Origin:	Lancaster, PA, USA
Genres:	Progressive Metal

Fountain Of Tears

Fountain Of Tears brought together several members from various Christian metal bands including Believer, Sardonyx, and Sacrament. Their 1999 self-titled debut is an excellent offering, the style being sort of a laidback progressive metal/hard rock, with a pretty unique sound. The keyboards (largely piano-based) lend a classy air to the songs, and Anna DeRose's vocals are in top form, as is the musicianship overall. The presentation here is interesting -- consisting first of five songs (four sung by DeRose, a fifth with spoken female narration), followed by the same five songs as pure instrumentals. While this style might be a bit light for traditional metal listeners, Fountain Of Tears is actually quite professsional and very enjoyable and recommended. They went into remission for a number of years while searching for a vocalist replacement for DeRose, finally settling on Vonnie King, who featured on their sophomore album Fate in 2007.