February 4, 2008

Living Sacrifice is Back

Looks like Living Sacrifice is back in the game.

“LIVING SACRIFICE has returned. Founding members Bruce Fitzhugh (Vocals / Guitar) and Lance Garvin (Drums) have reunited with Rocky Gray (lead guitar) and Arthur Green (bass). The band will be on tour this summer and we are already writing material for our brand new album, which will be released in 2008.”

by Seth Werkheiser | 9:15 pm

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90 Responses to “Living Sacrifice is Back”

On 02/4/08 9:18 PM, zach said:

woooooooooooooooooooooooooo
On 02/4/08 9:22 PM, anon said:

Ha, zach, that was exactly my reaction. This is great news.
On 02/4/08 9:29 PM, bob said:

no more evanescence? 13 year old girls across the world died inside a little bit.
On 02/4/08 9:35 PM, Seth Werkheiser said:

Eh, evanescence was years ago. Those 13 year olds are now 18 or so. heheh
On 02/4/08 10:02 PM, Chris said:

whhhhaaaaaaaat?!

awesome.
On 02/4/08 10:07 PM, JJ said:

no way
On 02/4/08 10:07 PM, trego said:

awesome…wait ’til I tell Joel Thorpe…

What a lineup this would be…I smell a summer tour

Neocracy
Aletheian
Becoming The Archetype
Crimson Moonlight
Living Sacrifice
On 02/4/08 10:10 PM, Sergio said:

They’ll be on tour with Demon Hunter and The Famine (ex-Embodyment, Society’s Finest).
On 02/4/08 10:29 PM, ronpaul said:

i am pretty excited about this. i never got to see them. i loved this band.
On 02/4/08 10:39 PM, joey said:

the famine and demon hunter sound like typical support, but one you’re probably not expecting will be oh, sleeper.
On 02/4/08 10:41 PM, DeeJ said:

I just hope they go back to more of a Reborn/Hammering Process sound. Not a big fan of their final album. That being said I CANNOT wait to see this band deliver the absolutely TIGHTEST performances of any band that I have EVER seen. You can close your eyes and you don’t know for sure if you are listening to the band or their CD. WOOT!
On 02/4/08 11:04 PM, magnumforce2006 said:

YES!

YES!!!!
On 02/4/08 11:20 PM, The Theory said:

I rarely say things out loud, but upon reading this headline I said “what??” pretty loudly.

My roommates just looked at me like I was crazy.

I feel like I should re-acquire The Hammering Process and Reborn.
On 02/5/08 12:19 AM, kyle u said:

i am in the “reacting out loud” category as well.
YES!!!
On 02/5/08 1:00 AM, matt said:

oh my god

but no matt putnam? I mean, I know snailhuntr is keeping him busy and all, but they NEED him.
On 02/5/08 1:22 AM, Wilhelm said:

I totally agree with matt in this case. I’m exceptionally excited to hear some more LS. However, I really need the sound of putman obliterating those quads.

we’ll see, though…
On 02/5/08 1:53 AM, Dylan said:

cometonccometonccometonccometonccometonccometonc!!!!
On 02/5/08 3:24 AM, Jess. said:

Their promo photo is straight-up Gwen Stacy style.

Not cool.
On 02/5/08 6:39 AM, sleepy said:

man… amy lee sure pissed of rocky… he looks like he could kill a man…
On 02/5/08 7:13 AM, Jay DiNitto said:

*becomes slain from all the metal in this post*
On 02/5/08 7:32 AM, Sean said:

I was just jamming to “The Hammering Process” the other night… I can’t wait for this!
On 02/5/08 7:58 AM, Howard said:

“Dear all you other guys,

You do it like THIS.”
On 02/5/08 8:36 AM, Jason said:

HOLY FUCKING SHIT!
(sorry I just can’t believe it)
On 02/5/08 8:47 AM, j said:

best news of 08, thus far!
On 02/5/08 8:49 AM, sammy said:

Two new Meshuggah albums in one year? YES!
On 02/5/08 8:49 AM, George said:

Awesome. If only the Trubys…
On 02/5/08 8:50 AM, Chris said:

Definitely the best news I’ve heard in awhile. Can’t wait.
On 02/5/08 8:52 AM, Seth Werkheiser said:

I like the pretty suburban home off to the left of this photo.
On 02/5/08 9:17 AM, Philip said:

This just made my entire day. Freaking best news ever.
On 02/5/08 9:23 AM, Frog Alibi said:

I heard the rumors but I wouldn’t let myself believe it until now.

