Best wel een onbekendere 80's thrashband, maar wel 1 van mijn favorieten. Tot dusver maar 3 platen gemaakt, te weten: "Power From Hell" en het geniale "The Force" en "In Search of Sanity".

Nu las ik net dit bericht op shadowsofdisgust.com, goed nieuws!

De nieuwe line-up van de heropgerichte klassieke Thrash band Onslaught is bekend gemaakt voor de X-Mass Festivals waar de band samen met Exodus, Occult, Kataklysm, Unleashed, Behemoth en Primordial aan zal deelnemen. De band zal verschijnen met de volgende mensen:

Nige Rockett - gitaar
Steve Grice - drums
Sy Keeler - vocalen
Jim Hinder - bas
Alan Jordan - gitaar







Een goede reden voor X-Mass!

[Dit bericht is gewijzigd door spectre op 19-07-2005 15:08]

LOL
*net wakker

[Dit bericht is gewijzigd door Orion op 19-07-2005 11:57]

Hehe, "te weten 2 platen gemaakt", en dan het hoesje plaatsen van de 3e plaat

Maarre wel gaaf! Daarvoor wil ik wel weer een X-mass Fest bezoekje maken

jah daardoor was ik ook in de war

die" search..." is net hun zwakste titel. maar het oude materiaal

Mooi, dat wordt dit jaar koppen inslaan om niet te hoeven werken bij de feestdagen

"...to fight with the beast"

Een kleine research en ik vond dat "In Search of Sanity" al een plaat uit '89 is, waarvan ik het bestaan niet kende. Ik poste rechtstreeks het bericht met de veronderstelling dat het een nieuwe plaat was, sorry daarvoor. Ik kan wel een reden bedenken waarom ik deze niet ken, het zal wel een mindere plaat zijn. Excuses

[Dit bericht is gewijzigd door spectre op 19-07-2005 15:06]

In search of sanity is mijn favoriete ONSLAUGT plaat, maar hij is zeker anders dan de eerste twee, maar zeker nog vette thrash!

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Op 19 juli 2005 21:49 schreef enforcer het volgende:
In search of sanity is mijn favoriete ONSLAUGT plaat, maar hij is zeker anders dan de eerste twee, maar zeker nog vette thrash!

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Da's toch die plaat met de zanger van Grim Reaper?

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Op 19 juli 2005 21:49 schreef enforcer het volgende:
In search of sanity is mijn favoriete ONSLAUGT plaat, maar hij is zeker anders dan de eerste twee, maar zeker nog vette thrash!

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de 1ste 2 verschillen ook enorm

De echte pure ONSLAUGHT agressie komt het best tot z'n recht op de demo's vind ik (Shadow of death!!!), maar de rest vind ik ook erg goed. Ben benieuwd naar die reunie.

Veel goeds gehoort over Onslaught,maar ik ken ze (nog) niet. Zijn daar nog platen van te krijgen, of moet ik daarvoor het hele internet afzoeken?

De eerste 2 cd's zijn opnieuw gereleased (Power from Hell en The Force). Bij Large stonden ze iig voor 9,99 (jaja heel af en toe hebben ze er nog wel eens wat!).

Zal ik eens een keer als ik weer geld heb er wat cd's van aanschaffen.

vooral "The Force" is prachtig.

ONSLAUGHT To Enter Studio Tomorrow - July 25, 2006

Vocalist Sy Keeler of the reformed lineup of the classic U.K. thrash outfit ONSLAUGHT has issued the following update:

"The day has arrived. After two rescheduled dates, ONSLAUGHT will enter Backstage studio [in Derbyshire, England] with producer Andy Sneap tomorrow, July 26th, to start work on 'Killing Peace', due to be released worldwide through the legendary Candlelight label. I am so excited and can't wait for everyone to hear the finished album. Thrash metal will never be the same again. It's time for SLAYER to step aside. Our lyrical content is ugly and 'will' upset people. The music is so fucking brutal. Is that the same band who recorded 'In Search of Sanity'? A mix of 'Power from Hell' and 'The Force', dragged screaming and thrashing into the 21st century. You have been warned!

"ONSLAUGHT would like to send a message to Bulgarian fans who were hoping to catch the band at the recently cancelled Bulgarian Monsters of Rock Festival. We have had tons of email since we were announced on the bill. All I can say is we will get to Bulgaria as soon as possible."

Songtitles set to appear on "Killing Peace" include "Destroyer of Worlds", "Pain", "Tested to Destruction", "Burn", "Shock and Awe", "Prayer for the Dead", "Twisted Jesus", and "Killing Peace". The band's current lineup includes Sy Keeler (vocals), Nige Rockett (guitars), Steve Grice (drums), James Hinder (bass) and the group's latest addition, guitarist Alan Jordan (ex-MIRROR MIRROR, FRANKENSTEIN).

ONSLAUGHT recorded three albums in the late 1980s — including the underrated "In Search of Sanity" (1989, Polydor), featuring ex-GRIM REAPER frontman Steve Grimmett — before calling it a day.

Hopelijk klinkt het weer als de eerste 2 platen.

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Op 25 juli 2006 22:25 schreef axegrinder het volgende:
Hopelijk klinkt het weer als de eerste 2 platen.

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Waarom, dat is toch al negen miljoen keer gedaan?

dus dat op xmass fest ging niet door neem ik aan?

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Op 25 juli 2006 23:29 schreef M. het volgende:
Waarom, dat is toch al negen miljoen keer gedaan?

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"better safe than sorry"

geef me trouwens effe een miljoen referenties van "hetzelfde". Als het het zelfde niveau is kan ik er ten minste nog 100.000 goede titels uit vissen. alvast bedankt he!!!

