{"id":3939,"date":"2023-11-18T19:15:43","date_gmt":"2023-11-18T19:15:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theblast.fm\/home\/?p=3939"},"modified":"2023-11-18T19:15:43","modified_gmt":"2023-11-18T19:15:43","slug":"lacey-sturms-sophomore-solo-album-kenotic-metanoia-drops","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theblast.fm\/home\/2023\/11\/18\/lacey-sturms-sophomore-solo-album-kenotic-metanoia-drops\/","title":{"rendered":"Lacey Sturm&#8217;s Sophomore Solo Album Kenotic Metanoia Drops"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3940\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theblast.fm\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Lacey-Sturm-2023-300x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.theblast.fm\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Lacey-Sturm-2023-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/www.theblast.fm\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Lacey-Sturm-2023-80x80.png 80w, https:\/\/www.theblast.fm\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Lacey-Sturm-2023-36x36.png 36w, https:\/\/www.theblast.fm\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Lacey-Sturm-2023-180x180.png 180w, https:\/\/www.theblast.fm\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Lacey-Sturm-2023-120x120.png 120w, https:\/\/www.theblast.fm\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Lacey-Sturm-2023-450x450.png 450w, https:\/\/www.theblast.fm\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Lacey-Sturm-2023-50x50.png 50w, https:\/\/www.theblast.fm\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Lacey-Sturm-2023-45x45.png 45w, https:\/\/www.theblast.fm\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Lacey-Sturm-2023.png 540w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Lacey Sturm&#8217;s transformational sophomore solo album Kenotic Metanoia is available now<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">The chart-topping hard rock princess is back with fiery songs of spiritual metamorphosis<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Lacey Sturm has released her sophomore solo album Kenotic Metanoia, available everywhere November 17 at<a href=\"https:\/\/stem.ffm.to\/kenoticmetanoia\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u00a0https:\/\/stem.ffm.to\/kenoticmetanoia<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">The former Flyleaf lead singer offers the project to the world independently, led by a string of arresting singles including &#8220;Awaken Love,&#8221; &#8220;Reconcile&#8221; and &#8220;Breathe With Me.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">The album&#8217;s enigmatic title is drawn from two Greek words: &#8220;kenosis,&#8221; referring to a state of emptying of self, and &#8220;metanoia,&#8221; referring to deep change and altering of course. Together, Lacey Sturm says that the title captures a moment when you start to see the truth about reality that you didn&#8217;t see before. &#8220;Kenotic metanoia&#8221; is the demand to address and respond to that truth, a call to leave one version of yourself behind.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">&#8220;All these songs have been for my own heart,&#8221; Lacey has said. &#8220;When David sings the Psalms, a lot of the time he&#8217;s telling his soul what to do. That&#8217;s me too in this: telling my soul, singing what I know to be true.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">That truth ranges from the life-force found in &#8220;Breathe With Me&#8221; to the relinquishment of &#8220;Not Your Fight.&#8221; These songs are both intimately personal and appropriately mysterious, a glimpse into a deep spiritual process of surrender.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Contemplating the human experience, Lacey says, &#8220;Are we going to suffer? Do I need to fight against it, or do I stand and embrace whatever comes? Do I reject suffering and pain, or do I stand and walk through it so I can grow spiritually and see that there&#8217;s a strength I didn&#8217;t know was there?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">&#8220;My strength is made perfect in weakness,&#8221; the songstress continues, quoting the scripture. &#8220;You lay down your life and you become like Christ. He taught us what it&#8217;s like to be human: it&#8217;s to willingly lay your life down for love&#8217;s sake. It&#8217;s walking through that and learning compassion.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">The songs found on Kenotic Metanoia show the full range of both Lacey&#8217;s songwriting and vocals skills, fittingly for one of the most lauded voices in hard rock. Her distinctive scorching vocal tones combine with husband Josh Sturm&#8217;s broiling guitar riffs. The result is an album that promises to deliver on consistently heating fan hype.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">The album also follows a successful summer of Flyleaf reunion dates, featuring Lacey at the band&#8217;s helm. With major appearances at festivals like Sick New World and Rockfest, Flyleaf proved that their fanbase is as moved as ever by their emotive hard rock.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Kenotic Metanoia is available on all major streaming platforms and through her online store at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/bio.to\/laceysturm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/bio.to\/laceysturm<\/a>. For more information about Lacey, visit\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/laceysturm.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">laceysturm.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><b><u>About Lacey Sturm<\/u><\/b><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Lacey Sturm is a Grammy-nominated queen of hard rock who secured a place in rock history as the first solo woman to top the Billboard Hard Rock Albums chart with her debut album Life Screams. With a career spanning songs like &#8220;All Around Me,&#8221; &#8220;I&#8217;m So Sick,&#8221; &#8220;Again,&#8221; &#8220;Impossible,&#8221; &#8220;State of Me&#8221; and most recently &#8220;Awaken Love,&#8221; Lacey Sturm has proven herself as one of the most powerful and enduring voices in hard rock. She is also a sought-after speaker and author, penning the autobiographical books The Reason, The Mystery and The Return. Also a dedicated wife and mother, Lacey tours with her family, supported on stage by her guitarist husband Josh Sturm. You can connect with Lacey at\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.laceysturm.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">www.laceysturm.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">-Written by Mary Nikkel of Transparent Media<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lacey Sturm&#8217;s transformational sophomore solo album Kenotic Metanoia is available now The chart-topping hard rock princess is back with fiery songs of spiritual metamorphosis Lacey Sturm has released her sophomore solo album Kenotic Metanoia, available everywhere November 17 at\u00a0https:\/\/stem.ffm.to\/kenoticmetanoia. 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