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==== Emerald Band - Christian Metal ====

Not to be confused with:
- Emerald from New Brunswick, New Jersey - Emerald from Tucson, Arizona Christian heavy/power metal from California. Not all of the Emerald membership were Christian at the time of recording the Armed For Battle album, but all would convert after its release.

Emerald was founded during 1978 by the teenage guitar player Dave Enos and lead vocalist Larry Phillips. The Armed For Battle recording sessions would see bass player Roger Martin in the studio for six songs until he left, relocating to Los Angeles to join the now infamous Vengeance Rising. The band then enlisted Joe Palma to complete bass parts. The album emerged in early 1987, nearly a full year after commencement of recording, but Emerald called it a day in November 1988. Drummer Kyle Morrett would join Sacred Faith whilst Enos created Last Daze. The record was re-released on CD during 2001 by the M8 label, packaged as a split CD with fellow Christian metal act Oracle.'s 1992 Selah outing. The re-issue would add two bonus Emerald tracks, 'Traitor' and 'Born To Die', culled from the California Metal Vol. II compilation album. Compilation Appearances- "Traitor" and "Born to Die" on California Metal Vol. II (Recency, 1988)

https://www.nolifetilmetal.com/emerald.htm Emerald, along with the band Apostle, has the distinction of being one of the most talented Christian metal bands of the golden era that remained unsigned throughout their musical tenure of the late 70’s through the late 80’s. The band centered around guitarist Dave Enos, with many members coming and going, the most famous lineup being the one to produce the 6 song ep Armed for Battle in 1987 with Enos, his brother in law Larry Philips on vocals, Roger Dale Martin on bass (who would later go on to fame with Vengeance Rising), and Kyle Morett on drums.

https://heavensmetalmagazine.com/index.php/2019/05/04/emerald-armed-for-battle-reissue/