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    Sacrament

    Testimony of Apocalypse

    Reviewed by Doug Van Pelt

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    Label R.E.X. RecordsHeaven's Metal #25May 1990
    thrash metalspeed metal

    Mind-blowing, blazing speed metal that's not for the faint of heart. I've heard rumors that ambulance drivers carry Sacrament tapes with them to jar heart-attack victims back to life. This tape has been billed as the heaviest metal around, and I'm inclined to believe it. These guys lay down a terrifyingly fast rhythm, complete with "wall of sound" rowdy background vocals, and the individual chops to challenge the most discriminate metalheads. The message is potent artillery (the Word of God) for use in attacking darkness. The lyric sheets include scripture references in the midst of the song lyrics. Check out these assuring words in "The Risen": "He died, giving all there was to give/ He paid the price so all sinners could be free/ He lives, never will He ever die/ living in the hearts of all the children of God/ Fear not, He is the living One/ He rose from death and He wants you to accept Him/ Knees fall, pray to the Son of God/ reigning in His kingdom." Awesome stuff. Christian metal used to be able to musically offer a common ground for unsaved metalheads; now it has the ability to blow them away! Make your way to the store faster than you can swirl in a pit!

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