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Here’s the official music video for “Meet Your Maker” by Sacred Oath.

Sacred Oath began back in 1985 in Bethel, Connecticut when high school friends with a love for classic Metal decided to try their hand at it. Little did they know that their music would help to spawn what became known as “American Power Metal,” nor did they realize what a strange business the music industry can be.

They were signed by Mercenary Records in 1986, recorded their label debut A Crystal Vision in 1987, and then collapsed, as the record company went bankrupt shortly after the album was released. For a lot of bands, that would have been the end.

Wonder of wonders, the album became an influential cult hit, prized by collectors and cited by critics (and bands who came later) as a pioneering masterpiece. “Oathbangers” (as the band’s followers came to be called) waited patiently for more. As it turns out, they would have to wait until the turn of a new century.

But since the band reformed after the 2001 re-release of A Crystal Vision, they’ve produced five full-length albums (plus a recent EP, Thrash Inc.), all critically acclaimed. Meet Your Maker is from their October 2010 release World On Fire. The album made iTunes’ list of best Metal albums of the year, and it’s been well received by hard core Oathbangers – and now by an entire new generation of fans as well, after the video for Meet Your Maker premiered on MTV.

You can get more information about the band, download their iPhone or Droid App, find show dates and more on the official website at http://sacredoath.net.