![]() ![]() Why did First Watch not come out until 1989? First, the group faced an extended interval as producer Oz Fox (Stryper) completed the To Hell With The Devil tour second, once recording had been completed in 1988, Enigma waited an entire year prior to releasing First Watch. Interestingly, Guardian actually signed with Enigma in 1985 after a copy of Rock In Victory made its way to Enigma President Wesley Hein. In 1987, it also placed the tracks “Marching On” and “Spiritual Warfare” on the California Metal compilation, while the following year it shed its body armor and ‘space metal warriors’ image along with correctly changing its name to Guardian. Voyager, second demo from 1987, introduced new guitarist Tony Palacios, whom joined founding members bassist David Bach and vocalist Paul Cawley, in addition to finding the group changing its name to Gardian, intentionally omitting the ‘U’ to keep the spelling at seven letters in line with the Stryper numerology of the time. ![]() Its release follows on the heels of quite the storied history from the group, which traces to 1985 and debut demo Rock In Victory, a period in which it went under the Fusion moniker and played an innovative form of ‘space metal’ with its individual members dressing in futuristic style body armor. The 1989 Enigma Records debut full length of Guardian, First Watch, needs little introduction as a classic melodic metal album worthy of a top five finish in our list of the Top 50 Christian Metal & Hard Rock Albums of the Eighties. ![]()
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