1. Christian hard rock outfit Disciple rose out of Knoxville, Tennessee, in… Read Full Bio ↴1. Christian hard rock outfit Disciple rose out of Knoxville, Tennessee, in the mid-'90s, eventually breaking out with their Dove Award-nominated second album, 1999's This Might Sting a Little Bit. Over the following decade, Disciple's heavy alt-metal style continued to earn fans thanks to popular albums like Scars Remain and Southern Hospitality. By the 2010s, they'd also established themselves as a consistent crossover act, extending beyond the Christian charts onto Billboard's Hard Rock and Top 200 charts with releases like O God Save Us All and Attack. After a handful of crowdfunded projects, Disciple signed with Tooth & Nail at end of the decade and released Love Letter Kill Shot in 2019.

Disciple was formed in 1992 by friends Kevin Young, Brad Noah, Tim Barrett, and Adrian DiTommasi (who would leave the band shortly after inception) in an attempt to spread the gospel while playing the loud, metallic music they loved. Over the years, their style evolved into one similar to many secular alternative metal groups, as they toured churches, high schools, colleges, and similar venues. Their self-released debut, What Was I Thinking, came out in 1995, followed by an EP, My Daddy Can Whip Your Daddy, on Warner Resound in 1997. Their sophomore full-length effort, This Might Sting a Little Bit, followed two years later on Rugged Records. By God followed in 2001 on the same label.

2003's Back Again found the band on a new label, their own independent Slain Records. That year, the trio became a quartet with the addition of bassist Joey Fife to their lineup. The group signed with INO Records the following year and released a self-titled LP in June of 2005. Scars Remain arrived on Integrity in late 2006. After years of nominations, the album won the band their first Dove Award for Rock Album of the Year.

In 2008, Noah and Fife stepped down from the band and their spots were filled by bassist Israel Beachy and guitarists Andrew Welch and Micah Sannan. Southern Hospitality arrived later that year. Before their next release, founding drummer Tim Barrett would also part ways with Disciple, replaced by Trent Reiff. Horseshoes & Hand Grenades, Disciple's eighth LP, came out in April 2010. It topped the Christian chart and entered the Billboard Top 50. As the band's popularity grew, they embarked on a handful of tours with other top Christian acts like Thousand Foot Krutch and Skillet.

2012 saw the release of O God Save Us All, as well as a flurry of lineup changes. After four years with Disciple, Welch left the band to join Thousand Foot Krutch, while Sannan and Beachy were replaced by Josiah Prince (Philmont) and Jason Wilkes (High Flight Society). By early 2013, Reiff exited and was replaced by Joey West. Andrew Stanton also joined the band, leaving Young as the only original member.

The refreshed quintet forged ahead with the crowdfunded release of 2014's Attack, which became their highest Billboard 200 entry to date, peaking at number 44. Produced by longtime Disciple producer Travis Wyrick, Attack also rose to the number two spots on the Hard Rock and Christian charts. It would be the first and last album with Wilkes on bass, who left the band the next year. Vultures, a six-song EP recorded during the Attack sessions, was released at the end of 2015. Another EP, Live in Denmark, arrived the following year, accompanied by a series of concert videos from Denmark's RiverFest.

The band -- now a quartet -- issued another crowdfunded effort in 2016. Their 11th album, Long Live the Rebels, debuted at number 125, making it the group's sixth Billboard 200 entry to date. After signing with the Tooth & Nail label at the end of 2018, Disciple released their 12th full-length, Love Letter Kill Shot, in September 2019.

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Angels & Demons
Disciple Lyrics

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I was off the beaten path I thought that I was free at last
Living in the shadows
Paranoid and breathing fast, knees collapse
So get away it's too late to save me
Day and night I run and hide
Wishing you would forget me in the shadows
You denied my suicide, I came alive
And now I know

(Not one) Nothing can tear us apart
Nothing can separate me
Nothing can break us apart
Nothing can separate
No angel, no demon, no danger, no enemy
(Not one) Nothing can break us apart
There's not one thing that can separate me

I was just a runaway, full of pain in love with hate
Looking for a reason
I could only speculate to my fate
Until the day that you came to save me
From each trap every attack
I had life but you gave it a reason
Perfect love has filled me up, I am alive
And now I know

(Not one) Nothing can tear us apart
Nothing can separate me
Nothing can break us apart
Nothing can separate
No angel, no demon, no danger, no enemy
(Not one) Nothing can break us apart
There's not one thing that can separate me

Nothing can separate!

(Not one) Nothing can tear us apart
Nothing can separate me
Nothing can break us apart
Nothing can separate
No angel, no demon, no danger, no enemy

(Not one) Nothing can break us apart
There's not one thing that can separate me

Overall Meaning

The lyrics of Disciple's song "Angels & Demons" speaks of a person who was lost and hopeless, feeling very paranoid and always out of reach. The person is tormented by their past and struggles to find a sense of belonging in this world. They are haunted by their own demons and feel disconnected from the world. They try to run and hide from everyone and want to be forgotten in the shadows but found themselves rescued by someone who gave them hope, love, and reason to live.

The song then declares that nothing can tear the person and the rescuer apart, not even angels, demons, danger, or enemies. No one thing can separate them. The lyrics convey that love is the strongest bond that can connect two people and protect them from anything that tries to come between them. The song celebrates the transformation of a person who was lost, alone, and afraid to someone who is now found, loved, and alive.

This song could be interpreted as a metaphor for the idea that when a person finds someone in their life who loves them unconditionally, they are saved from a life of despair and helplessness. It could be seen as a testimony to faith and the power of divine love to heal and restore a broken soul.

Line by Line Meaning

I was off the beaten path, I thought that I was free at last
The singer was once lost and had believed they found freedom.

Living in the shadows, Paranoid and breathing fast, knees collapse
The singer was living a life full of fear and anxiety, with the pressure of the situation making it hard to stand.

So get away it's too late to save me, day and night I run and hide, wishing you would forget me in the shadows
Feeling as if it was too late to be helped, the singer ran from those who tried to show care and affection in the hopes of being forgotten.

You denied my suicide, I came alive, and now I know
Someone, possibly a loved one or a higher power, intervened and prevented the artist from causing harm and this act allowed them to realize something important.

(Not one) Nothing can tear us apart, nothing can separate me, nothing can break us apart, nothing can separate, no angel, no demon, no danger, no enemy, (Not one) Nothing can break us apart, there's not one thing that can separate me
No matter what obstacle or challenge arises, the artist is secure in their connection and love for someone or something, with an unwavering belief that they cannot be separated.

I was just a runaway, full of pain in love with hate, looking for a reason, I could only speculate to my fate
The singer was previously struggling and searching for a purpose in life.

Until the day that you came to save me, from each trap every attack, I had life but you gave it a reason, perfect love has filled me up, I am alive, and now I know
The intervention of someone important in the singer's life gave them motivation and hope, reinvigorating their will to live and inspiring them to move forward.

Nothing can separate!
With a resolute attitude, the artist reinforces their belief that nothing can break their connection or relationship.

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