current_members associated_acts years_active label article_title background genre origin name
lynda damian thompson -lrb- guitar -rrb- , frank healy -lrb- bass ` -rrb- , spike t smith -lrb- drums -rrb- tam ' simpson -lrb- vocals -rrb- , alternative , cerebral fix , destroy babylon , english dogs , attack heresy , indecent assault , the more i see , , napalm death unseen terror , the varukers , warwound . benediction , cadaverous clan , cathedral 1984 -- 1989 , 2014-present children , music for nations , under one flag of the revolution , earache , metal blade sacrilege -lrb- band -rrb-
 group_or_band hardcore punk , thrash metal/doom metal birmingham , united kingdom sacrilege
sacrilege -lrb- band -rrb-

originally formed in 1984 by guitarist damian thompson and vocalist lynda `` tam '' simpson sacrilege is a female-fronted , originally hardcore punk , later thrash metal/doom metal band from the midlands region of england .
despite having played relatively few gigs during their original existence , sacrilege is recognized as an important band ; both as an influence on later crust punk/thrash metal and doom metal bands and as an example of the blending of hardcore punk , radical politics , and thrash/death metal that occurred during the mid-1980s , making sacrilege one of the prototypical ` crust ' -lrb- that term not coined then -rrb- punk/metal bands of the time .
in july 2014 , sacrilege announced work on a brand new album , tentativley titled `` emptiness intoxication '' after a 25-year hiatus .
the line up includes its founding members , tam & damian as well as frank healy -lrb- bass -rrb- and spike t. smith -lrb- drums -rrb- ; it is the same line up that recorded `` turn back trilobite '' , the band 's last official release in 1989 .
