Album Info
No More Hell To Pay is the fifteenth release and tenth studio album from Christian glam metal band Stryper, produced by band frontman Michael Sweet and released on November 5, 2013 by Frontiers Records. The album garnered positive critical reception from music critics as well as commercial success.
No More Hell to Pay follows up the band's earlier 2013 release, Second Coming, on which the band performed new renditions of many of its old songs. Front-man Michael Sweet produced No More Hell to Pay and wrote eleven of the twelve tracks. In an interview with MetalExiles, Sweet stated that in writing the album, the band tried for a heavier sound reminiscent of Iron Maiden, Judas Priest, and Van Halen.
The album sold around 9,600 copies in the United States in its first week of release to debut at position No. 35 on the Billboard 200 chart. and it was the No. 2 Top Christian Album sold the same week. On the other charts, it was the No. 6 most sold album on Top Rock Albums chart, the No. 3 Top Hard Rock Albums, and it came in at No. 6 on the Independent Albums chart. The album has sold 31,000 copies in the United States as of September 2015.
Oz Fox (Sin Dizzy, Bloodgood) - Lead Guitar/Background Vocals
Timothy Gaines (Sin Dizzy) - Bass/Background Vocals
Robert Sweet (Blissed) - Drums
No More Hell to Pay follows up the band's earlier 2013 release, Second Coming, on which the band performed new renditions of many of its old songs. Front-man Michael Sweet produced No More Hell to Pay and wrote eleven of the twelve tracks. In an interview with MetalExiles, Sweet stated that in writing the album, the band tried for a heavier sound reminiscent of Iron Maiden, Judas Priest, and Van Halen.
The album sold around 9,600 copies in the United States in its first week of release to debut at position No. 35 on the Billboard 200 chart. and it was the No. 2 Top Christian Album sold the same week. On the other charts, it was the No. 6 most sold album on Top Rock Albums chart, the No. 3 Top Hard Rock Albums, and it came in at No. 6 on the Independent Albums chart. The album has sold 31,000 copies in the United States as of September 2015.
Lineup
Michael Sweet (Sweet & Lynch) - Lead Vocals/GuitarOz Fox (Sin Dizzy, Bloodgood) - Lead Guitar/Background Vocals
Timothy Gaines (Sin Dizzy) - Bass/Background Vocals
Robert Sweet (Blissed) - Drums
Guest Artists
Paul McNamara - Piano/KeyboardsGet DEADer
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