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Living Sacrifice

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This album in the first in the rereleases of a very underrated metal band, Living Sacrifice. This album was done in the style of Slayer, before they went all out death metal. If your into great thrash metal, which unfortunately nobody does it anymore, get this album! It kicks! Get this one and the next rerelease, "Nonexistant", which is possibly the heaviest album ever made. Now if only they rereleased old Believer albums...

I have been listening to Slayer since 1986. I have been listening to Living Sacrifice since the day this disc was released back in 1991. They do not sound like Slayer! This is a good speed and thrash metal release with excellent drumming and some good aggression in the music. "Violence" and "The Prodigal" have some excellent riffs to bang your head too.

I am finally reviewing this debut cd of Living Sacrifice. This is probably there most underated album of all time. Sure they were musically "inspired" by Slayer, Anthrax, etc., but I really don't care because a lot of the fans of LS started out with their metalcore cds and don't like there old stuff and more than likley, think that a lot of those poser metalcore bands are the greatest thing since sliced bread. Instead, since I don't own anything form Slayer, I can say definately without being biased one bit that this is a very good cd. It's a brutal/speed thrash cd with some great music throughout. DJ's vocals are different of course, but so are all LS cds. In fact, I like his different vocal styles, especially on Nonexistent. I first tryed to get this cd from Lifeway in 2004 on sale for $2.50 (or maybe in early 2005, I can't quite remember) but it had sold out or something. Finally in July of 2005, I bought it at FYE used for 6.99 or 5.99 ( can't remember that to clearly either). All in all, not a bad album at all; it's not there best but definately one worth getting.

A debut album of this stature is rare. Even at such a young age, Living Sacrifice laid a slab of heaviness that rivaled veteran bands of that time. This album is predominatley speed/thrash metal. The guitar riffs stay fairly fast through out the whole album with an occasional most excellent razor sharp solo. The drumming isn't quite as diverse as in later albums, but still very, very skilled. The vocals fit the album well. The well spoken positive lyrics are a clear and forceful yell. It all mixes together to form an album that will be held as a Christian Metal classic for ages to come.

El Kabong gives it four head bangs.

This is the Christian metal band Living Sacrifice's self titled debut that came out in 1991. This was of course during a time in the history of metal when straight up old school thrash was rather passé as its fiercer sounding and subsequently inevitable progression into death metal had been reasonably established when this was released. Nonetheless, this is a great thrash album that easily holds up well against this band's satanic counterpart Slayer.

The overall sound is an exact cross section between the insane speed and sheer brutality of Slayer's Reign in Blood and the darker, mid-paced rhythms that are quite prevalent on their 4th offering South of Heaven.

The guitaring showcases incredibly fast and accurate Slayer quality riffs without even plagiarizing them one bit. The leads ranged from good to acceptable sometimes leaving desired originality and dynamics. But in my opinion they're still better than Kerry King's brand of light speed solos that lack tightness as well as being just plain sloppy.

The drumming is tight and well executed and comes close to the standard set by veteran drummer Dave Lombardo who's only advantage here is merely age and experience as Lance Garvin was just 18 when this was recorded.

The production is good but certainly not polished. I thought it could have been a little louder myself but not a bad job by any means.

In conclusion, this release encompasses nearly every legitimate quality of good old school Slayer saving for the tired satanic overtones that plague Slayer's otherwise great music. Fans of great thrash will not be disappointed.

The defentive band of the hard core gospel music scene. Living Sacrifice's albums are probably the most unknown and best I've ever heard. The messages in LS are insightful and uplifting. The best part of the album is that it is HARD and FAST! The 1st album is a gospel carbon copy of Slayer. They came into there own sound their second time around. ALL Living Sacrifice albums are a beautiful progression of wisdom and sound. A must have for any fan of hard core metal. Check their albums out: Living Sacrifice, Nonexistent, Inhabit, & Reborn!

Ok to the reviewer before me LS is not wanna be thrash they are Thrash/Speed Metal and darn tootin awesome!!! Who cares if they got compared to Slayer I own a Slayer album and I own all the LS albums musically slayers all about being evil and LS is all about God and the love he represents. So really theres not a comparison to Slayer at all if you ask me. LS formed when Thrash was going strong. There songs are awesome and wholesome. If your into Thrash/Speed Metal then this album has it all breakdowns, pounding drums, the twin guitar attack, and the talking vocals lol. This album is definately good. Check out there next albums though. I think you'll be impressed if you do so.

This first album of theirs is pure speed metal at its best. Nothing wrong with that until after awhile, you begin to realize that all the songs sound the same! Very fast guitars with the occassional machine gun rhythms. And that's pretty much it. They could've varied the tempos and song structures. "Reborn" is better than "Living Sacrifice" in that regard.

Big props go out to Tooth and Nail records for the rerelease of this album! 19 year old Christian kids from the deep south and...death metal? yes yes yes! Well, actually, this album is more in the brooding/grinding/6 minute song/Slayer metal mode. D.J. (the singer) is too young to acheive real death-metal vocals, but his gutteral roars are still pretty good. The number and quality of riffs and solos Bruce Fitzhugh rips out on this album is definitely worth the price. Living Sacrifice is one of the most brutal and skilled bands out there, and one of my favorite Christian bands. If you something raging and violent (like the songs "Internal Unrest" and "Walls of Seperation"), you gotta have this album! Rock-n-freaking-roll. I can't wait until they restore Inhabit and Nonexistant!To God be the glory!

You should buy this CD. The sound is amazing, and the songs are great. It's quite a bit different from their current sound, but it's still worth listening to.