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Deliverance is an AmericanChristian metal band. A progenitor of Christianthrash metal, they later shifted more towardsprogressive metal andalternative rock. The band was founded by Jimmy P. Brown II in 1985, who has been the only constant member through numerous lineup changes.
Deliverance was formed in 1985 in Los Angeles by Jimmy P. Brown II.[1] They debuted in 1989 withDeliverance, followed up byWeapons of Our Warfare in 1990,What a Joke in 1991, andStay of Execution in 1992.[2][3] These four releases featured traditional thrash andspeed metal sounds.[2] The band was one of the pioneers of Christian thrash metal.[4] The debut album earned them a label asMetallica clones, although this was sometimes meant as a praise of the band.[1]Weapons of Our Warfare is considered the peak of the band's career.[2] The music video for the title song earned regular airplay onMTV, and in 1999 Metallica'sLars Ulrich listed the video as among his Top 10 metal videos.[1] OnStay of Execution, the band began changing in sound in response to changes in the music scene. For this release, they moved from thrash and speed metal intoprogressive metal and, slightly,alternative metal.[5]
The sonic changes begun withStay of Execution became permanent with subsequent releasesLearn (1993),River of Disturbance (1994), andCamelot in Smithereens (1995).[1] The previous comparisons to Metallica gave way to comparisons toQueensrÿche.[1]River of Disturbance marked another dramatic shift in sound for the group with analternative rock style that as a more popular genre than metal at the time.[2] It included a rap rock collaboration with the hip-hop group 12th Tribe.[1] After the release ofCamelot in Smithereens, the group disbanded.[2]
Deliverance reformed in 2001 and released the albumAssimilation, before once again breaking up.[2] In 2006, Deliverance reformed with a lineup of Jimmy P. Brown II, Mike Phillips, Corin Jae Scott, Tim Kronyak, and Mike Reed. The band's seventh studio album,As Above - So Below, was released on April 24, 2007.[6]
In 2010, Deliverance played the only show without Jimmy P. Brown II atNordicFest.[7]
On May 20, 2011 Mike Phillips announced that Deliverance was finally coming to end and would be performing their final show in August 2011.[8] However, by July 2012, Deliverance had resurfaced again[9] and been working on their tenth studio albumHear What I Say!, which was released on September 3, 2013 on Roxx Records and was planned as their final album.[10][11] However, Jimmy Brown had later stated thatHear What I Say! would most likely not be their final album.[12]
Though Brown stated thatHear What I Say! would be the last album, he announced that Deliverance would release new material in 2016. The band, whose lineup consists of former guitarist George Ochoa, former drummerJim Chaffin and bassist Victor Máciás, played Exodo Fest in Mexico withSilent Planet andGrave Robber.[13] In 2017, the self-titled album was re-released on vinyl through Roxx, andWeapons of Our Warfare was re-released through Bombworks Records.[citation needed] Later on in the year, it was announced that guitarist Glenn Rogers had returned to the band and that Ochoa had departed.[14][15] It was also stated that Greg Minier (The Crucified) would record solos on the album.[14][15] On September 28, 2017, it was announced that Deliverance had signed to Roxx Records and 3 Frogz Records, who released the band's eleventh studio album,The Subversive Kind, in early 2018.[16][17] On October 28, 2017, the band released their debut single off of the album, "The Black Hand", accompanied with a lyric video.[18] On February 20, 2020 the band announced bassist Victor Macias was going to be replaced with Manny Morales.[19]
By early 2024, Deliverance had once again reunited bassist Manny Morales and guitarist George Ochoa and recruited Phil Borrero as their new drummer. The band also has a new studio album in the works, tentatively titledTwelve.[20]
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| Name | Instrument | Years |
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| Jimmy P. Brown II | lead vocals, rhythm guitar, keyboards | 1985–1996, 2001–2002, 2006–2011, 2012–present |
| George Ochoa | lead guitars | 1990–1991, 2014–2017, 2024-present |
| Brian Khairullah | bass | 1985–1990, 1992–1993, 2000–2001. 2024-present |
| Jim Chaffin | drums | 1990–1991, 2014–2024, 2024–present |
| Name | Instrument | Years | |
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| Alan Bostwick | bass | 1985 | |
| Rick Hawksinger | guitar | 1985 | |
| Larry Farkas | lead guitar | 1985–1987 | |
| Mike Banash | lead guitar | 1987 | |
| Jonathan Maddux | lead guitar, keyboards | 1993–1995 | |
| Matt Winslow | lead guitar | 1995 | |
| Marcus N. Colon | lead guitar | 1987, 1995–1996 | |
| Lael Clark | lead guitar | 2001–2002 | |
| Mike Phillips | lead guitar | 1991–1993, 2006–2014 | |
| Manny Morales | bass | 1985, 1993–1997, 2001–2002, 2012–2014, 2020–2024 | |
| Mike Grato | bass | 1991–1992 | |
| Tim Kronyak | bass | 2006–2011 | |
| Victor Macias | bass | 2014–2020 | |
| Chris Hyde | drums | 1985–1990 (deceased 2015)[23] | |
| John Gonzales | drums | 1991 | |
| Kevin Lee | drums | 1991–1993, 2006 | |
| Jeff Mason | drums | 1995–1996 | |
| Mike Reed | drums | 2007–2011 | |
| David Gilbreath | keyboards | 2001–2002 | |
| Glenn Rogers | lead guitar | 1987–1989, 2017–2024 | |
| Phil Borrero | drums | 2024 |
| Name | Instrument | Years |
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| John Christianson | drums | 1991 |
| Steve Zcone | drums | 1993 |
| Corin Jae Scott | keyboards, backing vocals | 2007–2011 |
| Eli Prinsen | vocals | 2010 |
| Junior Reed(former drummer, Mike Reed's son) | guitar | 2010 |
| Eric Bradfield | lead guitar | 1995-1996 |
| Name | Instrument | Years |
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| Jim Calvert | drums | 2001 |
| Justin DeTie | guitars | 2001 |
| Jesse Rivera | drums (deceased 2006)[24] | 2001 |
| Jeremy Moffett | drums | 1995 |
| Jayson Sherlock | drums | 2011–2013 |
| Jon Knox | drums | 1993–1995 |
| Ian Baird | drums | 2001–2002 |
| Greg Minier | guitars | 2017 |
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