{"id":15911,"date":"2025-10-05T22:48:04","date_gmt":"2025-10-06T02:48:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/heavensmetalmagazine.com\/?p=15911"},"modified":"2025-10-05T22:48:04","modified_gmt":"2025-10-06T02:48:04","slug":"live-report-immortal-festival-2025-part-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/heavensmetalmagazine.com\/index.php\/2025\/10\/05\/live-report-immortal-festival-2025-part-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Live Report: Immortal Festival 2025, Part 2"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

IMMORTAL FESTIVAL, 202<\/strong>5, PART <\/strong>2<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

BMI Event Center, Versailles, OH <\/strong>8\/29-31<\/strong>\/2025<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

by Chris Gatto<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Photos by Chad Fenner of Concert Fotos<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

We return to Versailles, Ohio, home of cornfields, egg producers, and BMI Event Center, a one time dirt bike racetrack that owner Steve Barhorst has turned into a world class venue. And out of his heart and vision was birthed Immortal. Immortal festival, now in its fourth year, is probably the only place in the country that fans can see multiple classic christian metal bands, as well as some newer to the scene. The camaraderie of the fans and the musicians, draws the faithful back again and again, as much as the hard hitting music and message. Again this year, the festival was split into two parts. The first over the last weekend in July, and the second happening over Labor Day. Here is my overview of part 2.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

DAY 1: Friday: <\/strong>Day one of the festival opened with Dayton, OH\u2019s WEAPONS OF GOD <\/strong>for their second Immortal performance.Weapons is: Steve McGowan on guitars and vocals, Leon Black on guitars and vocals, Ed Girard (Four Star Revival) on bass, and Jason Harmon on drums. The band just released their third album on Roxx Records: TRIbulation<\/em>, and debuted all new material for their setlist. The band is modern metal, as viewed through the lens of Kiss and Pantera (as disparate as those two bands might be), and the newer material adds a doomy tone at times, as well as an apocalyptic note on the final three songs of the trilogy. \u201cDeath of Me\u201d has been gaining traction on christian radio.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Next up was the Immortal debut of Frontiers Records recording artist IGNESCENT.<\/strong> Hailing from Chicago and centered around vocalist Jennifer Benson and her blue and purple colored hair, the current band is made up of Jennifer, Andre Leon on guitar, Mikey Green on bass, and Kohl Coryell on drums. Ignescent plays a brand of hard rock that will draw obvious comparisons to Ledger, Flyleaf, and Evanescence. Their stage attire and acting on stage add a visual element to their music, all with the intent of bringing hope to a hopeless world. The band played all original music, along with a cover of Petra\u2019s \u201cHe Came, He Saw, He Conquered\u201c and Les and Joyce Carlsen guesting on a cover of Queen\u2019s \u201cWe Will Rock You.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Texas\u2019 STRYKEN <\/strong>was not an obvious choice to play the festival. Brothers Dale and Stephen Streiker, Ezekiel Vade, and Joey Knight were underground favorites in the 80\u2019s. Their armored stage attire mirrored bands like Twisted Sister and Motley Crue at the time, while their music, covered a wide range of styles from metal to mellower, almost pop tunes- not unlike Queen- putting the cross front and center to a dying world. Dale Streiker (guitar, vocals) and Joey Knight (original drummer) needed a little help to recreate Stryken (Ezekiel Vade passed away last year and Stephen Streiker declined to participate) and that help came in the form of Rex Carroll and Michael Feighan of Whitecross and Tracie Ferrie (ex- Electrik, Seraiah, Whitecross, and Stryper), sans the famous armor. Taking turns on vocals, the band performed some of their obligatory bangers: \u201cOne Way,\u201d \u201cCrush the Head of Satan,\u201d and \u201cRock On,\u201d slowed down for ballad \u201cThe Answer,\u201d and the haunting \u201cThe Young Men Have a Vision,\u201d and even debuted new songs like \u201cYour Light Touched,\u201d \u201cRun With Horses,\u201d and a rocking cover of \u201cI Heard It Through the Grapevine.