For me this is the album that made me adore MC. There are some hidden gems on this one. Conductor! Subtle War! GOASC! Mike I'm going to miss you! I'm glad I met you man.
If my memory is wright..The album cover was part of the reason Mike quite! The record company did that garbage cover and was pushing them in a direction he didn't want to go! R.I.P Mike Howe and David Wayne 🙏
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I've been depressed for most of my adult life, but I'd be a lot less depressed if I was in a signed band who toured and played big festivals in Europe.
Mike Howe is gone, and for the population Joey Jordinsons death on the same day cast a shadow over Mike. It felt like he was instantly forgotten. A metal legend. Unique in every aspect, always in a good way. Love Mike. Rest in Power.
You know it brother Mike Howe metal legend, metal pioneer,, Joey jordison metal soldier both fabulous valuable assets to the progression of metal and its power
this explains alot, Slipknot were the Metal/Alternative Beatles of the mid 2000s, and still an A list act, so the media definitely would have spent alot of time talking about Joey, overshadowing alot of events, including Mike Howes passing, I love both Mike and Joey though (Joey also nearly joined Exhorder!).... I only recently started Vibing with Metal Church properly, always knowing who they were since around 2009-10, but Hanging in the balance really struck a chord with me a few months ago after checking out a canadian band called Zions Abyss, discovering hanging in the balance was a total happy accident, so far its been a big part of soundtrack 2023 for me (I know when Im older and hear Hanging in the Balance Ill look back and be taken to 2023 in my mind/memory) ... then I discover Mike Howe died in 2021 and of course, what a bummer for me getting into them so late.... RIP to Mike and Joey
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I've heard that too. They're both clueless and spiteful. Idiots. I'm so glad he's back! I hope they can eventually get as many people from his line up as possible.
for many, many years, this was the most prized tape in my collection. it still is. this album set a standard of quality that few albums by any band can duplicate or replicate rip mr howe
This is the first album I heard by MC back about 10 years ago at a used CD shop. I fell in love with it instantly and to me, it is a classic as I like or love every track on it! I've listened to metal since '81 when I was 14, but there are some bands like MC that I'm getting the pleasure of just discovering. It's like digging up gold! So sorry to hear Mike Howe is gone. Only 2 years older than me. What a shame.
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Once you saw the title "Little Boy", you thought in your head "Is this about the first atomic bomb dropped on Japan of the same name?" Yup! That is what I thought, anyway!
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Love this style of Metal!!! Figures the best that got lost 😢😢I always wandered what happened to this Band... Still Bang my head... When I hear it 🎤🎤🎤🎤🎤🎤🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸👍👍👍👍🍻🍻
Mike Howe is gone. Still can't believe it. His death is hitting me hard. Great singer and literary brought metal church back on his second go around. RIP brother. You will be missed.
They were full steam ahead....kurdt is a great musician and kept the church going. And mike to me was the missing piece of the puzzle. RIP mike. I hope there is happiness on the other side.
Tonight, 12/19/21 is the first time I'm hearing of his passing. I only started getting into them about 10 years ago, after hearing this album and thinking I'd struck gold after being a headbanger since a teen in the early 80's! Feeling a little funny right now and a little sad about it, realizing he took his own life. So sad. I just love his voice on this album! RIP Mr Howe!
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Mike's death truly did leave a huge hole in my heart. Still haven't fully recovered from it, can't believe it's creeping up to almost half a year since it happened...
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Totally agree. This is some of their best writing, honestly. Gonna miss Mike. I belive we should do a lot more to help those struggling with mental health issues & destroy the stigma attached to it to keep them with us longer.
Thanks 2 the whole metal church crew this band has been such a gift when I was a paper route bmx kid the dark album was thundering in my head phones we will miss you Mike rest in peace .
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Listening to “gods of second chance” and knowing what Mike did to himself as so strange. Whoever reads this, no matter what demons you fight, don’t give up on yourself. May Mike rest in peace...
I've always been a big Metal Church fan, but i ignored this after it came out. Not sure why? The cover art? Just listened to it and can't believe I missed it!!!! Definitely as good as any other album by the guys. Rock on!
Thank you for downloading this album. I have been looking for it for years now. I remember "No Friend of Mine" when it came out back in the 90s. It's good to hear it again after all of these years.
