Sanctified (album)

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Sanctified
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Studio album by
Morgana Lefay
Released17 October 1995 [1]
RecordedWavestation L.A., Sweden [1]
Genre Heavy metal, power metal, thrash metal, groove metal [2]
Length57:40
Label Black Mark Records
Producer Morgana Lefay and Ulf Peterson
Morgana Lefay chronology
Past, Present, Future
(1995)		Sanctified
(1995)		 Maleficium
(1996)

Sanctified is the fourth studio album by Swedish heavy metal band Morgana Lefay, released in 1995.

Contents

Reception

The album received a review of 9/10 from Rockhard.de . [3] In the Swedish mainstream press, the album got short reviews in Dagens Nyheter , Svenska Dagbladet , Aftonbladet and Helsingborgs Dagblad . Critics thought the album lacked innovation, but Aftonbladet noted that "If every song were as good as 'To Isengard', I could not shut off the record". [4] [5] [6] [7] Expressen compared Morgana Lefay to "a bleak Pantera". [8] I Norway, Scream called the record "well above average" in the current time, but two or three songs were not up to par and the album received a 4 out of 6 score. [9]

Track listing

All music and lyrics written and arranged by Morgana Lefay.

  1. Out in the Silence – 4:05
  2. Time Is God – 5:09
  3. To Isengard – 5:17
  4. Why? - 5:03
  5. Mad Messiah – 5:04
  6. Another Dawn – 4:43
  7. In the Court of the Crimson King – 3:51
  8. Sorrow Calls – 8:21
  9. Where Insanity Rules – 4:15
  10. Shadows of God – 4:13
  11. Gil-Galad (The Sanctified) – 7:34

(4:06 minutes into "Gil-Galad (The Sanctified)" there's a "hidden" bonus track)

Credits

References

  1. 1 2 Allmusic
  2. ↑ Latsara, Crystal (26 March 2025). "A Short Guide to Morgana Lefay". Metal Invader. Retrieved 27 March 2025.
  3. ↑ Rockhard.de review
  4. ↑ "Duktigt men tråkigt". Dagens Nyheter (in Swedish). 4 January 1995.
  5. ↑ "Apokalyptiska toner: låter det så här i dödens väntrum?". Svenska Dagbladet (in Swedish). 20 January 1995.
  6. ↑ "Pop/rock". Aftonbladet (in Swedish). 3 February 1995.
  7. ↑ "De tuffare låtarna blandas upp med balladliknande". Helsingborgs Dagblad (in Swedish). 4 February 1995.
  8. ↑ Review by Martin Carlsson, Expressen 13 April 1995
  9. ↑ Øien, Frode (1995). Scream (review) (in Norwegian). No. 23. p. 27.{{cite magazine}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
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