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#3 Volume Six by Sacrifice



Name: Sacrifice

Album: Volume Six

Released: 21 February 2025

One of the records that could easily have made my list of yearly favourites, although it is impossible to fit everything into a top five, and creating an extensive section of honorable mentions would dilute the purpose, so I decided to write a dedicated post about this work by the Canadian thrashers.

To be honest, I have not followed their discography in depth, as we are talking about a band active since the 1980s. In 1993 they either stopped or went on hiatus, I am not entirely sure whether they remained active without releasing material, but they returned with a compilation in 2006 and a full-length album in 2009. I know their first two releases quite well, Torment in Fire and the striking Forward to Termination, which I consider one of the greatest thrash metal albums of all time and certainly one of the most ferocious. After that there is a gap for me, and this year, at the beginning of it, I discovered that they had released something new. I pressed play and it immediately blew me away. These are fantastic compositions with an energy that makes them sound as if they are still in their prime rather than veterans of the scene.

Thematically, Volume Six explores corruption on social and political levels, the approaching destruction of the world presented through allegory, and the inner conflicts a person may experience in relation to both themselves and their surroundings.

It has plenty of speed, yet there are also slower passages with remarkable solos and rhythmic bridges, and those are the elements that excite me the most in their sound.

Once again, the Canadian metal scene, and not only its metal output, delivers musical excellence and reminds us that although the North is cold, people still find ways to keep the fire within them burning.

If you truly love music, do not rely solely on streaming.

Whenever your finances allow it, offer your support and purchase an album.

It matters.

Favorite Song: Probably Black Hashish

https://sacrificecanada.bandcamp.com/album/volume-six

 

 

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