Guitarist/vocalist Michael Sweet of legendary hard rockers Stryper was interviewed on the November 26 edition of 99.1 CJAM-FM‘s “The Signals Of Intuition” radio show. You can now listen to the chat below.
“No More Hell To Pay”, the new Stryper album, sold around 9,600 copies in the United States in its first week of release to debut at position No. 35 on The Billboard 200 chart.
“Second Coming”, a collection of re-recorded versions of Stryper‘s classic songs, opened with around 4,400 units back in April to land at No. 117. 
Stryper‘s covers album, 2011’s “The Covering”, registered a first-week tally of around 4,600 copies to enter the chart at No. 175.
The band’s previous collection of new material, 2009’s “Murder By Pride”, premiered with 5,900 copies to debut at No. 73.
“No More Hell To Pay” was released on November 1st in Europe and November 5th in North America via Frontiers Records. The effort was made available in two formats — standard CD and deluxe digipak featuring exclusive video content. Produced by Stryper guitarist/vocalist Michael Sweet himself, the set features some of Stryper’s strongest and heaviest material ever.
“No More Hell To Pay” include’s Stryper‘s cover version of “Jesus Is Just Alright”, a gospel song written by Arthur Reid Reynolds. Mainman Michael Sweet said, “It rivals our cover of Earth Wind & Fire‘s ‘Shining Star’ — riffs!”
“Jesus Is Just Alright” was first recorded by Reynolds‘ own group, The Art Reynolds Singers, on their 1966 album, “Tellin’ It Like It Is”. It was later covered by The Byrds, Dc Talk and The Doobie Brothers.
To read our review for “No More Hell To Pay” click here.
Tracklist:
1. Revelation
2. No More Hell To Pay
3. Saved By Love
4. Jesus Is Alright
5. The One
6. Legacy
7. Marching Into Battle
8. Te Amo
9. Sticks & Stones
10. Water Into Wine
11. Sympathy
12. Renewed
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Video below ‘Sympathy
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