Stoked.
On 02/5/08 9:37 AM, sammy said:

Jason Truby is too busy with the acoustic. He needs to put that down and pick up an axe!
On 02/5/08 9:44 AM, cardenio said:

No Putnam? Whatever, awesome news nonetheless!
On 02/5/08 10:12 AM, Chris said:

It would be cooler if Matt and Jason were coming back as well. It’s still pretty damn sweet.
On 02/5/08 10:13 AM, travis lee said:

REJECT…ALL LIES.
On 02/5/08 11:26 AM, Robbie said:

O M G

- Robbie
On 02/5/08 11:39 AM, bob vances said:

does this mean that the soul embraced is on hold?
On 02/5/08 11:45 AM, Jason said:

http://viewmorepics.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=viewImage&friendID=75720042&albumID=957487&imageID=21235392

The other promo pic.
On 02/5/08 11:50 AM, daniel said:

I got so amped when I heard this! SHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIT!
On 02/5/08 11:50 AM, trego said:

“does this mean that the soul embraced is on hold?”

one can only hope…horrible vocals
On 02/5/08 11:57 AM, sammy said:

Arthur has another band now called Marca that isn’t too bad, and I don’t think they’re breaking up (although I could be wrong).
On 02/5/08 11:58 AM, Bill Power said:

Old guys rule!
On 02/5/08 12:30 PM, Jeff.S said:

Unbelievably good news..been hearing the rumors for a while, nice to know its official.. Best band of all time, period.
On 02/5/08 1:01 PM, magnumforce2006 said:

Two new Meshuggah albums in one year? YES!

If you honestly think LS is that similar to Meshuggah, you need to listen to more metal :p
On 02/5/08 1:07 PM, sammy said:

Are you sure you heard Hammering Process (most especially) and Conceived in Fire? I don’t know if I’ve heard anything that sounds as much like Meshuggah. Sure, it may sound like Sepultura a little more, but still, they listen to a lot of it.
On 02/5/08 1:19 PM, magnumforce2006 said:

They have the focus on rhythm thing going on, but that’s about it. Living Sacrifice has mor of a focus on melody and groove while Meshuggah is much more cerebral and polyrhythm orietned.

There are tons of bands that sound more like Meshuggah:

1980
A Life Once Lost
Canvas Solaris
Coprofago
Das War
Hacride
Obsidian
Periphery
Textures
etc.

In short, Living Sacrifice never sounded like Meshuggah at all to me, lol.
On 02/5/08 1:31 PM, Jay DiNitto said:

I like me some Textures.
On 02/5/08 2:51 PM, sammy said:

Those bands are about 95% terrible though!
On 02/5/08 3:29 PM, jordan said:

geees this rules
On 02/5/08 3:55 PM, George said:

Crowbar!
On 02/5/08 4:24 PM, tAlex said:

I’m pretty darn excited about this reunion.
On 02/5/08 4:34 PM, magnumforce2006 said:

Those bands are about 95% terrible though!

The only one even remotely terrible is ALOL.
On 02/5/08 4:45 PM, George said:

The band names are all terrible. Except Coprofago, that one’s real cool.
On 02/5/08 5:46 PM, matthew said:

its funny to hear about this on here. they even did a new photo shoot! ha!
On 02/5/08 5:52 PM, The Theory said:

any news on what label they’ll be working with?
On 02/5/08 5:53 PM, ryanB said:

rawr
On 02/5/08 6:22 PM, Dylan said:

Solidstate probably. I mean, it only makes sense.
On 02/5/08 8:12 PM, samsisdead said:

WHAAAAAT!!! This is outrageous!!!!! I feel like a giddy schoolgirl that just found out evanescence is reuniting.
On 02/5/08 9:30 PM, andy said:

LS is the poor man’s Meshuggah. Except maybe not the poor man’s Meshuggah ’cause it may be more expensive to have two drummers try to pull off what one drummer does in Meshuggah.

Seriously. Here we are years later still talking about how LS sounds like Meshuggah. LOLZ
On 02/5/08 10:04 PM, Jay DiNitto said:

andy, LS’s drumming doesn’t sound anything like Haake’s. The 2nd drummer thing wasn’t for tech/polytempo purposes.
On 02/5/08 11:34 PM, magnumforce2006 said:

People, listen to “Conceived In Fire” and then listen to “Nothing.”

They sound…. NOTHING (lolol) alike.

Living Sacrifice is a thrashy, death metal influenced metal band that likes to play around with tribal percussive elements. Their songwriting is straight forward yet effective, focusing primarily on heavy yet melodic, groovy riffs, and the occasional solo or acoustic part here and there.

Meshuggah is loosely, LOOSELY a thrash band (some would refer to them as “post-thrash”), but essentially have their own ridiculously down-tuned, style. One that is based on repetition and slightly fluxing patterns, and polyrhythms.

