Second Coming (Stryper album) explained

Second Coming
Type:	studio
Artist:	Stryper
Cover:	"Cover_artwork_of_Second_Coming.jpg".jpg
Released:	March 26, 2013
Recorded:	2012
Genre:	Christian metal, heavy metal
Label:	Frontiers
Producer:	Michael Sweet
Prev Title:	The Covering
Prev Year:	2011
Next Title:	No More Hell to Pay
Next Year:	2013

Second Coming is the fourteenth release and ninth studio album by American Christian heavy metal/hard rock band Stryper. The album features re-recorded versions of earlier material as well as two new songs.

Personnel

Stryper

• Michael Sweet – lead and backing vocals, lead and rhythm guitars, guitar solo (1–3, 5–11, 15, 16)
• Oz Fox – lead and rhythm guitars, guitar solo (1, 3–9, 12, 14), backing vocals
• Tim Gaines – bass, backing vocals
• Robert Sweet – drums, percussion

Additional musicians

• Charles Foley – keyboards, backing vocals
• Paul McNamara – acoustic piano, keyboards

Production

• Michael Sweet – producer
• Danny Bernini – engineer, mixing, mastering
• Kenny Lewis – additional recording, editing
• Stan-W Decker – artwork, layout
• Tina Enos – photography
• Marylin Becrelis – additional photography