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  • FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE — Voting has launched for the 4th annual The Grizzly Awards, celebrating faith-based rock and metal. Fans can cast their votes at https://rockon.ink/VoteGrizzlies until February 6. 

    This year, fans are invited to cast one ballot, which they can edit at any time until voting closes. The categories have been pared back to focus on the single unifying factor that joins musicians, industry professionals, and fans: the music and its purpose.

    “As we continue to navigate the challenges of stewarding the Grizzlies vision, we’re constantly innovating to do so in a way that’s responsible with our resources,” offers The Grizzly Awards team, which includes Mary Nikkel, Joel Burris, Cindy Blankenship and Trevor Tyson. “Like the artists we celebrate, we’re committed to being agile. That means that we’re keeping logistics simple this year to focus on what matters most: the music and the mission.”

    Fans can vote in 10 categories, with an additional write-in category meant to honor individual band members. You can see all nominees listed below.

    The Grizzly Awards is fan-powered in more than just the votes: as a not-for-profit entity, The Grizzlies depend entirely on fan donations in order to produce the event and supply artists with awards. Donations can be made through PayPal to thegrizzlyawards@gmail.com, or Venmo to @Mary-Nikkel. All donations of $50 or above will get a limited edition Grizzlies poster.

    Business sponsorships are also available upon request. You can email thegrizzlyawards@gmail.com to learn more.

    The winners of the awards will be determined through a combination of fan votes and the votes of a specialized industry panel of experts. Results will be announced in a livestream within the next few months. 