I remember when this album came out..Metal scene was pretty much dead at the time with Grunge bands and Techno crap blasting on every corner, I just could not believed my ears first time I've listened to the whole CD ...definitely best Heavy Metal album of the 90'ies and in top 10 list of best Metal albums of all time. (someone should remaster this Masterpiece and make suiting album cover)
No way, but good. Saw them live in Seattle when they first released it. Some weak tracks on it. And the cover is their worst. Not as Good as any Nevermore or second Sanctuary album from the 90's. Dude, there are some 90's masterworks of metal.
That's exactly what I was thinking. This album cover was one of the reasons Mike Howe quit the band and left the music industry all together. Until of course his return to the band in 2015. But yeah, the band needs to remaster all of the albums up to this point and redo the cover art. I remember when I was in a record store looking for something completely different in '93 and found this album on cassette with this horrendous cover art which was not inline with anything Church had put out before, I wondered if it was an official release or of it was some cheap bootleg of a live performance or something. I bought it anyway and honestly didn't play it much. I still jammed to Blessings in Disguise ('89) and Human Factor ('91) quite a bit though. It's really funny looking back at those years though. Metal was a relatively new genre and there wasn't that many band and albums out so it was quite easy to become intimately familiar with them. But now 30+ years later with shit tons more bands and albums, it's hard to really get into any one band or album long enough to learn the albums by heart. But you're right about the time this album came out...1993...traditional 80s metal was dead and Grunge and Rap were playing all over the place. So to find a new Metal Church release in 93 was quite weird.
@@mgdarenz Well, possibly, but the mid 90s (93 to 97) were the worst years in metal ever. It was a dark time for the Rebellion then, that's for sure. As a 80s metalhead, I thought metal was dead for good during those years. But thankfully the birth of European power metal in 97 with the likes of HammerFall and Primal Fear to name a few, metal had been reborn. Grave Digger was on its comeback in 93 onwards too, so there's that. Iced Earth in America was born in 1990 or so. That god for Jon Schafer.
@@WhatDayIsItTrumpDay Exactly. But we still had great bands here. I lived in Seattle and could see and knew the guys from Nevermore. And Warrel turned me on to some European bands, and the rest we discovered in other countries.
I normally don't bother with reading the comments. It's always a bunch of silly cunts who hide behind the keys and complain rather than create art of their own. But after reading the comments here, it was awesome to see this band get the love and respect they've earned. Sort of restores my faith in our metal family.
Oooeeeefffff..... Listening to this with a heavy heart... Met Mike on their '94 european tour... Big thanks to my friend Toni of Megora for getting me backstage... By 1995 I had to deal with some personal stuff and metal in general was attached to that in a negative way... So skipped most metal out of my life for a loooong time... But this definately can be included again... One of the few metal bands that can make me cry with lyrics so sincere and a voice so strong. Mike, you're missed.
Hard to believe he is gone. I was excited he came back to Metal Church. The band produce 3 albums. RIP....Mike we will truly miss you, but your music will live on.
Band was on its knees practically when it recorded this on Joan Jetts small record label. Financially and spiritually in turmoil. Nobody really heard it at the time but what a lost classic it is
@@JCStorm76 Nah. 1992/93/94 was the best time ever for heavy music - Soundgarden, Alice In Chains, Tool, Danzig, Helmet, and of course Pantera, one of the greatest metal bands ever.
@@JCStorm76 That's when traditional metal (and also glam metal) died, but that genre had become stale and boring by 1984 anyway. The only good metal after 1984 was thrash metal and that genre was also becoming uninspired by 1989. The bands I mentioned above were a breath of fresh air for heavy music and deeper, darker and more soulful than traditional metal bands, and they wrote about personal and existential topics rather than juvenile swords and sorcery/fantasy lyrics. I love late 70's/early 80's traditional metal and mid-to-late 80's thrash metal, but after that metal had nothing new, unique or exciting to offer and had become really cheesy. And bands such as Soundgarden and Alice In Chains were very influenced by Sabbath and other metal bands, but they took that sound in awesome new directions.
I love Mike and the whole MC family of musicians. Everyone has made a fantastic contribution at one time or another. I've been a fan from the beginning and have met most of the guys who've been in the band. I think this record/CD needs a re-master and new cover... Then release it again. Great songs.
