“Anthology” Revives Its Old Demos | Sentry Gets Its Revenge
If there’s one thing we love and support about Roxx Records, it’s their approach to reviving old demos from the ’80s, giving them a fresh makeover, and making them available again on physical media. It’s a great way to preserve the essence and history of metal and rock with Christian content, rediscover old material, and remember that, above all, the scene was always underground.
Roxx Records is back in action, as the announcement stated, this time with another long-lost classic and personal favorite of ours that we are super excited to be bringing back to life with our ‘white glove’ remastering process, which includes a killer remastering by Rob Colwell (Bombworks Sound) and an exciting new layout and design courtesy of Scott Waters (NoLifeTilMetal Graphics) working in partnership with this amazing band to bring you a Limited Edition Classic!, as reported a few days ago.
As we mentioned, Sentry is a veteran Hard Rock band from the 1980s that never made it big in the mainstream media but certainly made its mark on the scene back then.
Their story begins in 1982, more precisely on the East Coast in Quincy Massachusetts, there was a rumbling in the Christian hard rock scene with the birth of SENTRY! Originally formed by four key members including David McCreary on Lead Vocals and Guitar, Steve Knepper on Bass, Tim Knepper on the Keys, and with original drummer Tim Jenkins (1982-1985) who would later be replaced by Jeff Stewart (1985-1990).
Sentry was a mainstay on the East Coast playing shows, garnering their sound and building a following in those early days. The band played many shows with opening band FURY, another killer Christian hard rock band hailing from that scene around the same time. Also to note the band used to play at the legendary club The Channel in Boston where many bands including Extreme used to frequent.
It would not be until a few years into their existing the band would release their first four track demo tape Breakin’ Free in 1988. As the band continued working on that following and playing shows, they would quickly jump right into demo number 2 to keep building that momentum and in 1989 would release their sophomore, and final, six track demo tape recording entitled Sick of the Darkness.
Alas, after that second demo the band would continue to play a couple more years and do a few special shows here and there, but ultimately like so many other amazing bands, they would call it quits in the earlier days of their career and be lost in to obscurity. Until now!
“Anthology” is a collection of both of those classic demos in their entirety with the addition of a previously unreleased bonus track and a brand new 2026 recording of the band’s classic track, “Sick of the Darkness”, with the quality and professionalism we’ve come to expect from Roxx Records when it comes to this kind of historic material.
A track from this incredible album was released as a preview—specifically the song “Living In A Lie”—which is now available for digital streaming, and we’ve included it below.
Sentry delivers the good old-fashioned 80s Hard Rock we love, packed with riffs, passion, and power—exactly what much of today’s music lacks, and what we can relive thanks to Roxx.
And stay tuned, because once this Sentry compilation album is officially released, there will only be 500 copies available, as it’s a limited edition that also includes a 12-page booklet. We’ll try to get our hands on one of those copies for our collection and provide a full review in our own style.
To stay updated and learn more about the project, here are the contact details for Roxx Records, a label that does things with a passion for Metal, with seriousness and a lot of guts, always supporting the scene!!!!
https://www.facebook.com/Roxx.Productions
