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- Fireproof
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Pillar
Released 2002

Fireproof
03:46
80,271 plays

Echelon
03:25
25,353 plays

Indivisible
03:20
17,293 plays

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- 1
- Fireproof
- 03:46
- 80,271 plays

- 2
- Just to Get By
- 04:17
- 15,756 plays

- 3
- Echelon
- 03:25
- 25,353 plays

- 4
- Stay Up
- 03:40
- 12,722 plays

- 5
- Behind Closed Doors
- 02:55
- 13,813 plays

- 6
- Epidemic
- 03:14
- 17,078 plays

- 7
- Hindsight
- 02:57
- 11,834 plays

- 8
- Light at My Feet
- 03:28
- 11,254 plays

- 9
- A Shame
- 03:17
- 13,586 plays

- 10
- Indivisible
- 03:20
- 17,293 plays

- 11
- Further
- 04:24
- 15,560 plays

album review

Over the years, Christian rockers have embraced everything from pop-metal to new wave to thrash. So it was inevitable that some bands would use rap-metal to promote a Christian message, which is what Pillar does on Fireproof. Musically, this Kansas band mines the same rap-metal and rap-rock waters as Kid Rock, Rage Against the Machine, Fat, Limp Bizkit, and Linkin Park. But lyrically, Pillar doesn't have Rage's anti-establishment outlook any more than they share Kid Rock and Limp Bizkit's macho bad-boy perspective; instead, Fireproof is a place where chugging, downtuned guitars are combined with a Christian-oriented message. Pillar, however, isn't in-your-face or militant about their Christianity -- Fireproof isn't telling listeners, "Convert to Christianity, or else." If anything, optimistic tracks like "Echelon" and "Behind Closed Doors" are promoting Christianity in a subliminal way; to put it bluntly, Fireproof doesn't sound like a Jerry Falwell sermon. And because their lyrics aren't taking the fire-and-brimstone approach, this CD stands a good chance of crossing over to secular audiences. Musically, Fireproof isn't innovative -- anyone who spent a lot of time listening to alternative rock stations in the late '90s or early 2000s has no doubt heard a lot of similar-sounding bands. And the lyrics aren't groundbreaking either; since the early '90s, P.O.D. has been demonstrating that rap-metal lyrics can be spiritual and optimistic. Nonetheless, this more uplifting vision of rap-metal isn't an idea that has been run into the ground, and some metalheads will find it rather refreshing to hear another rap-metal band that isn't totally dark. All things considered, there is a lot to like about this solid, if derivative, CD (which originally came out on the Nashville-based Flicker label in 2002 and was re-released by MCA the following year). ~ Alex Henderson, All Music Guide