Hi Pal,
Welcome to this edition of Nostalgia Booth, a newsletter where I look back on some of the music I listened to in my formative years. In today’s edition, we take a look back at the year 2009 and the albums that made it special for me.
Editor’s Note: Album links are embedded in titles
Memento Mori by Flyleaf
Alternative Metal, Post-Grunge
It is impossible to talk about my love for Christian alternative music — particularly rock music — without speaking about Lacey Sturm and Flyleaf. At the time, I was a tad new to screaming vocals and was very fascinated by it. When you combine that fascination with my love for female vocals, finding Lacey Strum as a young Christian was like taking a child to a candy store. After hearing singles like All Around Me
and Fully Alive
from their self-titled album Flyleaf (2005), I fell in love with her and the band. Memento Mori turned this love into a near-obsession. It’s a modern classic in the alternative metal genre that deserves all the praise it gets.
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