Sweet & Lynch, 'Heart & Sacrifice' Out Now

Happy Friday! That means new album release day! The new album from Sweet & Lynch featuring Stryper singer Michael Sweet and guitarist George Lynch is out today. It is called Heart & Sacrifice and you can stream the entire release below.

Also, the official lyric video for "Will It Ever Change" is below. Heart & Sacrifice is on the Frontier's label.

Comments

[Him]

I have the first two albums, and liked the first much more than the second. I guess I don't really understand what this project is trying to accomplish. I mean, it is cool that the two of them put aside any other differences and rock out. But it feels, more and more, like I am listening to something that is missing something.

I mean, Sweet and his band of merry Christians have been slaying it in recent years (even with a share of controversies). Lynch? He seems to just be coasting. He is glad to cash checks for playing a few songs with Don. He is in at least 100 other projects.

And, yes, Frontiers is notorious for cobbling together these sorts of acts, always to be released and almost never to tour. What is the point, really? Well, for the artists it is a check and a chance to play music. For the label, it is a chance to . . . I dunno, let someone play keyboards and mess with the sound? I mean, this must work for Frontiers. But, in terms of grabbing interest, establishing an act, and getting fans involved, Frontiers does little to nothing beyond printing the discs and shipping them out to those who are willing to pay. Actually, that is not true. They also write press releases that are pretty funny. So, you get some music and a giggle. Thank you Frontiers?

I am happy if this helps people like Sweet and Lynch pay the rent, or pay for a new carport. But I don't really know what it does beyond that. Were any of you clamoring for this release? Seriously. Any of you?

Final head trip: swap out Sweet's vocals for Robin McAuley. Or do the same with the latter's last album with the former singer. See my point?

[Metalboy!]

Actually, HIM, I had similar feelings about Frontiers until I discovered the label is home to SO many great acts who’ve released some of THE BEST albums of 2022 and 2023 (the latter, thus far, obviously).

Most notably:

L.A. Guns, “Black Diamonds” (2023)
Chez Kane, “POWERZONE” (2022)
The Defiants, “Drive” (2023)
Inglorious, “Heroine” (2021)
Houston, “Relaunch”, I, II, III (3rd is coming soon in 2023)

… to name but a few.

[Him]

Good point, Metalboy!

I am not suggesting that Frontiers doesn't release good music. But I am suggesting that their support of that music, and some of the choices that they make, are really, really questionable.

I think they are providing a lifeline to some older and newer bands. I just don't understand their game plan.