New Standard Elite has a talent for finding crazy young talent. Sacrificial is an up-and-coming Brutal Death act out of Milwaukee. Do not sleep on these dudes. Music seems to be tight, marketing tight, professionalism stands out. I mean, what is not to love here?! Oh, and their ages range from 16-18.
Sacrificial, it's an honor to interview you, and I look forward to what is next for you guys!!!! - CR
Cerebral Reveiwment - Thanks for taking the time for an interview!!!! Who are we speaking to?
Elijah - Hello! This is Elijah, the drummer for Sacrificial!
Thank you for reaching out.
Who are all the members and their roles and their ages?
Sacrificial consists of five members,
Elijah White, 16 - Drums
Leo Tulcanaza, 16 - Guitar/ Vocals
Xavier Rivera, 17 - Bass/ Vocals
Warren Tynis, 18 - Vocals
Sebastian Shackleford, 18 - Guitar
Can you tell the origin story of the band?
Sacrificial started in the dining room of Elijah Whites home in December of 2021 under the name Serrated. The band originally consisted of Elijah, Leo Tulcanaza, former vocalist Julius Ortiz, and shortly after, former guitarist Gloria Pabon. At the beginning, Serrated was not sure what genre we wanted to commit to. This changed in May of 2022 when the band moved to Leo’s basement, where we still practice and record to this day. The band was taking a stab at Thrash Metal. In December of 2022 the band changed the name to Sacrificial, Gloria parted ways, and the band recruited Xavier Rivera to bass. This recruitment would eventually lead to the genre shift from thrash metal, to Old School Death Metal. In April of 2023 the band played its first (basement) show, and continued to begin gigging into the summer and fall. In October the band parted ways with Julius shortly after releasing a short groove/ thrash demo (which has now been removed from all platforms). The band, now a 3 piece, started to write new material. In March of 2024, the band met Mylo Roark, who joined the guitar department for just shy of a full year. Shortly after Mylo joined we released another demo, this time consisting of an OSDM sound (and that we also eventually removed from all streaming services). During Mylo’s time in the band we began writing brutal death metal, this is the genre the band knew we must remain as. In July we decided to record one of these “Brutal” songs, Blown Apart with a 10 Gauge. This song was not only our first (and only) single, but also our first brutal song we released. It was also our first time working with a producer, Christofer Swahn of Worship Nothing Studios. In January, 2025 we welcomed Warren Tynis to the lineup. We were writing our most brutal material yet. In March, the band recruited Sebastian Shackleford and parted ways with Mylo. Around this time we finished gathering all the parts for all the songs that will eventually go into our first album, Eternal Suffering. In April the band recorded a 3 song demo and sent it away to Christofer for a mix and master, with plans to send the outcome to our dream label, New Standard Elite. In May we received our final mix and sent it to New Standard Elite. After what felt like years of anticipation we got a reply from the owner… we were signed. On June 4th, 2025 the news was announced, along with the release of our Demos advanced track, Guzzling Condensed Viscera. The remainder of the Demo is to be released shortly (as of June 17th). The band is entirely dedicated to writing the most brutal material that we can manage. We look forward to our future in brutal death metal.
Damn!! Such a young band achieving such an awesome goal, gaining the support of one of the genre’s leading labels! Has this lit a fire under your asses?! How many songs are on the demo? Can we expect a full length release in 2026?
First of all thank you, second of all most definitely. Getting signed has inspired us to always be our best selves, both musically and personally. In terms of lighting a fire under our asses, I would say it SORT OF did. By the time we got signed we already wrote all of the songs that we want to have appear on our first album. Though now that we are actually signed (we are still excited beyond comprehension) we do definitely have a few tweaks in mind for our songs; we want them to be as brutal as possible. The album should have 11 songs including an intro track, at least that is the plan right now. 3 of these songs will appear on the Demo, and one is already out (go check out Guzzling Condensed Viscera on the NSE YouTube Channel!!!)
As for an official release date we don’t really have a real answer right now. We are still planning to take a few months to practice the songs and get them as tight as possible before we hit the studio. I’d say expect it either fairly later in 2025 (no promises) or early in 2026. That’s the plan.
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I know the band has already gone through a wide range of sounds and members. Does it finally seem like you are finding your home in brutal death metal?
Brutal Death Metal is 100% the roof we would always like to fall under. After several years as a band, we have never been more comfortable playing a genre than we are with Brutal Death Metal. We’ve tried thrash, osdm, etc, but honestly, I don’t think we would (or will) ever want to return to those genres. Pure Brutal Death Metal is what we strive for, and 100% is where we find our home.
Can you tell us about some of your favorite bands? Favorite BDM bands that maybe influence your sound and then also some influences from other genres or just stuff you like?
Our inspirations definitely have a pretty wide range. Everyone in the band listens to different stuff, but we always connect through new (and old) Brutal Death Metal. I could get into the favorites/ biggest influences for everyone in the band, but that would take forever. In general Cryptopsy, Dying Fetus, Suffocation, Gorgasm, Disgorge, Defeated Sanity, Stabbing, Severed Savior, Inveracity, Septycal Gorge, and Malignancy are our main (Brutal) influences. When we got signed it actually partially had to do with the fact that NSE thought we sounded like Dying Fetus! We can’t complain about that comparison! As for other (non-metal) genres we really like everything as a group, maybe these favorite bands/ genres can be heard in our playing, maybe not, but here’s a small list: The Beatles, Catch 22 (and ska punk in general) Neoclassical Jazz and just Jazz in general, math rock in general, Prog, etc. I mean we just have a little bit of The Beatles in our playing right?
I’m sure we will be hearing more Sacrificial and thank you for answering some questions! Anything else you’d like to say?
Plan to hear some new Sacrificial very (VERY) soon! We also have some other pretty significant announcements that will be coming out in the next few weeks and months. Definitely keep an eye out for all of that! Thank you Cerebral Reviewment for the amazing questions, and to anyone who may see this… Stay Brutal!
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