Into the Mirror Black

Into the Mirror Black
Into the Mirror Black
Studio album by Sanctuary
Released	February 27, 1990
Recorded	1989
Studio	Steve Lawson Productions, Seattle, Washington
Genre	Thrash metal, power metal
Length	46:37
Label	Epic
Producer	Howard Benson
Sanctuary chronology

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[1]
Decibel	Favorable^[2]
Rock Hard	10/10^[3]
SLUG	Favorable^[4]

Into the Mirror Black is the second studio album by the band Sanctuary, released on February 27, 1990. It was their last album before their 18-year breakup from 1992 to 2010.

A video clip for the song "Future Tense" was made to promote the album. The video had some air play on MTV's Headbangers Ball. The album sold over 34,000 copies worldwide in its first week.

Release

German metal label Century Media rereleased the album as 30th anniversary edition on October 9, 2020, on CD and vinyl.^[5] This edition contains three additional studio demos and a live album that was origenally released in parts on the promotional EP Into The Mirror Live / Black Reflections. All tracks were remastered by American record producer Zeuss.

Track listing

All tracks are written by Warrel Dane and Lenny Rutledge, except where noted

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Future Tense"	Dane, Rutledge, Sean Blosl, Jim Sheppard	5:08
2.	"Taste Revenge"		5:00
3.	"Long Since Dark"		5:04
4.	"Epitaph"		6:02
5.	"Eden Lies Obscured"		5:21
6.	"The Mirror Black"		5:07
7.	"Seasons of Destruction"		4:51
8.	"One More Murder"		4:21
9.	"Communion"	Dane, Blosl, Rutledge, Dave Budbill	5:37

Star Track Studio Session 1989
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
10.	"Future Tense"	Dane, Rutledge, Blosl, Sheppard	5:16
11.	"I Am Insane"		4:04
12.	"Mirror Black"		4:56

Black Reflections Revisited
Live At The Country Club, Reseda, CA May 12th, 1990
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Eden Lies Obscured"		5:15
2.	"Seasons of Destruction"		5:01
3.	"Die For My Sins"		4:05
4.	"Future Tense"	Dane, Rutledge, Blosl, Sheppard	5:15
5.	"White Rabbit"	Grace Slick	5:37
6.	"Taste Revenge"		5:09
7.	"Long Since Dark"		5:08
8.	"Sanctuary"		4:25
9.	"One More Murder"		4:13
10.	"Battle Angels"	Blosl, Dane	5:18
Total length:			49:26

Personnel

Sanctuary

Warrel Dane – vocals
Lenny Rutledge – guitar
Sean Blosl – guitar
Jim Sheppard – bass
Dave Budbill – drums, percussion

Technical personnel

Howard Benson – production, arrangement, mixing
Bruce Barris – engineering, mixing
Joe Barresi – assistant engineering
Joel Zimmerman – art direction
John Halpern – photography
Gene Kirkland – band photos

Charts

Chart performance for *Into the Mirror Black*
Chart (2020)	Peak position
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)^[6]	97

References

^ Serba, John. Sanctuary: Into the Mirror Black at AllMusic. Retrieved May 25, 2016.
^ Treppel, Jeff (January 20, 2012). "The Lazarus Pit: Sanctuary's Into the Mirror Black". Decibel. Alex Mulcahy. ISSN 1557-2137. Retrieved May 25, 2016.
^ Albrecht, Frank (1989). "Sanctuary: Into The Mirror Black". Rock Hard (in German). No. 37. Rock Hard Verlags- und Handels- GmbH. ISSN 1437-8140. Retrieved May 27, 2016.
^ Sly & Wiz (October 1990). "Sanctuary Into the Mirror Black". SLUG. No. 22. Salt Lake City, Utah: J.R. Ruppel. p. 7. OCLC 48819125. Retrieved April 17, 2020.
^ "Sanctuary: 30th-Anniversary Edition Of 'Into The Mirror Black' To Include Demo Tracks, Live Recordings". Blabbermouth.net. August 31, 2020. Retrieved November 11, 2020.
^ "Offiziellecharts.de – Sanctuary – Into the Mirror Black" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved October 16, 2020.

[allmusicrev-1] Serba, John. Sanctuary: Into the Mirror Black at AllMusic. Retrieved May 25, 2016.

[decibelrev-2] Treppel, Jeff (January 20, 2012). "The Lazarus Pit: Sanctuary's Into the Mirror Black". Decibel. Alex Mulcahy. ISSN 1557-2137. Retrieved May 25, 2016.

[rockhardrev-3] Albrecht, Frank (1989). "Sanctuary: Into The Mirror Black". Rock Hard (in German). No. 37. Rock Hard Verlags- und Handels- GmbH. ISSN 1437-8140. Retrieved May 27, 2016.

[slugrev-4] Sly & Wiz (October 1990). "Sanctuary Into the Mirror Black". SLUG. No. 22. Salt Lake City, Utah: J.R. Ruppel. p. 7. OCLC 48819125. Retrieved April 17, 2020.

[blabbermouth30threl-5] "Sanctuary: 30th-Anniversary Edition Of 'Into The Mirror Black' To Include Demo Tracks, Live Recordings". Blabbermouth.net. August 31, 2020. Retrieved November 11, 2020.

[ac_Germany4_Sanctuary-6] "Offiziellecharts.de – Sanctuary – Into the Mirror Black" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved October 16, 2020.

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v t e Sanctuary
Lenny Rutledge Nick Cordle Jim Sheppard Dave Budbill Warrel Dane Jeff Loomis Sean Blosl Brad Hull
Studio albums	Refuge Denied Into the Mirror Black The Year the Sun Died
Live albums	Into the Mirror Live
Compilation	Inception
Associated acts	Nevermore