Year : 2025
Style : Progressive Metal
Country : Netherlands , Germany
Audio : 320 kbps + front
Size : 132 mb
Bio:
Sacrosanct was established in 1988 by guitarrist Randy Meinhard and drummer Marco Foddis, who had learned to know each either while joining Pestilence. Briefly thereafter the Band had been completed by singer Michael „Mike“ Lucarelli, Milan Nyitrai (Bass) und Michael Cerrone (guitar). Marco Foddis left the band after a short while and had been replaced by Ronny Scholten. In 1990 Sacrosanct released its debut album „Truth is – what is“, produced by Charly Rinne and Stefan Josefus at Franz „K“ Tonstudio in Witten. The album is characterized by technically sophisticated thrash metal. The dual guitars create a straight as well as spherical and melodious tapestry of sound, interrupted by the tight drumming and the moaning, but angry and rude voice. Creative band head Randy Meinhard considered guitar duos of bands like Queensrÿche, Exodus or Iron Maiden as a main influence, and Ace Frehley of Kiss as initial spark.[1] In Rock Hard magazine the later Publisher Holger Stratmann claimed: “The record contains as many riffs as all Slayer-albums altogether.” Although the album gained such attraction it failed to reach a larger crowd , due to the fact that their company No Remorse Records struggled from financial problems and eventually had to face bankruptcy.Reccesses for the Depraved: Sacrosanct signed a new deal with 1MF Records. Meanwhile there were further changes in line-up. With new members Gerrit Knol (Guitar), Christian Colli (Bass) and Haico van Atticum (Drums) the band created their second album Recesses for the depraved in 1991 at Dust Music Studio in Hilchenbach. With a more edgy sound it was little melodious and spheric than the debut. Nevertheless the intro of the album’s last Song The silence of being foreshadowed the change in sound that eventually lead to the Sacrosanct’s further work. “We developed as a band, had new members and it was my desire to let the album sound more sinister but still thrashy”, Randy Meinhard later recognized. Sadly there had been no ,progress as far as commercial aspects were concerned. Although this time the new label booked ads in mainstream Metal magazines. For the album cover Sacrosanct even managed to deal with the rights for H. R. Giger’s picture Das Spiegelbild. When Giger died, 23 years later, the Rolling Stone magazine stated “the disturbing Giger cover art accurately conveyed the savage nature of the music”. Tragic Intense: After Recesses for the depraved again the lie up changed, thus Randy Meinhard solidified as the band’s only constant, also responsible for creating all songs. Michael „Mike“ Lucarelli and Gerrit Knol left Sacrosanct to join Genetic Wisdom along with Ronny Scholten already. On Humanity on parole in a way they continued with the rough sound of Recesses for the depraved. As substitutes brothers Michael and Collin Kock were hired. Randy Meinhard later said: "It was hard for me, since Michael has been a good friend. On the other hand it became clearly to see, that his voice had been perfect for the first two albums, but no further for the songs, we composed at that time."Since Collin Kock is capable of clear singing the album Tragic Intense got even more melodious and spherical than the debut. On the other hand staccato-parts are rarely on it. In an interview for the music mag Iron Pages Randy Meinhard stated in April of 1993 that the dark basic mood is what we intended to do. (...) It just should sound sinister. In that issue Markus Wosgien described the album as a mixture of Thrash-, Doom- and Power-Metal, and classified it as a milestone in this genre. Frank Albrecht rated it with nine out of ten points. The opening song At least pain lasts – a sung suicide note should become predictive: A short while after Tragic Intense the band broke up.Reunion since 2016 - The Remasters: SACROSANCT, the German-Dutch progressive thrash metal outfit founded by former Pestilence guitarist Randy Meinhard, have reformed and are currently remastering their back catalogue. They are also working on a new album.Randy Meinhard: ‘I’m currently working hard on the “Tragic Intense“ booklet together with the designers while we completed all remaster works several moths ago in collaboration with the Morton Studios. “Truth Is - What Is”, and "Recesses For The Depraved" will be re-released in November 2018 while “Tragic Intense“ will be re-released consecutively in 2019. The CD booklet will feature the original artwork, plus detailed liner notes and never-before-seen photos. The liner notes are being written by Björn Thorsten Jaschinski of Legacy Magazine, whom we’re honoured to have on board for this project. In addition to the remastered album tracks, the CD will contain our demo, “The Die Is Cast”, and some previously unreleased material.’Whilst we’re taking advantage of the all the possibilities offered by modern technology, we’re being careful to respect the original recordings. Our aim is to achieve the best possible sound, so we’ll avoid any overloud mastering in order to retain the dynamics.’ The reissues will be released by Dutch label VIC Records. Owner Roel van Reijmersdal: “I’m very pleased to have SACROSANCT onboard. I love all their early work, and I am truley excited unleashing these mighty albums under the VIC banner!“ Necropolis: The new album, “Necropolis”, will be released through Rock of Angels Records (ROAR) on Friday, 30 November 2018.“Necropolis” was engineered, mixed and mastered by Max Morton of Morton Studios, who has also remastered the entire SACROSANCT back catalogue. A prolific professional with a broad clientele, Max has worked with a wide variety of acts, including prominent Ukranian metalcore combo Jinjer. The objective with “Necropolis” was to record a classic, analogue-sounding album using modern technologies, and at the same time avoid any modern metal clichés.Initially intended solely as a studio project, “Necropolis” was recorded by a brand-new SACROSANCT line-up featuring Randy Meinhard and Christian Göwert on guitars, Richard F. Hesselink on vocals, and Kees Harrison – formerly of Dutch prog-metal act Sphere of Souls – on bass. During the recording sessions, it soon became apparent that the new line-up wanted to continue working together and bring the new material to the stage. With the support of Rock Of Angels Records (ROAR), SACROSANCT are now looking forward to bringing these plans to fruition.While “Necropolis” bears all of the hallmarks and intricacies that characterise SACROSANCT, it displays a more mature and focused song-writing approach. Songs like “The New Age Of Fear”, “My Last White Light” and “Only One God” are lyrically thought-provoking, creating a brand of metal that still makes the band hard to categorise. Like its predecessor, “Tragic Intense”, which was released in 1993, “Necropolis” places a strong emphasis on melancholy melodies and clean vocals, but also incorporates many harmony guitar parts, faster tempos and some modern twists that mark the beginning of a new chapter for the band.The epic cover art for “Necropolis” was designed by Giannis Nakos based on the band’s ideas, and perfectly portrays the album’s dark subject matter. It prominently features SACROSANCT’s new mascot, the Weeping Angel – a guardian and an avenger of injustice.
Album:
5th full-length album.On their new, fifth studio album "Kidron", the German-Dutch progressive metal cult band SACROSANCT redefine themselves and impress across the board on eight epic, melancholic and consistently anthemic tracks, including new vocal addition Max Morton.A feast for fans of sophisticated, complex sounds with depth.Is scheduled to be released in March next year, via their new home at RPM ROAR.Speaking about signing with RPM ROAR, the band shares, “we are thrilled to be part of the new ROAR family! Yes, it took another year to get everything up and running, and yes, we are all sure it was worth it! Thanks to Markus Wosgien for making this possible for us! With him and Lambros at ROAR we have strong partners at our side who support us in taking Kidron out into the world! On CD, vinyl and live! Stay tuned!”Continuing to speak about the upcoming album, the band shares, “we always write and play songs in our own way. We can’t and won’t deny our roots. Of course, our first albums were more thrash-heavy, but there was a lot more going on in the songs. You just can’t reduce us to that. I personally love metal from MAIDEN to PRIEST to FATES WARNING, VOIVOD or SLAYER. When writing songs, I try to find out how heavy or ‘commercial’ a song can be in our own way. But we always want to touch people with the music and if, for example, a blastbeat can be combined with the classic SACROSANCT riff trademarks, then we have arrived at Kidron.”Alongside the announcement of the new album, the band have released a new music video for a new song lifted from the upcoming album; Avenging Angel.Date release March 7th, 2025.
Line Up:
Max Morton - Vocals (2022-present) - See also: Artem Illusio, Morton, ex-Last Hope
Randy Meinhard - Guitars (1988-1994, 2017-present) - See also: ex-Lucifera, ex-Submission, ex-Pestilence, ex-Neon Dream
Gerrit Knol - Bass (1990-1992), Guitars (2019-present) - See also: ex-Genetic Wisdom, ex-Why She Kills, Hammerdawn, ex-SkâldGrim, ex-Symmetry, ex-Under Siege
Ignazio Nicastro - Bass (2022-present) - See also: Xenos A.D., ex-Eversin, ex-Fuoco Fatuo
Jonas Schütz - Drums (2018-present) - See also: Condemned to Dream, Cyclopean Walls, Overture, Sapiency, ex-Eraserhead, ex-Diësis, ex-Atrophy
Tracklist:
01. Marching Days
02. Avenging Angel
03. Prince of Clowns
04. Coming of the Scorpion
05. Gethsemane
06. Doorway of Dreams
07. Still Open Sore
08. Before It Ends
09. The Pain Still Lasts
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