It's hard to imagine old school traditional Heavy Metal bands releasing 2 albums within months, both lyrically similar, yet musically slightly deviating (though I must mention I haven't listened to the other one yet). British's satanic lyrics driven atmospheric Heavy Metal band SACRILEGE brings in all the dirty fantasies of a 80's fan boy to reality with their new full length "six6six", but without any of the Black Metal drama, but rather with a Traditional Heavy Metal touch.

The album creates a unique atmospheric vibe from the word go with the 1^st song in "Death March six6six". The sound is not familiar in traditional Heavy Metal circles, but works perfectly fine here and makes every sense, as "Welcome to the Dragons den" takes the same atmospheric vibe and turns it into a anthemic Heavy Metal song reminiscent of bands like BLACK SABBATH, JUDAS PRIEST, etc. With an album name like "six6six" the band has put its lyrical theme naked in front of the community and is not afraid to be type casted, but what SACRILAGE offers here is musical beauty flavored with the satanic lyrics. Take a listen to something like "Lucifer's Soldiers" or "Sanctuary" the riffs are nothing new, but are rather presented with new satanic flavor, especially with those Bill Beadle's haunting voice with the eerie sound, mainly created due to the closed room production done here, makes this album stand out among the crowd. "In Hell" brings in a touch of Doomy sound with all the goodness of the aforementioned production sound, which should take a great credit for the album's beauty. Some of the riffs are reminiscent of old school Death Metal bands like in "Sanctuary" due to the dark vibes. Bill Beadle's vocals in "Forever After" totally are reminiscent of Ozzy Osbourne's adding to the eerie vibes, and what with those exquisite solos, the song is really captivating. Though the album is by and large an excellent one, there are odd mediocre songs such as "I Can't Die" and "Eyes of the Lord" which aren't really bad, but just not meeting the expectations set by the other ones, mainly due to the haphazard and monotonous song writing found here which simply isn't convincing to my ears, even with all those cheesy solos sprinkled all over the songs. The album gets more melodic towards the latter half of the album.

All in all, this is a great album, which could have been much better if not for its lackluster latter half, but considering the lyrical theme and the production approach the band has taken, the boys have really pulled it off by and large, this is going to be an interesting listen for the seasoned Heavy/Doom Metal fans.<