Reunited '80s cult metal outfitSANCTUARY, which features in its ranks current NEVERMORE frontman Warrel Dane, will perform at the September 19 "Thrash Domination 2010" event at Club Citta in Kawasaki, Japan. Also scheduled to appear are EXODUS, OVERKILL, OUTRAGE and AGENT STEEL.
Dane recently announced that SANCTUARY will record a new studio album. "[I've] been talking with Lenny [Rutledge, former SANCTUARY guitarist]," Dane explained. "We are really good friends again and it feels good." He adds, "I missed my relationship with him for many years."
Regarding how the SANCTUARY reunion will affect NEVERMORE, which released new studio album ("The Obsidian Conspiracy") earlier month, Dane said, "NEVEMORE is never going away, so don't start any more rumors!"
On March 8, Ironbird via Cherry Red Records reissued SANCTUARY's first two albums — 1987's "Refuge Denied", produced by Dave Mustaine of MEGADETH; and 1990's "Into The Mirror Black", produced by Howard Benson — on a single CD.
"Refuge Denied" contains a great version of JEFFERSON AIRPLANE's "White Rabbit". "Into The Mirror Black", SANCTUARY's second and final album, is an overlooked masterpiece, blurring the lines between technical, Bay Area-style thrash, traditional heavy metal and European power metal.
Dane and bassist Jim Sheppard went on to extend SANCTUARY's ambition and songwriting sensibilities into the superb NEVERMORE.
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