These are two completely different bands with completely different goals.
On 02/6/08 12:20 AM, brownkidd said:

Hopefully they don’t break up because some of the members want to start a crappy, female-fronted mainstream band. And to the dude that posted his dream lineup…. is Aletheian still around??? Last I heard they were recording something on an Unearth dude’s label or something.. and that was like a year or 2 ago… i thought those boys was deaddd.
On 02/6/08 6:00 AM, Sean Cannon said:

jay, magnumforce: lay down the law boys! tell ‘em how it is.
On 02/6/08 8:49 AM, sammy said:

Polyrhythm Schmolyrhythm…they play the same palm-muted riff over and over, just like Meshuggah. Anyways, they do probably sound more like Sepultura (more tribal-ish) anyways.
Didn’t they enjoy Solidstate? (unlike other bands) If so, I’m sure they’ll go with them, even though someone else would probably pick them up. Ferret is jumping on the Christian bandwagon now, so who knows.
On 02/6/08 9:46 AM, Jay DiNitto said:

they play the same palm-muted riff over and over, just like Meshuggah.

LS does it a few songs on an album, kind of like most other heavy bands.

Repetition is part of Meshuggah’s style, probably from their jazz influence (LS has no jazz influence at all). I think they do it sometal nerds and hip theory instructors can try and figure out what instrument/hand is playing in what tempo. Usually it ends in failure.
On 02/6/08 11:24 AM, trego said:

indeed, Aletheian is still around, they were having some trouble with the label for the rerelease, but the album is getting mastered now, and I guess will be out sometime this spring or summer.
On 02/6/08 12:21 PM, George said:

So, matthew, does that mean you’re not going to be any part of this?
On 02/6/08 1:00 PM, rob said:

THE SAC IS BAC

I LOVE OLD MAN SAC
On 02/6/08 3:01 PM, Jason said:

That was bad rob.
On 02/6/08 4:40 PM, George said:

Is Bradley Hathaway still doing merch for them?
On 02/6/08 4:58 PM, sammy said:

I don’t believe he will be doing merch…they don’t need him to get a good show at The Gate anymore since it doesn’t exist.
On 02/6/08 5:09 PM, Philip said:

I HAVE SEEN THE DEVIL

I HAVE TAMED HIM

I HAVE THE BEAST

\m/
On 02/6/08 6:26 PM, Nate said:

In the epic battle of christian rock I chose Zao as the heaviest band in the world and therefore hated Living Sacrife. I was silly. Years later I say Zao get blow off the stage by Dillenger Escape Plan and it was beautiful. If you the LS guys still wanna rock good for them. I hope they have a good run. Maybe this time around I’ll enjoy them. Probably not.
On 02/6/08 7:17 PM, Brandon Jones said:

I saw Living Sacrifice back in 2001 and it was the best experience ever. They are one of my all time favorite metal bands and I would die to see this concert. Now I need to get me some LS merch from Zambooie. Mmmmm good.
On 02/6/08 8:02 PM, Steven said:

@ Nate:
Maybe while you’re waiting for the new LS album, you can learn how to spell, or find spell check, or ask someone how to spell. That’d be cool. Thanks.
On 02/6/08 10:00 PM, George said:

Once again, sammy FTW.
On 02/6/08 11:38 PM, tim said:

will bradley hathaway be releasing the next album on vinyl?
On 02/7/08 2:09 AM, Jeremy said:

This is truly amazing. You know they are totally just doing this for the fans, and it was a great decision.
On 02/8/08 2:05 AM, matt said:

or they are doing it to get a break from their wives
On 02/8/08 3:40 AM, wtballs said:

LS does have some jazz influences (Botch) although it is more indirect, still there. Palm mutes are done by every band. I will say as well that if you think LS is a meshuggah rip off band, you need to listen to more metal.
On 02/8/08 1:33 PM, Bill Power said:

Could you keep it down over there Bruce? I’m trying to get some work done!
On 02/9/08 1:12 PM, matthew said:

could this possibly be the bill power of blenderhead fame? i’m gonna blush.
On 02/11/08 7:42 AM, Seth Werkheiser said:

Wow, 80+ comments about a band getting back together. This is super.
On 02/11/08 9:14 AM, Jason said:

LS deserves it.
On 02/11/08 11:46 AM, sammy said:

I was amazed at how many cars were painted up with “LS We Miss You” and “Sacrifice, Please Come Back” at Cornerstone. It was like at least 5.
On 02/13/08 7:24 PM, Bill Power said:

Hi Matt. Stop blushing. Keep the thread alive!
On 02/14/08 12:11 AM, Evan Miller said:

Wow! This is awesome!
On 02/19/08 4:58 PM, Kevin said:

No way. LS is back !! I’m an old head and this news rocks… can’t wait. I agree that adding Matt in would definitely help.. I like the two drummer sound, but either way… the best news I’ve heard in awhile.. I don’t like a lot of the “boy metal” I hear these days.
On 03/1/08 7:41 PM, Dan said:

Im Gonna cry! WOOOHOOOOOOOO
On 05/13/08 9:18 AM, moeed said:

seeing them on june 6th along with oh sleeper, advent, the famine….

This has to be the best concert ive been to….every band that is playing I love…

SOLID STATE FTMW
On 05/13/08 10:06 AM, Philip said:

I’m seeing them on June 11th in Little Rock. The wait is KILLING me. I went back and watched a bunch of their live vids on youtube, and I just can’t stand it.

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