SACRIFICED, THE - 2012 (2012, Roxx) Elite prog power metal

The Sacrificed take the minimal approach to promoting themselves - So it's a good job that Roxx Records are doing their publicity. The Sacrificed are based in Florida and have been together since 2005. They released an independent demo album `The Da Vinci Hoax' in 2007. After signing to Roxx they have released `2012' in the spring of 2010. Whilst their marketing compares their sound to early Queensryche and Sacred Warrior, it's slightly misleading as they are more like Warlord and Agent Steel. Eli Prinsen (lead vocals & guitar), Johnny Bowder (guitar) and Jay Williams ( drums) have created a mixture of power metal and progressive metal. After a bizarrely constructed intro of a radio playing a pop song, the sound of a typewriter and alarm sirens ..... they launch into `2012' with its prophetic and apocalyptic theme " December twenty first two thousand and twelve / Two thousand and twelve / Jesus warned about false prophets and their evil schemes / Nostradamus quatrains - Bible co