Into the Mirror Black
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{{Infobox album
| name = Into the Mirror Black
| type = Album
| artist = Sanctuary
| cover = IntoTheMirrorBlackAlbnumCover.jpg
| alt =
| released = {{Start date|1990|2|27}}
| recorded = 1989
| venue =
| studio = Steve Lawson Productions, Seattle, Washington
| genre = Thrash metal, power metal
| length = {{Duration|m=46|s=37}}
| label = Epic
| producer = Howard Benson
| prev_title = Refuge Denied
| prev_year = 1988
| next_title = Into the Mirror Live
| next_year = 1990
}}
{{Music ratings
| rev1 = AllMusic
| rev1score = {{Rating|4.5|5}}{{AllMusic |class=album |id=into-the-mirror-black-mw0000203654 |tab=Overview |label=Sanctuary: Into the Mirror Black |last=Serba |first=John |accessdate=May 25, 2016}}
| rev2 = Decibel
| rev2score = Favorable{{cite web |url=http://decibelmagazine.com/blog/featured/the-lazarus-pit-sanctuarys-into-the-mirror-black |title=The Lazarus Pit: Sanctuary's Into the Mirror Black |last=Treppel |first=Jeff |date=January 20, 2012 |website=Decibel |publisher=Alex Mulcahy |issn=1557-2137 |access-date=May 25, 2016}}
| rev3 = Rock Hard
| rev3score = 10/10{{cite magazine |last=Albrecht |first=Frank |date=1989 |title=Sanctuary: Into The Mirror Black |url=http://www.rockhard.de/megazine/reviewarchiv/review-anzeigen/6506-into-the-mirror-black.html |magazine=Rock Hard |publisher=Rock Hard Verlags- und Handels- GmbH |issue=37 |issn=1437-8140 |language=de |access-date=May 27, 2016}}
| rev4 = SLUG
| rev4score =Favorable{{cite magazine |author=Sly & Wiz |date=October 1990 |title=Sanctuary Into the Mirror Black |url=https://archive.org/details/slug_ut_22/page/n5 |magazine=SLUG |location=Salt Lake City, Utah |publisher=J.R. Ruppel |issue=22 |page=7 |oclc=48819125 |access-date=April 17, 2020}}
| noprose = yes
}}
Into the Mirror Black is the second studio album by the band Sanctuary, released on February 27, 1990. It was their last album before their 18-year breakup from 1992 to 2010.
A video clip for the song "Future Tense" was made to promote the album. The video had some air play on MTV's Headbangers Ball. The album sold over 34,000 copies worldwide in its first week.
Release
German metal label Century Media rereleased the album as 30th anniversary edition on October 9, 2020, on CD and vinyl.{{cite news |author= |title=Sanctuary: 30th-Anniversary Edition Of 'Into The Mirror Black' To Include Demo Tracks, Live Recordings |url=https://www.blabbermouth.net/news/sanctuary-30th-anniversary-edition-of-into-the-mirror-black-to-include-demo-tracks-live-recordings/ |website=Blabbermouth.net |date=August 31, 2020 |access-date=November 11, 2020}} This edition contains three additional studio demos and a live album that was originally released in parts on the promotional EP Into The Mirror Live / Black Reflections. All tracks were remastered by American record producer Zeuss.
Track listing
{{Track listing
| all_writing = Warrel Dane and Lenny Rutledge, except where noted
| title1 = Future Tense
| writer1 = Dane, Rutledge, Sean Blosl, Jim Sheppard
| length1 = 5:08
| title2 = Taste Revenge
| length2 = 5:00
| title3 = Long Since Dark
| length3 = 5:04
| title4 = Epitaph
| length4 = 6:02
| title5 = Eden Lies Obscured
| length5 = 5:21
| title6 = The Mirror Black
| length6 = 5:07
| title7 = Seasons of Destruction
| length7 = 4:51
| title8 = One More Murder
| length8 = 4:21
| title9 = Communion
| writer9 = Dane, Blosl, Rutledge, Dave Budbill
| length9 = 5:37
}}
{{Track listing
| headline = Star Track Studio Session 1989
| title10 = Future Tense
| writer10 = Dane, Rutledge, Blosl, Sheppard
| length10 = 5:16
| title11 = I Am Insane
| length11 = 4:04
| title12 = Mirror Black
| length12 = 4:56
}}
{{Track listing
| headline = Black Reflections Revisited
Live At The Country Club, Reseda, CA May 12th, 1990
| total_length = {{Duration|m=49|s=26}}
| title1 = Eden Lies Obscured
| length1 = 5:15
| title2 = Seasons of Destruction
| length2 = 5:01
| title3 = Die For My Sins
| length3 = 4:05
| title4 = Future Tense
| writer4 = Dane, Rutledge, Blosl, Sheppard
| length4 = 5:15
| title5 = White Rabbit
| writer5 = Grace Slick
| length5 = 5:37
| title6 = Taste Revenge
| length6 = 5:09
| title7 = Long Since Dark
| length7 = 5:08
| title8 = Sanctuary
| length8 = 4:25
| title9 = One More Murder
| length9 = 4:13
| title10 = Battle Angels
| writer10 = Blosl, Dane
| length10 = 5:18
}}
Personnel
=Sanctuary=
- Warrel Dane – vocals
- Lenny Rutledge – guitar
- Sean Blosl – guitar
- Jim Sheppard – bass
- Dave Budbill – drums, percussion
=Technical personnel=
- Howard Benson – production, arrangement, mixing
- Bruce Barris – engineering, mixing
- Joe Barresi – assistant engineering
- Joel Zimmerman – art direction
- John Halpern – photography
- Gene Kirkland – band photos
Charts
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|+Chart performance for Into the Mirror Black |
| scope="col"| Chart (2020)
! scope="col"| Peak |
|---|
| {{album chart|Germany4|97|id=216233|artist=Sanctuary|album=Into the Mirror Black|rowheader=true|accessdate=October 16, 2020}} |