1. Tomorrow Will Come
2. Our Father
3. Smoke Filled Room
4. Out of the Darkness
5. Ready n Waiting
6. Rockin' til the Final Day
Frontline Demo (87)
7. Stompin in the Streets
8. The Call
9. Heavens Door
10. It's Your Life
11. Wait and See
12. The One Who Loves You
13. Weeping World
14. Rockin' til the Final Day (Lost practice session)
Release Date: 6 September 2011
Roxx Productions
Back in the 80's, Christian rock/metal was in it's infancy, and there were so many demo tapes circulating through the underground. So many bands, so many songs, and many got signed, and many great ones for some reason did not. One of the most overlooked band’s of the mid 80’s was Crossforce, and now we finally have a CD version of their excellent demo tape plus much more.
Tony Crider had previously appeared on another excellent demo under the band name Golgatha, which featured Adam Adam Alvarez, who later went and played with Valor. The Valor reissue on CD contained that demo tape, and should be acquired for fans of Tony's vocals. Crossforce had a classic metal style led by Tony’s incredible vocals, having great power and enough grit to make for a great metal singer.
The CD contains not only their awesome 6-song 1986 "red cover" demo, remastered for improved sound, but also an unreleased 1987 live demo that was used to shop for a deal with Frontline records (how did they never get signed?). For me, this brought back memories of the many listens and almost wearing out the original cassette. If you are new to the band, like classic 80’s better than average demo quality releases, you need this one. This is one of those bands that should have been a major name in the metal world of the day. The extended liner notes/story is very cool to have too.
If you were fortunately enough (like me) to buy early, and got in on the limited edition release of 500 copies that contained a second bonus disc, then you also got the 6-song unreleased Mercy demo, that was a post-Crossforce band that Tony and guitarist Phil Castillo put together. This alone is a gem, but there is more. The bonus disc also contains a 10-track live Crossforce show. It is a bootleg, but pretty decent recording and nice to have.
Limited edition Bonus Disc:
Mercy (Demo)
The Rider
Midnight in Your Eyes
Joy is Coming
Jesus Wants to Set You Free
Deep Inside
On Your Knees
Crossforce - Live 1/23/87
Heaven's Door
I'm Gonna Follow
Smoke Filled Room
Ready n Waiting
Phil Castillo Guitar solo
Will You Take Him Away
Out of the Darkness
Too Young to Be Lonely
The One Who Loves You
Rockin til the Final Day
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