Sanctified (album) explained

Sanctified
Type:	studio
Artist:	Morgana Lefay
Cover:	Lefay Sanctified.png
Released:	17 October 1995^[1]
Recorded:	Wavestation L.A., Sweden
Genre:	Heavy metal, power metal, thrash metal, groove metal
Length:	57:40
Label:	Black Mark Records
Producer:	Morgana Lefay and Ulf Peterson
Prev Title:	Past, Present, Future
Prev Year:	1995
Next Title:	Maleficium
Next Year:	1996

Sanctified is the fourth studio album by Swedish heavy metal band Morgana Lefay, released in 1995.

Reception

The album received a review of 9/10 from Rockhard.de.^[2] In the Swedish mainstream press, the album got short reviews in Dagens Nyheter, Svenska Dagbladet, Aftonbladet and Helsingborgs Dagblad. Critics thought the album lacked innovation, but Aftonbladet noted that "If every song were as good as 'To Isengard', I could not shut off the record".^[3] ^[4] ^[5] ^[6] Expressen compared Morgana Lefay to "a bleak Pantera".^[7]

Track listing

All music and lyrics written and arranged by Morgana Lefay.

Out in the Silence – 4:05
Time Is God – 5:09
To Isengard – 5:17
Why? - 5:03
Mad Messiah – 5:04
Another Dawn – 4:43
In the Court of the Crimson King – 3:51
Sorrow Calls – 8:21
Where Insanity Rules – 4:15
Shadows of God – 4:13
Gil-Galad (The Sanctified) – 7:34

(4:06 minutes into "Gil-Galad (The Sanctified)" there's a "hidden" bonus track)

Credits

Charles Rytkönen – vocals
Tony Eriksson – guitars
Daniel Persson – guitars
Joakim Heder – bass
Jonas Söderlind – drums

Notes and References

https://www.allmusic.com/album/sanctified-mw0000097910 Allmusic
https://www.rockhard.de/reviews/morgana-lefay-sanctified_249129.html Rockhard.de review
News: Duktigt men tråkigt. Dagens Nyheter. 4 January 1995. sv.
News: Apokalyptiska toner: låter det så här i dödens väntrum?. Svenska Dagbladet. 20 January 1995. sv.
News: Pop/rock. Aftonbladet. 3 February 1995. sv.
News: De tuffare låtarna blandas upp med balladliknande. Helsingborgs Dagblad. 4 February 1995. sv.
Review by Martin Carlsson, Expressen 13 April 1995