The First Experience With The Unknown

Description

In the Detmold region (Westphalia, Germany), there wasn’t much for metal fans to do in the first half of the 80s. Fortunately, members of two bands met in 1982 in a chip shop and recognized their shared preference for hard music by their long hair, leather jackets, and moustaches, which was very much in vogue at the time. That was when SACRAFICE was born, which later became a local hero — of course influenced by the NWOBHM that was spilling over into Germany, but also by the usual suspects like Black Sabbath, Deep Purple, Rainbow or Kiss, as well as Judas Priest and the early Accept. Two unusual choices were made at the same time: in the spirit of Def Leppard or Led Zeppelin, the band name was deliberately altered — that is, NOT Sacrifice, but Sacrafice. And they decided not to make the typical demo tape, but a solo 12" EP. This one is called "The First Experience WIth The Unknown" and can be bought here and now on Discogs for 120 euros and up second-hand..... But already the book "Heavy Metal Made In Germany", which was published in the 90s by Iron Pages, lists this record as a "Top German Metal Rarity". That’s no surprise, because this fairly aggressive heavy rock and metal knows how to appeal even today — or perhaps especially today — and reminds us of the upbeat atmosphere of the German metal scene in the first half of the 80s. This also applies to the three live tracks, which were carefully restored over a few days of work. The tracks by the following band TranQuilL (that’s right, that is the correct spelling) are another house number. The songs, mostly too long, can be classified as heavy prog. Due to various circumstances, these gems remained (so to speak) unreleased. Once again, a lot of time and work was invested in the restoration and mastering of these private studio recordings (the CD version contains six long TranQuill songs, whereas there was only room for two tracks on the LP, without any loss of sound quality). As always, the printed inlay contains liner notes (real interview with a former band member). Photos and other illustrations. The CD version of the Golden Core reissue has already received very good reviews in Rock Hard and Good Times, among others!