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°Û±Û         Artist þ Sacrifice                                     Û±Û°
   ° Û±Û          Album þ Forward to Termination                        Û±Û °
    °Û°Û           Year þ 1988                                          Û°Û°
     Û°Û   Release Date þ 2014-06-01                                    Û°Û
     Û°Û          Genre þ Thrash Metal                                  Û°Û
     Û Û          Label þ Metal Blade Records / Restless Records        Û Û
     Û°Û         Source þ CD                                            Û°Û
     Û Û           Type þ Reissue                                       Û Û
     Û°Û        Quality þ VBR, 44.1kHz, Joint Stereo                    Û°Û
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     Û Û   Once in a long while along comes a heavy metal album that    Û Û
     Û Û   will completely and totally annihilate poor little me.       Û Û
     Û Û   Sure, there's quite a lot I enjoy and I don't mind throwing  Û Û
     Û Û   around higher ratings for some records; I like what I like,  Û Û
     Û Û   but some of them I forget about in due time. Sacrifice's     Û Û
     Û Û   sophomore effort, "Forward To Termination", is one that no   Û Û
     Û Û   matter how many times it fails to come to mind, still        Û Û
     Û Û   returns with a vengeance anyway. This album is goddamn       Û Û
     Û Û   fantastic! It does everything right the debut did wrong and  Û Û
     Û Û   manages to improve upon it 666 fold, thereby making the      Û Û
     Û Û   sloppy "Torment In Fire" seem like little more than a silly  Û Û
     Û Û   afterthought. This, my friends, is how thrash metal should   Û Û
     Û Û   be: loud, clear, brutal, yet melodic, and with more killer   Û Û
     Û Û   riffs then you can toss a Sepultura album at.                Û Û
     Û Û   One of the highlights is the incredible production. Every    Û Û
     Û Û   instrument is given its dues and then some. Everything is    Û Û
     Û Û   so clear, and the whole record just feels HUGE, booming and  Û Û
     Û Û   larger than life, not to mention wholly evil. The guitars    Û Û
     Û Û   feel gargantuan, with so much weight on them you'd think     Û Û
     Û Û   they were gonna crush you into dust while the drums pound    Û Û
     Û Û   out with a pummeling dryness and a tad bit of distortion     Û Û
     Û Û   for effect. The bass is surprisingly clear and has a fuzzy,  Û Û
     Û Û   but intense sound to it. Everyone - Gus Pynn (drums), Scott  Û Û
     Û Û   Watts (bass), and Joe Rico (leads, I think) - perform        Û Û
     Û Û   pretty fucking effortlessly as though this album where       Û Û
     Û Û   surely their last. And of course we have Rob Urbinati        Û Û
     Û Û   giving his all on vocals, sounding like a Canadian Zetro     Û Û
     Û Û   sans the more nasally approach, but still this man's 100%,   Û Û
     Û Û   field-clearing screams and unforgiving mid-range barks make  Û Û
     Û Û   him a force to be reckoned with.                             Û Û
     Û Û   From beginning to end, "Forward To Termination" isn't        Û Û
     Û Û   totally perfect, for there's still a few songs that don't    Û Û
     Û Û   click with me. "The Entity", for example, is for all         Û Û
     Û Û   intents and purposes a good song with loads of fierce time   Û Û
     Û Û   changes, nice riffage, yada-yada, but the song never sat     Û Û
     Û Û   well with me. I always found it a tad uninteresting. The     Û Û
     Û Û   short closer, "Pyrokenesis", is always found to be kinda     Û Û
     Û Û   generic as well as likeably furious as it may be. But most   Û Û
     Û Û   everything flat out will fucking KILL you. The brief,        Û Û
     Û Û   furious opening title track slices right outta nowhere       Û Û
     Û Û   before jumping straight into the bloodthirsty speed and      Û Û
     Û Û   aggression of "Terror Strikes" where harsh hooks and licks   Û Û
     Û Û   abound! The mid-pace of "Forever Enslaved", with a few       Û Û
     Û Û   melodic guitar lines, is quite strong as is the screeching   Û Û
     Û Û   fury of "Cyanide" and the lengthy guitar-driven verses of    Û Û
     Û Û   the tense "Light of the End". Then we have a pair of         Û Û
     Û Û   masterpieces. "Re-Animation" is one of the greatest thrash   Û Û
     Û Û   metal songs ever recorded. The verse riff is unforgettable   Û Û
     Û Û   as is the vicious riff in the song's middle break and        Û Û
     Û Û   Urbinati's jaw-dropping, poseur-slaughtering vocal           Û Û
     Û Û   delivery. Hear this song NOW! The epic "Flames of            Û Û
     Û Û   Armageddon" is one of the OTHER greatest thrash songs ever   Û Û
     Û Û   made. The main riff will drill itself into your skull,       Û Û
     Û Û   helpless against its power! The mood changes in this song    Û Û
     Û Û   are incredible, starting as a rushing thrasher before        Û Û
     Û Û   moving into more mid-paced territory, and at last at a       Û Û
     Û Û   short, spooky bass and atmosphere-driven middle part, then   Û Û
     Û Û   back again. Definitely a goddamn masterpiece.                Û Û
     Û Û   Overall, if you even have a passing interest in thrash,      Û Û
     Û Û   there's no reason you shouldn't own or at the very least     Û Û
     Û Û   hear this album. The bandmates give it their all and then    Û Û
     Û Û   some, the production is one of the best I've ever heard,     Û Û
     Û Û   and some of these songs just have to be heard to be          Û Û
     Û Û   appreciated. Forget "Torment In..."...uh, you know what,     Û Û
     Û Û   Sacrifice never did an album before this. Hail "Forward To   Û Û
     Û Û   Termination"! "Spirit world sends back my soul!!!"           Û Û
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     Û Û   1.  Forward to Termination                            1:02   Û Û
     Û Û   2.  Terror Strikes                                    3:26   Û Û
     Û Û   3.  Re-Animation                                      3:49   Û Û
     Û Û   4.  Afterlife                                         4:13   Û Û
     Û Û   5.  Flames of Armageddon                              7:47   Û Û
     Û Û   6.  The Entity                                        5:43   Û Û
     Û Û   7.  Forever Enslaved                                  3:08   Û Û
     Û Û   8.  Cyanide                                           3:37   Û Û
     Û Û   9.  Light of the End                                  4:48   Û Û
     Û Û   10. Pyrokinesis                                       2:06   Û Û
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