Metal Church is a great band from Aberdeen Seattle USA and they have a great HM-Thrash Metal sound vibe and they are very important for me.I have listened to all but my prefered is the debut Metal Church and this particular album Hanging In The Balance is not bad but good enough for my Metal Hunger.Metal Church is a fave band for me and Thrash Metal kickin' ass band.They mix Heavy with Thrash never repeating schemes or songs.In fact,they are METAL GODS!!! Great album this
01. 00:00 - Gods of Second Chance 02. 05:21 - Losers in the Game 03. 10:32 - Hypnotize 04. 15:11 - No Friend of Mine 05. 19:06 - Waiting for a Savior 06. 24:52 - Conductor 07. 29:01 - Little Boy 08. 37:10 - Down to the River 09. 42:09 - End of the Age 10. 49:25 - Lovers and Madmen 11. 52:12 - A Subtle War
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I've never heard Metal Church before, I just wanted to check this out because the singer was on Blabbermouth complaining about the shitty cover. Well, he was right, the cover is horrendous but wow, this is an excellent album! I'll have to check out more Metal Church now!
This ones good for sure but yeah you mentioned my two favorites although I drifted away from MC after The Human Factor. I tried to get back into them but without Wayne or Howe fronting I just had a hard time with it.
Metal church was a big part of my young adult music influences. This was a period of my life that the two back to back releases Human Factor and Hanging in the Balance changed my writing and my vocal approach. I saw your post on this ...I was looking to listen to this in my reflective moment and I had to chime in.
Many thanx LMHG2 for uploading this fucking-tastic METAL CHURCH´s 1993 HANGING IN THE BALANCE!!👏...This is my very first time to hear & see this superb 90´s stuff!!🤟🤘..GREAT CONTRIBUTION!!...I've spent very intense, entertained & enjoyable 56:24 minutes!!😄...Greetings of a Chilean Rocker/Metalhead friend based in SANTIAGO, CHILE, SOUTH AMERICA!! ..My name is Sebastian Andrew Sierpe Toral, i'm 51 yo. KEEP ON ROCKIN' & METALIN' IN THE FREE WORLD BROTHER!!🤘🤟 ..STAY HEAVY!!👊💪
wow. This a undiscovered gem. They try so hard to get that first album vibe. The strange vocal parts. The lead guitar and its delay. Its then also a different thing as well. I am amazed by its depth. The usual arpeggios are all to hear. the succinct and to the point leads as ever are just perfect. They also thrash out at times. An amazing album that I did not give the time. That cover. Man I sold this album. Now I am hearing amazing songs.True metal anthemic stuff. An amazing album.
The band let all their frustration and disillusion shine through on this album. To me, is the best album of the Mike Howe era, but the last two albums with also had some good songs, but it was mostly hit and miss. My suggestions are Signal Path and Out of Balance. Also, there's a great song on Generation Nothing called Hits Keep Comin'. Great track from an uneven album.
I hated this record when it came out....was a big fan of David Wayne and didn't think this one was as heavy as the previous 2 with Mike Howe.....and the cover sucked so bad you didn't want to pick it up.....but like 25 years later I heard a bonus track, Low to Overdrive, that totally jams - and when I gave the whole thing another chance - I realized - greatness
snap! like some later Maiden, or early Priest, I only 'got' later in life. I wanted Blessing pt 2 and 3 at the time...but that was looong time ago. R.i.P. Mike Howe
so ready for the new album!! it's a shame that this album flew so low under the radar. The album cover was terrible.. it couldn't have helped.. But what a great album Hanging in the balance was
For me, the cover attracted me! Because it was so strange looking for back then. And even today too. But nonetheless I had to hear it when I saw it. It didn't defer me. In 1993 I was already 100% familiar with Metal Church and what they were about. So the cover didn't scare me away. It did the opposite. Anyway it ain't that bad! I like it actually. It's hilarious looking!
I got to hear you tonight I got to know that you care you got me down on my knees and I'm praying and I got to know you really there put on a smile and fake your way into another door but only if you've had more luck than a thousand times before a few more years a few more tears we,ll not be losers in the game! No one's born in hatred it's something that you learn what makes you hate someone skin or someone's race you must think you have more right to be living in this place I don't know what you feel but have you lost your mind? afraid to take a look at yourself afraid of the things you will find You're no friend of mine! Black and white and yellow living side-by-side we taught them children equal But your no friend of mine! See the castles burn and smoke In your mind and tears in your eyes as the world keeps turning A carousel horse who is constantly lost standing still but always running until you grow old and your mountains of gold couldn't buy you any more time☠ And all of those things that you've needed so bad you have found they mean nothing!
I’ve loved this album ever since it’s first release. You should check out the predecessor, Human Factor released in 1991. It’s 90s smart but 80s powerful! You might end up liking it even more.
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R.I.P Mike Howe!
Can't believe Mike Howe is gone, huge loss for metal. Ignore the cover.....this album is amazing.
