Awakening is the fifth studio album by American thrash metal band Sacred Reich, released through Metal Blade Records on August 23, 2019.

[2] This is the band's first full-length studio album since Heal (1996), marking the longest gap between Sacred Reich's studio albums,[3] as well as their first release with rhythm guitarist Joey Radziwill, who replaced founding member Jason Rainey shortly before the recording sessions began.

[4] Awakening was met with generally favorable reviews from critics.

At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, this release received an average score of 76, based on four reviews.

[5] All tracks are written by Phil Rind, except where noted This 2010s metal album–related article is a stub.