\u201d It was a rare treat to see these guys play and I hope they will continue crafting new music.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Also on their maiden voyage at Immortal Festival was former PA, now AZ based progressive metal band IMAGES OF EDEN, <\/strong>made up of Gordon Tittsworth on vocals, Steve Dorssom on drums, Eric Mulvaine on bass, Jeff Wilson on guitar, and Dean Harris on piano and keys. Veterans in the prog metal genre, IOE has logged in 5 studio albums and an ep over 25 plus years, but Gordon admitted this was the first time they ever played a christian show. The band played its keyboard laced modern metal, topped by Gordon\u2019s almost operatic vocals, and interacted well with the audience, also covering Triumph\u2019s \u201cThe Good Fight\u201d and encoring with The Beatles\u2019 \u201cHere Comes the Sun.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n

Friday night closed with the return of IN\u2019s THE PROTEST,<\/strong> made up of Josh Bramlet on vocals, Jarob Bramlet on drums, and T.J. Colwell, and Adam Sadler on guitars. The hard rock\/metal band introed into fan favorite \u201cPaper Tiger\u201d and \u201cDying Breath.\u201d They played \u201cWhat Else You Got,\u201d proclaimed I don\u2019t do it for the money with \u201cGreater,\u201d promoted an anti-sex trafficking ministry, encouraged those suffering from depression, played new song \u201cTake It Back,\u201d then \u201cParty Hard,\u201d bid the fans \u201cWelcome to the Freakshow,\u201d screamed their \u201cLegacy,\u201d and then played \u201cNoise Revolution\u201d for an encore. An energetic performance by these young guys. A new The Protest album is in the works.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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DAY 2: Saturday:\u00a0<\/strong>Today we were treated with a performance by the legendary bluesmen of\u00a0GLENN KAISER BAND.\u00a0<\/strong>Following the retirement of the seminal christian hard rockers Resurrection Band\/Rez Band\/Rez in the mid 90\u2019s, singer\/guitarist Glenn Kaiser started his own blues trio with fellow Rez alum Roy Montroy on bass and Grrr Records head honcho Ed Bialach on drums. The show started with \u201cRooster Crow,\u201d a little piece detailing the apostle Peter\u2019s denial of Christ, that both opens Rez\u2019s\u00a0Innocent Blood<\/em>\u00a0album and closes GKB\u2019s\u00a0Carolina Moon<\/em>\u00a0album. Rez fans were not disappointed, as the band tore through electric versions of \u201cMilitary Man,\u201d \u201cAmerican Dream,\u201d and \u201cBroken Promises,\u201d while also playing some of the songs that Glenn Kaiser Band is known for, such as the aforementioned \u201cCarolina Moon.\u201d The last time Glenn performed at Immortal, he played an acoustic set, with his wife Wendi appearing for a couple songs, and it felt very fulfilling to hear one of the godfathers of Christian rock plug in for this one.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Next up was also a man with a storied history in christian music. Les Carlsen got his start acting in\u00a0Hair\u00a0<\/em>and brought that sense of production to music when he started the legendary christian metal band Bloodgood with his friend Michael Bloodgood. Michael\u2019s untimely passing in 2022 may have retired the Bloodgood moniker, but\u00a0LES CARLSEN\u00a0<\/strong>both celebrates Bloodgood\u2019s legacy and showcases new music from Les and his band, featuring Les and wife Joyce Carlsen on vocals, Bloodgood guitarist Paul Jackson, and Craig Church also on guitars, Juan VanDunk on bass, and Jeff McCormack on drums. Bloodgood fans no doubt noticed the insertion of \u201cHoly Fire,\u201d \u201cKilling the Beast,\u201d \u201cCrucify,\u201d Messiah,\u201d and \u201cLamb of God,\u201d to the setlist, which also prominently featured songs from Les\u2019 recent solo album\u00a0He\u2019s Coming<\/em>, including the title track, \u201cJesus Freak Show,\u201d the excellent \u201cJudas is Dead\u201d and \u201cScars,\u201d Joyce on the mic for \u201cReturn Me to the Fire,\u201d and a tease of new material with the song \u201cFree Will\u201d from Les\u2019s next album, appearing soon. Surprise guests (even to Les) were P.J. Bostic and Jim LaVerde, who appeared onstage in white shirts painted with \u201cI wash my hands\u201d messages and danced and dispensed hand soap or sanitizer to band members. Had to be an inside joke, but hilarious, nonetheless.