File:The American Way - Sacred Reich.mp3

This is the sample from a recording of The American Way. Copyright in the recording is believed to belong to the label, Metal Blade Records, or the artist, Sacred Reich.
Additional information: "The American Way", the second and title track from Sacred Reich's The American Way.

Original publication: Issued as part of the album The American Way on May 15, 1990.
Immediate source: Streamable digital copy of the album, published by Sacred Reich on Bandcamp, available at The American Way | Sacred Reich at Bandcamp.

Sacred Reich

20sec, 110kbit/s MP3.

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