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.
Shadow From Mordor
Sacrilege Lyrics
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Unleashed from it's sanctuary by the devil in man,
The world thrown into torm
Ent by their uncarping greed,
We stare into the face of death screaming to be freed.
Their control is complete, we the voiceless have none,
Beaten into defeat by the arm of the strong,
Now the shadow gets darker for they've stolen the sun,
Like Durins bane, rising of from the deep,
There is evil at work while the people do sleep,
As they plunder the earth, still we sit back and watch,
Their wrath consumes all that would stand in their path.
G: AT DEATH DOOR
The new day is dawning they start counting the dead,
The hard swollen bellies of the children not fed,
Their land dry and parched still they pray for the rain,
The massacre continuous yet again and again.
Year after year the lands ring deaths bell,
The children's blind eyes have a sad tale to tell,
Their limbs bent and twisted, their kinds hold no spark,
They're crying in vain for no light breaks the dark.
The land holds the hammer but mankind deals the blow,
Economics and pro
Fit before compassion we show,
Our excesses waste as the wealthy grow fat,
Rather than give to the needy they'll let the food rot.
At death door they stand, only suffering they know.
The lyrics to Sacrilege’s song "Shadow From Mordor" depict an apocalyptic view of the world’s future. The song alludes to J.R.R. Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings character, the shadow from Mordor, as a symbol of the devil within humanity, which has been released and is causing destruction and chaos. The world is in turmoil due to the uncarping greed of those in power, and the powerless civilians have no voice in the matter. The shadow is growing darker because the sun has been stolen, and the earth has already started being sold. The song further talks about how evil is at work while people are sleeping, and how humanity is plundering the earth without any regard for life.
The second verse talks about how the new day is dawning with the start of the dead count, as hunger and malnourishment have become a daily reality for children, and how the land is dry, and nothing is growing. The lyrics mention how the earth is ringing the death bell due to man’s greed, and how the children are suffering, and their spirits are broken, with no hope for a better future. The song further criticizes society for valuing profit above compassion, allowing the wealthy to grow fat while the needy suffer. At the death door, the suffering of the children is all they know.
Overall, the song's lyrics paint a picture of a world where humanity has lost its way, and the devil within all humans is running rampant, causing destruction and death.
Line by Line Meaning
Like the shadow from Mordor, creeping slowly forward,
Something evil is advancing towards us at a slow pace, which is similar to the shadow from Mordor.
Unleashed from it's sanctuary by the devil in man,
The evil force that's approaching has been set free by the inhumane actions of humans among us.
The world thrown into torm
The world has been plunged into chaos due to this evil force's presence.
Ent by their uncarping greed,
The insatiable greed of humans has led to this situation.
We stare into the face of death screaming to be freed.
We're facing a fatal danger and are pleading to be rescued.
Their control is complete, we the voiceless have none,
The oppressors have taken full control, and the powerless are left with no say in the matter.
Beaten into defeat by the arm of the strong,
Those in power have suppressed everyone opposing them using their strength.
Now the shadow gets darker for they've stolen the sun,
The evil force is taking over everything and getting more powerful each day.
And the sale of our earth has already begun.
The world is being exploited and sold to the highest bidder.
Like Durins bane, rising of from the deep,
The imminent danger is akin to the character Durin's bane in its resurgence from the depths.
There is evil at work while the people do sleep,
The evil force is active even when people are unaware and sleeping.
As they plunder the earth, still we sit back and watch,
Despite knowing about the damage being done to the world, we are idle and take no action.
Their wrath consumes all that would stand in their path.
The oppressive forces have no mercy and eliminate everything and everyone opposing them.
The new day is dawning they start counting the dead,
A new day begins with high casualty rates, and counting the dead marks the beginning.
The hard swollen bellies of the children not fed,
Children suffer from malnourishment, which is evident from their bloated bellies.
Their land dry and parched still they pray for the rain,
The land is extremely dry, but the inhabitants are still hoping for rainfall.
The massacre continuous yet again and again.
The killings and deaths persist repeatedly.
Year after year the lands ring deaths bell,
The land and its inhabitants face death continuously over several years.
The children's blind eyes have a sad tale to tell,
The children are mute witnesses to the atrocities committed against them.
Their limbs bent and twisted, their kinds hold no spark,
The children are physically and mentally affected and have no joy left in them.
They're crying in vain for no light breaks the dark.
The children are crying out in vain for help in a situation that's becoming more hopeless.
The land holds the hammer but mankind deals the blow,
People are self-destructing despite nature providing them with all the resources.
Economics and pro
Economics and profits take priority over everything else,
Fit before compassion we show,
We prioritize our personal gains over showing empathy towards others.
Our excesses waste as the wealthy grow fat,
The rich exploit the world while wasting resources and amassing wealth.
Rather than give to the needy they'll let the food rot.
The wealthy choose to let the resources go to waste instead of helping the less fortunate.
At death door they stand, only suffering they know.
People's lives are hanging by a thread, and they're suffering without any respite.
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@lylaburns1541
One does not simply thrash one's way into Mordor
@LordNothing
I have more than 20 years listening to metal and never heard of this band. What an amazing jewel!
THIS IS JUST KILLER!!!!
@nicholasjennings6980
The UK anarcho crust scene was very exciting at that time. Used to go to gigs all the time back then.
@LordNothing
Cool, man! I have watched some videos of the era and is pretty amazing, all this crust punk scene really were a big influence on the late 80s Death Metal bands, especially the ones from UK (Napalm Death, Benediction, Bolt Thrower, etc.) Personally, I think that many of the "biographies" of the metal history, lack of the inclusion of this underground scene and its importance.
@dirtyprotest
they were never metal... but i know where your coming from...!!
@LordNothing
Yes, I think you got my point; they were punks with a very aggresive sound that influence the mid/late 80s bands that were both influenced by the harsher heavy metal and punk bands of the time. But just listen the solo at the 3:00 minute mark, that is undeniably metal influenced!
Anyway, punk, metal or whatever, this band is freakin awesome!
@brigade911
I'm no expert but this sounds totally heavy metal to me.
@klbj94fm
I had this back in 1985 and got nostalgic after the Hobbit movies came out. I was a thrash metalhead and I never knew what Mordor was. 25+years later I have been enlightened to the Tolkien ways.
@duncandeborle3697
Wake up! Listen and revolt. We need this more than ever. Great music, great lyrics and a good attitude. What the fuck happened the last decenia to the world. Hope Sacrilege will kick some good sense into our 'modern' world. Punk/thrash ain't dead, never will be.
@joshuagebhardt1781
My first metal tape was Sacrilege. I got the tape at Goodwill when I was 11 years old