What is the fascination metal bands have with Biblical subjects? Raining blood, crimson sky, Armageddon - the book of Revelations can only get you so far. Maybe one excuse Sinai Beach has is that they're a Christian band. Like Zao and Norma Jean, Sinai Beach thumps the Bible down for a minute and pick up a flaming chunk of brimstone and hurl it at your ear.

Powerful guitars courtesy of Logan Lambert and Mike Risinger, plus Jeff Santo's thundering bass spit caustic magma that's liable to melt the wiring in your speakers. Only one guy (CJ Anderson) does the singing and has an amazing vocals range capable of morphing between distorted screams to a deep, bellowing howl. Sort of the mutant offspring of Crowbar and Danzig.

I had no idea that these guys were god rockers until I took a look at the lyrics. "Obedience Through Desecration" is a lovely song that goes a little something like this; "Cut me and gut me, and hang me by the organs within me." I got a big ole lump in my throat when I read that sweet passage. From the title one would wonder if Sinai Beach is promoting a baptism of fire and blood or immersion in the holy waters of forgiveness - what would Jesus do? Once again this is a great metal album, if you like hard stuff screaming about Christian fellowship through dismembowelment then get yourself Immersed brother.