Hardly strangers to controversy, Stryper's artwork for their forthcoming covers album, The Covering is causing quite the stir.

The menacing, golden-eyed, 'dark angel' is exactly what your mom warned you about Stryper, or is it...

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We've no clue who this band is or just why they want to flood our inbox with mp3's and concert dates and press releases, but we suspect it has something to do with ROCK. Apparently they were on P.O.D.'s indie label Rescue Records at one point and have put out somewhere between 2 and 15 albums, but we can only find two listed on iTunes, Realize and Sink Your Teeth ep.

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This morning via FaceBook and Twitter, Stryper have announced they are working with the design house Pale Horse Design on the cover art for their upcoming covers album, The Covering.

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I couldn't think of a better thing to post for our 200th post than something on Stryper.

Thanks to our Finnish YouTube friend, FinnStrype, we have 3 volumes of Stryper guitar solos.

I defy any band, anywhere in the timeline of history to produce a better catalog of guitar solos. It hasn't been done yet, and with as fast as we are killing the earth I doubt it ever will.

Stryper's Michael Sweet (lead vocals, guitar), and Oz Fox (guitar, vocals) are really an irreplaceable dynamic duo, producing some of the best guitar work for one of the most influential Christian bands of all time. In their short 25 year career, Stryper have produced no less than 70 original songs most of them containing an amazing bit of guitar work on the part of Oz and Mike and as a collective with Tim and Robert are quite listenable.

With Stryper's new album of covers fast approaching, The Covering will add to Stryper's repertoire another dozen cover songs with more amazing guitar work. FinnStrype is going to need to update his compilations with at least one more volume.

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Certainly one of the most visible drummers of the 80's and not the type to slow down, Robert Sweet has been going "Full Steam Ahead" since he first hit the scene back in '82. The picture above played a massive role in influencing me to play drums, as I am sure it had for hundreds of others.

Probably best known for his role as the "Visual Timekeeper" for Stryper, Robert has played in several bands, including a Rod Stewart tribute band. However, no one can ever mistake his outlandish kits for another drummer or his heart for anything other than belonging to God.

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