Barren Cross - State Of ControlRemember those metal cassettes in your collection that had the song titles worn off, and even if you weren't religious you prayed that it would play just one more time for fear it would wear out? 1989's State of Control by Barren Cross was that cassette in many a metal fan's collection. Along with Stryper and Guardian, Barren Cross was one of the few bands that actually appealed to metal fans who didn't shop in Christian bookstores for their music.

But Sow Your Gold isn't Musikfabrik playing

After a brief stint with well-known death metal institution Dark Descent records

This leaves his band of Merry Men with two missions in one: rescue the king and the outlaw in one fell swoop

Much of the music on this record was either composed and refined here in Sugar Hill

the band's first record for Dirtnap

This is what happens when the band doesn't break up: a lifetime of shared effort and camaraderie coming to fruition

The album originally has been released on CD October 22

"Finally Caught Up With Myself

even if they were supporting lyrics about falling-down drunkenness or not wanting to leave the house

It all began in 2011

would name a covers album after the song

The recording also includes two instrumental pieces for saxophone and piano