Sabbat: Music (1988-91)

History of a Time to Come (1988)

Sabbat blew everyone out of the water when they dropped their début album on the Thrash scene in '88.

When Martin Walkyier's unique vocal style, intelligent lyrics and perfect timing were paired with Andy Sneap's smorgasbord of frantic riffs something truly special was born.

The influence it had on later generations within the genre is impossible to measure. When my faith in modern music wanes, which is often, History of a Time to Come is one of the albums that I turn to to remind me of what was lost.

Dreamweaver: Reflections of Our Yesterdays (1989)

A concept album based on author Brian Bates' The Way of Wyrd: Tales of an Anglo-Saxon Sorcerer (1983).

Andy Sneap shreds the guitar with speed and precision while Martin Walkyier on vocals... er... Walkyiers (does he ever breathe?). Together they made music so creative and vibrant that it was never bettered by either man separately. 

It's a timeless classic, chock-full of thrashy riffs and occasional, unconventional musical changes that take a few listens to make real sense of. In short, the perfect soundtrack to all your Happy Never Afters.

Mourning Has Broken (1991)

I listened to Mourning Has Broken so you don't have to.

I bought it cheap and at the time thought I'd bagged a good deal, until I got home and started to play it. Walkyier had left the band and taken all the excitement with him, it seems. They broke up soon after.

I sold it a few days later. I don't remember if I made a profit or a loss, but thinking on it now, by removing it from my life I surely did profit.