One of Steve Rowe’s earlier incarnations was the classic metal band, Lightforce (1986 to 1989). Then he formed Mortification and unleashed the first christian death metal album ‘Mortification’ in 1991. Their 1992 follow-up ‘Scrolls Of The Megilloth’ was a masterpiece of fast death metal with some doom influences. It was a mark of a great band that they were highly regarded in the whole of death metal scene at that time and ‘Scrolls’ is still considered to belong to the elite albums of that scene.
However, Steve still hankered back to those earlier days. His lifelong interest in and passion for 70′s classic heavy rock and early 80′s classic gospel rock led him to form Wonrowe Vision. It is influenced by the 70′s mainstream bands such as Status Quo, Deep Purple and Motorhead combined with the 80′s gospel, hard rock sounds of Resurrection Band, Jerusalem, Barnabas and 100% Proof.
Submission Red are from Fort Lauderdale, Florida. The name comes from their interpretation of submitting to the ‘red letters’ in the bible (where Jesus words are printed in red). Their website has the following quote “Word got around because of a black chick singing legit hard rock”. The band is comprised of Yvonne Winfrey (vocals), Ryan Horner (Bass), Robert Foldy (drums) and Stevie Benz (guitar). They released the ‘Submission Red EP’ (2008) before signing to Dream Records for ‘Vision Tour’ (2011) and ‘Untamed Ones’ (2012). Being a female-fronted rock band they are often compared to Fireflight, Paramore, and a milder Flyleaf. However, I think they also take in Papa Roach and a punky Joan Jett and the Blackhearts.
