SleazeRoxx.com recently caught up with STRYPER frontman Michael Sweet to discuss the band's critically acclaimed new album, No More Hell To Pay. An excerpt is available below:

Sleaze Roxx: I found it interesting that you guys banged this album out in an actual recording studio rather than at your home studio or via file sharing. You guys were in a studio together, records aren't made that way anymore.

Michael Sweet: "That's exactly right -- that is what happens. That's what happened with us in the past. The budgets are a lot lower so it's a lot easier and cost effective to pass the album around and have each person add their individual parts in their home studio rather than to head a $1,000 a day recording studio.

What we were able to do, thank God, is to record at a studio called Spirit House in North Hampton, Massachusetts. The engineer was the head engineer at the Hit Factory in New York City -- his name is Danny Bernini. He's one of, if not the, best engineer that I have ever worked with. The studio is on 14 acres of land in a private setting and it's absolutely beautiful. Our friend Paul McNamara owns the studio, he's a keyboard player and he plays on our records. We got the studio for one fee -- we live there, we eat there and we record there. We were able to go in there for two weeks and record the album except for the lead vocals which I recorded at my house. After I record my vocals I head back to Spirit House and we mix the album. We're able to turn in an album with the band playing in the same room -- with an end cost between $25,000 and $30,000. That's unheard of. Even bands like RATT and WARRANT, they are heading into the studio to record albums for over $100,000. We're blessed to be able to go out and make records for a lot less.

I think being there in the same room as a band making a record makes a huge difference. There's something that happens when you're unified, having fun and breaking bread together that translates to the recordings. When you don't make a record this way it's a little less fun. I think that's a huge factor in what you hear on No More Hell To Pay."

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Stryper stormed the charts with their new album, No More Hell To Pay, landing at #3 on the Current Hard Music Albums and Top Hard Music Albums charts, #6 on the Top Current Rock Album charts, #33 on the Billboard Top 200 Current Albums and #35 on the Billboard Top 200 selling over 9,500 copies the first week.

Stryper also regained their dominance on the Christian charts landing at #2 on the Contemporary Christian Albums and #3 on the Billboard Top Christian/Gospel Albums. No More Hell To Pay also reached #1 on the iTunes Top Rock Album Charts and #8 on the iTunes Top Album Charts when it was released on November 5th.

"We're humbled to be charting alongside some of the biggest and best in music today! We've worked hard to deliver the best Stryper record to date and we couldn't be more proud of No More Hell To Pay! The Yellow & Black Attack is back (well, we never really left). Here's to 30 more years and we'll see you on the road in 2014," exclaims frontman, guitarist and producer Michael Sweet.

Out via Frontiers Records, No More Hell To Pay is available in two formats - standard CD and deluxe digipak featuring exclusive video content.

No More Hell To Pay tracklisting:

'Revelation'

'No More Hell To Pay'

'Saved By Love'

'Jesus Is Alright'

'The One'

'Legacy'

'Marching Into Battle'

'Te Amo'

'Sticks & Stones'

'Water Into Wine'

'Sympathy'

'Renewed'

'Sympathy' video:

'Jesus Is Just Alright':

'Revelation' lyric video:

Audio samples for all tracks are streaming at this location.