Hoping for Home

We are animated with The Spirit of The Living God. Catch the fire and be animated yourself! This is heavy experimental music that will hit you straight in the conscience. We've been compared to Melvins and old Helmet. Some of our influences include Norma Jean, The Chariot, Everything in Slow Motion, A Hope for Home, Hands, Trenches, Haste The Day, Mortal, Leper, Nyves, etc.

This is a side-project to our original music ministry Sozo By Charis. Lord willing, we plan on this music project being very experimental in nature. Animate will include many progressive-like art in nature. Some of it will be soft, some heavy, but all of it will be Spirit-filled and Spirit-led art. Some of it will be guitar-oriented, some electronic-oriented. Some of it will be both. The whole idea with "Animate" is that we can just let loose with our art and let Him lead. We hope this new music project blesses you in Jesus' name! 

~ Chris and Heather Marshall

P.S. Friend request us on facebook at www.facebook.com/sozobycharis2

A soundscape where 80s synth pop and 90s industrial music harmonize into an onslaught of intense metal guitar riffs, pulsing retro synthetic melodies, dark atmospheres, and traditional industrial sound design, intertwined with the hope piercing through the darkness: life within Christ. Armed with infectious vocal hooks, my intent is to reinvigorate those who are hurting, and to incite hope and joy into the heart of each listener. You are invited to come along the ride through some of life’s highs and lows, being meticulously processed through musical atmospheres and emotionally-charged lyrical outcries of both joy and sorrow, only to find that hope has always been alongside you, waiting for the chance to grasp it.

We are Sozo by Charis. Sozo is the Greek word used for saved (healed, delivered, and made whole) in the New Testament of the Holy Bible (God's written word)! Charis is the Greek Word used for grace in the New Testament of the Holy Bible (God's written word)! Hence, our name means "Saved by Grace"!! You can check out some of our older stuff on www.soundcloud.com/sozo-by-charis. We also have a new side-project that we are starting as of August 2016!! It is called "Animate" as we are animated by The Spirit of The Living God!! You can check out that Soundcloud page at www.soundcloud.com/weareanimate! Please follow us if you like what you hear. Make no mistake about it, this is a ministry for the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ!

Hoping for Home

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