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SACRED OATH Release Eighth Studio Album ‘Twelve Bells’
May 12th, 2017

Bethel, Connecticut-based metal band Sacred Oath issued eighth full-length studio album Twelve Bells on May 12th, 2017 through Angel Thorne Music / ILS Group.

Twelve Bells was made available as a CD digipak with lyric booklet, deluxe vinyl LP, and digital download. It was also made available on all of the streaming services on day of release.

Sacred Oath mainman Rob Thorne commented: “This is the sixth album we’ve done entirely at my place, and I always strive for something different in the production each time. The album is a 180 from Ravensong – it hits a lot harder up front. Lots of drums and raw guitars dominating our usual layered vocal / instrumental arrangements.

“I’m always looking to add new elements to the sound of an album, but at the end of the day Sacred Oath is always Sacred Oath. We’ve never had any reason to be anything other than true to ourselves. Some people call us power metal, some traditional metal. We don’t think much about any of that.”

Cover artwork was created by designer Jack Walker.

The track listing is as follows:

01. ‘New Religion’
02. ‘Twelve Bells’
03. ‘Fighter’s Heart’
04. ‘Bionic’
05. ‘Never And Forevermore’
06. ‘Demon Ize’
07. ‘Well Of Souls’
08. ‘Eat the Young’
09. ‘No Man’s Land’
10. ‘The Last Word’

Sacred Oath’s line-up was as follows:

Rob Thorne (vocals and guitar)
Bill Smith (guitar)
Brendan Kelleher (bass)
Kenny ‘Thundarr’ Evans (drums)

A music video and an official lyric video were released for the title track. Both clips can be viewed below.

Seventh studio record Ravensong was released in September 2015.