Nothing Sacred is a thrash metal band from Australia founded in 1983, releasing their debut album ‘Let Us Prey’ in 1988. During the recording of their second album in 1989, the band went on “hiatus” – the album never seeing the light of day! Returning to the metal scene in 2012, the band travelled to Japan in 2015 to perform and released a new single, ‘First World Problems’ – the band’s first new music in over thirty years! In 2021, ‘No Gods’ – Nothing Sacred‘s sophomore album – was released, followed by the six-song E.P. ‘Leviathan’, emerging in 2023.
One of Australia’s longest-serving metal bands, Nothing Sacred deliver a glorious blend of traditional heavy metal and thrash – heavy yet melodic and insanely infectious. The six songs on offer are a mix of new and older songs and see the return of former vocalist Chris Stark to the fold.
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The two new songs are number one and two on the E.P. and are lyrically connected to the Ukrainian war. The first ‘Leviathan’, is a hard-hitting mid-paced mid, tempo thunder stomp, sharing much of its sound with the traditional style of heavy metal – the rest with thrash! And the vocals, a mix of raspy and throaty, are very suitable to the band’s brash musical stance. The second new song, ‘Drone’, is heavier, and faster, and features the old school “foot on the monitor” feel. The head bang ability of the two new songs is sky-high, as is the infectious level.
The next two songs are re-recorded versions of two classics from the band’s debut album ‘Let Us Prey’ – namely ‘Guardian’, and ‘Sir Megma’. The first ‘Guardian’ is gloriously heavy riffing, brash in nature, yet highly melodious at the same time – Nothing Sacred showing their prowess at seamlessly blending together thrash with traditional metal. ‘Sir Megma’ is a heavy thunder stomp that’s going to knock your block off! The energy and force oozing from ‘Sir Megma’ is incredible, the band shaking the ground with immense intensity.
‘Sudden Death’ is a previously unreleased song – a hurricane fuelled riot of raucous thrash metal. With a head bang-able aura that’s going to send the mosh pits into overdrive, ‘Sudden Death’ is a terrific burst of energy. The sixth and final song on offer is a trance remix of ‘Drone’ – and I’ll leave you to make up your mind! With rumours of a new album on its way, ‘Leviathan’ (E.P.) is a cracking way to introduce the new (well actually, returning) singer and show fans and followers the expected sound and direction of the new album.
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Overall, six songs of new and old material show Nothing Sacred in various moods, whetting the fans’ appetites for the new album.
TRACKLIST
Leviathan
Drone
Guardian
Sir Megma
Sudden Death
Drone Trance
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Release Year: 2023
Label: Rockshots Records
Category: EP
Country: Australia
Reviewed by Iron Mathew for Frenzy Fire and Metal-Roos.