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Even after 4 Immortal fests running, DANIEL BAND <\/strong>is a band that I never get tired of seeing. The Canadian hard rock legends\u2019 entire discography may have been in the 80\u2019s, but Dan McCabe- vocals and bass and Tony Rossi \u2013 guitars, moustache, and vocals, are clearly woodshedding, as they remain incredibly tight. This time around, they were joined on drums by new addition Seppo Salminen, who proved himself admirably. Daniel Band played hits drawn from all 5 of their albums, \u201cHe\u2019s the Creator,\u201d \u201cRun From the Darkness,\u201d \u201cI\u2019m Sorry,\u201d \u201cSixteen,\u201d \u201cWalk on Water,\u201d and \u201cBethel,\u201d being just some of them. In the interest of \u201cpreventing boredom,\u201d the boys injecting a song each from Dan\u2019s post- DB gig Dreamer and Tony\u2019s post-DB Tony Rossi Band. These guys still sound as potent as ever. Man, wouldn\u2019t it be cool to hear new music from these guys sometime soon?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Pittsburgh\u2019s APOLOGETIX <\/strong>returned for their 2nd<\/sup> Immortal performance. Much like Weird Al, the band parodies famous songs from pop and rock culture, by playing the music, but changing the lyrics- in this case to have a christian message. Though some would argue that parody bands and cover bands aren\u2019t on par with original bands, having the versatility to learn and master such a wide swathe of music, and to do so for 35 years and rack up a mind numbing 75 records in the band\u2019s catalog should silence most critics. Apologetix is made up of J. Jackson on vocals, Keith Haynie on bass, Jimmy Tanner on drums, Tom Milnes and Tom Tincha on guitars, and Rich Mannion on Keyboards and drum programming. Highlight would have to be \u201cHeaven\u2019s Metal,\u201d where the band turns Sammy Hagar\u2019s \u201cHeavy Metal\u201d into a treatise on a certain magazine you happen to be reading.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Saturday\u2019s headliner was the mighty BRIDE<\/strong>. So glad that seeing Bride live again has become a possibility now that frontman Dale Thompson has moved back to the US! The KY band, centered around brothers Dale and Troy Thompson, originally formed as Matrix more than 40 years ago and has been playing rock and metal ever since, changing their name to Bride for their debut album Show No Mercy<\/em>. Though many band members have come and gone, it\u2019s very cool to see Bride alums Frank Partipilo on bass and Michael Loy on drums, returning to join Dale Thompson on vocals and Troy Thompson on all manner of stringed instruments. (Also spotted another Bride alum Lawrence Bishop in attendance.) The band opened with \u201cWould You Die For Me,\u201d from their biggest hitting album Snakes in the Playground<\/em>, and special guest Les Carlsen joining in on vocals. What followed was a trip through a good portion of Bride\u2019s discography, from \u201cThunder in the City,\u201d on their debut, with Rey Parra (Sacred Warrior\/Worldview) guesting, to \u201cMillion Miles\u201d off the band\u2019s current double disc Vipers and Shadows, <\/em>even the underrated Fistful of Bees<\/em> was represented with the addition of \u201cSoul Winner.\u201d The obligatory hits from the band\u2019s early 90\u2019s heyday were on full display: \u201cBeast,\u201d the ballad \u201cI Miss the Rain,\u201d \u201cHired Gun,\u201d \u201cEverybody Knows My Name,\u201d \u201cPsychedelic Super Jesus,\u201d but it was also great to hear deep cuts from the band\u2019s 80\u2019s catalog: \u201cWhiskey Seed,\u201d \u201cFool Me Once,\u201d \u201cUnder the Influence.