1) A stenchcore / thrash … Read Full Bio ↴There are at least three artists by this name:
1) A stenchcore / thrash metal band from England.
2) An old school melodic death metal band from Sweden.
3) A doom Metal band from Italy.
1) The British Sacrilege was a female-fronted metal band from the Midlands region of England. Despite having played relatively few gigs during their existence, Sacrilege is today recognised as an important band, both as an influence on later and doom metal bands and as an example of the blending of hardcore punk, radical politics, and heavy metal that occurred during the 1980s, making Sacrilege one of the prototypical bands of the time.
Prior to the formation of Sacrilege, guitarist Damian Thompson,drummer Andy Baker released a pair of hardcore punk demos under the moniker Warwound. In 1983, the duo joined the Varukers, Damian left the Varukers in 1984 to form Sacrilege. In 1984 and '85, the band recorded demos and contributed tracks to the compilations "We Won't Be Your Fucking Poor" (Mortarhate, 1985) and "Anglican Scrape Attic" (a pre-Earache release from Digby Pearson)
After replacing drummer Liam Pickering with Andy Baker, Sacrilege recorded their first album, "Behind the Realms of Madness", in 1985, which was released through the Bristol-based label Children of the Revolution Records. The album was moderately successful, selling a respectable 7000 copies. Shortly after this, the band brought in former Warhammer member Mitch Dickinson on second guitar, although he never played live with the band and he soon left to join hardcore punk group Heresy and later Unseen Terror.
Their second release, "within the prophecy", was recorded in January 1987 at Birmingham's Rich Bitch Studios with Rob Bruce and producer Mike Ivory. It was released later that year through Under One Flag Records, a subsidiary of Music for Nations. Sacrilege underwent a significant line-up change at this juncture, replacing drummer Andy Baker with Paul Brookes, bassist Tony May with Paul Morrisey and adding rhythm guitarist Frank Healey. After a further change, this time replacing Paul Brookes with new drummer Spikey T. Smith, the new line-up recorded the band's third album, "Turn Back Trilobite", issued in April 1989. This record saw the band moving away from their thrash metal roots into a more doom metal musical direction, with touches of folk. Sacrilege split up quietly in the early 1990s.
After Sacrilege, Frank Healy and Andy Baker would go on to join Cerebral Fix, with Healy later joining Benediction and Baker also playing in an early incarnation of Cathedral. Paul Brookes would also join Benediction and then metal act Marshall Law in 1999.
Cerebral Fix covered Sacrilege's "The Closing Irony" on their 1990 album "Tower of Spite", suitably using it as the final track and making a slight name alteration, "Closing Irony".
Sacrilege's first two albums were re-released unofficially through Blackend Records in 1996.
Re-formed in 2014 with the same last line-up of Lynda 'Tam' Simpson-Vocals/Damian Thompson-Guitar/ Frank Healy-Bass/Spike T Smith-Drums. Re-Release of Behind the Realms of Madness due Summer (on Relapse Records) 2015 to mark the albums 30th anniversary. Bonus tracks of new and previouslt unheard material will be included. The band are also working on an album of all new material. More information and taster tracks can be found at: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Sacrilege-Official/503256849820198
2) The Swedish Sacrilege, now known as Sacrilege GBG, is an old school melodic death metal band from Sweden, formed in 1993by Daniel Svensson (vocals, drums) and Daniel Dinsdale (guitar).
After having sacked and replaced some members, the band ended up recording their first demo, “To Where Light Can´t Reach” in early 1995. Shortly after, the band entered Studio Fredman to record their second demo called “…and Autumn Failed”. It was highly appreciated by many, especially by Black Sun, who got interested in the so far unknown band.
As Sacrilege reached the semi-final as the first death metal band ever in the Gothenburg rock competition “Rockslaget”, Black Sun decided to sign the band. In the summer of 1996 they recorded their full-length debut “Lost In The Beauty You Slay” in Studio Fredman. The album was released in October the same year. “Lost in the beauty you slay” gained Sacrilege many fans around the world with their great songs and beautiful melodies mixed with sheer brutality. An extra touch was added by Daniel Svensson's extremely dark and high vocal style.
A year later Sacrilege had grown both as songwriters and musicians and in July 1997 they recorded their second album, “The Fifth Season”, a far more technical, heavy, brutal, faster and better album. Once again Sacrilege received great reviews all over the world. In January, Sacrilege went on a German tour together with The Crown. On this tour, Tomas Lindberg of At The Gates fame did the vocals for the band, as Daniel Svensson had some difficulties with both singing and playing drums at the same time.
