(Orchestral Thrash) - Slayer, Tourniquet, Exodus, Voivod, NIN, Destruction, Kreator and Sacrifice.

Label :
Metal Blade
Release Date :
3-19-08
Catalog # :
MASSCD1074DG
Style:
Thrash/Metal
  1. Gone
  2. Future Mind
  3. Dimentia
  4. What Is But Cannot Be
  5. Singularity
  6. No Apology
  7. Trilogy of Knowledge: The Birth
  8. Trilogy of Knowledge: The Lie
  9. Trilogy of Knowledge: The Truth
  10. Trilogy of Knowledge: The Key
  11. Outro
Believer "Gabriel" 
Believer "Extraction From Mortality"  
Believer - Sanity Obscure  
Thrash metal classic reissued! Limited 2000 DigiPack Edition

In the entire history of the thrash metal genre, there was never a band as unique as Believer. Through their music Believer preached the word of God - each lyric is a testimony of faith and commitment to the Christian community. The band made sure that their message was properly introduced by supporting it with a heavy dose of brilliantly arranged melodies and thrashing riffs. Their third and most impressive album, "Dimensions", presents a band fully aware of its possibilities, able to create a one-time masterpiece. Digipack reissue limited to 2000 copies.

 
Believer is a Christian thrash metal band from the late 1980s and early 1990s, that played a hybrid of thrash and progressive metal. Believer was known for its innovative use of symphonic elements in thrash metal. Their lyrics were described intelligent, dealing with topics of philosophy and social issues.

The two primary members of the band were vocalist/guitarist Kurt Bachman and drummer Joey Daub, who were joined by several others after their 1989 debut album, Extraction from Mortality. The band was jointly signed to Roadrunner Records, and the Christian label R.E.X. Music. According to Allmusic, several mainstream magazines praised the second album Sanity Obscure.[4] They toured US and Europe with Bolt Thrower the following year. The third album Dimensions was GMA Dove Award nominated for "hard music album of the year" in 1993. Believer disbanded in 1994; however, in March 2005, Daub announced that he and Bachman reformed the band.

Believer has gained worldwide recognition for their boundary-breaking, artistic form of extreme metal. Joined by bands Cynic and Pestilence, Roadrunner Records pushed a prog-metal/thrash campaign with the three bands called, “The Breed Beyond” and solidified Believer among the ranks of unique, creative musical acts. The centerpiece of their 3rd release, Dimensions, was a metal opera that brought them great praise from fans and musicians worldwide and threw open the doors to collaborations between metal and orchestral musicians and sealed the band’s legacy.

Formed in the mid eighties by guitarist/vocalist Kurt Bachman and drummer Joey Daub, the Pennsylvania based Believer was destined to put their mark on the music scene. With the early line-up of Bachman, Daub, guitarist Dave Baddorf and bassist Howe Kraft, Believer secured a deal with East Coast indie label R.E.X. Music. The band’s debut album, Extraction from Mortality, was greeted with vast acceptance in the metal world and also drew attention from Roadrunner Records. The band’s second offering, Sanity Obscure, released by Roadrunner saw the band breaking new musical boundaries and establishing themselves as creative and experimental musicians in the metal community. With a new label and bassist, Wyatt Robertson replacing Kraft, Believer set out in support of Sanity with a European tour and an extended tour of the States with fellow thrashers Sacrifice and Bolt Thrower. Upon completion of the tour, Bachman and Daub parted ways with Baddorf and Robertson. With a new musical vision for their 3rd record, they again called upon friend and violinist Scott Laird, and his opera-trained sister, Julianne Laird, who both made brief appearances on previous Believer releases. Fellow musician and friend Jim Winters and cellist Glenn Fischbach rounded out the band and 1993’s Dimensions was the end result of this collaboration.

Alethian -"Dying Vine"  
Corpus Christi "The Darker Shades of White" 
 
The Return (demo, 1987)
Extraction from Mortality (1989) R.E.X. Records
Sanity Obscure (1990) Roadrunner Records
Dimensions (1993) Roadrunner Records
The Chosen Live (live, 2007) ERMI Records
Gabriel (2009) Metal Blade Records