\u201d The night closed with a real surprise- a cover of the Beatles\u2019 \u201cWhile My Guitar Gently Weeps,\u201d with special guest Rex Carroll (Whitecross\/ King James) tearing down the house on the guitar solo. Highlight of the weekend for me!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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D<\/strong>ay 3: Sunday:<\/strong> The day opened with an acoustic set by veteran ccm artist RANDY STONEHILL<\/strong>. Since being introduced to Christianity by his friend Larry Norman in the Jesus People days, \u201cUncle Rand\u201d has had a long and extensive career playing folk music, ccm, and occasionally straying into rock territory, such as on his The Wild Frontier<\/em> album, collaborating with some of the industry giants, such as Phil Keaggy, Larry Norman, and Keith Green. Armed with only an acoustic guitar, his humor, and occasionally his wife singing BGV\u2019s, Randy sang, talked, and high-kicked his way through a set featuring some of his memorable songs, such as \u201cShut De Do,\u201d \u201cKing of Hearts,\u201d and the song he co-wrote with Keith Green \u201cYour Love Broke Through.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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40 years ago, southern California was a hotbed of up and coming metal bands and LA\u2019s NEON CROSS <\/strong>still lives to tell about it. Founding member Don Webster- guitar, and 40 year veteran David Raymond Reeves- vocals, are joined by Holy Soldier\/Human Code\/Worldview veteran Terry \u201cThe Animal\u201d Russell-drums and his son Dylan Russell- bass. After a funny \u201care you really gonna wear that, dude?\u201d moment backstage, singer David reluctantly changed out of his purple pants and opted for a safer option- black, and on went the show. Pre-dating the pop metal explosion that occurred later in the 80\u2019s, Neon Cross plays a straight ahead brand of metal, much like their peers Barren Cross or Bloodgood. They played songs from their only 2 albums, 1988\u2019s self-titled and 1995\u2019s Torn<\/em>, such as \u201cRun Into the Light\u201d (my first encounter with the band\u2019s music on the radio in 1988), \u201cHeartbreaker,\u201d from the debut, \u201cI\u2019m Free,\u201d and \u201cBacklash\u201d from Torn<\/em>, \u201cNothing But the Blood\u201d from former NC member P.K.Mitchell\u2019s metal hymns project All Hail the Power<\/em>, \u201cSon of God,\u201d from the California Metal<\/em> compilation, and \u201cSnake Eat Snake,\u201d which they wrote for the late Justin Murr\u2019s Liberty \u2018N Justice. It feels like a rare sighting to catch this band in action, but something I\u2019d like to see more of.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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TRYTAN <\/strong>is a top notch progressive metal band that\u2019s had a reboot in recent years. The band had 2 albums back in the day, 1987\u2019s Celestial Messenger<\/em> and 1990\u2019s Sylen Tiger<\/em>, before fading into obscurity. In 2021, singer Lary Dean, now a pastor in the extreme sports field, returned with new recruits Jim LaVerde (Barren Cross\/ Sanctuary band) and multi-instrumentalist Eric Gillette (solo\/Neal Morse Band) to release the phenomenal Blood of Kings<\/em> album. Live Trytan is Lary on vocals and guitar, Jim on bass, and Paul Roraback (P.J.Bostic\/Grammatrain\/Bloodgood) on drums. Ignoring the 2nd<\/sup> album, Trytan performed songs from their first- \u201cMr. Electric\u201d (featuring an army of air guitarists onstage because \u201cwe love the way you play air guitar!\u201d), \u201cGenesis\u201d and \u201cRip Van Winkle,\u201d from Blood of Kings<\/em>– \u201cThe Descender,\u201d \u201cShadow Racer, \u201c and the instrumental \u201cThe GodStorm.\u201d The band played another Rush tribute (a band Trytan is often compared to because of Lary\u2019s vocal style), teased a new song \u201cBoomerang,\u201d and closed in worship with \u201cRevelation Song\u201d from their current album.