In the mid-eighties, as the metal scene came into its adolescence, three childhood friends in Syracuse, New York, Jim Pfeiffer and Jeff and Mike Lanning, found themselves immersed in the heavy anthems of JUDAS PRIEST, IRON MAIDEN, BLACK SABBATH and METALLICA.
The trio would then recruit drummer Mark Baldwin, a high school acquaintance whose interest in and encyclopedic knowledge of metal matched their own. The addition of the formidable guitar virtuoso John Mallia would complete the lineup.
In a basement studio, SACRED DEATH would give birth to the band’s s