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Sanctuary Discography

Tracklist:

Battle Angels
Termination Force
Die For My Sins
Soldiers Of Steel
Sanctuary
White Rabbit
Ascension To Destiny
The Third War
Veil Of Disguise
SANCTUARY was the band preceding now NEVERMORE. On this album, Warrel Dane (v.) and Jim Sheppard (b.) already played together, later on Jeff Loomis (g.) joined the band and played bass on the second album “Into The Mirror Black”, before the band split up after only two albums and the three above-mentioned musicians went on to form NEVERMORE.

The music sounds quite original and can probably best be described as a mixture between classic Power/US Metal with some Thrash/Speed influences. Opener “Battle Angels” is a very well-done mid-tempo stomping song, while “Termination Force” with its thrashy “gang-shout” chorus, that does not appeal to me very much, however, as well as “Die For My Sins” are way faster. In my opinion, the latter is the disc’s highlight, as it is very catchy yet varied and comes up with a great solo towards the end – just pure 80’s Metal the way we all (?) love it! “Soldiers Of Steel” is another excellent song that roams the realm of mid-tempo and where Warrel Dane’s voice is lifted up to downright unbelievable heights, which might put some people off, I like it anyway.

Dave Mustaine (MEGADETH), who as the producer was also responsible for the record’s sound, which is very clean and balanced for 80’s standards.

Into the Mirror Black is Sanctuary's second and unfortunately last album. The band broke up after this release before evolving into the great band known as Nevermore. Leaving its Priest influences on Refuge Denied behind, with this release, Sanctuary show incredible amount of growth in their songwriting. The melodies are quite catchy with memorable vocal harmonies provided by Warrel Dane. Also, unlike Dave Mustaine's production on Refuge Denied, Into theMirror Black has a sharper sound and more focused riffs centred around Dane's almost thrashy vocal style.

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18/03/2008

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