Charizmata

Our influences are P.O.D, Rage Against The Machine, Disturbed, Thrice, Limp Bizkit. What makes us different is the passion behind the making and ability to improv on the spot. making something completely made up sound like a fully written song! We came together at an Exit Fest that P.O.D was playing at in June 2008. My brother and I were looking for a singer at the time. I ran into Erik at the the concert because he was helping the church he was going to (Golden Springs Calvary Chapel) with the Exit Fest. We started talking at the show and he told me his Life story in 45 seconds... i just remember thinking.."This guy talks fast." He told me he was serious about starting a band and i told him we were looking for a singer, so we traded numbers and he called me the minute i got home, which was around 12:00am. i told my brother about Erik and we all talked about scheduling a practice the following Saturday. We wrote three songs and recorded in September 2008. We wrote more songs after that, played a couple of clubs and went back into the studio in January 2009 to record an album. during this process we were looking for a bass player. We prayed and prayed and everyone we auditioned just wasn't fitting the part. Recently we auditioned a bass player we've had on the list for about a month. The minute he set up his equipment we new this was going to be good. He didn't even have to rehearse the songs and he picked up the songs on the first try. His Heart was on fire for God and we all felt that he was the one. Since then everything has been aiming up. God has so much to show us in life!

A Charism: Plural: CHARIZMATA- From the Greek, charis meaning grace; the divine influence on the receiver's heart, and its reflection in his or her life. It is a power, generally of a spiritual nature, believed to be a freely given gift by the grace of God. ... DESTINY- Power which foreordains; course of events or person's fate; etc. regarded as fixed by this power. ... Now that you have an idea of what CHRAIZMATA truly is, you can better understand this DESTINY. ... Three chosen few of many called, plucked from the cities of Los Angeles, CA. Three boys being molded into men by the Refiner's fire with the sole purpose of becoming WARRIORS to break down the barriers through their music. What once started as a dream, becomes reality: Three specific talents coming together by Divine Appointment. Walking in Faith and taking hell by the throat, forcing it to look at God's Glorious Being. A sleeping giant has awakened by God's grace and with the sound of his war cry, THE BATTLE Begins. ARE YOU READY?