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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
80's Metal from Hawaii, July 4, 2005
Before I was the big time punk rocker that I am today, I used to live in Hawaii & rock out to metal. In the 80's this band played straight up metal & were probably the biggest band around the islands! This may not be as great as Broken Man or Beat Your Kids, but it is much better than all of the nu-metal crap the kids are listening to
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Great Rock/Metal from a band that ended to soon, January 19, 2006
I first heard Sacred Rite way back in 1989 at the age of 14 from a friend who had the tape Is Nothing Sacred and didnt like it. So i took the tape home and judging from the cover i thought it was Death or Thrash metal, i was dead wrong it was neither really. There was no such name in 89 as "Power Metal" so i really didnt know what to call it, but i knew when i popped it in and heard I4NI, it was classic. Although an instrumental song i still though man these guys are a combo of metal and jazz fusion. Then once i heard the singers voice i was like man this guy can sing, his voice is so smooth that you can't hear any grit or struggling in the way he sings his notes. Right away i loved the whole album, and let many people hear it. To some it was awesome to others so so, but to this day this album remains one of the great lost treasures of Rock/Metal music. All talented musicians and not one bad song on the album. I just ordered it off of ebay for 12 bucks, with these extra songs, because my tape was so worn out it wouldnt play anymore. So looking forward to hearing it digitally remastered. Get it, you'll enjoy.
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5.0 out of 5 stars
80's Metal Gem!!!, April 4, 2008
I bought Is Nothing Sacred in late 1986, in a time when Reign In Blood had just come out and that year we saw the likes of Megadeth, Metallica and Metal Church putting out some of their finest work. So, upon first listen, I wasn't too impressed with this opus to say the least. Then some months later while living in a crap-hole bungalow near the beach in New Jersey my buddy slapped this on and damn! I was like, "why didn't I like this a few months ago?" This really is a lost gem to me, because some nuckle-head stole my copy in 88 and hadn't heard it since. It sounds just as killer today as it did twenty years ago. These guys weren't trying to break any land speed records or be brutal for the sake of heavy, they just wrote great, technically proficient, memorable tunes. This is hard to classify accept to say it is straight up twin guitar heavy metal. I prefer a little more growl to my vocals, but the way Mark Kaleiwahea sings fits their style perfect. For all you tech-heads, check out the bass runs in Ni4Ni, sweet! Killer musicmanship all around. On a sad note, drummer Kevin Lum passed away in 2004 from diebeties. If you love old-school metal, or are trying to find something rare and different, buy this disc now!!!
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