Melancholic melodies meet soaring rock anthems in a beautiful collision. Waking you up with the raucous "Take Me All The Way" and putting you to sleep with the beautiful "Lovesick" Anthem takes you on a musical journey you'll never forget.

11 MP3 Songs
ROCK: Modern Rock, POP: British Pop



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Reign was formed in 1999 as a church youth group band. âOriginally we had nine members; A keyboardist, drummer, bassist, 2 guitarists, 3 backup singers and a sax/percussionist. It was cacophony,â says singer/keyboardist Jacob Schmelzer. Then in 2001 after the release of their debut album (the self-titled Reign) the band took a hard look at the future. Guitarist Natalie Schmelzer says, âFour of us (Alex - Bass, Jake - Keys, Aaron - Drums, Natalie - Guitar) decided that we wanted to seriously pursue the band thing. The other members decided they wanted to go different directions and so, Reign, as it is, was formed." The years in-between the first and second albums were very formative in the bandâs life. Reign played regularly at their churchâs youth service, Outbreak and began to form a sound that is both unique and relevant. âWe wanted to be as good as possible from a musical standpoint and all that live show experience really helped us develop,â says drummer Aaron Martinez.

In 2004 the band got a huge opportunity that really inspired them to continue to work at making the band a success. They got invited to play at a worship conference/battle of the bands at a huge church in Bogota, Colombia. Reign performed âTake Me All the Wayâ in front of over 25,000 people in the coliseum and then did a set in front of 3,500 people the next night. âIt was a really incredible experience for us. When we got back in the States we were totally excited to get in the studio and make an album. We had a ton of new material and a lot of momentum and we used that to fuel the project,â says Jacob.

The band began to look into a suitable place to record their album and had a few setbacks but eventually hooked up with producer/engineer Sean McCoy. âWe really felt that Sean understood our music and that he was the best man for the job. We were lucky to find a kindred spirit that would help us capture the essence of Reign in the studio,â says Natalie. The band began recording Anthem in early April 2005 and also continued to play shows locally and around the West Coast. Bassist Alex Saucedo says, âWe didnât know how much work was involved in making an album we could be happy with. Some of the things we thought would take time went quickly and other things we thought would be easy bogged us down. Also, being an independent band we didnât have an unlimited budget but in the end we got something that we are proud of.â

The band finished their studio work in the fall of 2005 and then the project went into the mixing and mastering stage. âWe had really great tracks from the studio to work with so we didnât want to shortchange the album in the mixing and mastering phase. Waiting was the hardest part because there wasnât anything we could do to speed up the process but in the end it was all worth it,â says Aaron.

Anthem released on Jan. 9th 2006, highly anticipated by Reignâs fans and by the band itself. Excited for what the future holds, Reign is ready to promote Anthem and continue with what theyâve started.