Yep, cover is a crap, but the record is brilliant. Poor Mike...55...second singer from the band gone too early...:(
Was my favorite MC album. Don't know why its not on Spotify. Saw this tour too.
For me this is the album that made me adore MC. There are some hidden gems on this one. Conductor! Subtle War! GOASC!
Mike I'm going to miss you! I'm glad I met you man.
@@fleshmagnet1236 its funny lol.
If my memory is wright..The album cover was part of the reason Mike quite! The record company did that garbage cover and was pushing them in a direction he didn't want to go! R.I.P Mike Howe and David Wayne 🙏
RIP Mike, the metal world will miss you. Prayers for your family and friends, will be missed....but never forgotten. Be at peace my brother
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Loved Mike and his voice. Such a tragedy. Depression is real and painful. RIP Mike.
I've been depressed for most of my adult life, but I'd be a lot less depressed if I was in a signed band who toured and played big festivals in Europe.
@@jacobthomas9365 Then you don't know what real, clinical depression is. STFU and stop belittling mental illness and the people who suffer from it.
@@jacobthomas9365 everyone's situations different.
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Obviously, but it all comes down to having faith and the will to live, regardless of the situation.
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Arrived here after listening to The Dark, which I owned as a youth. Never heard this album before, but damn does it rock! I'm on board!
Mike Howe is gone, and for the population Joey Jordinsons death on the same day cast a shadow over Mike. It felt like he was instantly forgotten. A metal legend. Unique in every aspect, always in a good way. Love Mike. Rest in Power.
You know it brother Mike Howe metal legend, metal pioneer,, Joey jordison metal soldier both fabulous valuable assets to the progression of metal and its power
no, it didn't cast a shadow over Mike Howe, also, I just learnt from you.
Who is Joey Jorgenson
this explains alot, Slipknot were the Metal/Alternative Beatles of the mid 2000s, and still an A list act, so the media definitely would have spent alot of time talking about Joey, overshadowing alot of events, including Mike Howes passing, I love both Mike and Joey though (Joey also nearly joined Exhorder!).... I only recently started Vibing with Metal Church properly, always knowing who they were since around 2009-10, but Hanging in the balance really struck a chord with me a few months ago after checking out a canadian band called Zions Abyss, discovering hanging in the balance was a total happy accident, so far its been a big part of soundtrack 2023 for me (I know when Im older and hear Hanging in the Balance Ill look back and be taken to 2023 in my mind/memory) ... then I discover Mike Howe died in 2021 and of course, what a bummer for me getting into them so late.... RIP to Mike and Joey
They're dropping like flies...
Mike will be forever missed love this cover
Listening in 2023. RIP Howe !
2024, cheers! Hoping to come across a copy on vinyl. I'd buy 10 just to hand them out as an example of "don't judge a book by its cover." RIP
What fucking band! RIP legend Such an original and top class band so underrated. One of the best metal bands from America full-time undoubtably
R.I.P Mike Howe. Gone but never forgotten
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The true definition of 'Dont jugde a book by its cover'
Strongersevillian This albums priceless
Strongersevillian Mike's voice is stronger than ever now
Absolutely, it's one the best things I own, period.
I've heard that too. They're both clueless and spiteful. Idiots. I'm so glad he's back! I hope they can eventually get as many people from his line up as possible.
Martin, Iv' ALWAYS asked that SAME question.......clueless,spiteful little shits, most all of 'em !!!!!!!!!!!!!
for many, many years, this was the most prized tape in my collection. it still is.
this album set a standard of quality that few albums by any band can duplicate or replicate
rip mr howe
This is the first album I heard by MC back about 10 years ago at a used CD shop. I fell in love with it instantly and to me, it is a classic as I like or love every track on it! I've listened to metal since '81 when I was 14, but there are some bands like MC that I'm getting the pleasure of just discovering. It's like digging up gold! So sorry to hear Mike Howe is gone. Only 2 years older than me. What a shame.
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Tapes are 🤌🏻🤌🏻🤌🏻
1 - "Gods of Second Chance" - 0:00 ~ 5:20;
2 - "Losers in the Game" - 5:21 ~ 10:27;
3 - "Hypnotize" - 10:30 ~ 15:10;
4 - "No Friend of Mine" - 15:11 ~ 19:05;
5 - "Waiting for a Savior" - 19:06 ~ 24:51;
6 - "Conductor" - 24:52 ~ 29:00;
7 - "Little Boy" - 29:01 ~ 37:09;
8 - "Down to the River" - 37:10 ~ 42:09;
9 - "End of the Age" -42:10 ~ 49:24;
10 - "Lovers and Madmen" - 49:25 ~ 52:11;
11 - "A Subtle War" - 52:12 ~ 56:24.
