{"product_id":"sacrifice-total-steel-cd","title":"Sacrifice - Total Steel CD","description":"\u003cdiv data-parent=\".g5shop__panels-container\" class=\"collapse show\" id=\"collapse-description\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"g5shop__panel-body\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"tralbumData tralbum-about\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"tralbumData tralbum-about\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"accordion__content rte non-page-rte\" aria-hidden=\"false\" id=\"accordion-content-description\" data-default-expanded=\"true\" data-measured=\"false\" style=\"display: block;\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"collapse-description\" class=\"collapse show\" data-parent=\".g5shop__panels-container\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"g5shop__panel-body\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"tralbumData tralbum-about\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"tralbumData tralbum-about\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-parent=\".g5shop__panels-container\" class=\"collapse show\" id=\"collapse-description\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"g5shop__panel-body\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"tralbumData tralbum-about\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"tralbumData tralbum-about\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"accordion__content rte non-page-rte\" aria-hidden=\"false\" id=\"accordion-content-description\" data-default-expanded=\"true\" data-measured=\"false\" style=\"display: block;\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"collapse-description\" class=\"collapse show\" data-parent=\".g5shop__panels-container\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"g5shop__panel-body\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"tralbumData tralbum-about\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"tralbumData tralbum-about\"\u003eFrom their humble beginnings in 1985 on to their super-cult debut album, 1987’s Crest of Black, Japan’s SACRIFICE have stood for uncompromising, world-eating, thrashy METAL. Let’s reiterate: thrashy heavy metal rather than pure thrash metal. Thick and viscous is their thrust, with straightforward songwriting and exceptionally mean delivery. However, it was with 1990’s Total Steel where they’d perfect that signature style. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMuch like Japanese punk takes bog-standard tropes and upends them in unique ways, so, too, did SACRIFICE do such with crossover on Total Steel. Aptly titled in its dedication to rivetheaded ignorance-is-bliss, Total Steel is a nine-song\/46-monster which mainlines then-contemporaneous Cro-Mags, Venom, Razor, Carnivore, the UK’s Sacrilege, Nasty Savage, The Exploited, and even early Celtic Frost into something that sounds like all those simultaneously and nothing like ‘em at all. Credit is due to the band’s bullheaded approach to riffing: hammer\/hammer\/hammer, hypnotically so, stripping\u003cspan class=\"bcTruncateMore\"\u003e everything down to its barbaric basics and then build ‘em up to towering heights. Literally, you DROWN in their crush here, as nearly every vocal-led track tops five minutes, allowing for maximal immersion. Likewise, SACRIFICE’s execution is creepy and sleazy in equal measure, spitting forth attitude even when the linguistic translations go astray. But, the closing couplet of “Don’t Wanna Be Back in Black Days” and “Cold Storm” perhaps perfectly underline their particular headspace. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAmazingly, Total Steel sounds as refreshing today as time-locked as it sounded in 1990. Fans of Power Trip and Iron Age on to maniacs for metalpunk and those who hunt for Combat Core, bow before SACRIFICE!\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Nameless Grave Records","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45842015813793,"sku":null,"price":13.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0634\/3167\/1969\/files\/a4267264820_2.jpg?v=1774311055","url":"https:\/\/namelessgraverecords.com\/products\/sacrifice-total-steel-cd","provider":"Nameless Grave Records","version":"1.0","type":"link"}