Collide by Skillet

Collide, the fifth studio album from Memphis Christian rockers Skillet, arrived on Ardent Records on November 18, 2003, and it sounds like a band that had been listening hard to Linkin Park and P.O.D. After the industrial rock of their two previous records, Alien Youth among them, they went heavier and dove into nu metal, with John Cooper singing and playing bass, Korey Cooper on guitar, keyboards and backing vocals, Ben Kasica on board and Lori Peters behind the drums. "Savior" is the song rock radio's countdowns picked up.

Cooper said the cover art showed faith and fear colliding, which fits the record's churn. Reviews were positive, Lava Records reissued it on May 25, 2004 with a bonus track, "Open Wounds", and it earned a Grammy nomination for Best Rock Gospel Album on its way to more than 320,000 copies sold in the US. Comatose came next.

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