Released 1988 Artist Sanctuary Producer Dave Mustaine | Length 39:35 Release date 1988 Label Epic/Sony Records | |
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Recorded Steve Lawson Studios, Seattle, Washington Refuge Denied
(1988) Into the Mirror Black
(1990) Genres Heavy metal, Thrash metal, Power metal Similar Sanctuary albums, Thrash metal albums | ||
Refuge Denied is the debut album by American Heavy metal band Sanctuary, released in 1988.
Contents
Sanctuary battle angels
Background
After having recorded their first demo guitarist Lenny Rutledge managed to establish contact with singer and guitarist Dave Mustaine after a show of his band Megadeth. Mustaine expressed interest in the demo and in acting as producer. Mustaines manager at the time, Keith Rawls, financed the recording and finally became Sanctuarys manager. Talks to a number of record labels led to the signing to Epic.
Release
The album initially sold 7,000 copies on vinyl. By June 2011, the album had sold over 200,000 copies.
The song "Battle Angels" was used in the 2009 video game Brütal Legend.
The album was re-released in 2010 together with successor album Into the Mirror Black as double CD by reissue label IronBird via Cherry Red.
Sanctuary
Additional musicians
Technical personnel
Songs
1Battle Angels4:52
2Termination Force3:40
3Die for My Sins3:43