Shortly after the tour, Daniel Svensson helped In Flames’ songwriter/guitarist Jesper Strömblad by doing vocals for a song Jesper recorded with his project Dimension Zero. This contact led to Svensson being offered to play the drums for In Flames. Svensson accepted. This, of course, was a great setback for Sacrilege, since they now had to find both a drummer and a singer. After more than year of searching, the band decided to quit, being unable to find valid replacements. So, this was the end of one of the most respected melodic death metal bands in the underground scene. Or was it really?
The band reformed under the name of "Sacrilege GBG" in 2006. They are currently working on new Sacrilege material for an upcoming third studio album which will feature the original line-up with Daniel Svensson, Daniel Dinsdale, Richard Bergholtz and Daniel Kvist.
The band’s statement: “No release date is set yet and there’s no way in hell we’ll stress this third release. But know this, we are working night and day on these new songs. Keep your eyes and ears open.”.
3) In 1987 an obscure Italian Doom Metal band released the demo-tape simply called "Demo". The line-up consisted in vocalist Luca Gorna, guitarist Nicola Murari and drummer Mauro Tollini. The two last aforementioned members had connections to Italian bands, 80s Horror maniacs Black Hole and Epitaph formed in the 90s.
Out of Sight Out of Mind
Sacrilege Lyrics
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Emaciated bodies, another cild dies,
A sad symbol of the brotherhood of man,
Out of sight out of mind in a faraway land.
Begging for a morsel, bowl in hand,
While the rich men talk of
Relief plans,
Drawing up agreements of who gives what,
Such a sorrowful scene, this sight fir sore eyes,
The weapons pile up, a whole country dies,
A sad symbol of the hatred of man,
Out of sight out of mind in a faraway land.
Begging for sanity, let reason prevail,
The wise men talk, the efforts all fail,
They make new agreements of whos got what,
The stockpiles get higher, the child is forgot.
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From WALDM000@MZDMZA.ZDV.UNI-MAINZ.DE Mon Dec 29 08:23:29 1997
The lyrics of "Out of Sight Out of Mind" by Sacrilege describe a sorrowful scene of poverty and hunger in a distant land. The song speaks of emaciated bodies and dying children, begging for basic needs while the rich talk about relief plans and draw up agreements on who gives what. The sight of poverty, death, and misery is a sad symbol of the brotherhood of man. The lyrics convey a message that such scenes of suffering and pain occur around the world, but most people ignore it because it is happening far away from them. Out of sight, out of mind.
The second half of the song furthers the message that the world is filled with hatred, and countries fight unjust wars. The wise men talk, but their efforts fail, and the child is forgotten amidst the stockpiles of weapons. The lyrics call for sanity and reason, but the stockpiles keep getting higher, and the suffering continues to go unnoticed. The song illustrates how the world's wealthy and powerful ignore the tragedy of poverty and violence when it is out of sight, and how little they do to help.
Overall, the song is a powerful commentary on the way society operates and the disparity of wealth and power. The message conveys that it is time for people to wake up and pay attention to the suffering that is out there and take action to help.
Line by Line Meaning
Such a sorrowful scene, this sight fir sore eyes,
The situation is incredibly sad and difficult to witness.
Emaciated bodies, another cild dies,
There are people who are so malnourished that they are literally wasting away, and children are dying because of it.
A sad symbol of the brotherhood of man,
This tragedy shows how we should all be looking out for and taking care of each other.
Out of sight out of mind in a faraway land.
People are choosing to ignore these problems because they are happening in a different place and don't affect them directly.
Begging for a morsel, bowl in hand,
There are people who are so desperate for food that they are begging with nothing but a bowl in their hand.
While the rich men talk of
Relief plans,
The people in power are discussing ways to help, but it seems like little is actually being done.
Drawing up agreements of who gives what,
There is a lot of talk about charity and donations, but there is not enough action to make a real difference.
But the bowl stays empty and the corpses rot.
Despite all the talk, people are still starving and dying.
The weapons pile up, a whole country dies,
War is destroying entire nations and causing countless deaths.
A sad symbol of the hatred of man,
The violence and suffering caused by war is a reflection of humanity's hatred towards each other.
Begging for sanity, let reason prevail,
We need to start approaching these problems with a logical and levelheaded approach.
The wise men talk, the efforts all fail,
Even those who are supposed to be knowledgeable and influential are struggling to make a real difference in these situations.
They make new agreements of whos got what,
People in power are still only concerned with who has what and who is giving what, rather than focusing on solving the problem at hand.
The stockpiles get higher, the child is forgot.
While people are amassing wealth and resources, the real victims of these situations, such as innocent children, are being ignored and forgotten.
Contributed by Sarah G. Suggest a correction in the comments below.