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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KING JAMES<\/strong> started as something of a super group, when Rex Carroll, who had left Whitecross in 1993, got together with Sacred Fire vocalist Jimi Bennet, and recruited Robert Sweet and Tim Gaines, Stryper\u2019s rhythm section, also fresh out of work, to start a melodic hard rock band. With a revolving door of members joining Rex and Jimi on each album, KJ released their self-titled debut in 1994, the much underrated The Fall <\/em>in 1997, <\/em>and Maximus<\/em> in 2013. For the Immortal performance, Jimi Bennet on vocals and Rex Carroll on guitar were joined by Benny Ramos (Whitecross) on bass and Lufe Pereira (Oficina G3) on drums and Jean \u201cHeadrock\u201d Carllos (Oficina G3) rocking the dreadlocks and keyboards. Listeners will quickly take note that King James does not sound like Rex\u2019s other famous band Whitecross. Yes, it\u2019s still centered around his formidable skills on the axe (his solo is noted on the setlist as \u201cRex on fire- 3min.!), but the vocals are uber melodic and the sound overall is melodic hard rock. After opening with the theme from \u201cThe Highlander- In Exile\u201d, the band played a couple of the hits from the debut- \u201cPrisoner\u201d and \u201c\u201dHard Road to Go,\u201d some newer songs from the 3rd<\/sup> album, including \u201cBlack Stone Woman,\u201d and \u201cMississippi Kid,\u201d which is a eulogy to a fallen band member Ean Evans, then \u201cDesperate\u201d and \u201cMiracles,\u201d both of which appeared both on the 1st<\/sup> and 3rd<\/sup> albums, the latter being about Jimi\u2019s daughter, the Come to Jesus hymn \u201cJust As I Am (Lamb of God), the aforementioned 3 minutes of Rex on fire, and closing with \u201cWaiting for the King.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Closing out Immortal festival this year was perennial favorite SACRED WARRIOR<\/strong>. Hailing from the Chicago area, Sacred Warrior started in the mid-80\u2019s when guitarist Bruce Swift got saved and then shared his faith with some of his bandmates, who then formed a christian metal band playing a brand of power metal and progressive metal, much like their mainstream peers Iron Maiden and Queensryche. Founding members Bruce Swift- guitars, Steve Watkins- bass, Tony Velasquez- drums, and the one and only Rey Parra- vocals, are joined by Tom Sanderson- keyboards, and Larry Worley (Fear Not) on guitar. The band played songs from the 4 SW albums with Rey on vocals (there was a 5th<\/sup> with Eli Prinsen singing), playing headbanging anthem after anthem- \u201cWicked Generation,\u201d \u201cTemple\u2019s On Fire\u201d- Tony is a beast on drums on this one!, \u201cRebellion,\u201d \u201cNo Happy Endings,\u201d \u201cWar Torn Heroes,\u201d \u201cStay Away from Evil,\u201d \u201cObsessions,\u201d and \u201cDay of the Lord,\u201d lightening up the mood every few songs with \u201cRemember Me\u201d about the thief on the cross, \u201cSweet Memories,\u201d and \u201cHe Died\u201d the band\u2019s only real ballad. Warrior closed out their show the way they often do- in worship, with dozens of fans joining them onstage to help them sing \u201cHoly, Holy, Holy.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Reflecting back on 4 years of Immortal festivals, I\u2019ve had a blast. I\u2019ve made friends and connected with musicians. We\u2019ve talked, ate together, prayed together, hung out, shared life with each other, and I look forward to each road trip out there. Yes, I\u2019ve invested time, money, vacation, and many miles on my vehicles to make it happen, but this is what I do, and what I believe in, and I find it to be a worthwhile investment. There\u2019s no guarantees of another festival. Many, like Creation and Cornerstone, have come and gone. Each of us personally is not guaranteed tomorrow either. Immortal exists solely as the vision and generosity of BMI owner Steve Barhorst. Revival has been stirring in christian metal- I would argue directly as a result of Immortal festival. Feeling the love of the fans, many bands have received that spark to reunite again and record new music, renewing their passion for reaching the lost. Please consider joining us next year, if the Lord should tarry. I think you\u2019ll be glad you did!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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