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SACRED OATH Release Ninth Studio Album ‘Return Of The Dragon’
April 2nd, 2021

Bethel, Connecticut-based metal band Sacred Oath issued ninth full-length album Return Of The Dragon on April 2nd, 2021 independently through frontman Rob Thorne’s own label Angel Thorne Music.

The outing marks the first Sacred Oath studio album to feature guitarist / keyboardist Damiano Christian. Christian joined the band during the Twelve Bells At Midnight tour in 2017 and appears on the live album Thunder Underground – Live From NYC, released in May 2019.

Return Of The Dragon was produced and engineered by Rob Thorne, while the cover artwork was created by the band’s drummer Kenny “Thundarr” Evans.

The track listing is as follows:

01. ‘Cthulhu Wakes’
02. ‘Last Ride Of The Wicked Dead’
03. ‘Return Of The Dragon’
04. ‘At The Gates’
05. ‘Empires Fall’
06. ‘Hammer Of An Angry God’
07. ‘The Next Pharaoh’
08. ‘Primeval’
09. ‘Into The Drink’
10. ‘Root Of All Evil’

Sacred Oath’s live line-up is as follows:

Rob Thorne (lead vocals and guitar)
Bill Smith (guitar and backing vocals)
Brendan Kelleher (bass and backing vocals)
Kenny “Thundarr” Evans (drums)
Damiano Christian (keyboards, guitar and backing vocals)

Official lyric videos were created for the title track and the songs ‘Hammer Of An Angry God’, ‘Empires Fall’, ‘Cthulhu Wakes’, ‘Root Of All Evil’, ‘At The Gates’ and ‘Last Ride Of The Wicked Dead’. All seven clips can be viewed below.

Eighth studio record Twelve Bells was released in May 2017 via Angel Thorne Music.