and Accept!

Lineup

Nancy Jo Mann - Lead Vocals
Brian Belew - Guitars
Gary Mann - Bass/Keyboards
Kris Klingensmith - Drums/Percussion

Guests

Chris Hicks - Saxophone