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Sacred Reich Celebrate Seminal Albums Ignorance, Surf Nicaragua, And The American Way With Brand Spankin’ New Metal Blade Reissues

12 February 2021 By jesse Leave a Comment

I’m a late-to-the-party metalhead, okay? As in started my Thrash education with …And Justice For All and Countdown To Extinction kind of late. But from there, I went back and discovered the rich history of the genre and opened my ears to the outliers like Testament, Flotsam & Jetsam, and the band of the hour in this particular piece, Sacred Reich. I fell in love with the Phoenix-based outfit because of 1993’s Independent which is still beautifully brutal as much as it is lyrically potent and poignant.

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Filed Under: Album Reviews, Music, New Releases, Rock And Roll Fables Tagged With: Dave McClain, Greg Hall, Ignorance, Jason Rainey, Metal Blade Records, Phil Rind, Rock And Roll Fables, Sacred Reich, Surf Nicaragua, The American Way, Wiley Arnett

Sacred Reich Return And Teach The Kiddies How It’s Done On Thrash-tastic Awakening

19 August 2019 By jesse 1 Comment

Who’dve thunk that in the year 2019 we’d be drooling for the release of Sacred Reich’s first new recorded outing in nearly 23 years? But here we are. Drooling. For a record that is DEFINITELY worth the 23 year gap between full-lengths.

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Filed Under: Album Reviews, Music, New Releases, Rock And Roll Fables Tagged With: Awakening, Dave McClain, Joey Radziwill, Metal Blade Records, Phil Rind, Rock And Roll Fables, Sacred Reich, thrash, Wiley Arnett

Machine Head Prepare To Decimate Brighton Music Hall This Weekend, New Album Bloodstone & Diamonds Out Now!

29 January 2015 By jesse Leave a Comment

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My first exposure to Oakland’s Machine Head was waaaaay back in 1994 when the now classic Burn My Eyes was released. I was on the Roadrunner Records mailing list and occasionally got postcards about new releases (Yes, regular old snail mail used to inform people about new music). [Read more…]

Filed Under: Album Reviews, Live Shows, Music, Rock And Roll Fables Tagged With: Adam Duce, Bloodstone & Diamonds, Brighton Music Hall, Burn My Eyes, Dave McClain, Jared MacEachern, Machine Head, Nuclear Blast Records, Phil Demmel, Roadrunner Records, Robb Flynn

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