Sanctuary
Sanctuary is a heavy metal band formed in Seattle, Washington in 1985 by cousins and guitarists Lenny Rutledge and Sean Blosl, with vocalist Warrel Dane among its defining members. The band came to prominence when Dave Mustaine of Megadeth agreed to produce their debut, Refuge Denied (1988), which earned the band significant attention in the power and speed metal community. Their second album Into the Mirror Black (1990) pushed the band toward more progressive territory before label pressure to conform to grunge trends led to their 1992 dissolution; they reunited in 2010 and went on to record new material, though Dane's passing in 2017 cast a shadow over the band's legacy.
Sanctuary Shows
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Sanctuary Discography
9 tracks
- 1 Dream of the Incubus - Demo 1986 4:26
- 2 Die For My Sins - Demo 1986 3:40
- 3 Soldiers of Steel - Demo 1986 6:39
- 4 Death Rider / Third War - Demo 1986 4:14
- 5 White Rabbit - Demo 1986 2:35
- 6 Ascension to Destiny - Demo 1986 5:06
- 7 Battle Angels - Demo 1986 5:19
- 8 I Am Insane - Demo 1986 4:02
- 9 Veil Of Disguise - Demo 1986 6:23
1 track
- 1 Dream of the Incubus - Demo 1986 4:26
1 track
- 1 Die For My Sins - Demo 1986 3:40
9 tracks
- 1 Battle Angels 4:51
- 2 Termination Force 3:39
- 3 Die for My Sins 3:41
- 4 Soldiers of Steel 5:30
- 5 Sanctuary 3:57
- 6 White Rabbit 3:10
- 7 Ascension to Destiny 4:57
- 8 The Third War 3:52
- 9 Veil of Disguise 5:54
9 tracks
- 1 Future Tense 5:07
- 2 Taste Revenge 5:03
- 3 Long Since Dark 5:06
- 4 Epitaph 6:03
- 5 Eden Lies Obscured 5:23
- 6 The Mirror Black 5:05
- 7 Seasons of Destruction 4:51
- 8 One More Murder 4:19
- 9 Communion 5:38
11 tracks
- 1 Arise and Purify 4:13
- 2 Let the Serpent Follow Me 4:46
- 3 Exitium (Anthem of the Living) 4:53
- 4 Question Existence Fading 4:20
- 5 I Am Low 5:15
- 6 Frozen 5:46
- 7 One Final Day (Sworn to Believe) 3:30
- 8 The World Is Wired 5:08
- 9 The Dying Age 4:52
- 10 Ad Vitam Aeternam 1:30
- 11 The Year the Sun Died 5:33
22 tracks
- 1 Future Tense 5:08
- 1 Eden Lies Obscured - Live 1990 5:15
- 2 Taste Revenge 5:03
- 2 Seasons of Destruction - Live 1990 5:01
- 3 Long Since Dark 5:04
- 3 Die For My Sins - Live 1990 4:05
- 4 Epitaph 6:03
- 4 Future Tense - Live 1990 5:15
- 5 Eden Lies Obscured 5:24
- 5 White Rabbit - Live 1990 5:37
- 6 The Mirror Black 5:06
- 6 Taste Revenge - Live 1990 5:09
- 7 Seasons of Destruction 4:52
- 7 Long Since Dark - Live 1990 5:07
- 8 One More Murder 4:20
- 8 Sanctuary - Live 1990 4:25
- 9 Communion 5:38
- 9 One More Murder - Live 1990 4:06
- 10 Future Tense - Demo 1989 5:16
- 10 Battle Angels - Live 1990 5:18
- 11 I Am Insane - Demo 1989 4:04
- 12 Mirror Black - Demo 1989 4:56
1 track
- 1 Not of the Living 5:21
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