Monday 27 April 2015

Sacrifice - Soldiers Of Misfortune (1991)




Artist: Sacrifice

Release Title: Soldiers Of Misfortune
Release Type: Full Length
Release Year: 1991
Artist Genre: Thrash Metal
Artist Origin: Canada

Track Listing:
1. As The World Burns 2. Soldiers Of Misfortune 3. In Defiance 4. Existence Within Eternity 5. Pawn Of Prophecy 6. Lost Through Time 7. A Storm In The Silence 8. Truth (After The Rain)
Total playing time 40:26
 
As thrash was nearing the twilight years of it's golden era, at the turn of the 90's, the scene was flooded with bands with lobotomies, trying to ride the wave as it was in the limelight of the metal scene, and producing quick to market generic knock offs of the "Anthrax sound" or the "Slayer sound" and helping steer the genre into the grisly demise it would suffer a couple of years down the line. Despite that there were still bands trying to keep the ship steady by maintaining originality, a good array of riffs and some creativity to keep fans from straying from the genre and Sacrifice were definitely one of these bands, who took their initial dark, murky thrash sound and added more technical flair to it on "Soldiers Of Misfortune" along with a more crisp, clear production and they definitely end up with another record which nowadays can see people killing other people in order to own.

The highlights on here include the awesome riffs in "As The World Burns", the epic title track, the mid paced and bouncy "Lost Through Time" and the furious "A Storm In The Silence". All the tracks are definitely worthy and like "Forward To Termination", this album deserves it's own altar to be worshipped on.