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Heavy metal is the law and Sacral Rage<\/b> are the masters at playing at playing it. Fast, technical, and with gloriously soaring high vocals, they\u2019re the current masters of their style, and have a new album out now on Cruz Del Sur Music<\/b>. If you\u2019re unfamiliar with the band, you can read my review of it here<\/a>. I\u2019ve been a fan for a few years now; with the release of Beyond Celestial Echoes<\/i> I was curious about a few things, and the band were kind enough to answer some questions for me. Though I spoke directly with Sacral Rage\u2019s vocalist, Dimitris<\/b>, all of the band worked collaboratively to answer the questions for me. As readers may be able to tell we started this interview before the album came out.<\/p>\n

Hey guys, how\u2019s it going?
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Hi there Brandon. Everything\u2019s OK on Sacral Rage camp.<\/p>\n

Sacral Rage has a new album coming out on October 19th, and all of the pre-release attention seems to be very positive; I\u2019ve listened to the album a good amount of times and loved it. <\/b><\/p>\n

Yeah, it seems that a lot of people are interested in our new stuff. The feedback so far is very positive. We are very excited about the release and we are really looking forward to start play our new material for all the metalheads out there.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>The artwork for Beyond Celestian Echoes- out now on Cruz Del Sur Music.<\/em><\/p>\n

Does that mean that we should expect some gigging to support the new album? Have you guys ever played outside of Europe before?<\/b><\/p>\n

Of course. You should expect some serious raging in various stages\/countries. Unfortunately, we didn’t have the chance to spread our lunacy outside of the European borders but we hope this will change in the near future.<\/p>\n

I hope so too, man, would love to get a chance to experience Sacral Rage live!<\/b><\/p>\n

Illusions in Infinite Void<\/i><\/b> was a glorious affair of speed metal and old school heavy metal that danced a bit with thrash but didn\u2019t completely embrace it; however, <\/b>Beyond Celestial Echoes<\/i><\/b> is significantly more of a technical thrash album. What led to the change in directions? <\/b><\/p>\n

As you said those elements already existed in our sound, so this is not a change of direction for us. With \u201cBeyond\u2026\u201d we wanted our music to be stretched into its edges. The thrash element is more predominant but we’ve also added some death and even black metal riffing at times. This made the outcome more aggressive but at the same time we added more melodies both in music and vocal lines. We are glad that you can\u2019t listen the exact same thing as our previous release cause we really don\u2019t want to repeat ourselves. The core and soul of Sacral Rage is there, but now, it\u2019s served with a bunch of new ideas.<\/p>\n

The lyrics on your debut had a wide range of topics and I felt that was reflected well in the cover art it had. However, the new album looks and feels a bit more science-fiction oriented; is this an intentional move or am I just reading too far into things without access to the album\u2019s lyrics?<\/b><\/p>\n

Actually, not much has changed regarding the variety of our lyric themes. Each song has its own storyline. From forbidden religions and Egyptian gods, to sci-fi and psychological analysis of twisted minds. We have an extra, behind the scene concept that follows the sci-fi paths, but we use that to connect all of our songs with our live performances and with Sacral Rage in general. As for the cover art, we decided to give extra emphasis to our 15 minute sci-fi novel called \u201cThe Glass\u201d. It has the strongest storyline of the album and we believe that it is something that worth the attention of the listener. It\u2019s our \u201c2112\u201d or \u201cHemispheres\u201d.<\/p>\n