The American Way - Music

Sacred Reich Is An American Thrash Metal Band Based In Phoenix Arizona That Was Formed In 1985. The Band Split In 2000 But Reunited In 2006. Sacred Reich Has Been Credited Along With Testament Destruction Death Angel And Dark Angel For Leading The Second Wave Of Thrash Metal In The Late 1980s. After Several Albums On Metal Blade Records Sacred Reich Signed To Hollywood Records For A Short Stint But Later Returned To Metal Blade To Continue Their Musical Career. After Breaking Up In 2000 The Band Announced In November 2006 They Would Play Several Shows In The Summer Of 2007 In Europe Including Wacken Open Air. Throughout Its 37-Year Career With The Exception Of A Hiatus From 2000 To 2006 Sacred Reich Has Performed Live Globally Including Playing At Clubs Theaters Arenas And Festivals. They Have Performed Alongside Numerous Acts Such As Iron Maiden Judas Priest Megadeth Slayer Motörhead Sepultura Pantera Exodus Testament Anthrax Flotsam And Jetsam Dark Angel Accept Napalm Death Obituary D.R.I Vio-Lence Forbidden Holy Moses Forced Entry Gwar Suicidal Tendencies Iron Reagan Overkill Kreator Destruction Corrosion Of Conformity Queensrÿche King Diamond Municipal Waste The Cro-Mags Sick Of It All Excel Atrophy Heathen Armored Saint Nuclear Assault The Crumbsuckers M.O.D. Agnostic Front Death Angel Onslaught Xentrix Coroner Danzig Crowbar Viking Evildead Savatage Trouble Cathedral And Omen. Former Drummer Dave McClain Went On To Join Machine Head In 1995. Lead Guitarist Wiley Arnett Went On To Form The Human Condition With St. Madness Vocalist Prophet In July 2000. The Band Also Contributed The Black Sabbath Cover "Sweet Leaf" To The Hempilation Freedom Is NORML Compilation Album To Benefit NORML And The Subhumans Cover "The Big Picture" Appears As The B-Side Of The "Open Book" Promotional Single. A Three Disk Boxed Set With Remastered Versions Of Ignorance And Surf Nicaragua With Additional Bonus Material Including The "Draining You Of Life" Demo Tape And A Live DVD Was Released In Europe Only In The Summer Of 2007 By Metal Blade Records. In The Spring Of 2017 The Band Announced Their First North American Tour In 21 Years. In January 2018 Sacred Reich Signed To Metal Blade Records And Began Working On Their Fifth Studio Album Awakening Which Was Released On August 23 2019. It Is The Band's First Full-Length Studio Album Since 1996's Heal And Their First Since Drummer Dave McClain And Guitarist Joey Radziwill Replaced Founding Members Greg Hall And Jason Rainey Respectively. Founding Member And Former Guitarist Jason Rainey Died On March 16 2020 At The Age Of 53 From An Apparent Heart Attack. Full Wikipedia Article Https //en.Wikipedia.Org/wiki/Sacred_Reich Studio Albums
Ignorance 1987 The American Way 1990 Independent 1993 Heal 1996 Awakening 2019 read less