Barren Cross- Rattle Your Cage

Number of posts: 159 Registration date: 2009-07-27

Listening to this disc this very moment-The Unsuspecting is blaring. This album still kicks butt!!! Barren Cross ALWAYS delivered the goods. Too bad this album came out smack dab in the midst of the grunge movement. Rattle Your Cage should have received more recognition than what it received.

I have been into "Christian rock/metal" since 1982. Petra was my "first love" of the genre, then Daniel Band, then Stryper, and then Barren Cross came along. I must say that Barren Cross became my favorite band back in the heyday of metal. I sure wish the BC boys could patch up whatever spiritual differences they may have and feed the hungry with another album. Of course, I know that's in the LORD's hands.

If you haven't spun Rattle Your Cage in a while, do yourself a favor and crank that bad boy up!

ChosenOne · Number of posts: 447 Registration date: 2007-08-28

Great cd. Loved every song on it. This was actually the first Barren Cross cd I owned until I later found Atomic Arena & State of Control at a used cd store

TimfromMKE · Number of posts: 127 Age: 38 Registration date: 2008-03-05

I like the song Sick the most from this disk

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pershing1134 · Number of posts: 189 Age: 38 Registration date: 2008-03-25

Listening to this CD right now, "Midnight Son" is my favorite! Barren Cross is a fantastic band!

angelofdarkness · Number of posts: 556 Age: 32 Registration date: 2009-05-14

I think it's the best thing that Rugged Records put out.

NoahsFaith · Number of posts: 506 Registration date: 2007-04-07

Great CD

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GlassPrison · Number of posts: 2926 Age: 21 Registration date: 2007-07-21

It's my favorite Barren Cross album. No doubt because it's the closest to hair metal that they ever got, but every song on here is fantastic. I love the more AOR sound without the classic metal overtones.

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**alldatndensum** · Subject: Re: Barren Cross- Rattle Your Cage Sat Aug 29, 2009 1:27 pm

This is also the first Barren Cross release that I owned. I do like the more commercial shift that they made on the last two projects. But, even the worst Barren Cross is better than a lot of others best stuff1

As far as this album goes, I really love the title track, "Midnight Son", and "Here I Am". It is rare for me to love the slow song from an album as my favorite, but I would have to say that "Here I Am" is my favorite song of theirs. I find a lot of healing in that powerful song.

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Follower of Jesus · Number of posts: 3334 Age: 36 Registration date: 2007-04-07

I really like the other ballad, "Let it Go Let It Die". That whole album is a winner, though. Probably my 2nd favorite BC album.

GODSWIZARD · Subject: Re: Barren Cross- Rattle Your Cage Sat Aug 29, 2009 2:23 pm

This is my favorite BARREN CROSS album.

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Uncle NecRo · Number of posts: 1473 Registration date: 2007-04-09

BAH!
...technically, 1994 was the death rattle of the grunge movement, but yeah, oft overlooked and underrated classic...

...tell the truth, I honestly thought, with this and the other releases the label had that year, that Rugged Records was going to be a heavyweight in the classic hard rock genre...alas, it became yet another sad "alternative" label...

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Stender · Number of posts: 252 Age: 19 Registration date: 2009-06-25

Really cool album! but the other three records blow it away in my opinion. I think "somewhere far away" could have been a raging ballad if they gave it another minute or so...

deathisgain713 · Number of posts: 465 Age: 39 Registration date: 2009-02-05

Great album. Definitely would have done better a year or two earlier. I though I remember one song from this album that Mike Lee redid that was just horrible. "The Unsuspecting" maybe?

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ChosenOne · Number of posts: 447 Registration date: 2007-08-28

I thought the same thing about Rugged Records. They had Barren Cross, Neon Cross, Nailed, Red Sea those were some great bands

Disposable HERO · Number of posts: 982 Age: 38 Registration date: 2008-01-20

Stender wrote:

Really cool album! but the other three records blow it away in my opinion.

My thoughts, too.

6stringgrind · Number of posts: 227 Registration date: 2008-01-11

On a somewhat related note, is it just me or did the Rugged Records albums have the most godawful covers you've ever seen?

**arttieTHE1manparty** · Subject: Re: Barren Cross- Rattle Your Cage Mon Aug 31, 2009 9:44 pm

Great disc that I still pull out. In fact, this might be the one I listen to the most.

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STRUTTER777 · Subject: Re: Barren Cross- Rattle Your Cage Tue Sep 01, 2009 12:54 am

Which is better -- State of Control or Rattle Your Cage?

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Sutekh · Number of posts: 232 Age: 36 Registration date: 2008-07-25

6stringgrind wrote:

On a somewhat related note, is it just me or did the Rugged Records albums have the most godawful covers you've ever seen?

They were all computer generated images, weren't they? Yeah, didn't like 'em at all.

I enjoyed RYC, particularly the diversity of styles and tempos on the album, but loved the traditional sounds of Midnight Son and the anthemic Here I Am the most. It's a very good album, but not in the same league as the first three.

Stender · Number of posts: 252 Age: 19 Registration date: 2009-06-25

6stringgrind wrote:

On a somewhat related note, is it just me or did the Rugged Records albums have the most godawful covers you've ever seen?

haha! I think it had more to do with the time, you'll notice all those records from the mid/later 90's had very primitive digital made covers....some of the later deliverance album art comes to mind.