### Sanctity: Road to bloodshed

#### 05/07/07 || Lord K Philipson

“A heavy thrash band from Western North Carolina”. That’s what it says when you google for these fuckers. I have seen these guys featured here and there and just had to check them out though I had a feeling in my stomach they would suck ass. And as always I was correct. It’s not like Sanctity’s going to save the metal scene, they are more like helping to pollute it with the abominable musical disease of the year 2000 and forward; shitty clean vocals, melodic riffing and sing-along choruses. Much like Trivium, only way, way worse (if that’s possible). I fucken hate Trivium (though they have a good riff or two – over the span of some 16 albums or so) and I fucken hate Sanctity (they don’t have a good riff or two – and they are not allowed to make 16 albums or so). I went thru this album a few times but now I have fucken had it with Sanctity. The first time I thought it was a pain in the asshole to listen to this. The second time I still sensed that very pain. I couldn’t get thru it a third time. The ass-ache was too severe. What it comes down to: this is just another review where there’s not fucken much to say since this whole band is completely pointless. But hey, fuck it. And hey, fuck them.

I hear quite a few influences in what this “heavy thrash band” plays on “Road to bloodshed”. Sometimes I get small Megadeth vibes guitarwise. That’s not good. Other times the unforgivable Trivium feel is there. Not good either. At most other times they sound like pretty much any fucken shit band out there today playing this kind of weak fucken metal. Sanctity is not fucken heavy, and it’s thanx to a few reasons;

Those vocals are fucken poor. At times I hear InMe (fantastic band) comparisons in them, only this guy’s voice is not even close to that good.

All the goddamned melodic guitar stuff sounds weaker than a plastic Hulk. It goes fucken nowhere and just ends up being irritating. It’s all riffs you heard before and Sanctity do nothing to even try to come up with something that would make those old riffs sound good. It’s the ABC of “How Not To Write Riffs”. Throwing in some acoustic breaks and shit is not helping, it’s actually making this mess even worse.

If you google for Sanctity, instead of ending up with “A heavy thrash band from Western North Carolina” it should read “A fucken weak thrash (without the thrash) band from some place you should never care about. Just like with the band itself”.

By the way, of fucken course they are signed to Roadrunner.

2,5/10. Most of those points is becoz the guitarsound is quite heavy.

Funny sidenote: While reading their biography I learn that Trivium’s Matt Heafy saw Sanctity live and was so impressed (bad taste, anyone?) he helped them get a record deal. Not only that, Dave Mustaine of Megadeth saw them opening for DragonForce and immediately offered them a slot on Gigantour. I knew those influences in Sanctity’s sound weren’t just coincidental. You really gotta study those bands to suck this much.

- Information
- Released: 2007
- Label: Roadrunner
- Website: www.sanctityweb.com
- Band
- Jared MacEachern: vocals, rhythm guitar
- Zeff Childress: lead guitar
- Derek Anderson: bass
- Jeremy London: drums

- Tracklist
- 01. Beneath The Machine
- 02. Brotherhood Of Destruction
- 03. Road To Bloodshed
- 04. Laws Of Reason
- 05. Billy Seals
- 06. Zeppo
- 07. Beloved Killer
- 08. The Shape Of Things
- 09. Flatline
- 10. The Rift Between
- 11. Seconds
- 12. Once Again