The Knights of the New Crusade | ru

BEAT CRUSADERS -- J-rock/punk/pop-группа, изначально была сформирована в конце 1997 года ヒダカトオル (Hidaka Tooru), как экспериментальная группа играющая indie-pop / lo-fi. К концу 1998-го, после многих выступлений в Токио и его пригородах, группа заработала репутацию -- энергичной живой группой с броскими и забавными песнями. Вышедший первый сингл "NEVER POP ENOUGH e.p." быстро, занял верхние строчки indie чартов. Приблизительно через месяц вышел мини-альбом “HOWLING SYMPHONY OF…” который так же не остался без внимания прессы и слушателей. В 2000 году выпустили второй сингл “Firestarter”, и заним первый полноценный альбом “All You Can Eat”, помимо этого, группа записывала совмесные альбомы с другими Indie...

There are at least three artists which use the name Crusader 1. A heavy metal band from Belgium 2. A hardcore band from Iowa, United States 3. A hard trance duo 4. A heavy metal band from Illinois, United States 1) Crusader is a heavy metal band from East Flanders, which originated in 1999 from what was left of a cover band that wanted to move on. As early as 2000, the band released its debut album "This Mortal Flesh" which was distributed by Virgin. In 2004, "Fools" was released, distributed by LSP, Hellion and Karthago. Both albums received lots...

The Knights of the New Crusade seem to be controversial to everyone. And that's probably the point. Their straight-ahead "Jesus is the only Way and without Him you'll perish" message is likely to turn off many non-Christians. Yet the other side of their message is an open rebuke to the "Christian" music market for watering down the message and chasing money and fame. Currently signed to Alternative Tentacles, the label owned by renowned non-believer, Jello Biafra, many wonder if the whole thing is not an elaborate gimmick. The Alternative Tentacles website explains their position: "we here at AT debated the...