    Rock Album of the Year

    1. Apophysitis by Fight the Fade

    2. Death by Admiration by Seventh Day Slumber

    3. Dominion by Skillet

    4. Break The Silence by Love Like Gravity

    5. No Surrender by Behold the Beloved

    6. Soul Surgery by Nate Parrish

    7. Nazirites by Chaotic Resemblance 

    8. The Final Battle by Stryper

    Metal Album of the Year

    1. The Hell We Create by Fit For a King

    2. Amidst the Hallowed and the Vanquished by Diamonds to Dust

    3. Children of the Great Extinction by Becoming the Archetype

    4. Eulogies by Wolves At The Gate

    5. EXILE by Demon Hunter

    6. The Woods Will End You by Brotality

    7. Pain Split by Please the Widow’s Cause

    8. Punishing Myself Before God Does by Confessions of a Traitor 

    Rock Song of the Year

    1. “Words of Fire” by Kutless

    2. “Dear God” by Matt Sassano 

    3. “Black Knight” by Saved by Skarlet

    4. “Halos” by Seventh Day Slumber

    5. “Devil’s In the Details” by Love Like Gravity

    6. “Ashes to Ashes” by Stryper

    7. “Remnant” by Ignescent 

    8. “My Chaos” by Relentless Flood

    Metal Song of the Year

    1. “Medicated” by Amongst the Giants

    2. “Stigmata” by Convictions

    3. “The Lost Colony” by Becoming the Archetype

    4. “Make Believe” by Memphis May Fire

    5. “Metatropolis” by Project 86 

    6. “Burn the Witches” by Maylene and the Sons of Disaster

    7. “Creed of Blasphemy” by Diamonds to Dust

    8. “Peace That Starts the War” by Wolves At the Gate

    Alt Rock Song of the Year

    1. “God Knows” by Nate Parrish

    2. “Bottom of the Barrel” by Rusty Shipp

    3. “Empress in Exile” by Remedy Drive

    4. “Cozy Town” by Stonewall Static

    5. “I Don’t Wanna Live Like This” by Gable Price and Friends

    6. “Wendy Darling” by Tyson Motsenbocker

    7. “Keep the Faith” by Fuel4Soul

    8. “Circles” by Anberlin

    Electronic Rock Single of the Year

    1. “I’ll Carry You” by Stephen Stanley and Tommee Profitt

    2. “Adrift” by David Pataconi 

    3. “Fight” by Reclaimers

    4. “Under Winter Stars” by Angel Machine

    5. “Not Dead” by Amongst Wolves

    Collaboration Song of the Year

    1. “Ancestry” by August Burns Red

    2. “Ruins” by BTA

    3. “Sorry is a Dirty Word” by Matt Sassano and Azariah

    4. “Die for Something” by Zahna

    5. “Amen to That” by Trampolines and Kevin Young

    6. “Chasm” by Then it Ends

    7. “End of the World” by Kutless feat Kevin Young

    8. “Silence the World” by Demon Hunter feat.Tom S. Englund

    Braveheart (Faith Forward) Song of the Year

    1. “Master” by Demon Hunter

    2. “Creed” by Holyname

    3. “Unleavened” by Collapse//Revive

    4. “Fairest Jesus” by Chaotic Resemblance

    5. “He’s Coming” by Les Carlsen

    6. “Psalm of the Depths” by Bloodlines

    7. “Ashes to Ashes” by Stryper

    8. “Come Alive” by Honor & Glory

    Music Video of the Year

    1. “Searchlights” by Bayless

    2. “Metatropolis” by Project 86

    3. “Heavy” by RELENT

    4. “Die for Something” by Zahna

    5. “Dear God” by Matt Sassano

    6. “Lights and Fire” by Wolves At the Gate

    7. “The Lost Colony” by BTA

    8. “Framing My Perception” by GFM

    Industry Champion

    1. Katie Slater

    2. Chad Fenner

    3. Matt Arcaini

    4. Sean Ely

    5. William Lee Moore

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    Voting launches for 4th Annual The Grizzly Awards, celebrating faith-based rock and metal

    Voting launches for 4th Annual The Grizzly Awards, celebrating faith-based rock and metal

  • Candace Coker – Desert – Visualizer

    Candace Coker – Desert – Visualizer

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    Emily Faith – Hopes Up

  • Skillet – Finish Line (feat. Adam Gontier) [Official Audio]

    Skillet – Finish Line (feat. Adam Gontier) [Official Audio]

  • Matt Redman Halfway Empty Audio Video

    Matt Redman Halfway Empty Audio Video

  • Good Ground | Citizens (Official Audio Video)

    Good Ground | Citizens (Official Audio Video)

  • Equippers Revolution – “This Is Forever”

    Equippers Revolution – “This Is Forever”

  • Hannah Schaefer – “Never Walk Alone” (Official Audio Video)

    Hannah Schaefer – “Never Walk Alone” (Official Audio Video)

  • Lauren Muzyka, Founder, President & CEO of Sidewalk Advocates for Life speaks with CMADDICT.com’s Kevin Thorson about why she founded SAFL, their mission, current pro-life issues, the March for Life and more!

    For those who may not have heard of your organization yet, could you tell us about Sidewalk Advocates for Life and what you do?

    Sidewalk Advocates for Life is the nation’s largest sidewalk advocacy training organization. Our goal is to have trained Sidewalk Advocates serving on the sidewalk outside every abortion facility and (in states where abortion is banned or limited) every facility that refers out of state for abortion, offering life-affirming services, support, and the love of Christ to pregnant moms in crisis.

    We have developed a comprehensive training to help people understand the best way to approach abortion-vulnerable women and men, to introduce them to the local pregnancy resource center, to provide information about abortion pill reversal, and to connect them with local resources for the issues that have really brought them to the abortion or abortion-referral facility – financial trouble, domestic abuse, health concerns, and more.

    With more than 235 locations across the country – and growing – we have seen, through God’s grace, nearly 19,000 women served and babies saved; 30 abortion facility closures; and 85 abortion workers leave the industry.

    What are your main duties as President and CEO of SAFL?

    I’m also the founder of SAFL – and I have to say, my duties have evolved as our organization has grown and we’ve brought on more team members. I’m no longer the chief cook and bottle washer! That being said, I work closely with the other members of the leadership team to keep a close eye on the growth of our program across the country (and beyond), general operations and communications, and – of course – the fundraising that allows us to keep expanding and serving more and more clients.

