whoops, looks like mr. Baloche actually wrote the song, and the metal version was recorded soon thereafter.
my apologies for the bad information -- but here is the fruit of Christian metal: i have known this song for 7 years, making melody in my heart, because of the heavy metal musicians, and only heard Baloche's version last year for the first time, and that only because i was led to a place to share music with other Christians, because i first had been led to many different kinds of esoteric gospel musics. and then being there -- and setting aside my own pride and the desire of my ears to be tickled -- i listened without prejudice to the praise that others offered up.
so without that Christian metal existed, i would never have been blessed by this, or have had opportunity to be the instrument by which others were blessed by these same spiritual songs.