Legendary Seattle metal band, SANCTUARY, have posted the artwork to their upcoming album, "The Year The Sun Died", which was created by Travis Smith (Opeth, Nevermore).
The album will be released on October 6th in Europe and October 14th in North America and will feature 11 tracks. There will be a deluxe media book, available exclusively at CM Distro in the United States, which features expanded packaging and the bonus track, "Waiting for the Sun", originally recorded by the Doors. The vinyl version will come with a CD featuring this bonus track as well. The 11 songs on the CD and LP are as follows:
1. Arise and Purify
2. Let The Serpent Follow Me
3. Exitium (Anthem of the Living)
4. Question Existence Fading
5. I Am Low
6. Frozen
7. One Final Day (Sworn to Believe)
8. The World is Wired
9. The Dying Age
10. Ad Vitam Aeternam
11. The Year the Sun Died
SANCTUARY was formed in Seattle in 1985, they released two studio albums on Epic Records, "Refuge Denied" in 1987 and "Into the Mirror Black" in 1989. Worldwide touring with the likes of Megadeth, Warlock, Fates Warning and Death Angel, just to name a few, followed each album. Singer Warrel Dane's sky high vocals combined with guitarist Lenny Rutledge's more mature take on classic thrash riffs separated SANCTUARY from the throes of metal bands struggling to get noticed as at the time. Simply put, SANCTUARY offered something fresh sounding in the muddled world of '80s thrash.
SANCTUARY line-up 2014:
Warrel Dane ' Vocals
Lenny Rutledge ' Guitars
Jim Sheppard ' Bass
Dave Budbill ' Drums
Brad Hull - Guitars