    I’m a detail-oriented person – I’m an attorney by trade – but my real focus as President & CEO is to maintain a high-level outlook for our organization, on the pro-life movement, and on the abortion landscape all across our country. I’ve been in the movement for a long time – my first sidewalk advocacy experience was as a college student – so that deep experience and my robust relationships help me to make decisions to help SAFL grow, to inform and support our leaders across the country, and to change gears as needed.

    How and why did you decide to dedicate your life to fighting for the unborn and their families?

    Someone invited me! A personal invitation to do something good for our brothers and sisters – to do something for God – carries so much power.

    It started when I was a teenager in college, and Coalition for Life came to my church and invited members to join them in fighting to protect the gift of life. I thought, “I can do that. I can go pray in silent witness for the mothers and unborn just one hour a week.” So, the first year as a student, I committed to an hour of prayer in front of Planned Parenthood every week.

    Then some of us were invited to get trained as a sidewalk counselor – and I was one of them. I was lucky enough to be trained by well-known sidewalk counselor Karen Black, a devout Baptist from Georgia. It was there that I learned that to succeed in saving a preborn baby’s life, you have to reach the mom. She’s the one making the decision. We’re not out there to counsel the baby! We have to reach the mom’s heart to try to end abortion for that family in that moment.

    Then, the summer before law school, I was invited to join a local sidewalk counseling team. I spent a whole summer serving at the six Dallas-area abortion facilities – and it changed the course of my life. I continued outreach while in law school in Michigan. And when I returned home to Texas, and was preparing to be a prosecutor, I was invited to join the 40 Days for Life National Team as their Campaign Strategist.

    I found that across the country, there were people undergoing solid sidewalk counseling training, but their efforts petered out because they didn’t have any support or infrastructure behind them. 

    That was when I felt the Lord calling me to give my life to sidewalk advocacy – to create a ready-made sidewalk advocacy program with training, tools, and support for people who desired to make a difference for life, much like 40 Days for Life had done for those who wanted to lead a 40-day prayer campaign.

    Since the SCOTUS decision to overturn Roe vs Wade, has the pro-life movement seen any downturn in support due to a sense of complacency?

    I wouldn’t say there’s been a downturn – but there certainly is a need for education.

    To put it bluntly: just because abortion has been limited or banned in some states, that does not mean that abortion has been eradicated in our country. And even if, God willing, abortion is one day abolished all across the US, that does not mean that there will no longer be pregnant women who need our love and support.

    We have leaders all across the country who are facing brand-new challenges because of the Dobbs decision. In states like California, New Mexico, Illinois, and on and on, the numbers of women coming to abortion facilities has grown – sometimes tremendously. In states like Texas, Mississippi, and Idaho, women are continuing to come to Planned Parenthood facilities – not because they hope to obtain an abortion there, but because they are seeking a referral to a facility in a state where abortion is legal.

    We need to reach both groups of women: those who are planning to leave their home state, not realizing the support that is available to them locally – and those who are at the abortion facility, not realizing that there are life-affirming options available to them and their babies.

    What are abortion clinics doing to provide access to those living in states that have enacted abortion bans?

    The biggest effort we are seeing right now is opening abortion-referral facilities. In a state like Texas, for instance, where abortion is illegal, a woman can go to a Planned Parenthood and get a referral to an abortion facility in New Mexico, where abortion is legal.

    There are large abortion funds that are paying the travel expenses for women going out of state for abortions.

    There are mobile abortion units in states where abortion is illegal – but they focus their service on the state line, the border between the abortion-legal state and an abortion-banned state.

    And, of course, there is the ongoing push to provide chemical abortion to women without so much as requiring them to see a physician to get the prescription. These DIY abortions are incredibly dangerous, and spotlight the obvious truth that, despite what it claims, the abortion industry does not care about women or women’s health.

    How are you adjusting your response to these changes?

    We are working on a couple of new initiatives to empower Sidewalk Advocates to advance their outreach, no matter the legal status of abortion in their state. Foremost among these initiatives is building partnerships between SAFL locations in different states, so a location in abortion-free Texas, for example, can work with a location in abortion-legal New Mexico to support Texans who have crossed the state line – or are considering crossing it – to get a legal abortion. We are also working on a storehouse of resources that will make it easier for that New Mexico Sidewalk Advocate to serve that abortion facility client who traveled from Texas – providing her with resources right there in New Mexico, as well as resources that are local to her home.

