Artist's albums
Criminal Afterlife
1999 · album
Toxic Rain
1998 · album
Mean Street
2021 · single
Face This Burn
2021 · album
No Death Reborn
2021 · single
Love Is Dead
2020 · single
Face This Burn
2020 · single
Wake up America
2020 · single
Because of my Sin
2013 · single
Agoraphobia
2003 · album
Similar artists
Sacred Steel
Artist
Mob Rules
Artist
Doctor Butcher
Artist
Eldritch
Artist
Jag Panzer
Artist
Paragon
Artist
Squealer
Artist
Heavens Gate
Artist
Tad Morose
Artist
Virgin Steele
Artist
Steel Prophet
Artist
Gun Barrel
Artist
Herman Frank
Artist
Morgana Lefay
Artist
Feinstein
Artist
Ross The Boss
Artist
Biography
Long Island, New York's Holy Mother was founded in 1993 by former Burning Starr singer/guitarist Mike Tirelli, who, alongside guitarist Spike Francis, bassist Randy Coven, and drummer Jim Harris, seemed intent on reviving the specter of '80s metal on their eponymous 1995 debut. But then, the group took an unexpected turn toward industrial music with the following year's Tabloid Crush, actually changing their name to N.O.W. (Not Our World) for its release, only to revert to Holy Mother and their original, classic metal direction before 1998's Toxic Rain -- odd. Anyway, this album, along with 1999's Criminal Afterlife featured new guitarists Rich Naso and Jim Bivano, the last of which remained with the group throughout subsequent, power metal-leaning efforts like 2000's My World War and 2003's Agoraphobia. Tirelli would join fellow N.Y. metal veterans Riot in 2005, but don't count against Holy Mother's return to recording at some point in time. ~ Eduardo Rivadavia, Rovi