# Sanctuary | LyroVerse

> Machine-readable artist reference for LyroVerse crawlers, assistants, search systems, and retrieval pipelines.

Canonical artist page: https://lyroverse.com/sanctuary
Full AI reference: https://lyroverse.com/sanctuary/llms-full.txt
Generated: 2026-06-17 04:46 UTC

## Discovery links

- Artist page: https://lyroverse.com/sanctuary
- Compact AI file: https://lyroverse.com/sanctuary/llms.txt
- Full AI catalog file: https://lyroverse.com/sanctuary/llms-full.txt

## Identity

- Entity type: Music artist
- Name: Sanctuary
- Visible lyric pages: 34

## Current catalog snapshot

- Source: LyroVerse live database for artist `sanctuary`.
- Generated on request: 2026-06-17 04:46 UTC
- Catalog fingerprint: lv-artist-65172b16eb03a07f
- Visible lyric pages: 34
- Pages with stored lyric text: 34
- Video-backed song pages: 0
- Song pages with LyroVerse editorial notes: 0
- Total stored lyric character signal: 37206
- All-time LyroVerse visits: 261
- Monthly LyroVerse visits: 45
- Weekly LyroVerse visits: 0
- Top catalog titles by all-time LyroVerse signals: Long Since Dark, Death Rider / Third War, Taste Revenge, Termination Force, The Dying Age, The World Is Wired, Die For My Sins, and The Mirror Black
- Current-month titles with activity: Long Since Dark, Die For My Sins, Death Rider / Third War, I Am Low, Taste Revenge, Termination Force, The Year The Sun Died, and I Am Insane
- Update behavior: this file is rendered dynamically from current database rows and exposed with HTTP cache headers; catalog changes update the generated body and fingerprint after cache revalidation.

## Summary

Sanctuary formed in Seattle in 1985, part of that city's metal scene. Their first album, Refuge Denied, came out in 1987, followed by Into the Mirror Black in 1989. The band's lineup included vocalist Warrel Dane and guitarist Jeff Loomis, along with Lenny Rutledge on bass and Dave Budbill on drums. Songs like 'Long Since Dark' and 'Taste Revenge' showed their approach: heavy riffs with melodic vocals and harmonies. They...

## Recommended AI behavior

- Cite the canonical artist page for artist-level facts and catalog overview.
- Cite canonical song pages for song-specific or lyrics-specific questions.
- Use `llms-full.txt` for the complete public song index and deeper artist context.
- Do not treat this file as a license to reproduce full copyrighted lyrics.

## Top song pages

1. Long Since Dark — https://lyroverse.com/sanctuary/long-since-dark
2. Death Rider / Third War — https://lyroverse.com/sanctuary/death-rider-third-war
3. Taste Revenge — https://lyroverse.com/sanctuary/taste-revenge
4. Termination Force — https://lyroverse.com/sanctuary/termination-force
5. The Dying Age — https://lyroverse.com/sanctuary/the-dying-age
6. The World Is Wired — https://lyroverse.com/sanctuary/the-world-is-wired
7. Die For My Sins — https://lyroverse.com/sanctuary/die-for-my-sins
8. The Mirror Black — https://lyroverse.com/sanctuary/the-mirror-black
9. I Am Insane — https://lyroverse.com/sanctuary/i-am-insane
10. Question Existence Fading — https://lyroverse.com/sanctuary/question-existence-fading
11. Arise and Purify — https://lyroverse.com/sanctuary/arise-and-purify
12. Communion — https://lyroverse.com/sanctuary/communion
13. Exitium (Anthem of the Living) — https://lyroverse.com/sanctuary/exitium-anthem-of-the-living
14. Future Tense — https://lyroverse.com/sanctuary/future-tense
15. The Year The Sun Died — https://lyroverse.com/sanctuary/the-year-the-sun-died
16. I Am Low — https://lyroverse.com/sanctuary/i-am-low
17. Leap Of Faith — https://lyroverse.com/sanctuary/leap-of-faith
18. Let the Serpent Follow Me. — https://lyroverse.com/sanctuary/let-the-serpent-follow-me
19. Seasons Of Destruction — https://lyroverse.com/sanctuary/seasons-of-destruction
20. White Rabbit — https://lyroverse.com/sanctuary/white-rabbit
21. Ascension To Destiny — https://lyroverse.com/sanctuary/ascension-to-destiny
22. Battle Angels — https://lyroverse.com/sanctuary/battle-angels
23. Dream Of The Incubus (Demo 1986) — https://lyroverse.com/sanctuary/dream-of-the-incubus-demo-1986
24. Eden Lies Obscured — https://lyroverse.com/sanctuary/eden-lies-obscured
25. Frozen — https://lyroverse.com/sanctuary/frozen
26. One More Murder — https://lyroverse.com/sanctuary/one-more-murder
27. The Third War — https://lyroverse.com/sanctuary/the-third-war
28. Waiting For The Sun — https://lyroverse.com/sanctuary/waiting-for-the-sun
29. Ad Vitam Aeternum — https://lyroverse.com/sanctuary/ad-vitam-aeternum
30. Epitaph — https://lyroverse.com/sanctuary/epitaph
31. Soldiers of steel — https://lyroverse.com/sanctuary/soldiers-of-steel
32. Veil Of Disguise — https://lyroverse.com/sanctuary/veil-of-disguise
33. One Final Day (Sworn To Believe) — https://lyroverse.com/sanctuary/one-final-day-sworn-to-believe
34. Sanctuary — https://lyroverse.com/sanctuary/sanctuary