Scarborough, Ontario thrash metal veterans, Sacrifice, are streaming their upcoming full-length, Volume Six, in its entirety, over on their YouTube channel. The band’s first full-length in over sixteen years, it will be released in North America through Cursed Blessings Records, on Friday, February 21st. The record is available in Europe, Asia, and Australia through High Roller Records. Check it out below.
Pre-order Volume Six here: https://cursed-blessings-records.myshopify.com/collections/sacrifice-volume-six
Frontman Rob Urbinati declares, “For months, we have been waiting for the day when everyone can finally hear our new Sacrifice album Volume Six. That day is here at last; We hope you enjoy this record of Canadian thrash metal by the same four band members we started with.”
The sixth Sacrifice album overall, and second since the band’s reformation in 2006, Volume Six features ten new originals and a cover paying homage to the Toronto scene from which they originally emerged. The songs on Volume Six run the gamut from speedy, breakneck thrash (“Comatose,” “Explode,” “We Will Not Survive”) to more nuanced, layered, metallic compositions (“Underneath Millenia,” “Your Hunger For War”). Two instrumental tracks on the album show yet another side of the band’s songwriting while still clearly being Sacrifice songs: “Lunar Eclipse” is a showcase for Joe Rico and Urbinati’s excellent twin guitar leads, while “Black Hashish” is Sacrifice at their most psychedelic. The album’s final track, “Trapped In A World,” is a cover of ‘80s Toronto hardcore band Direct Action, a group that had a massive influence on the members of Sacrifice during their formative years. The song features guest vocals by Youth Youth Youth vocalist and Toronto music legend Brian Taylor, who operated the Diabolic Force label in the eighties and produced the band’s first three albums, bringing everything full-circle three decades later with his appearance here.
Working once again with engineer Darius Szczepaniak – who was also at the helm for Sacrifice’s 2009 effort The Ones I Condemn – Volume Six was recorded, mixed, and mastered at Phase One Studios. Tracked over a period of sessions between September 2023 and May 2024, the record was produced by vocalist/guitarist Rob Urbinati and features the band’s original lineup, with lead guitarist Joe Rico, bassist Scott Watts, and drummer Gus Pynn as well as Urbinati. They are one of, if not the only, 1980s thrash band that still has its original lineup intact and playing together, and on Volume Six, the band hits it out of the park. The stunning front cover artwork for Volume Six was painted by Propagandhi bassist and lifelong Sacrifice fan Todd Kowalski. Volume Six will be released digitally and on CD, MC, and LP in Blue, White, and Black variants.
Sacrifice will make a rare live appearance to headline Modified Ghost Festival in Vancouver, British Columbia May 17th with Repulsion, Anciients, Bewitcher, and more. The show will serve as the official release show for Volume Six. Additional live appearances from the band are to be expected later in the year.
Sacrifice live:
5/17/2025 Modified Ghost Festival @ Rickshaw Theatre – Vancouver, BC [tickets: https://rickshawtheatre.com/show_listings/modified-ghost-festival-sacrifice/]
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