XINR
XINR - Beyond Woodward (StormSpell Records) 2008
1. “Ever Present Angel” (3:42)
2. “Fight the Dragon” (3:38)
3. “Evil Apple” (3:27)
4. “Don't Tell me No Lies” (3:39)
5. “In Limbo” (4:05)
6. “The Hills Have Eyes” (3:22)
7. “The Ghostly Galleon” (3:27)
8. “All Hallows Eve” (5:28)
9. “The Devil's Gone” (4:22)
10. “Fall to the Prey” (3:40)
11. “My Revolution” [live] (4:06)
12. “Beyond Belief” (1:49)
13. “Xinr” (1:55)
14. “Fight the Dragon” (3:05)
15. “The Devil's Gone ” (4:53)
Stormspell Records has re-issued the backlog of XINR demo material (10 songs) along with a live track (11), spoken word piece (12), instrumental (13) (Put together by surviving XINR members) and two XINR songs re-recorded by Cruella on its 1987 album Vengeance Is Mine (14 & 15) (Cruella is a group later formed by XINR guitarist Roger DeCarlo).
LINEUP
Anton (Tony) Saiz – Lead Vocals
Shaun Tramel – Guitars
Roger DeCarlo – Guitars
Kenny Stocks – Bass
Paul Dreyer - Drums
(The Gig That Never Happened): a somber moment on stage at East End as Roger DeCarlo displays the original flier for the XINR gig scheduled for December 1, 1984 that never happened due to the motorcycle accident that took the lives of Tony Saiz and Shaun Tramel one night earlier. Photo by Anna Wilson.
XINR (pronounced: ex-sinner) were a heavy metal christian band from Portland, Oregon that recorded a few demos, and had one song (Ever Present Angel) officially released on the Pacific Metal Project Compilation LP. Unfortunately, on November 30th, 1984 tragedy struck XINR when their vocalist and guitarist were killed in a motorcycle accident en route to their rehearsal room the night before a gig in Portland, effectively ending the band.
XINR (Not to be confused with X-Sinner) are definitely a christian band - but they don't sound like it. They are not preachy at all - they are hard, meaty, killer rock and roll through and through. The singer sounds like a mix of Cirith Ungol and Nazareth and the twin guitar attack is superb. If you're pre-conceived notion of christian rock is Stryper, and Stryper only - you WILL BE surprised and delighted by this album.