I have always thought they were extremely talented artists. Michael Sweet has a great voice, Robert Sweet is an excellent drummer and Oz Fox is a master of using pinch harmonics on his guitar. He is quite underrated. Having said that, sometimes they lacked punch and played a little soft too often for my taste. I'm neither religious nor offended by it, so it really didn't matter to me that they were playing Christian music, but I think some of the themes of the music might have taken away some of the aggression I like to hear in metal. : /
Bryant