No Sanctuary (album)

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No Sanctuary
Studio album by
ReleasedNovember 1983 (1983-11)
GenreCrust punk
Length26:35
LabelSpiderleg Records
Amebix chronology
Who's the Enemy
(1982)
No Sanctuary
(1983)
Arise!
(1985)

No Sanctuary is the first album by the British crust punk band Amebix. It was released in November 1983 through Spiderleg Records. It entered the independent albums chart at number 12 on 26 November 1983.[1]

The album was re-released as part of the compilation No Sanctuary: The Spiderleg Recordings in 2008 on Alternative Tentacles.

The cover is a photograph by Dmitri Baltermants called "Grief". It depicts a 1942 Nazi massacre of Jews in the Crimean city of Kerch.

Track listing[edit]

No.TitleLength
1."Battery Humans"4:05
2."Control"4:02
3."Progress?"3:35
4."Sanctuary"3:56
5."The Church Is for Sinners"3:16
6."Sunshine Ward"5:48
7."Moscow Madness" (instrumental)1:53

Personnel[edit]

  • The Baron Rockin von Aphid (Rob Miller) — bass, vocals
  • Stig Da Pig (Chris Miller) — guitar
  • Virus (Neil Worthington) — drums
  • Norman — keyboard

References[edit]

  1. ^ Burbeck, Rodney, ed. (26 November 1983). "Top Albums" (PDF). Music Week. London: Morgan-Grampian plc. p. 41. Retrieved 3 May 2022.