=]
GREAT SONGS.
There you are, thanks!
Thanks!
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Once you saw the title "Little Boy", you thought in your head "Is this about the first atomic bomb dropped on Japan of the same name?" Yup! That is what I thought, anyway!
Mike Howe is one of my top 5 metal singers.
We lost a great talent. I hope he finds peace, I miss him.
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R.I.P. Kirk Arrington.
Cover is perfect!!!
Rest in peace Mike Howe, God bless you
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Been blasting Mike Rowe era METAL CHURCH all day.
RIP MIKE 🤘
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Love this style of Metal!!! Figures the best that got lost 😢😢I always wandered what happened to this Band... Still Bang my head... When I hear it 🎤🎤🎤🎤🎤🎤🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸👍👍👍👍🍻🍻
Mike Howe is gone. Still can't believe it. His death is hitting me hard. Great singer and literary brought metal church back on his second go around. RIP brother. You will be missed.
They were full steam ahead....kurdt is a great musician and kept the church going. And mike to me was the missing piece of the puzzle. RIP mike. I hope there is happiness on the other side.
Unfortunately, he made the bad choice to take his own life.
Tonight, 12/19/21 is the first time I'm hearing of his passing. I only started getting into them about 10 years ago, after hearing this album and thinking I'd struck gold after being a headbanger since a teen in the early 80's! Feeling a little funny right now and a little sad about it, realizing he took his own life. So sad. I just love his voice on this album! RIP Mr Howe!
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Yeah, it's a bummer - depression sucks.
R.I.P. Mike Howe🖤you will live in our hearts and ears🤘🤘🤘
Best record with Mike Howe R.I.P.!!!
Was für eine geniale Scheibe, traurig vom Tod Mike Howes zu hören..R.I.P.
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Amazing music. Amazing album!! Great era 90s ✅🤘🎵🎧
Mike's death truly did leave a huge hole in my heart. Still haven't fully recovered from it, can't believe it's creeping up to almost half a year since it happened...
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... R.I.P. 2021 Mike Howe aka Michael Howe (METAL CHURCH 🇺🇸 from the USA, vocs between 1988 - 1995 and 2015 - 2021/ HERETIC 🇺🇸 from the USA, vocs between 1987 - 1988/ SNAIR 🇺🇸 from the USA, vocs on 'Demo 1988' demo 1988) ... 🤘 🇺🇸 🌻
my favourite Metal Church album of all time... RIP Mike Howe..
Totally agree. This is some of their best writing, honestly. Gonna miss Mike. I belive we should do a lot more to help those struggling with mental health issues & destroy the stigma attached to it to keep them with us longer.
Very well said.
Absolute quality album. RIP Mike Howe.
This is a great album for the ages. Metal f'n Church! !!!!
A true masterpiece 😍Awful cover artwork, but brilliant songs 🤘🔥🖤
Amazing album. Mike had such a kickass voice.
Thanks 2 the whole metal church crew this band has been such a gift when I was a paper route bmx kid the dark album was thundering in my head phones we will miss you Mike rest in peace .
One of the best albums in metal . period !!!
Thanks. I have always adored this metal album. Classic greatness across the board yet so underrated and underappreciated.
nope...not even close
Mikes An Amazing Vocalist Such a loss to everybody R.I.P
Sometimes sounds a lot like Geddy Lee
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There best album...so many strong songs.
I never understood that this is not in the top ten off any metal list.
Huh? I've seen it in many top tens. People who actually listen to metal (not rolling stone) have a high regard for this album.
I think this album's cover hurt this album.
@@waaaghboss64 I'd like to see the top ten lists you're referring.
+1. Album Cover shipwrecked sales
@@mikewingreen3001 Can't understand why. It's brilliant!
Listening to “gods of second chance” and knowing what Mike did to himself as so strange.
Whoever reads this, no matter what demons you fight, don’t give up on yourself.
May Mike rest in peace...
I've always been a big Metal Church fan, but i ignored this after it came out. Not sure why? The cover art? Just listened to it and can't believe I missed it!!!! Definitely as good as any other album by the guys. Rock on!
They need to remaster this and make a killer new cover and re-release it.
One of the best MC albums.
Thank you for downloading this album. I have been looking for it for years now. I remember "No Friend of Mine" when it came out back in the 90s. It's good to hear it again after all of these years.
