Sacred Reich

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Sacred Reich

Origin	Arizona, USA
Years active	1985 – 2000
Genres	Thrash metal Speed metal
Labels	Metal Blade Records Hollywood Records
Past members	Wiley Arnett Greg Hall Dave McClain Jason Rainey Phil Rind
Website(s)	Sacred Pages

Sacred Reich was a Phoenix based thrash metal band that formed in 1986. Singer/songwriter Phil Rind's interest was in socially-conscious and political speed metal. After several records on Metal Blade Records, they signed to Hollywood Records for a short stint, but later returned to Metal Blade to continue their musical career. After fourteen years, the band decided to call it a day in 2000.

Former drummer Dave McClain went on to join Machine Head from December 26th 1995 to the present day. Lead Guitarist Wiley Arnett went on to form The Human Condition in 2001.

In 2007 they'll reunite for a couple of gigs in Europe.

[edit] Discography

Draining You of Life (1986 self-released demo - A rarer second version also available with two extra songs)
Ignorance (1987 Album, Metal Blade Records)
Surf Nicaragua (1988 EP - Metal Blade Records - CD version has two live bonus tracks)
Alive at the Dynamo (1989 Live EP - Roadracer Records)
The American Way (1990 Album, Enigma Records)
A Question (1991 EP, Hollywood Records)
Independent (1993 Album, Hollywood Records - Japanese Version includes Fear cover "Let's Start a War" as a bonus track)
Heal (1996 Album, Metal Blade Records - Japanese Version includes Fear cover "Beef Bologna" as a bonus track)
Still Ignorant: 1987-1997 Live - (1997 Live Album, Metal Blade Records)

The band also contributed the Black Sabbath cover "Sweet Leaf" to the Hempilation compilation album to benefit NORML, and the Subhumans cover "The Big Picture" appears as the B-side of the "Open Book" promotional single. A boxed set with remastered versions of Ignorance and Surf Nicaragua with additional bonus material was slated for release in September 2005, but was apparently never released.

A clip of the band's video for the song "The American Way" was featured in the popular Pauly Shore movie Encino Man.