excellent, excellent.
Honestly, Sanctuary needs the higher vocals. I understand the whole "it feels right. we want to do this for US!" aspect of this. I get it. You also have to look at it from the point-of-view of the fans that will be having wet dreams about what this stuff is going to sound like. When I think of Sanctuary, I think of the groove, the atmosphere, AND THE VOCALS. The killer high vocals really made the band stand out. Sure, it would be CALLED Sanctuary, it would have the BAND MEMBERS of Sanctuary, but if it doesn't have the signature SOUND, the fans (and most importantly, me), will be extremely disappointed.
that being said, i am BEYOND excited for this. I hope to see a proper TOUR, too... SMALL CLUBS!