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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Stryper have just posted the first single from The Covering, "Heaven and Hell".

Grab your copy of the digital download on iTunes.

"Heaven and Hell" is a long-running song by Stryper standards, clocking in at 6 minutes 13 seconds (47 seconds shorter than the original version), right between "Reason for the Season" at 6 minutes 30 seconds and "Keep the Fire Burning" at 6 minutes and 8 seconds making this the second longest song Stryper have released to date.

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The Deftones have released their sixth studio album since their forming in 1988 entitled Diamond Eyes on May 4th.  With four years of input, they have brought together since 2006's Saturday Night Wrist - this was due to the fact they their bassist, Chi Cheng, fell into a coma after a serious car accident.  I must say, I am not impressed with this album.  I have listened to the album in order and out of sequence and it is not up to par (minus a song or two). 

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Anyone who was a fan of the Rock/Metal scene in the 80's and 90's has no doubt heard of the visual expression that is none other than Living Colour. Best known for their break-out classic, "Cult of Personality," Living Colour remains a rare bread as to this day there exists very few all-black hard rock bands, and currently none in the mainstream of music. Although Living Colour is still in play and right now supporting their 2009 offering, The Chair In The Doorway, they've softened quite a bit from their debut release, Vivid and taken a more free-form approach to rock music following the leading of drummer Will Calhoun.

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