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The 14th Annual We Love Christian Music Awards returns with a refreshed vision, expanded categories, and a renewed focus on the songs that defined the past year. Voting is now open at https//nrt.cc/WLA14Vote, where fans can choose the winners in all 13 categories through Friday, February 20. Winners will be revealed during the WLA14 Winners Announcement Special, airing Sunday, March 22 at 8PM EST 7PM CST on YouTube, giving fans everywhere a shared experience. This year places special emphasis on song-driven categories, with the addition of COUNTRY/ROOTS SONG OF THE YEAR, and the return of DANCE/REMIX SONG OF THE YEAR and MUSIC VIDEO OF THE YEAR. With an overwhelming number…

Christian rock legends Petra have unveiled the official track listing for their brand new studio album, HOPE, set to release in 2026. This marks the band’s first project of all-new material in over 20 years, since 2003’s Jekyll and Hyde. The track titles suggest the band is still looking to live up to their name and bring a healthy dose of classic rock stylings. You can view the track listing below 1. Filthy Lucre 2. Kiss the Coals 3. Oxygen 4. Skin in the Game 5. We Rejoice In Hope 6. Miracle Maker 7. There Will Still Be A Dawn 8. Thorns 9. Looking Back 10. Deliver Us The lead…

Heaven’s Metal Magazine, which celebrated its 40th year in 2025, has released its second back-in-print edition this year, including a sure-to-be-controversial list of “The Top 25 Christian Metal Albums Since 2010.” The respected magazine published a “Top 100 Christian Metal Albums of All Time” list when it released its 25th Anniversary issue. “We did not want to tackle that beast of a project again,” said Editor Doug Van Pelt, “so we decided to just pick up where we left off.” Human Code, featuring George Ochoa of Deliverance, Recon, and Worldview fame, won the coveted spot of #1 with its 2024 release, Break the Silence. “Honored to be considered,” said Ochoa.…

Richard Smallwood, an eight-time GRAMMY® Award-nominated, classically trained composer and gospel recording artist, died on Tuesday, December 30th at 1236 AM at the Brooke Grove Rehabilitation and Nursing Center. He died of complications of kidney failure. He was 77. Over the last five decades, he’s written some of the biggest songs of the gospel music genre such as “I Love the Lord” which was remade by Whitney Houston and the Georgia Mass Choir for 1996’s The Preacher’s Wife soundtrack and Boyz II Men’s 1997 album, Evolution, closed with a song “Dear God” that included a refrain of it. “Total Praise” was covered by Destiny’s Child on their 2007 acapella track,…

On New Year’s Day, Samuel Day is stepping into a new season with the release of his uplifting electronic pop single “Through the Night,” accompanied by an official music video. The release marks Day’s debut with NRT Music, as he is officially welcomed to the label’s growing roster of quality Christian artists. “Through the Night” is a danceable, infectious anthem about finding the right person when love once felt stacked against the odds. Refusing cynicism and choosing belief, the song captures the joy of finally making it through the night–even written while Day was single, leaning fully into hope. Chilled, vibey verses build into a bouncy, fireworks-level hook that bursts…