I remember when this album came out..Metal scene was pretty much dead at the time with Grunge bands and Techno crap blasting on every corner, I just could not believed my ears first time I've listened to the whole CD ...definitely best Heavy Metal album of the 90'ies and in top 10 list of best Metal albums of all time. (someone should remaster this Masterpiece and make suiting album cover)
No way, but good. Saw them live in Seattle when they first released it. Some weak tracks on it. And the cover is their worst. Not as Good as any Nevermore or second Sanctuary album from the 90's. Dude, there are some 90's masterworks of metal.
That's exactly what I was thinking. This album cover was one of the reasons Mike Howe quit the band and left the music industry all together. Until of course his return to the band in 2015. But yeah, the band needs to remaster all of the albums up to this point and redo the cover art.
I remember when I was in a record store looking for something completely different in '93 and found this album on cassette with this horrendous cover art which was not inline with anything Church had put out before, I wondered if it was an official release or of it was some cheap bootleg of a live performance or something. I bought it anyway and honestly didn't play it much. I still jammed to Blessings in Disguise ('89) and Human Factor ('91) quite a bit though. It's really funny looking back at those years though. Metal was a relatively new genre and there wasn't that many band and albums out so it was quite easy to become intimately familiar with them. But now 30+ years later with shit tons more bands and albums, it's hard to really get into any one band or album long enough to learn the albums by heart.
But you're right about the time this album came out...1993...traditional 80s metal was dead and Grunge and Rap were playing all over the place. So to find a new Metal Church release in 93 was quite weird.
@@mgdarenz Well, possibly, but the mid 90s (93 to 97) were the worst years in metal ever. It was a dark time for the Rebellion then, that's for sure. As a 80s metalhead, I thought metal was dead for good during those years. But thankfully the birth of European power metal in 97 with the likes of HammerFall and Primal Fear to name a few, metal had been reborn. Grave Digger was on its comeback in 93 onwards too, so there's that. Iced Earth in America was born in 1990 or so. That god for Jon Schafer.
@@WhatDayIsItTrumpDay Exactly. But we still had great bands here. I lived in Seattle and could see and knew the guys from Nevermore. And Warrel turned me on to some European bands, and the rest we discovered in other countries.
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Soundgarden and Alice In Chains were way darker and heavier than any 80's metal except for Metallica and Slayer.
I normally don't bother with reading the comments. It's always a bunch of silly cunts who hide behind the keys and complain rather than create art of their own. But after reading the comments here, it was awesome to see this band get the love and respect they've earned. Sort of restores my faith in our metal family.
Headbanging to it !!! Metal Church Forever !!!
Обложка не главное,а содержимое под ней!!!альбом патрясный🤘🤘🤘👍👍👍
Oooeeeefffff..... Listening to this with a heavy heart... Met Mike on their '94 european tour... Big thanks to my friend Toni of Megora for getting me backstage... By 1995 I had to deal with some personal stuff and metal in general was attached to that in a negative way... So skipped most metal out of my life for a loooong time... But this definately can be included again... One of the few metal bands that can make me cry with lyrics so sincere and a voice so strong. Mike, you're missed.
mike Howe is a classic metal singer\M/💀💀💀
Hard to believe he is gone. I was excited he came back to Metal Church. The band produce 3 albums. RIP....Mike we will truly miss you, but your music will live on.
R.I.P. Mike Howe 😪😪😪😪😪😪
best album by Metal Church
Felipe Cepollini Amen
I agree 1000%🤘
Negative! this is a good release but....... First album and the dark are a true classics and kick ass so much ass! obviously better than this...
My sentiments exactly! First album and The Dark are great albums from beginning to end. This and their other releases are okay, but lacking.
@@DougRagman and don't forget Blessing in Disguise! Just about as close to a masterpiece as you can get!
Band was on its knees practically when it recorded this on Joan Jetts small record label. Financially and spiritually in turmoil. Nobody really heard it at the time but what a lost classic it is
Adding further insult to injury, thrash was on its way out and the cover art is just HIDEOUS.
@@cidiose It is hideous and 1993/94 was an awful time for metal. Great album though
@@JCStorm76
Nah. 1992/93/94 was the best time ever for heavy music - Soundgarden, Alice In Chains, Tool, Danzig, Helmet, and of course Pantera, one of the greatest metal bands ever.
