Following their recent signing with powerhouse label ROAR and the previously-released, first album appetizer ‘Avenging Angel‘, progressive metal masters Sacrosanct have shared a music video for their new single ‘Still Open Sore‘. The band’s forthcoming studio offering, entitled ‘Kidron‘ will be released on March 7th, 2025 via ROAR, the album pre-sale is available –
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The second single out of Sacrosanct’s fifth, new album ‘Kidron‘ clearly shows their thrash roots without losing sight of the new trademarks, which are set in the progressive metal fields. ‘Still Open Sore‘ is a real banger with clean vocals, a combination that has not been and still is not very common.
Get the song, out now on all digital streaming services – here
Sacrosanct, established in 1988, are a well respected name in the metal scene, most known for their three classic albums during the early 1990s: ‘Truth Is – What Is‘, ‘Recesses For The Depraved‘ and ‘Tragic Intense‘.
The Sacrosanct signature sound gradually progressed from sophisticated thrash metal to a more edgy, melodic and atmospheric aural landscape. The brainchild of founding member and lead guitar player Randy Meinhard (ex-Pestilence) returned in 2018, after a 25-year hiatus, with their fourth album ‘Necropolis‘, which was highly acclaimed and bears all of the hallmarks and intricacies that defines Sacrosanct, with a strong emphasis on melancholic melodies and harmony guitar parts as well as a focus on thought-provoking lyrics. Six years later, Sacrosanct return with the even more powerful, still complex, but catchy ‘Kidron‘, introducing their new singer Max Morton, who outshines the album with his clear, dynamic and unique voice. “The album combines all our trademarks, has a unique atmosphere due to all the circumstances we had to go through and is accessible and complex at the same time”, comments Randy Meinhard.
The special thing about Sacrosanct is, that every album sounds different. The band recently revealed: “We always write and play songs in our own way. We can’t and won’t deny our roots. Of course, our first albums were more thrash-heavy, but there was a lot more going on in the songs. You just can’t reduce us to that. I personally love metal from Maiden to Priest to Fates Warning, VoiVod or Slayer. When writing songs, I try to find out how heavy or “commercial” a song can be in our own way. But we always want to touch people with the music and if, for example, a blastbeat can be combined with the classic Sacrosanct riff trademarks, then we have arrived at “‘Kidron‘.”
Pre-order ‘Kidron‘ – here
Track listing:
01 – Marching Days
02 – Avenging Angel
03 – Prince Of Clowns
04 – Coming Of The Scorpion
05 – Gethsemane
06 – Doorway Of Dreams
07 – Still Open Sore
08 – Before It Ends
09 – The Pain Still Lasts
Line-up:
Max Morton – Vocals, Bass
Randy Meinhard – Guitar
Gerrit Knol – Guitar
Jonas Schütz – Drums
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