Ignorance (album)
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| Studio album by Sacred Reich | ||
| Released | 1987 | |
| Recorded | California, USA Stagg Street Studio Preferred Sound Track Record |
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| Genre | Thrash metal | |
| Length | 31:38 | |
| Label | Metal Blade Records | |
| Producer(s) | Bill Metoyer Sacred Reich |
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| Sacred Reich chronology | ||
| --- | Ignorance (1987) |
Surf Nicaragua EP (1988) |
Ignorance is the debut album from Sacred Reich, a thrash metal band originating from Arizona, United States. It was released in 1987 on Metal Blade Records, and was followed up by the 1988 EP, Surf Nicaragua
The album was co-produced by the band and Bill Metoyer, who had previously engineered most of Slayer's early work. The band made the journey to California to record it from their homes in Arizona.
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[edit] Overview
1987 was considered by many to be a good year for thrash metal. Following influential releases from Metallica and Slayer the previous year, a whole plethora of new bands began springing up in Europe as well as the U.S. – and on this offering, Sacred Reich were arguably one of the best of the new crop.
Other releases in this year came from established bands like Anthrax, Celtic Frost, and Helloween. Also Testament and Death, who played a different brand of thrash metal, brought out debut albums.
Ignorance was popular from the start, with its ultrafast rhythms showing a technical adeptness not often encountered on debut albums. Tracks like "Death Squad", "Violent Solutions", and the title-track became instant hits for fans who were awaiting the release of the next Reign in Blood – and there was almost no let up in the tempo save for an instrumental and a couple of more mid-paced mosh songs towards the end.
The tracks "Victim of Demise" and "Rest in Peace" even shared elements of the fledgling thrash off-shoot, death metal, which was gaining popularity through the Death release. However, Phil Rind's vocal style was at the other end of the scale to the death grunt – sitting somewhere in the middle ground occupied by James Hetfield and Joey Belladonna rather than the high-pitched screaming prevalent in other heavy metal bands at the time.
[edit] Track listing
- All songs written by Phil Rind, unless otherwise stated
- "Death Squad" – 4:19
- "Victim of Demise" – 3:29
- "Layed to Rest" (Wiley Arnett) – 2:14
- "Ignorance" – 4:00
- "No Believers" (Rind, Jason Rainey) – 3:17
- "Violent Solutions" (Rind, Rainey) – 4:09
- "Rest in Peace" (Rind, Rainey) – 3:40
- "Sacred Reich" – 3:10
- "Administrative Decisions" – 3:20
[edit] Credits
- Phil Rind – vocals, bass
- Wiley Arnett – guitar
- Jason Rainey – guitar
- Greg Hall – drums
- Recorded in California, U.S. at Stagg Street Studio, Preferred Sound, and Track Record
- Produced by Bill Metoyer and Sacred Reich
- Engineered by Bill Metoyer
- Assistant engineered by Richard McIntosh, Scott Campbell, Ken Paulakovich, and Brian Carlstrom
- Mixed at Track Record
- Executive produced by Brian Slagel
- Artwork by Paul Stottler
