Honestly, this could be the case. I am not and have never been a follower of the alleged man upstairs, but it does make sense that people in all genres of music might be. Even the heavy stuff has room ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Hugh McIntyre covers music, with a focus on the global charts. ENTERPRISE, AL - JUNE 15: Robert Sweet, Tim Gaines, Robert Sweet ...

"We’re disappointed,” said Stryper frontman Michael Sweet of the ban. “Stryper has always been about making people think outside the box. Our new album title God Damn Evil is a statement that's needed ...

Earlier this week, bassist Tim Gaines revealed he was no longer in Stryper. He has served as the band's only bassist throughout their career, save between 2005 and 2009 when the position was held down ...

Plus, Yolanda Adams returns to the Top Gospel Albums top 10. By Jim Asker Veteran Christian hard rock group Stryper adds its 13th top 10 on Billboard’s Top Christian Albums chart as When We Were Kings ...

Decades before he looked over primary poll results and sighed "to hell with Donald Trump," Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz may have performed "To Hell With the Devil" as the frontman for ...

Stryper%27s %22No More Hell to Pay%22 comes out Nov. 5 on Frontiers Records The group%27s %2780s hits included %22Honestly%22 and %22To Hell With the Devil%22 The ...

With 1986's To Hell With the Devil, Los Angeles' Stryper crossed over into the mainstream to become one of the first widely recognized and openly Christian heavy metal bands. Formed by siblings ...

A bunch of guys with long hair playing flashy guitars in a claustrophobic room, with arty images interspersed. If Stryper's new video for "Pride" -- the first single from the group's latest album… By ...

When the Christian rock band Stryper first emerged in 1983, many people thought they were both a marketing ploy and tasteless joke. After 1986’s To Hell With the Devil sold over two million copies, so ...

I was first introduced to Stryper by the late, great Rob Campo of the New York (and later, L.A.) metal scene back in 1987. I know nothing of Christian metal. In fact, I know almost nothing about ...