Of their acclaimed profession spanning practically three many years, veteran onerous rockers Disciple have recorded 13 studio albums, earned 18 #1 singles, and bought a whole bunch of hundreds of data. Their music has been featured on ESPN’s NFL Stay, WWE, Fox Sports activities, in addition to in commercials for CBS’ CSI: Miami and Felony Minds. They’ve acquired a number of Dove Awards and performed hundreds of reveals worldwide, together with a 2023 stint in 40 arenas on the Winter Jam Tour. This yr noticed the band’s first Grammy nomination, receiving a nomination for Greatest Modern/Christian Efficiency Tune of the 12 months for the observe “Agency Basis (He Gained’t).” A profession first for Disciple, who has been a mainstay within the heavy Christian music style, this distinction provides to a listing of accolades and pays homage to the duality Disciple has all the time reconciled of their music: a high-adrenaline rock sound with a worshipful, gospel-first coronary heart.
Now, sizzling off the heels of this historic accolade, Disciple is again with the deluxe model of their 2023 album Skeleton Psalms, releasing April twenty fifth. The deluxe album consists of a number of unreleased singles, acoustic renditions, and studio mixes.
Skeleton Psalms was created in-house: produced by guitarist Josiah Prince at his studio The Ranch, written by Kevin Younger, Andrew Stanton (guitar) and Josiah Prince, with drums from Joey West and extra backing vocal assist from touring bassist Marco Pera. For added assist on instrumentation, Mark “Traa” Daniels (P.O.D.) performed bass. The band referred to as on combine engineer Nick Rad (Skillet), mastering engineer Sam Moses (Tenth Avenue North) and the drum recording expertise of Lester Estelle (Pillar, Kelly Clarkson) to spherical out the inventive workforce. The album has spawned three #1 singles (“Executioner,” “Promise to Stay” and “Unhealthy Phrases”) and was a 2023 Dove Award nominee.
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The veteran Christian rock band was initially fashioned by highschool pals in Maryville, Tennessee in 1992. Simply a young person on the time, founder and frontman Kevin Younger was impressed to comply with within the footsteps of bands who formed his personal perception — acts like Petra, Stryper and Whitecross, Christian bands who have been scandalizing listeners of the time whilst secular acts like Pantera, Skid Row and Def Leppard simply dominated the mainstream airwaves.
“The Christian music scene was utterly totally different again then,” Younger recollects. “Most of what was performed on the radio appeared tame compared to the influences of my childhood, significantly punk and onerous rock. I wished to put in writing and sing music that appeared like my tradition however that additionally carried a message and mirrored my values.”
The outcome was Disciple, a reputation chosen initially as a easy placeholder to symbolize the band’s core mission to be followers of Jesus Christ in all issues. That dedication drove them by means of early impartial data and throughout the South, taking part in concert events as a three-piece band. By 1997, their dedication had landed them their first report deal. By 2001, they have been releasing their third album and navigating the harrowing challenges of street life as their following grew.
Wanting again on the band’s historical past, Younger displays, “It’s the decision and the price of being a disciple of Jesus: typically you’re going to have so much, and typically you’re going to have slightly. That doesn’t matter; we’re on a mission. I really feel like that has been our life as a band.”
Presently, the band is a collective of musicians who’ve held the ferocious onerous rock sound regular for over 10 years: Younger on vocals, Josiah Prince on guitar, Andrew Stanton on guitar and Joey West on drums. The expansion of their tightly knit musical cohesion is clear on their most up-to-date album, Skeleton Psalms. From scorching riffs to thunderous drum fills to alternately melodic and searing vocals, Disciple is a band intimately conversant in their very own toolkit whereas unafraid to push their very own limits.
Each one of many longstanding members shares a way of pressing calling that enables them to climate the storms of a changeable music panorama. In Disciple’s eyes, their mission of evangelism and hope eclipse any accolades that the band may earn. However their persistent drivenness prompted by adherence to the Gospel has persistently turned heads — and impacted lives.
In 2020, the band launched a second musical challenge as an outlet for his or her impulse to worship, a band titled Honor & Glory. That band would finally safe their first profession Grammy nomination for “Agency Basis (He Gained’t).”
However past these quantifiable milestones, Disciple’s music has made its deepest mark by means of resonance with listeners scuffling with anxiousness, despair, habit, suicidality and self-harm. Their songs’ message of unconditional love assembly every of us at our most damaged has impressed numerous tales of lives saved and adjusted. Most just lately, that has been evident by means of “Promise to Stay,” which topped Christian rock radio charts for a staggering 16 weeks in a row.
“All of us are on this world collectively, and are all in restoration collectively, from the trauma of this world and this life,” Younger presents earnestly. “We’re not preventing alone. We’re preventing collectively. We make this promise to God and to one another: to not quit preventing. To not lose hope. To reside for probably the most treasured present we’ve, which is life.”
That promise continues to impress the band properly previous the three-decade mark. Even with such storied endurance to their title, Disciple’s Kevin Younger is fast to make clear the decision that also lies earlier than them.
With over 200k Spotify listeners, 250k followers throughout platforms, and 44 million and counting lifetime YouTube views, Disciple continues to point out their relevance and profound affect on the heavy steel world. Keep tuned as Disciple releases content material all through 2025 alongside upcoming tour dates.
