Holocaust - The Courage to Be

Having proved to skeptical heavy metal pundits that they were far from irrelevant with 1997's surprisingly legitimate Covenant album, New Wave of British Heavy Metal stalwarts Holocaust set out to stump them once again with its follow-up, Courage To Be, three years later. Handily out-performing its predecessor and most every expectation, the album combined superior songwriting, increased stylistic eclecticism, and abnormally deep lyrics (largely based on the book of the same name by noted theologian Paul Tillich) into a bona fide career rebirth for the long-suffering Scotsmen. Read More