Human Sacrifice

Vengeance Rising | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (March 13, 1992)
• Label: Starsong
• ASIN: B00008FUQ7
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,348,569 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Classic thrash by a Christian band, November 30, 2009

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Jason W Childers - See all my reviews

This review is from: Human Sacrifice (Audio CD)

This is Vengeance Rising's debut album which was originally released in 1988 during a time when the only other options for Christians who enjoyed Metal music were bands like Stryper and Barren Cross who were rather tame compared to alot of secular metal bands at the time.

Most of this album is brutal thrash in vein of bands such as Dark Angel, Slayer, and Mantas-era Death. What set this band apart from thrash bands like Slayer and Metallica were Roger Martinez's vocal style which was on the fringe of death metal styled vocals.

Their are a few classic rock and blues influences as evidenced on the song Mulligan Stew and the guitar intro to Fill This Place with Blood. My favortie tracks are the title track, Fatal Delay, and Beheaded. Beheaded is played at break neck speed and ends with a horrific scream that lasts nearly 10 seconds and in my opinion ends the album perfectly.

The only downside is that some of the drumming is a bit sloppy and off timed but certainly not enough to constitute a bad album by any means. Also the lead guitar work on here is exceptional and could easily hold up against the best of secular metal bands of the time.

Get this if you like late 80's bay area thrash with semi-death metal vocals and some rock and blues thrown in here and there.

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An awesome album by an awesome band!, April 7, 2004

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"metalsmasher86" (Lodi, CA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Human Sacrifice (Audio CD)

In all my 7 years as a metalhead, I've heard so many people say that metal is the music of the devil. But when I first heard of Vengeance Rising, I gave them a listen, and they completely took that theory and threw it out the window! My favorite music genre + the Christian religion = ONE AWESOME BAND!!

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Historical Album, November 20, 2003

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Daniel Alban (Lynchburg, VA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Human Sacrifice (Audio CD)

This is one of the most important Christian metal albums ever. This broke the mold of previous Christian metal albums and was ranked one of the hardest bands- Christian or secular.