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Editorial Reviews:

Album Description
Delivering their most commercial record to date, the 2008 release of Southern Hospitality marries accessible melodies along side their signature hard hitting rock sound. Disciple uses their triumphs and failures to craft songs that challenge, confront and comfort us in our faith. Includes the future hit songs, 'Come Home', 'Southern Hospitality' and 'Across The Fire.' Produced by Travis Wyrick (P.O.D, Pillar, tobyMac, Superchick). In their 14 years together, Knoxville, Tennessee band Disciple have matured from an aggressive Metal band to a quartet with a strong sense of melody and penchant for the unexpected.

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars

Pure Holy Headbangin' Energy November 15, 2008
3 out of 3 found this review helpful

I first encountered Disciple at a concert in support of the Scars Remain album. I was immediately impressed with lead singer Kevin Young's energy, intensity and Christian faith. Their Spirit and Scripture filled lyrics got my attention, and they immediately became one of my favorite Christian bands. I thought Scars Remain was a pretty flawless effort. However, I have to give that kudo to Southern Hospitality.

It has a bit of Southern flavor and enough amazing guitar work to appeal to an old 80s headbanger like myself to make his ears rejoice. Lyrically wonderful, musically awesome, it's just one tight package of holy headbanging energy. My favorite track is "Lay My Burdens Down" which really captures the Southern spice, and has spoken to a very difficult time I am in right now. Don't miss this awesome collection of music! God bless you Disciple.

4 out of 5 stars

So far I like it October 29, 2008
1 out of 2 found this review helpful

Normally I like to give an album more time to grow before writting a review, and I'm sure I'll be editing it to put a track by track review later. Seeing as how there aren't any reviews so far I figured I'd post one now.

It's only been a year and a half since I got into Disciple. I'm familliar with all their albums except this one and What was I thinking, which I checked out when I got this one. Their not the most original band, but yet there's something different about them, plus no I hate myself or my parents or anyone else songs. I have to say I think I saved the two best albums, guitarwise for last. I'm very impressed with the work on both this album and What was I thinking. The songs are still basically similar to the last couple of albums, but they put a few guitar solos, and some nice guitar riffs in there to change things up. I love the intro to the title track. If you're a fan of the band then this is definately worth your time, the album so far will probably end of being one of my top five favorite albums of the year. If you're new to the band, most any album would be worth checking out, but I should warn you that they're a Christian band-one of the best I've heard, so if Jesus lyrics bother you than you may want to stear clear of their early stuff, but that's never been a problem for me. Some favorite songs so far are 321, Whisper So Loud, Romance Me, Whatever Reason, Liar and Southern Hospitality. There's not a whole lot of growth in this one, but what they lack in growth they make up for in good songs.

One last thing I wanted to coment on as I'm listening to the album is the last song, Savior. I don't listen to many Christian bands so I don't know if this is typical, Underoath, and Divinefire haven't done this, but I find there songs that come off as a prayer in song form interesting and very heartfelt, they did another one for the troops, don't remember if it was on Scare remain or the one before that. It's a cool concept, and anything that can give a song passion is alright with me.

5 out of 5 stars

4.5 Stars - Great but not perfect November 9, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful

Just when you think you've got this band figured out, they come at you with a new album that is different from their previous releases, and yet not so different that you don't recognize them anymore. Their self-titled release from 3 years ago was a solid hard-rock album with few frills but a lot to like. Then came 'Scars Remain' 2 years ago. It melted the faces off of anyone who thought Disciple was about to get soft on their fans. Anything but, it was blistering metal with screams that left you in awe but also with a ringing in your ears.

And now, the boys are back to serve you up some Southern Hospitality. Right from the opening track, you can tell they've been listening to a little southern rock lately. A lot more melodic and guitar-riff driven than their previous two works, this one still packs power but is not quite as intense as 'Scars' was. While Kevin Young still delivers some blistering vocals, they are not the highlight on this album. Guitar solos and crunching riffs are the order of the day, as are a lot more background vocals than these guys have used in recent years.

Altogether, this is a solid album. Lyrically strong, musically different from their other stuff, but with enough anthems to get attention from the mainstream. Highlight tracks include Southern Hospitality, 321, Whisper So Loud, Liar, On My Way Down, and the closer, Savior. It ends the album on a slow note, kind of how No End At All did on 'Scars.' Only, this one's a prayer to the Lord to save 'her' (not sure who that might be, but the lyrics and passion make this an awesome cut).

If you liked their last two releases, you'll be impressed with this one. Disciple has changed their sound just enough to show fans that they can.

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