Blessed Is He
Band: Blessed Is He
Album: Not Yet
Label: Un-signed?
*Currently On Tour
Blessed Is He appears to be the best intentions of a hardcore Christian band using music as a vehicle of spirit-filled artistic expression and proclaiming the good news of Christ. From top to bottom they present themselves as Bible-believing men who have formed a band that is the expression of lives devoted to Christ.
In their myspace details they answer the question “sounds like” as “worship”, which is a concept I have longed for since first hearing Living Sacrifice’s Reborn in high school. True Christian hardcore struck a tone with the worshipper within that often feels constrained in conventional/contemporary worship.
In reviewing this band, similar productions that come to mind are:
(1) Few Left Standing, who weren’t the strongest or most technical musically but had brutal un-abashedly Christian lyrics. I’d strongly recommend Few Left Standing’s first album which had some songs and concepts that blew me away. Similarly, Blessed Is He is making a strong foundation, but I’d like to see some more depth/brutality musically (in some spots I felt it was flat or didn’t have enough grab to get me hooked -which may be partially due to the production) and drop or re-tune the singing.
(2) Point Of Recognition and Becoming The Archetype, this is not a comparative at all in the music of these bands as Point Of Recognition, Becoming The Archetype and Blessed Is He are three very distinct sounds, but I can imagine that Blessed Is He will be a great band in concert and provide a worship experience that I have rarely felt save for the former bands mentioned.
At this time, I’d have to classify Blessed Is He as a band that I would really like to like. I am not sold on the music or the singing portions of the songs but I think that these can become better with time. This is a band that I will definitely keep my eye on and one that I’d love to see live.
Check them out for yourselves, Click Here. Posted on their myspace are several full length songs as well as videos and information about the band, tours, etc.