Sacred Oath and Angel Thorne Music are excited to announce the December 4th 2026 release date for their 10th studio album Don’t Be Afraid!
Track Listing:
● Tea and Witch Cake
● 1986
● Don’t Be Afraid
● Is It Time?
● Driven
● Us & Them
● Aeon Dancer
Total running time: 40:49
Singles have already been released on streaming services over an 18-month period to build anticipation for the CD and LP release, most notably as lyric videos featuring original artwork from the band’s drummer.The band released “Is It Time?” as the first single in November 2024 and continued to release singles every few months through March 2026 as part of an effort to picque interest in the new material, satisfy demands for new music, and build anticipation for the street date of both CD and vinyl formats.
“The immediacy of streaming has really changed the rules,” according to singer and guitarist Rob Thorne, who also produces the band’s albums in his studio. “We decided to try something completely different in the making of this album. Instead of coming up with all the songs first and banging them out in condensed recording/mixing sessions, we wrote and produced songs individually, putting them out there as we finished them. It was a lot of fun for me personally, as I was able to really focus on each song separately. And it was great to get immediate feedback from our fans throughout the process of making the complete album. Definitely a new and unique experience!”
The album is being distributed worldwide via SRGILS/Virgin Music with a December 4th street date in every country. Digital pre-order will begin on Apple and Amazon Music November 20th with instant delivery of all 5 singles. Link here:
Don’t Be Afraid marks a return to the classic four-piece lineup including Rob Thorne (vocals and guitar), Damiano Christian (guitar), Scott Waite (bass), and Kenny “Thundarr” Evans (drums). Thorne and Evans are original members since 1985 and both have appeared on every Sacred Oath album since, including two live albums.
Sacred Oath is best-known for releasing A Crystal Vision in 1988, an album recognized as an international cult-classic of the power-metal genre. It was followed by 8 more critically acclaimed studio albums, including World On Fire, Sacred Oath, Darkness Visible, Ravensong, Twelve Bells, Fallen, and Return Of The Dragon. The single “Counting Zeros” from their eponymous 2009 release was chosen as iTunes “Discovery Download of the Week”, and their first live album “Till Death Do Us Part” (2008) was listed as a Top Ten Metal Album of the year by Apple Music in its year of release. The band was featured on MTV2 Headbangers Ball in its last televised season with a featured interview.
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