Sacred Reich "Independent (Japan, Pony Canyon, PCCY-00410)"

Independent is the third studio album by American thrash metal band Sacred Reich, released in 1993 via Metal Blade and Hollywood Records. The album is considered to be a slight departure from the band's early thrash metal style heard on their previous releases, with the album featuring a groove metal sound. Independent was Sacred Reich's first full-length album with Dave McClain on drums.

The title track can be heard in the 1993 college football film The Program.

Track listing

1. "Independent" Phil Rind 3:38
2. "Free" Phil Rind 4:34
3. "Just Like That" Phil Rind, Jason Rainey 5:42
4. "Supremacy" Phil Rind 2:37
5. "If Only" (Instrumental) Wiley Arnett 3:46
6. "Crawling" Phil Rind, Dave McClain 6:30
7. "Pressure" Phil Rind 2:47
8. "Product" Phil Rind 3:44
9. "I Never Said Goodbye" Phil Rind 7:46
10. "Open Book" Rind, Dave McClain 4:21
11. "Do It" Phil Rind 2:24
12. "Let's Have a War" (Fear cover, bonus track) Lee Ving 2:21

Total length: 47:49

Tracks 1, 2, 4, 7, 8, 11 by Phil Rind.

Track 3 by Phil Rind and Jason Rainey.

Track 5 by Wiley Arnett.

Tracks 6 & 10 by Phil Rind & Dave McClain.

A music video was made for "Independent".

Recording information:

Recorded and mixed at Eldorado Studios, North Hollywood, CA.

Co-produced by Sacred Reich.

Engineered by Bryan Carlstrom

Assistant engineered by Annette Cisneros

Mixed by Dave Jerden

Mastered by Eddy Schreyer at Future Disc Systems

Cover illustration by Paul Stottler

Portrait illustration (inlay) by John Dawson