@@dmitryowens You must be joking. That’s when metal died
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That's when traditional metal (and also glam metal) died, but that genre had become stale and boring by 1984 anyway. The only good metal after 1984 was thrash metal and that genre was also becoming uninspired by 1989. The bands I mentioned above were a breath of fresh air for heavy music and deeper, darker and more soulful than traditional metal bands, and they wrote about personal and existential topics rather than juvenile swords and sorcery/fantasy lyrics. I love late 70's/early 80's traditional metal and mid-to-late 80's thrash metal, but after that metal had nothing new, unique or exciting to offer and had become really cheesy. And bands such as Soundgarden and Alice In Chains were very influenced by Sabbath and other metal bands, but they took that sound in awesome new directions.
Rest in Power Mike
Mike Howe was one of the best singers in metal I think I always looked forward to hearing him
Great 👍 thanks for this very good album 👏 😅😊
Mike,you are not a "Loser in the Game".
R.I.P.
Absolute masterpiece!!! Can't get enough of it!
I love Mike and the whole MC family of musicians. Everyone has made a fantastic contribution at one time or another. I've been a fan from the beginning and have met most of the guys who've been in the band.
I think this record/CD needs a re-master and new cover... Then release it again. Great songs.
Metal Church is a great band from Aberdeen Seattle USA and they have a great HM-Thrash Metal sound vibe and they are very important for me.I have listened to all but my prefered is the debut Metal Church and this particular album Hanging In The Balance is not bad but good enough for my Metal Hunger.Metal Church is a fave band for me and Thrash Metal kickin' ass band.They mix Heavy with Thrash never repeating schemes or songs.In fact,they are METAL GODS!!! Great album this
Mike Howe is an amazing singer Wow!!!
01. 00:00 - Gods of Second Chance
02. 05:21 - Losers in the Game
03. 10:32 - Hypnotize
04. 15:11 - No Friend of Mine
05. 19:06 - Waiting for a Savior
06. 24:52 - Conductor
07. 29:01 - Little Boy
08. 37:10 - Down to the River
09. 42:09 - End of the Age
10. 49:25 - Lovers and Madmen
11. 52:12 - A Subtle War
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Metal Church is Metal Church so a great Metal band from Seattle
I've never heard Metal Church before, I just wanted to check this out because the singer was on Blabbermouth complaining about the shitty cover. Well, he was right, the cover is horrendous but wow, this is an excellent album! I'll have to check out more Metal Church now!
Man, there are better Metal Church albums than this one, try the first one, ot Blessing in Disguise you'll be a Metal Church fan forever
This ones good for sure but yeah you mentioned my two favorites although I drifted away from MC after The Human Factor. I tried to get back into them but without Wayne or Howe fronting I just had a hard time with it.
@@TheDanonino69 Love all the stuff, they r in the armored saint category to me....
I got a neighbor that looks like the album pat the movie.....
Metal church was a big part of my young adult music influences. This was a period of my life that the two back to back releases Human Factor and Hanging in the Balance changed my writing and my vocal approach.
I saw your post on this ...I was looking to listen to this in my reflective moment and I had to chime in.
🤘excellent album
R.I.P. Mike Howe 💔 🤘
Thanks for posting. Great Metal album.
unbelievable album
1arjangrad yrs but not us
RIP MIKE
Why am I crying? Man, we miss you man. So so much.
This Is one of the best Heavy Metal Band I have ever heard.
They should be on the Olimpo of Metal next to the Gods of this wonderful music.
Many thanx LMHG2 for uploading this fucking-tastic METAL CHURCH´s 1993 HANGING IN THE BALANCE!!👏...This is my very first time to hear & see this superb 90´s stuff!!🤟🤘..GREAT CONTRIBUTION!!...I've spent very intense, entertained & enjoyable 56:24 minutes!!😄...Greetings of a Chilean Rocker/Metalhead friend based in SANTIAGO, CHILE, SOUTH AMERICA!!
..My name is Sebastian Andrew Sierpe Toral, i'm 51 yo. KEEP ON ROCKIN' & METALIN' IN THE FREE WORLD BROTHER!!🤘🤟 ..STAY HEAVY!!👊💪
Love this album....class.
R.I.P Mike Howe
Portada clásica de aquellos años!!! irreverente y "rockera"… gran disco! de mis preferidos, súper chingon!
wow. This a undiscovered gem. They try so hard to get that first album vibe. The strange vocal parts. The lead guitar and its delay. Its then also a different thing as well. I am amazed by its depth. The usual arpeggios are all to hear. the succinct and to the point leads as ever are just perfect. They also thrash out at times. An amazing album that I did not give the time. That cover. Man I sold this album. Now I am hearing amazing songs.True metal anthemic stuff. An amazing album.
