Awakening (Sacred Reich album)

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Awakening
Sacred Reich - Awakening.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedAugust 23, 2019 (2019-08-23)
Recorded2019
StudioThe Platinum Underground, Mesa, Arizona
Genre
Length31:23
Label Metal Blade
Producer Arthur Rizk, Sacred Reich
Sacred Reich chronology
Still Ignorant
(1997)
Awakening
(2019)

Awakening is the fifth studio album by American thrash metal band Sacred Reich, released through Metal Blade Records on August 23, 2019. [2] This is the band's first full-length studio album since Heal (1996), marking the longest gap between Sacred Reich's studio albums, [3] as well as their first release with rhythm guitarist Joey Radziwill, who replaced founding member Jason Rainey right before the recording sessions began. [4]

Contents

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 76/100 [5]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [1]
Exclaim! 7/10 [6]

Awakening was met with generally favorable reviews from critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, this release received an average score of 76, based on four reviews. [5]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Phil Rind, except where noted

No.TitleLength
1."Awakening"4:08
2."Divide & Conquer"3:40
3."Salvation"3:59
4."Manifest Reality"4:44
5."Killing Machine"3:18
6."Death Valley"5:22
7."Revolution"2:48
8."Something to Believe"3:24
Total length:31:23
Japanese edition bonus track [7]
No.TitleLength
9."Salvation" (Demo)4:05
Total length:35:33

Personnel

Production

Charts

Chart (2019)Peak
position
US Heatseekers Albums (Billboard) [8] 1
US Independent Albums (Billboard) [9] 9
US Top Album Sales (Billboard) [10] 59

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