Chris Tomlin, Burning Lights
CHRISTIAN
* * * (out of four)
Walk into any evangelical church on Sunday, and chances are the congregation will sing at least one Tomlin song. He'll add to their repertoire with these stirring melodies that tie him to both contemporary pop and hymns of old. - Mansfield
Download: Whom Shall I Fear (God of Angel Armies), White Flag
Dropkick Murphys, Signed and Sealed in Blood
ROCK
* * ½
Subtlety has never been among Dropkick Murphys' virtues, but its latest album finds the band serving its brew of punk energy, Celtic textures and arena-rock bravado with a particularly heavy hand. By turns raucous and romantic, these big, brash tunes should at least rally the faithful. - Gardner
Download: Prisoner's Song, Burn
Black Veil Brides, Wretched and Divine
GLAM METAL
* *
This muddled rock opera vacillates from formulaic doom-rockers to incoherent spoken interludes with a few sizzling spots of brooding menace. It might be better had the band members applied as much energy to their sound as they do to their looks. - Gundersen
Download: Lost It All, I Am Bulletproof, In the End