Pedazo de disco !!! Maravilloso,sublime, imperecedero,y como suele suceder con las mejores obras,,bastante ignorado y ,ó ,sub valorado.
Is the pre-chorus to Losers in the game a tribute to Breaking the law? ;-) Rest in peace, Mike, awesome voice.
This album is soooooooo good. RIP Mike Howe. Slap this baby up on Spotify ffs.
Kirk Arrington should also be thanked for this album, for me he was the heart of Metal Church
What a fantastic album!!! I listened to this a lot in the mid-90's. Very meaningful to me still today.
It`s a good album,but,in my opinion ,the first album is the best of Metal Church!
one of their best killer album incredible feelings to listen it !!
This is some great metal music thanks for the upload!
METAL CHURCH COMO SIEMPRE, PRENDIDISIMO.
Amazing record!
I heart Mike.
The band let all their frustration and disillusion shine through on this album. To me, is the best album of the Mike Howe era, but the last two albums with also had some good songs, but it was mostly hit and miss. My suggestions are Signal Path and Out of Balance. Also, there's a great song on Generation Nothing called Hits Keep Comin'. Great track from an uneven album.
I think 'The Black Things' from 'Damned If You Do' is a standout song
This is an awesome and rare album. I had the cassette, would love to find a copy of this.
I'm still hanging
in the balance
FIrst time hearing this and it's mostly awesome! ALbum art reminds me of Pink Bubbles in fact this whole vibe does. Thanks for the upload.
Love forever
Always have
Always will
Seem ‘em live in Adelaide early 90’s support group for Anthrax
Best freaking night 🖤
Uno de los grandes, tremendo disco..
I hated this record when it came out....was a big fan of David Wayne and didn't think this one was as heavy as the previous 2 with Mike Howe.....and the cover sucked so bad you didn't want to pick it up.....but like 25 years later I heard a bonus track, Low to Overdrive, that totally jams - and when I gave the whole thing another chance - I realized - greatness
snap! like some later Maiden, or early Priest, I only 'got' later in life. I wanted Blessing pt 2 and 3 at the time...but that was looong time ago. R.i.P. Mike Howe
End of the Age 🖤
Интересный и разноплановый альбом, пожалуй, лучший у Метал Чукчи.
Не знаю, почему все гонят на обложку, но как по мне она очень даже прикольная!!!!
so ready for the new album!!
it's a shame that this album flew so low under the radar.
The album cover was terrible.. it couldn't have helped..
But what a great album Hanging in the balance was
I know! What is the deal on that? I skipped this one for a long time due to the cover.
For me, the cover attracted me! Because it was so strange looking for back then. And even today too. But nonetheless I had to hear it when I saw it. It didn't defer me. In 1993 I was already 100% familiar with Metal Church and what they were about. So the cover didn't scare me away. It did the opposite.
Anyway it ain't that bad! I like it actually. It's hilarious looking!
Considerado el mejor album de Metal Church en toda la historia junto con Mike Howe. Que elegancia y brutalidad.
I want it on vinyl!!!
The South Korean pressing is the only one on vinyl. They rarely come up for sale and when they do they are not cheap.
I got to hear you tonight I got to know that you care you got me down on my knees and I'm praying and I got to know you really there put on a smile and fake your way into another door but only if you've had more luck than a thousand times before a few more years a few more tears we,ll not be losers in the game!
No one's born in hatred it's something that you learn what makes you hate someone skin or someone's race you must think you have more right to be living in this place I don't know what you feel but have you lost your mind? afraid to take a look at yourself afraid of the things you will find
You're no friend of mine! Black and white and yellow living side-by-side we taught them children equal
But your no friend of mine!
See the castles burn and smoke In your mind and tears in your
eyes as the world keeps turning
A carousel horse who is constantly lost standing still but always running until you grow old and your mountains of gold couldn't buy you any more time☠
And all of those things that you've needed so bad you have found they mean nothing!
R.I.P. Mike. Great voice sometimes reminds me of Geddy Lee.
17 January 2023
again I had a break from metal church but this is good holy shit
I’ve loved this album ever since it’s first release. You should check out the predecessor, Human Factor released in 1991. It’s 90s smart but 80s powerful! You might end up liking it even more.
So true! Human Factor is amazing. Almost as good as BID for me
@@hyutyub BID is my favorite from MC.
The HUMAN FAC-TOR REAMINS!!!! \m/ \m/ LOVE IT
Super Great álbum....love this
Depression and anger after seen Mike dead,sorry dears
METAL CHURCH LIVES ON