{"id":53432,"date":"2017-05-12T00:00:02","date_gmt":"2017-05-12T00:00:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/?p=53432"},"modified":"2020-03-31T16:17:13","modified_gmt":"2020-03-31T16:17:13","slug":"news-sacred-oath-release-eighth-studio-album-twelve-bells","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/news-sacred-oath-release-eighth-studio-album-twelve-bells\/","title":{"rendered":"SACRED OATH Release Eighth Studio Album \u2018Twelve Bells\u2019 (May 12th, 2017) | News @ Metal Forces Magazine"},"content":{"rendered":"

SACRED OATH Release Eighth Studio Album \u2018Twelve Bells\u2019<\/strong><\/span>
\nMay 12th, 2017<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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

Twelve Bells<\/em> 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.<\/p>\n

Sacred Oath mainman Rob Thorne commented: \u201cThis is the sixth album we\u2019ve done entirely at my place, and I always strive for something different in the production each time. The album is a 180 from Ravensong<\/em> \u2013 it hits a lot harder up front. Lots of drums and raw guitars dominating our usual layered vocal \/ instrumental arrangements.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m 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\u2019ve never had any reason to be anything other than true to ourselves. Some people call us power metal, some traditional metal. We don\u2019t think much about any of that.\u201d<\/p>\n

Cover artwork was created by designer Jack Walker.<\/p>\n

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The track listing is as follows:<\/p>\n

01. \u2018New Religion\u2019
\n02. \u2018Twelve Bells\u2019
\n03. \u2018Fighter\u2019s Heart\u2019
\n04. \u2018Bionic\u2019
\n05. \u2018Never And Forevermore\u2019
\n06. \u2018Demon Ize\u2019
\n07. \u2018Well Of Souls\u2019
\n08. \u2018Eat the Young\u2019
\n09. \u2018No Man\u2019s Land\u2019
\n10. \u2018The Last Word\u2019<\/p>\n

Sacred Oath\u2019s line-up was as follows:<\/p>\n

Rob Thorne (vocals and guitar)
\nBill Smith (guitar)
\nBrendan Kelleher (bass)
\nKenny \u2018Thundarr\u2019 Evans (drums)<\/p>\n

A music video and an official lyric video were released for the title track. Both clips can be viewed below.<\/p>\n

Seventh studio record Ravensong<\/em> was released<\/a> in September 2015.<\/p>\n