"The band entered the studio on February 2, 2014 to begin recording.

Is it all pristine and amazing? Discover releases, reviews, credits, songs, and more about Sanctuary - The Year The Sun … And my god! And then we started saying, 'Well, gosh, let's make music again.' We all just started talking with each other again. "Metal Underground.com said that while they had expected an album that sounded more like "Refuge Denied", they praised the band's evolution and post-nineties sound giving it 4.5 out of 5 stars, stating: "Fans who expect things to go back to precisely where they left off are many of the same ones who refuse to explore music outside self-made walls, thus missing out on the true passion of music...exploration. The Year the Sun Died is the third studio album by American heavy metal band Sanctuary, released on October 6, 2014 in Europe, and eight days later in North America. anyways this album is great heavy metal! So I completely understand the comparison, and I'm okay with that, but there's other people that kind of got a little annoyed when everyone started saying it sounded like NEVERMORE. let me start off by saying this is not the sanctuary from 25 years ago....."the year the sun died" is far more structured, controlled and better written to say the least! Red vinyl in gatefold, including CD with the entire album plus bonus track in PVC sleeve. But the music is completely different than NEVERMORE. I'm making sure of that.

It is Sanctuary's first studio album in 24 years, since 1990's Into the Mirror Black, and their only release with former Forced Entry guitarist Brad Hull, making it the band's first studio album without guitarist Sean Blosl, as well as their final release with bassist Jim Sheppard. It all depends on which shade of gray your melancholy desires. . In 2010, four of the founding Sanctuary members — Warrel Dane, Jim Sheppard, Lenny Rutledge and Dave Budbill — came together for a few select reunion performances. . New Submission At first, they just planned on playing a few shows together, but the chemistry on stage between the members and the response from fans was so overwhelming that they decided to record a new album.Commenting about how Sanctuary's reformation came about, Dane told Rock My Monkey TV, "Lenny Rutledge and I always talked to each other, but never really been friends again.

"The album has received generally positive reviews from critics, although has been criticized for sounding more like a Nevermore album than the old thrash/power metal style of the band's first two albums. And when the whole thing came about, that we were actually friends again, that's when we started talking more about doing it. There is plenty here for both fans of Sanctuary and Nevermore. "On the musical similarities between SANCTUARY and NEVERMORE Warrel Dane said: "People associate my voice with NEVERMORE.

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It's definitely not going to sound like the first one, because we're all a little bit older and I can't come up with a c-clamp for a scrotum and a helium tank...It's not going to sound like the old ones. I think the music sounds absolutely nothing like NEVERMORE. let me start off by saying this is not the sanctuary from 25 years ago....."the year the sun died" is far more structured, controlled and better written to say the least! Really inspiring me to write really evil lyrics. And it definitely wasn't because Nevermore was imploding... which it was, at that point . it has the sound of sanctuary … You know, with Sanctuary... of course it is. Sanctuary (4) ‎– The Year The Sun Died Label: Century Media ‎– 9983391 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Red CD, Album, PVC Sleeve All Media, Limited Edition Country: Europe Released: 06 Oct 2014 Genre: Rock. But he's really writing some great stuff that's really inspiring me, and making me fall in love with music again, with the creative process...everything that revolves around that. The vocals, probably yes. Ironically, after multiple listens to “The Year the Sun Died,” you quickly start to realize that Sanctuary has done precisely that, constructing the perfect bridge between “Into the Mirror Black” and the entire Nevermore back catalog. "This record is not going to sound like the other two. it has the sound of sanctuary but the intensity of nevermore, if that makes any sense. It's a lot more simple, it's a lot more song driven, it's not so progressive and all that stuff that made NEVERMORE what NEVERMORE is [and] was. It's still gonna be that good, I think, and there's gonna be high-pitched screaming. It doesn't bother me." It might sound very similar to the second one ('Into The Mirror Black'). With Nevermore, high-pitched screaming was never really called for. Warrel Dane commented on the album, saying: Metal Injection stated, "The Year The Sun Died is a musical tour de force in that the solos and riffs are amazing, but the songs will stay in your head and simply take root there. There is one thing everyone will agree on....this beast is heavy as fuck! The Year The Sun Died And I think that's what it is. Lenny is writing some stuff that is so friggin great! That was kind of the groundwork for it.