Vengeance Rising celebrates 30th Anniversary with Human Sacrifice

To celebrate Vengeance Rising’s 30 year anniversary, Roxx Records proudly brings out a very special pressing of ‘Human Sacrifice’.

30 years ago in 1987, Pastor Bob Beeman of Sanctuary International would be led to call together a very special group of musicians that would come together to form a new ministry minded band out of Southern California. With a lot of prayer and faith the players were assembled and the full band would come together to record and distribute their very first demo tape. That tape would be what many people still consider to be the beginning of a movement, one thing was certain it was about to make a lasting impression on the Christian music community. That band was one of the very first in the genre of Christian thrash, that band was called Vengeance, and that tape was their original 5 song self-titled cassette only demo, which would soon lead them to signing a multiple album record contract on Intense Records , and ultimately, the release of their first full length album entitled, ‘Human Sacrifice’.

‘Human Sacrifice’ was one of the most controversial releases of the time, and many Christian record stores would ban it from their shelves completely. The album featured the hand of Pastor Bob himself portraying the bloodied hand of Christ nailed to the cross. The music was harsh and in the vein of bands like Dark Angel and Slayer, it definitely took the Christian ‘White’ Metal scene to a whole new level.

This classic album has been long out of print outside of a Limited Edition CD reissue (1000 pieces) on the defunct Intense Millennium Records in 2010 and a Limited Edition vinyl picture disc (300 pieces) on Roxx Records in 2013, all of which are long sold out and now collector’s items themselves. With the album still in high demand we are very happy to bring to the public a new and very special pressing adding a few twists as we celebrate 30 years of Vengeance.

Roxx Records is proud to bring you a very special pressing of ‘Human Sacrifice’ this special package includes brand new liner notes from original Vengeance bassist Roger Dale Martin. It has been completely remastered by J Powell of Steinhaus Mastering and features a brand new layout done by our very own Scott Waters (Roxx Records/No Life til Metal). This limited edition pressing will feature the newly designed artwork as originally featured on the vinyl picture disc version from 2013 and comes packaged in a beautiful glossy 6 panel wallet, last but not least we have added 5 special bonus tracks from that original demo tape that started it all 30 years ago.

Vengeance – “Human Sacrifice” Track Listing:

1. “Human Sacrifice” (2:36)
2. “Burn” (3:59)
3. “Mulligan Stew” (3:02)
4. “Receive Him” (0:06)
5. “I Love Hating Evil” (3:26)
6. “Fatal Delay” (3:13)
7. “White Throne” (3:06)
8. “Salvation” (0:17)
9. “From the Dead” (4:34)
10. “Ascension” (5:25)
11. “He is God” (0:53)
12. “Fill this Place with Blood” (2:39)
13. “Beheaded” (3:10)
14. “White Throne” (3:33) [BONUS]
15. “He is God” (1:04) [BONUS]
16. “Salvation” (0:24) [BONUS]
17. “Human Sacrifice” (3:03) [BONUS]
18. “Beheaded” (2:57) [BONUS]

Official release date for this pressing is August 25th with pre-orders going live now. Pre-orders only will come with a very special limited run 6” x 6” sticker as a pre order bonus item. But this title will be making its official debut first at this year’s largest Christian Metal Fest called SoCal Metal Fest 2 in Orange, California on August 12th, which will include bands such as Saint, Hand of Fire, Worldview, Recon, The Hero, Die Happy, Neon Cross, Consuming Fire, BioGEnesis, and 3 Days in the Grave.

This special reissue CD package includes brand new liner notes from original Vengeance bassist Roger Dale Martin. Where there will also be a very special performance from 4 of the original members of Vengeance. If that’s not enough for you we will also be making another very special release announcement regarding Vengeance first that day at the show! You will not want to miss anything, the new CD, this very special one time performance or the special release announcement we will be making first at the show!