Living Sacrifice (1991 album)

Living Sacrifice formed in 1989 in Little Rock, Arkansas,https://www.indievisionmusic.com/news/living-sacrifice-metal-news-over-load/ {{Bare URL inline|date=August 2024}}https://www.spirit-of-metal.com/en/biography/Living_Sacrifice/2132 {{Bare URL inline|date=August 2024}} and released a three-song demo cassette tape, Not Yielding to Ungodly, in 1990.https://grizzlybutts.com/2021/04/13/living-sacrifice-living-sacrifice-remaster-2021-review/ {{Bare URL inline|date=August 2024}}https://www.spirit-of-metal.com/en/biography/Living_Sacrifice/2132 {{Bare URL inline|date=August 2024}} After getting signed to R.E.X. Records, the band mixed and recorded their debut album at Catamount Studios in Cedar Falls, Iowa, which was released in 1991. In 1999, Solid State Records released a reissue of the album. In 2021, Nordic Mission re-released Living Sacrifice with remastered audio for its 30th anniversary.https://www.nordicmission.net/products/living-sacrifice-living-sacrifice-cd-30th-anniversary-pre-order {{Bare URL inline|date=August 2024}}

{{Album ratings

| rev1 = AllMusic

| rev1Score = {{Rating|3|5}}

| rev2 = Jesus Freak Hideout

| rev2Score = {{Rating|4|5}}

|rev3 = The Phantom Tollbooth

|rev3score = {{Rating|4.5|5}}{{cite web|last=Spencer|first=Josh|title=A Review by The Phantom Tollbooth|url=https://www.tollbooth.org/review99/lsacrifice.html|publisher=The Phantom Tollbooth|accessdate=February 18, 2023|year=1999}}

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The album received mixed to positive ratings, with the band being heavily compared to Slayer.http://shockwavemagazine.com/countdown-to-shiprocked-2017-get-on-board-with-living-sacrifice-keeping-the-faith-over-25-years/ {{Bare URL inline|date=August 2024}} Jesus Freak Hideout reviewed the 1999 re-release of the album, giving it a 3.5 star review and stating that "Any fan of metal or Living Sacrifice looking to learn a little metal history would be wise to enroll in Living Sacrifice's self-titled debut."{{cite web|last=Duncan|first=Jeremy|title= Living Sacrifice, "Living Sacrifice" 1999 review|url=https://www.jesusfreakhideout.com/cdreviews/LivingSacrifice1999.asp|accessdate=30 December 2022}} Steve Huey of AllMusic wrote "Living Sacrifice are still honing their style, but the record has a raw bite that will please most death metal fans, even if the subject matter isn't the traditional fare.", giving the album a 3 out of 5-star review.{{cite web|last=Huey|first=Steve|title= Living Sacrifice Review by Steve Huey|website=AllMusic |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/living-sacrifice-mw0000096455|accessdate=30 December 2022}}

==Track listing==

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| all_music = Living Sacrifice

| all_lyrics = Living Sacrifice

| title1 = Violence

| length1 = 3:13

| title2 = Internal Unrest

| length2 = 5:24

| title3 = Second Death{{Ref label|hitp|a|a}}¹

| length3 = 3:52

| title4 = Obstruction{{Ref label|ud|b|b}}¹

| length4 = 5:31

| title5 = Walls of Separation

| length5 = 4:14

| title6 = Phargx Imas

| length6 = 3:54

| title7 = No Grave Concern

| length7 = 4:46

| title8 = Dealing with Ignorance

| length8 = 5:14

| title9 = The Prodigal

| length9 = 3:44

| title10 = Anorexia Spiritual{{Ref label|ud|b|b}}

| length10 = 4:42

| total_length = 44:39

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:{{note label|hp|a|a}}Re-recorded song from Not Yielding to Ungodly demo (1990)

:{{note label|ud|b|b}}Song included on Living Sacrifice's In Memoriam compilation (2005)

Credits adapted from liner notes.{{Cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/release/4946085-Living-Sacrifice-Living-Sacrifice|title= Living Sacrifice - Living Sacrifice (1991, Cassette)|work=Discogs|access-date=February 13, 2023}}

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Living Sacrifice

• Darren "DJ" Johnson – vocals, bass guitar
• Bruce Fitzhugh – rhythm guitars
• Jason Truby – lead guitars
• Lance Garvin – drums

Production

• Kurt Bachman – production
• Doug Mann – production
• John Thomson – engineering, mixing
• Tom Tatman – engineering, mixing{{col-2}}

Additional personnel

• Jeff Spencer – art direction, design, photo manipulations
• Sudden Images – art direction, design
• Library of Congress – cover photo{{col-end}}

^1. "Second Death" and "Obstruction" were combined into a single track on the original 1991 version.

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