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SACRIFICE
1987 - Forward To Termination.
1990 - Soldiers Of Misfortune.
way more Helter Skelter.

October 12, 1987 - 2022: 35 years of: Forward To Termination.

Canadians on speed !

1987: the last year for speedmetal yet the supply-chain was still fully well fed. After 1985-86 stalwart thrash / speed releases worldwide and 1985's Torment In Fire LP, like a razor, the infernäl SACRIFICE pounded the scene like an anvil.

A wild whirlwind tornado of riffs attack on cue with "Forward To Termination" and "Terror Strikes". Some of the fastest and most raging aggressions on Earth. The mosh gets bloodier on "Flames Of Armageddon" and on the gripping "Light Of The End".

WWIII energy melts on the closer "Pyrokinesis" and the headbanger fast of "Afterlife". The video-cut for "Re-Animation" did get Canadian airplay, proving that this band was the most serious act out there in this rabid scene.

Second opus for this terror from Toronto, the race was on. Sadly with limited marketing from Diabolic Force Records, the album was only an underground hit ...but has since benefited from a revival since the band's reformation of 2006.

The boys would rapidly mature and set the bar higher with 1990's pristine progressive smart thrashmetal Soldiers Of Misfortune CD.

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Re-Animation = video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SMO26g9jCpE
Forward To Termination = full LP
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vug1d7fF9Ag&list=OLAK5uy_lGQjhvxIS0tk_Oud7nC6pDK5T_8IEo-tk
Interview on MuchMusic in 1987
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YtmGHnBGTjU
Live in Saint-John in 1987
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mgj-Sxi1jX0

August 1990 - 2025: 35 years of: Soldiers Of Misfortune.

The last platoon.

Taming the beast to perfection following 1987's Forward To Termination LP savage speed-fest, SACRIFICE now steps into the realm of progressive-thrashmetal.

Flexing all muscles, the ravage of "As The World Burns" and "In Defiance" are true torments in fire. Mosh and melodies clashes in a suave metal-meeting, on both "Lost Through Time" and the lively "Existence Within Eternity".

The audacious 10min+ trek of "Truth (After The Rain)" displays a mature band with manipulative means, while the title-track warriors of "Soldiers Of Misfortune", might very well be 1990's best thrash-cut, in the mid-paced heavyweights category.

1990 and some parts of 1991 are thrashmetal's last lap. As most bands pushed the clichés aside and some even dared the once unachievable progressive / technical elements. From ANNIHILATOR, to D.B.C., to OBLIVEON ...this new sub-branch of thrash, gave the genre a well deserved point in the credibility department.

Always under the radar, SACRIFICE would provide one last collection of metal before dwelling into the interzone: 1993's Apocalypse Inside CD.

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Soldiers Of Misfortune = video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YyATO665LgM
Soldiers Of Misfortune = full CD
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0a0qBxk9C3g&list=OLAK5uy_nA5_oOcQmMTxFJSAn3MSgGUmzlkNM-SZ8
MusiquePlus interview in 1990
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9hcgHTqzo2A
Live in Toronto in 1990
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_eIlj9f21JA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bmv3Npqz0t4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JFTP6D8pCDs