Rarely has an album title been so appropriate. Living Sacrifice is indeed Reborn on its debut for Tooth & Nail Records. Gone are the death metal and grindcore references that made the band a joke to most fans of other musical genres. In their place are nods to artists like Helmet, Tool, Korn, and Six Feet Deep. The change is not imitative, but a natural extension of the band's previous image. The music of Living Sacrifice is brutally intense, even violent in its sheer volume. But they have gone from the cartoonish approach of a cheap horror flick to the numbing chills of a psychological thriller. Sonically, they incorporate everything from industrial tape loops and samples ("Something More," "Reject") to acoustic guitar (used as an intro to the superb tracks "Threatened" and "Sellout"). Famed Little Rock producer Barry Poynter helps expand Living Sacrifice's sonics, which, along with the band's improved songwriting and streamlined performance approach, puts them in a new category--metal that matters.
Other coverage for this album
HM Magazine #114Reviewed by Ryan ClarkWhat can I say about this album? It’s hard to describe the feeling that Christian metal-heads experienced upon first hearing Reborn. This was the album it seems we were all waiting for. Living Sacrifice had just signed to Solid State Records after quite a hiatus from their previous album Inhabit, and had experienced some major lineup movement, including Bruce Fitzhugh, who previously played…The Blue Star Journal July 1997Reviewed by Kurt MorrisWhat am I supposed to say about a band like Living Sacrifice? Give me any of their old stuff and I'd kick you in the face. I hated them. They were stupid metal. But I went and saw them at Cornerstone and their show was incredible. So much energy, power, and just such a huge sound. So, I came home and bought the CD and haven't been disappointed one bit. The style of LS has changed into more of a…The Blue Star Journal July 1997Reviewed by David ReynoldsIf you delve into the annals of metaldom, you'll find everything from the fathers of heavy metal, Led Zeppelin (by today's standards, not "heavy" at all), AC/DC (really more "hard rock" than metal), and Metallica to the speed metal of Megadeth to the grindcore/death metal people to the "grunge" metal of Alice In Chains and Sepultura to metal's close cousin, Gothic. Living Sacrifice draws on all…Critical Mass #3Reviewed by Tom EdmondsonLS pumped out three brutal albums in a short period of time (1991-1994) and then was out of the studio for about three years. During that time they lost singer/bassist DJ. Then guitarist, Bruce Fitzhugh, stepped in and took over as singer and Jason Truby's (the other guitarist) younger brother, Chris, took up playing the bass. This story, which isn't too unfamiliar in the Christian Metal scene…Similar sounding releases
2001As I Lay DyingBeneath the Encasing Of Ashes
2003ZaoLegendary
2005UnearthOur Days of Eulogy
2003Falling CycleThe Conflict
2003IntegrityTo Die For
1997ConvergePetitioning the Empty SkyMore from Living Sacrifice
1990No Yielding to Ungodly
2002Conceived In Fire
2000The Hammering Process
1994Inhabit
1992Nonexistent
1991Living Sacrifice