    With some pharmacies now offering easier access to the abortion pill, how can you reach a woman contemplating ending a pregnancy this way?

    From our earliest days, we have served women seeking chemical abortion – and we’ve been sharing the miraculous news of Abortion Pill Reversal with women who are heading in to their first appointment … as well as with women who are heading home after having taken the first of the two-pill regimen. (In case you don’t know, it is possible to halt the chemical abortion process if a woman has taken only the first of the two pills. Thousands of lives have been saved with this life-saving regimen!)

    Now that the abortion industry is so intent on selling DIY abortions, the pro-life movement has to be both creative and strategic in reaching women to share the truth about this horrific procedure, and the tremendous hope made possible by APR.

    As Sidewalk Advocates continue to expand their ministry into the proverbial town square, perhaps some locations will establish a presence outside their local drug stores. Perhaps they will establish an outreach to the local college campus. Perhaps they will utilize social media or other technologies to reach women in the same way the abortion industry strives to reach them. In fact, we are training a group of Sidewalk Advocates who comb through online chats and guide women to life-affirming resources like optionline.org!

    We are working together with all our locations to develop different types of responses to chemical abortion, so they are empowered to put into action the ones that work best for their unique community.

    How does the pro-life movement affirm and empower women?

    When you look at the way the abortion industry markets itself, their phrasing is all about empowerment, protecting rights, and lifting women up. But that’s just smoke and mirrors – outright lies, in fact. The abortion industry tells women that they aren’t strong enough, that they aren’t capable, that their physical nature is something to be fought. The abortion industry tells women, quite simply, that they aren’t okay the way they were created.

    The pro-life movement, on the other hand, celebrates women and womanhood. The power to create and nurture a brand new life – that’s an absolute miracle. And only a woman can do it. The ability to finish school, to have a career, to build a joy-filled life, AND to be a mom – women can do that. Women do do that! Pregnancy is not an illness – and abortion definitely isn’t a cure.

    Womanhood is a gift from God. Motherhood is a gift from God. And the pro-life movement honors those gifts in a way the abortion industry simply cannot – because to do so would destroy its very foundation.

    How is your organization preparing for the March for Life?

    We always take a group from the National Team to the March for Life, for a few reasons: it’s a fantastic way to energize for the year of life-saving work that lies ahead; it’s an incredible opportunity to meet with our friends and partners in the movement; and there is no better way for us to show the world around us that there is a huge contingent of Americans committed to preserving the right to life, to helping moms in crisis, and to saving pre-born lives.

    We’re exhibiting at the March for Life Expo and at the Students for Life of America Pro-Life Summit, which takes place the following day. In addition to speaking at the Summit, I’m also speaking at the Law of Life Summit, and introducing Vans for Life President & CEO Eddie Perez at the Vans for Life Gala. So I’ve been writing and practicing speeches, our team has been packing up the items for our booths and creating materials for us to share with attendees, and – of course – we’ve been watching the weather and trying to pack accordingly!

    What do you hope will come out of this year’s march?

    This is the first March for Life in a post-Roe America. I’m excited to gather with our friends and partners in the movement to celebrate the end of Roe, and to strategize even stronger, better ways to reach out to moms in crisis and share life-affirming resources with them.

    I’m hopeful that a huge turnout at the March will clearly demonstrate that the pro-life movement is still strong and active, and still focused on the bottom line: connecting women with the resources they need to choose LIFE.

    How can someone who’s interested get involved with your organization? Are there ways to donate?

    There are a number of different ways for people to get involved!

    First of all, we invite all your listeners to join or start a Sidewalk Advocates for Life location in their community. If there’s already an active location, they can find it listed at sidewalkadvocates.org/locations, and if there’s not a location, they can learn how to start one at sidewalkadvocates.org/apply

    We treasure our Ministry Partners, whose generosity funds this great mission. You can find a number of different ways to give at sidewalkadvocates.org/donate.

