Promise is the second studio album by American death metal band Massacre, released on July 23, 1996, through Earache Records.

Massacre vocalist Kam Lee rejoined the band in 1993 after leaving for a year during a tour in the United Kingdom when guitarist Rick Rozz approached him for a new album to record.

Lee wrote the lyrics and he recorded the vocals, but left Massacre during post-production due to dissatisfaction with the album.

After Lee left the band, Kenny Goodwin replaced him as the temporary vocalist and guitarist for Massacre.

Lee quit music for a decade due to his dissatisfaction with Promise and his concern that death metal would begin to sound like the album.

Massacre performed a few shows with Goodwin to promote Promise after Lee left, but was booed by fans.

Due to fan backlash and the Promise's lack of success, Massacre broke up quickly after releasing the album.

... Then we can spin a song or two from Promise one last time and acknowledge that it has its moments, then file it away, (hopefully) forgiven and (thankfully) forgotten.

[5] Due to fan backlash and the Promise's lack of success, Massacre broke up quickly after releasing the album.