It’s been a while, hasn’t it? The world’s changed a lot since this site first kicked off. Back then, if you wanted to find new music, you had to actually go looking. Dig through the racks at the Christian book shop in the vague hope someone accidentally ordered in something cool. Scan the pages of Kerrang to see if Demon Hunter had a new album. Take a punt on a CD you’d never heard of, just because the cover looked good or someone mentioned it in a forum. Sometimes it was rubbish. Sometimes it blew your mind. And when you did find something good, you held onto it. It meant something. You’d burn it to a mix CD, shove it into your mate’s hands and say, “Trust me, you need to hear this.” It wasn’t just background noise. It was a proper find. Something personal. Something to share. Now? It’s all there. Click a button and stream anything you want. Full back catalogue, tour history, merch, the lot. It’s brilliant in one way, no gatekeepers, no guesswork, but it’s killed a bit of the magic. We’ve lost the buzz. The sense of discovery. That feeling of finding something none of your mates are talking about yet. These days, you don’t just stumble across a band, YouTube or Spotify chucks a recommendation at you. So why is Waken The Dead back? This site isn’t trying to compete with Spotify or shove a sermon down your throat. It’s here for people who still care about music that’s raw, loud, honest, and actually says something. Not watered-down fluff. Not major label nonsense pretending to be edgy. Real tunes. Real truth. Real faith. For folk who don’t fit the usual Christian music crowd. Spotify is great, but it’s not a community. It’s not people sharing what a track means to them. It doesn’t have that connection. It doesn’t have people’s stories. And I’m not saying there won’t be Christian teaching or testimonies here, that’s what sharing your faith is. Music can hit deep. Sometimes a song picks you up when nothing else does. Sometimes it brings a new angle on a verse you’ve heard a hundred times. And if that happens and you want to share it, that’s amazing. I hope Waken The Dead can help bring back a bit of that old joy. Help rebuild a proper community of folk who love alternative music, live with conviction, and aren’t afraid to stand out. Punks, metalheads, emos, goths, whoever you are, if you’re chasing something real, you’re in the right place. This is for you.