    And we invite everyone to become a member of our National Prayer Team. Every other week, we send out an email with prayer intentions for our Sidewalk Advocates, and for the moms and others they serve. You can sign up at sidewalkadvocates.org/prayerteam.

    As I mentioned, it was a series of invitations that led me into pro-life work. I want to make sure everyone reading this knows that WE INVITE YOU to join us on the sidewalk, to join us as a member of the National Prayer Team or as a Ministry Partner. All of us are needed to reach pregnant moms in crisis – to help them get the life-affirming resources they need, and to help save the lives of their preborn babies.

    I hope to see you on the sidewalk!

     

    Follow Sidewalk Advocates for Life: Website – Twitter – Facebook – YouTube

    Interview with Lauren Muzyka, Founder, President & CEO of Sidewalk Advocates for Life

    Interview with Lauren Muzyka, Founder, President & CEO of Sidewalk Advocates for Life

  • LIVE Coverage: March for Life 2023

    LIVE Coverage: March for Life 2023

  • Phil Wickham – This Is Our God (Official Music Video)

    Phil Wickham – This Is Our God (Official Music Video)

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    Hulvey, Lecrae – WALK (Official Audio)

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    Pray without ceasing.

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    TAYA – All About Jesus (Radio Version) (Official Lyric Video)

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  • FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE — Disciple has released their first new music in over three years with “The Executioner.” The brutally heavy track is now streaming everywhere at https://ffm.bio/disciple. “The Executioner” is the first single from Skeleton Psalms, the band’s upcoming full-length album, due out from Tooth & Nail Records on April 28.

    The mainstay rockers also released a music video for “The Executioner,” directed by Joel Burris. With visuals as bleak as the song’s crushing riffs and stark lyrics, the music video provides insight into the song’s themes. You can watch the video on YouTube.

    “The song is about coming to grips with your flaws, your failures, your shame, your sin,” frontman Kevin Young explains. It’s realizing that no, I don’t want to celebrate anything about what I’ve done in this life. I want to lay my life down in exchange for a better one that God has for me.”

    In that context, the executioner is an emissary of a merciful death: the death to self that leads to resurrection.

    Young says, “We wanted to do a video that had an executioner in it, a video about really coming to grips with letting go of your life. I think that’s the part of Christianity that’s so beautiful. You get to this place where you’re ready to let go of all that you’ve had, ready to surrender and give yourself to God. We’re always ready to receive from Him. But the moment when we’re ready to surrender everything to Him, that’s the death to ourselves. The idea of laying down my life becomes this beautiful idea, as opposed to a dark and sinister idea. I sing ‘my beautiful executioner.’ This is what I want.”

    That concept is illustrated by a death row storyline that leads to a dark end — and a new beginning.

    “The Executioner” delivers the signature musical ferocity and spiritual weight that listeners have come to expect from Kevin Young (vocals), Josiah Prince (guitar), Joey West (drums) and Andrew Stanton (guitar). It’s a trademark that carries throughout the songs that comprise Skeleton Psalms, which will be Disciple’s 13th full-length studio album. Thematically, “The Executioner” is the perfect introduction to this new era.

    “The three themes you can expect from the album are human depravity, the love, mercy and unconditional love of God and also, ultimately, victory,” Kevin Young reveals.

    Fans were introduced to “The Executioner” the same day that Disciple embarked on Winter Jam, the annual 40 city Christian music megatour that will span coast to coast between now and the end of March. A full list of tour dates is available at disciplerocks.com/tour. The band is also offering exclusive Tour Bus Experience packages for Winter Jam’s duration, which can be purchased at tourbusexperience.eventbrite.com. 


    You can find “The Executioner” on all platforms at  https://ffm.bio/disciple, where Skeleton Psalms will also be available to presave.

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    Disciple releases brutal new single ‘The Executioner,’ announces full-length album Skeleton Psalms

    Disciple releases brutal new single ‘The Executioner,’ announces full-length album Skeleton Psalms

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