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Legends of UK punk/metal SACRILEGE'S third album 'Turn Back Trilobite' including 12" with Demo and live sessions re-issued!



Sacrilege are an utterly essential act in UK metal history for three main reasons:

1) They were one of the first female-fronted outfits in metal history, probably second only to the Belgians Acid;
2) They were the first thrash metal band on UK soil alongside Onslaught;
3) They were the first modern doom metal practitioners in England, predating the doom metal hordes of the early-90’s.

A truly important entity that managed to carve their own individualistic sound from the get-go with this abrasive crust/punk/hardcore/thrash madness that was their debut. The sophomore continued consolidating their reputation as a less ordinary band the guys (and a girl) insisting on their hypnotic, monolithic mid-paced delivery without any unnecessary flourishes. Speed was out of the question, but one hardly needed it in this particular case as the band were the requisite antidote to the myriad fast-paced riffmongers with which the scene had started filling in.

The year is 1989, and Sacrilege’s third opus is a fact. What has changed on this trilobite, you may wonder? No change would have been perfect since the band had already established a fairly individualistic approach to the genre, with a loyal following… Well, there was no end to evolution, and here is the biggest surprise: this is a doom metal recording showing an obvious fascination with the works of the Swedish heroes Candlemass and Mercy, and of course the fathers of all things doom Black Sabbath. Not much left from their ultimately charming, unclean, rough dirgy thrash; the production has been polished down to the -D-, and “Father Time” is the officiant stomping opener with Lynda Simpson showing her more lyrical vocal side. More energetic gallops appear later to remind of the band’s past glories, but the dark doom-laden riffage remains unperturbed by those deviations. “Silent Dark” is doom at its most shining best, a hymn that would have been a highlight even on “Nightfall” (Candlemass), an enchanting symbiosis of melody and heaviness that relies on the gallop again for the more dynamic additive although later on more aggressive, nearly thrashy, rhythms make themselves heard. Not to worry as this is doom metal all the same with a more brutal engine akin to Candlemass’ “Ancient Dreams”.

“Soul Search” begins in a most alluring balladic manner with gorgeous melodic leads Simpson sounding more romantic and benevolent as the elegiac tone of this anthem is nowhere broken save for an isolated galloping raid near the end. “Awaken!” is the forgotten Sabbath track, most likely a leftover from “Sabbath Bloody Sabbath”, a frolic doomster at its most volatile, the staple gallops roaming around for the umpteenth time with great lead sections adding enchanting Oriental atmosphere to the proceedings. “Key to Nirvana” is the next in line outstanding piece, a steady steam-rolling mid-pacer without any fast-paced embellishments, the key to the 12-min behemoth “The Sea of Tranquillity” that follows which indeed has a most tranquil introduction, 2.5-min of serene balladisms before the doom hits, an elegiac mournful hymn with amazing leads, more balladic beauty, angelic Simpson behind the mike, and a spellbinding melodic epitaph. “Equinox” has the ungrateful task to close this saga after such a thoroughly depleting number, but the band pull themselves together for the last time to produce a closing antediluvian wrap-on with sudden Shrapnel-like lead pyrotechnics introduced mid-way which also inaugurate the speedy escapade that lasts till the end.

It took a crust/thrashcore outfit to remember the glorious past of British metal, and bring it up to the front in all its lustre. And not only, but even after all these years this album stands as one of the five finest products of the UK sizeable doom metal movement. It single-handedly elevated the doom consciousness in England in order to make acts like My Dying Bride, Cathedral, Serenity, Solitude, Mourn and Acrimony possible. They could have fitted so well into the tsunami of doom metal practitioners that started a mere few years later… I guess it was mission accomplished for them once the doom revolution was started, and they may have felt like they had nothing more to give to the metal world.

Some 25 years later Simpson and Co. are back, and although so far it’s been only compilations of old material that have been released, one should rest assured that whenever she/he needs a guide to take him/her from the Realms of Crust to the Mountains of Doom, these veterans will rise to the occasion, and will provide a map for this road least travelled down to the utmost detail.

Bayern



..::TRACK-LIST::..

1. Father Time (Beneath The Gaze) 5:50
2. Silent Dark 7:52
3. Soul Search 7:13
4. Awaken (Suryanamaskar) 5:31
5. Key To Nirvana 7:34
6. Into The Sea Of Tranquility (Parts I, II, III) 11:49
7. Equinox 6:45



..::OBSADA::..

Lynda (Tam) Simpson - Vocals, Lyrics, Songwriting
Damian Thompson - Guitars, Bass (tracks 2, 3), Songwriting
Frank Healy - Bass
Spikey T. Smith - Drums, Percussion




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