Refuge Denied

Refuge Denied
Studio album by Sanctuary
Released	April 26th, 1988
Studio	Steve Lawson Productions, Seattle, Washington
Genre	Heavy metal [1] thrash metal [2] power metal [3]
Length	39:35
Label	Epic
Producer	Dave Mustaine, Paul Lani
Sanctuary chronology
Refuge Denied (1988) Into the Mirror Black (1990)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]
Billboard	Unfavorable [4]
Hollywood Metal	7/9 [5]
Rock Hard	9/10 [6]

Refuge Denied is the debut studio album by American heavy metal band Sanctuary, released on April 26th, 1988 by Epic Records.

Background

After having recorded their first demo, guitarist Lenny Rutledge managed to establish contact with singer and guitarist Dave Mustaine after a show of his band, Megadeth. Mustaine expressed interest in the demo and in acting as producer. Mustaine's manager at the time, Keith Rawls, financed the recording and finally became Sanctuary's manager. Talks to a number of record labels led to the signing with Epic. ^[7]

Release

The song "Battle Angels" was used in the 2009 video game Brütal Legend . ^[8]

The album was re-released in 2010 together with successor album Into the Mirror Black as double CD by reissue label IronBird via Cherry Red. ^{[9] [10]}

The song “Battle Angels” was featured in the fourth episode of the first season of the Netflix series, The OA , “Away”.

Track listing

All tracks are written by Warrel Dane and Lenny Rutledge, except where noted.

Side 1

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Battle Angels"	Sean Blosl, Warrel Dane	4:52
2.	"Termination Force"	Lenny Rutledge, Dane, Jim Sheppard	3:40
3.	"Die for My Sins"		3:42
4.	"Soldiers of Steel"		5:30

Side 2

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
5.	"Sanctuary"		3:57
6.	"White Rabbit"	Grace Slick	3:10
7.	"Ascension to Destiny"		4:57
8.	"The Third War"		3:52
9.	"Veil of Disguise"		5:55

Personnel

Sanctuary

• Warrel Dane – vocals
• Lenny Rutledge – guitar, backing vocals
• Sean Blosl – guitar, backing vocals
• Jim Sheppard – bass
• Dave Budbill – drums, backing vocals

Additional musicians

• Dave Mustaine – backing vocals, guitar solo (6), production
• James Overaa (credited as James Overa) – backing vocals
• Rich Furtner – backing vocals

Technical personnel

• Paul Lani – production (6), mixing
• Terry Date – engineering
• Mike Amstadt – assistant engineering
• Don Grierson – executive production
• Lynn DeBon – photography
• Ed Repka – cover art

References

1. "Review of Sanctuary - Refuge Denied". The Metal Crypt.
2. Book, John. "Refuge Denied – Sanctuary". AllMusic . Retrieved March 23, 2024.
3. "Sanctuary - Refuge Denied". MetalReviews.com.
4. Rosenbluth, Jean; Morris, Chris (February 13, 1988). "Sanctuary Refuge Denied". Billboard . Vol. 100, no. 7. New York: Billboard Publications. p. 68. ISSN   0006-2510. OCLC   4086332.
5. Carbon, Kaptain (June 3, 2014). "SANCTUARY- Refuge Denied (1987)". Hollywood Metal. Archived from the original on May 1, 2017. Retrieved May 25, 2016.
6. Trojan, Frank (1988). "Sanctuary: Refuge Denied". Rock Hard (in German). No. 25. Rock Hard Verlags- und Handels- GmbH. ISSN   1437-8140 . Retrieved May 27, 2016.
7. Rutledge, Lenny (1987). "It's not heaven nor hell – it's Sanctuary". Demolish Magazine (Interview). No. 1. Interviewed by Curt King. Retrieved May 25, 2016.
8. Sinclair, Brendan (August 11, 2009). "Brutal Legend cranks out heavy metal setlist". GameSpot . CBS Interactive . Retrieved May 25, 2016.
9. "Sanctuary's Classic Albums To Be Reissued On Single CD". Blabbermouth.net . January 13, 2010. Retrieved May 25, 2016.
10. "Refuge Denied & Into The Mirror Black: Sanctuary". Cherry Red . Retrieved May 25, 2016.