A Christian rock designer and religious activist, Jake Hamilton helped install many ministries in his hometown of Rancho Cucamonga, California, while also touring to get his music. He produced his debut with 2010’s Marked by Heaven, which mixed the weighty guitars and guttural vocals of post-grunge using the devout styles of worship music. Documented live through the Jesus Tradition conference, it had been followed twelve months later by an effective studio album, Independence Calling.