---
title: "Sacrilege"
type: "MusicGroup"
url: "https://themetalnet.com/band/sacrilege-5b68fe96"
genre: "Doom Metal"
country: "United Kingdom"
formed: 1984
---

# Sacrilege

**Sacrilege** is a doom metal band, from United Kingdom, active 1984 to present.

Sacrilege are a band from the Midlands region of England originally formed in 1984 by guitarist Damian Thompson and vocalist Lynda "Tam" Simpson and Tony May. Originally a crust punk band, their sound later changed to thrash metal and finally doom metal. Despite having played relatively few gigs during their original existence, Sacrilege is recognized as an important band, both as an influence on later crust punk, thrash metal and doom metal bands and as an example of the blending of hardcore punk, radical politics, and thrash/death metal that occurred during the mid-1980s, making Sacrilege one of the prototypical crust punk bands of the time.

Biography source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sacrilege_(band)

## Facts

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Name | Sacrilege |
| Genre | Doom Metal |
| Parent genre | Doom Metal |
| Origin | Birmingham, United Kingdom |
| Formed | 1984 |
| Releases in catalog | 3 |

## Genres

[Doom Metal](https://themetalnet.com/genre/doom-metal) · [Thrash Metal](https://themetalnet.com/genre/thrash-metal)

## Line-up

| Musician | Instruments | Years | Status |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Andy Baker](https://themetalnet.com/musician/andy-baker) |  |  | Current |
| [Damien Thompson](https://themetalnet.com/musician/damien-thompson) |  |  | Current |
| [Lynda Simpson](https://themetalnet.com/musician/lynda-simpson) | Lead vocals | 1984 to present | Current |

## Discography

| Year | Release | Type |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 1985 | [Behind the Realms of Madness](https://themetalnet.com/album/5616ee7a-f579-42b2-be7b-569632763717) | Album |
| 1987 | [Within the Prophecy](https://themetalnet.com/album/08813a81-08ef-49f2-9a8a-1e6546e68e65) | Album |
| 1989 | [Turn Back Trilobite](https://themetalnet.com/album/22a6b845-8c69-351f-b9f8-317b6dcc2a8f) | Album |

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## Official and external links

- metal archives: https://www.metal-archives.com/bands/Sacrilege/3145
- facebook: https://www.facebook.com/sacrilegeofficial
- youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCX-k-hxPh53VI9loxbJYwFw/videos
- deezer: https://www.deezer.com/artist/564151
- spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/05Oy9r8L2G5KZYoroUalm6
- apple music: https://music.apple.com/us/artist/81109217

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Source: [TheMetalNet https://themetalnet.com/band/sacrilege-5b68fe96](https://themetalnet.com/band/sacrilege-5b68fe96). Catalog data from MusicBrainz and Metal Archives. Full site index: https://themetalnet.com/llms.txt