Public record

Sanctuary

Metal | Seattle, WA | since 1985

heavy metal
metal
Philosophical
power metal
progressive metal
thrash metal

Shows, releases and artist details collected from 8 credited sources. This public record does not confirm booking availability. Source links accompany the published facts.

Shows on record

Rooms played

2015

On record since

Releases

Show history

2026 · 2

Aug 16, 2026Substation Seattle· Seattleheadliner
Aug 15, 2026Substation Seattle· Seattleheadliner

2015 · 1

Dec 4, 2015Hollywood Palladium· Los Angeles (LA)support
with Basscon, Prophet, Crisis Era, Mekanikal, Radical Redemption, Stephanie

Photos, art and posters

Logo — TheAudioDB

Lineup

Lenny Rutledge — guitar
Jim Sheppard — bass guitar

Former

Sean Blosl — electric guitar
Warrel Dane — lead vocals
Jeff Loomis — guitar
Brad Hull — guitar
Nick Cordle — guitar

Releases

NO
Not of the Living
2026 · single
IN
Inception
2017 · album
TY
The Year the Sun Died
2014 · album
RD
Refuge Denied / Into the Mirror Black
2010 · compilation
IT
Into the Mirror Live / Black Reflections
1991 · album
IT
Into the Mirror Black
1989 · album
RD
Refuge Denied
1987 · album

Airplay

KEXP airplay: 21 plays, 2016-03-06–2026-08-02 — KEXP
Played on KEXP show 'Seek & Destroy' (Tanner Ellison) — KEXP
Played on KEXP show 'Sunday Soul' (Supreme La Rock) — KEXP

Artist background

Sanctuary formed in 1985 — MusicBrainz
Sanctuary is based in Seattle — MusicBrainz
Lenny Rutledge: guitar — MusicBrainz
Jim Sheppard: bass guitar — MusicBrainz
Sean Blosl: electric guitar (former member) — MusicBrainz
Warrel Dane: lead vocals (former member) — MusicBrainz
Jeff Loomis: guitar (former member) — MusicBrainz
Brad Hull: guitar (former member) — MusicBrainz
Nick Cordle: guitar (former member) — MusicBrainz
Sanctuary has 7 release group(s) on MusicBrainz spanning 1987–2026 — MusicBrainz
Sanctuary (band) formed in 1985 — Wikipedia
Sanctuary (band) is from Seattle , Washington , U.S. — Wikipedia
Sanctuary (band) has 5 members: Lenny Rutledge, Dave Budbill, George Hernandez, Joseph Michael, Joey Concepcion — Wikipedia
Sanctuary (band) plays Thrash metal [ 1 ] — Wikipedia
Sanctuary (band) plays power metal [ 2 ] — Wikipedia
Sanctuary has 81476 listeners on Last.fm — Sanctuary on Last.fm
Google Knowledge Graph descriptor: Band — Sanctuary — Google Knowledge Graph
Canonical Wikipedia article (per Google KG): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sanctuary_(band) — Sanctuary on Wikipedia (per Google KG)
Wikipedia article length (per Google KG, characters): 196 — Sanctuary — entity-richness signal
Google Knowledge Graph entity id: kg:/m/01k86y — Sanctuary — KG entity
Country (per TheAudioDB): Seattle, Washington, USA — Sanctuary on TheAudioDB
Formed 1985 (Wikidata inception) — Wikidata
Origin: Seattle (Wikidata) — Wikidata
Genres per Wikidata: power metal — Wikidata
Members per Wikidata: Warrel Dane — Wikidata
Labels per Wikidata: Century Media Records — Wikidata
Wikipedia article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sanctuary_(band) — Wikidata

Venues played

Rooms played most, from the shows on record
Room	Shows
Substation Seattle · Seattle	2
Hollywood Palladium · Los Angeles (LA)	1

By year: 2015 1 · 2026 2

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Sources & corrections

This is a partial record of publicly documented activity. Missing shows, releases or members do not mean there are none. Use the credited links to check the source.

Last updated: 2026-09-20
Sources: google kg, KEXP, Last.fm, MusicBrainz, Spotify, TheAudioDB, Wikidata, Wikipedia

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