Awakening is the fifth studio album by American thrash metal band Sacred Reich, released through Metal Blade Records on August 23, 2019.[1] This is the band's first full-length studio album since Heal (1996), marking the longest gap between Sacred Reich's studio albums,[2] as well as their first release with guitarist Joey Radziwill, who replaced founding member Jason Rainey right before the recording sessions began.[3]
Awakening was met with generally favorable reviews from critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, this release received an average score of 76, based on four reviews.[4]