Sanity Obscure

Sanity Obscure is the second album by the Christian thrash metal band Believer, published in 1990 by R.E.X. Records and a year later by Roadrunner Records. Several mainstream magazines praised the album.
In 1990, Howe Kraft was replaced by Wyatt Robertson, and Believer recorded its second album titled Sanity Obscure, which is more technical than its predecessor. Believer continued its co-working with Scott Laird, and incorporated more symphonic elements on the song "Dies Irae (Day of Wrath)." Scott Laird's sister Julianne Laird Hoge was featured as a soprano on the song. Sanity Obscure also features an anti-pollution song titled "Nonpoint" (which the band nonpoint named themselves after) and an anti-drug song called "Stop the Madness", which was released as a single with the U2 cover "Like a Song." Sanity Obscure was first released by R.E.X. Records to Christian market and a year later by Roadrunner Records to wider audience. The album became more popular than Believer's first album, and after the release Believer toured with the English deathgrind band Bolt Thrower and the Canadian thrash metal band Sacrifice. Joined by bands Cynic and Pestilence on the label's roster, Roadrunner Records pushed a progressive metal/thrash campaign with the three bands called "The Breed Beyond".
Sanity Obscure was recorded and mixed in Morning Star Studios, Spring House, Pennsylvania in 1990. The album was produced by Doug Mann and Paul Krueger. Sanity Obscure was mastered in The Hit Factory, New York. The intro for "Sanity Obscure" was recorded at HMS Productions and was engineered by Ted Hermanson. All songs, apart from "Dies Irae", are written by quartet Kurt Bachman, Joey Daub, David Baddorf, and Wyatt Robertson, who replaced the former member Howe Kraft.

Lineup

Kurt Bachman - Vocals/Guitars
Dave Baddorf - Guitars
Wyatt Robertson - Bass
Joey Daub (Fountain Of Tears) - Drums

Guests

Scott Laird - Orchestral Composition
Julianne Laird Hoge - Vocals (Soprano)