SACRED REICH: Ignorance LP + inner with lyrics & photo. Top Thrash! Check video + sample

Sacred Reich – Ignorance
Label: Roadrunner Records, Metal Blade Records
Catalog#: RR 9578, RR 9578
Format: Vinyl, LP, Album
Country: Netherlands
Released: 1987
Genre: Thrash, Hardcore

A1 Sacred Reich Death Squad 4:21
A2 Victim Of Demise 3:34
A3 Layed To Rest 2:18
A4 Ignorance 4:05
A5 No Believers 3:18

B1 Violent Solutions 4:13
B2 Rest In Peace 3:41
B3 Sacred Reich 3:17
B4 Administrative Decisions 3:22

Bass, Vocals – Phil Rind
Drums – Greg Hall
Lead Guitar – Wiley Arnett
Rhythm Guitar – Jason Rainey

Executive Producer – Brian Slagel
Producer – Sacred Reich
Producer, Engineer – Bill Metoyer

(C) (P) 1987 Metal Blade Records.
Marketed by Roadrunner Productions B.V.

When Sacred Reich recorded Ignorance for the independent Metal Blade label in 1987, they had a lot going for it and showed some promise lyrically as well as musically. The headbangers' outlook was never rosy, and on Ignorance (which, in retrospect, sounds much rawer than subsequent efforts like The American Way), they speak out on war, racism, political oppression and other evils. "Death Squad" questions the wisdom of the U.S. government's supporting right-wing dictatorships in the name of anti-communism, while "Sacred Reich" examines Adolf Hitler's reign of terror. Invigorating as well as disturbing, this bombastic album indicated that Reich could amount to something special if given a chance to develop.

5.0 out of 5 stars One of the best albums from Thrash's heyday,
Sacred Reich never achieved the stardom or relative fame of late 80s contemporaries such as Metallica and Megadeth and on the strength of the output over their entire career, it's hard to argue with that. However, on this their debut, they give us a taste of what might have been, if only they had managed to keep the quality at the heights they were able of reaching. Because this is one of the greatest albums of pure Thrash Metal ever recorded. It stomps all over 'Ride The Lightning' and 'Peace Sells', and is well able of going toe to toe with 'Master Of Puppets' or 'Reign In Blood'. It is quite honestly that good. Every song on it is good, but the stand-out track of the whole record has to be the opening track Death Squad. If a career in Metal has ever got off to such a superb start, I haven't heard it. Brilliant riffs, flashy solos and even reasonably intelligent lyrics combine to produce a 24 carat Thrash Metal classic. The rest of the album is of the same awesome standard.
This is how they should be remembered though, as a Thrash band who could match Slayer riff for riff. If all of their albums were as good as this one, they could have been one of the all-time greats.