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Op 26 juli 2006 0:55 schreef karnivoor het volgende:
dus dat op xmass fest ging niet door neem ik aan?

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In Antwerpen hebben ze iig wel gespeeld... en hoe!!! Ze waren voor mij de verrassing van de avond!! Superstrak en aggressief gespeeld, ook een nieuw nummertje laten passeren en ook dat klonk echt heel sterk dus ik ben wel benieuwd naar die nieuwe plaat hoor!!

Ook van Onslaught heb ik Power From Hell* en The Force* aangeschaft. Ik had dezen vroeger op elpee en nu dus eindelijk op cd.

In Search Of Sanity lag der ook nog (origineel..), maar aangezien ik alweer een kapitaal had uitgegeven wilde ik de daarvoor gevraagde 20 euro niet meer neertellen...

Edit: * De rereleases dus.

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"in search for sanity" is toch niet zo goed??? ik herninner me berichten als "metallicaklonen" etc ("power from hell" is echter super)

Is die recent verschenen live cd een beetje om aan te horen?

ONSLAUGHT Frontman: 'Thrash Metal Is Coming To A Peak Again' - Nov. 4, 2006

Luxi Lahtinen of Metal-Rules.com recently conducted an interview with ONSLAUGHT frontman Sy Keeler. A few excerpts from the chat follow:

Metal-Rules.com: How would you compare this [upcoming] album ["Killing Peace"] to your previous releases content-wise? Would you say it's kind of mixture of both your debut album "Power From Hell" and your second album "The Force", having a bit punkish feel of your debut album "Power From Hell" and dark and heavy thrash metal feel of "The Force"?

Sy Keeler: You've got it there! You hit the nail on the head, that was exactly what we were aiming for was to mix those completely. "In Search Of Sanity", nobody really liked that album, the songs were good but it was far too polished. So we returned to "Power From Hell" and "The Force".

Metal-Rules.com: Are you going to use some new elements on "Killing Peace" that may even come sort of surprise for some ONSLAUGHT fans?

Sy Keeler: I wouldn't say anything new. We've all improved as musicians, definitely, despite being ten years older. "In Search Of Sanity" was released in 1989. 15 years ago. Steve [Grice] is a far better drummer. The songs are faster, some of the fastest songs ONSLAUGHT ever recorded. I think we will surprise ourselves. I have surprised myself with my voice. Hopefully you will hear a more aggressive Sy Keeler with all the Sy Keeler trademarks intact, I still hit the high ones.

Metal-Rules.com: How did you end up on Candlelight Records anyway? I guess it wasn't the only offer you received from labels when you were looking for the most ideal record company to release your reunion album...

Sy Keeler: Yeah. We obviously approached a fair few labels and a fair few labels approached us when they realized that we were back together. Candlelight seemed to show the most interest. As far as rosters go, Nuclear Blast, just as an example, has 30 or 40 bands of a similar genre to ourselves. So we're thinking "Hang on a minute, if they have that many bands on the roster, who are they taking care of?" They can't take care of everybody all the time. And Candlelight showed a huge interest, we got basically a worldwide release on that label. They have offices in the United States, Japan and of course in Europe and their distribution in Europe is second to none. Eventually we came down to three or four labels that showed a great interest and we chose Candlelight. Not because they were prepared to give us more money — these days money isn't thrown around like it was in the '80s. We arranged a deal ourselves with Andy Sneap and got a very good deal so they were quite happy to hand over the money that we had agreed on.

Metal-Rules.com: Did it has something to do with the fact Candlelight Records is a British label?

Sy Keeler: Of course it did! Their head office is in London. Their distribution company is Plastic Head based in Oxford, which is about an hour drive from where we live. We can be there at the drop of a hat, but there haven't been many meetings actually. It's been very smooth. It's nice to be with a British label.

Metal-Rules.com: I can already tell you there are a lot of old-school ONSLAUGHT fans in the audience waiting to hear the old songs, especially from "The Force" [the interview was conducted prior to a gig in Finland in August 2006]. Like people near by my age — and over.

Sy Keeler: That's right, at the festivals most of the people who have come specifically to see us have been your generation and my generation, the old school fans. Obviously we are quite another generation now from the guys and gals in their late teens or even early teens. Their mothers and fathers could play them ONSLAUGHT albums. I've got friends who have kids at 15 or 16 that are being introduced to old-school thrash metal and they're loving it. But it's great to have the old guard there for us, that's great, but we obviously want the new generation of fans there as well, because we're so much faster and more aggressive now and that fits what the teenager of this generation are listening to. And thrash metal is on the up. SLAYER have never really gone away but their new album has charted top five everywhere in the world I think.

Metal-Rules.com: I think SLAYER's new album "Christ Illusion" was No. 2 on the official Finnish chart just last week...

Sy Keeler: That's right, number two. In the U.S. I think it went to number five. In the U.K. number five or number four. Thrash metal in general is coming to a peak again, so I think this album will be released at the right time. It looks like it will be put back until January because we're a little late in recording the album. Andy Sneap had to fit something else in. we were due to go into the studio again on the first of July but we're a month late because he had other projects that he had to finish. We were originally looking at an October release for the album, but once you start to go into November it gets close to Christmas and it just gets lost. No one releases metal albums that time of year. It's just Paul McCartney, it's all pop and Christmas songs, so it would probably get lost in the mess that is Christmas. So we will wait and I think it's scheduled for the end of January.

Read the entire interview at www.metal-rules.com.

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Op 5 november 2006 16:04 schreef Mutilator het volgende:
Is die recent verschenen live cd een beetje om aan te horen?

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Yep, uitstekende jaren 80 opname (1985 ofzo), nee, geen professionele opname etc, maar gewoon erg goed.