| Written by Alex Stojanovic I can't believe it has already been six long years since Onslaught released a studio album. Ever since the release of their most recent studio album VI in 2013, the British thrash fathers have played shows all around the world in support of the album, and a bunch of tours where they played their classic masterpiece The Force in its entirety. Those tours were aptly dubbed The Full Force. Over the last four or five years, the band went through some lineup changes with a revolving door of lead guitarist and drummer, but they managed to get the writing process going for what is to be their seventh studio album. As of this typing, the band still have not announced anything regarding the new album. They had a bunch of posts on Facebook with the heading "Major announcement coming", but they just turned out to be appearances at some major festivals. We're still waiting. However, earlier this year, they released a new track called "A Perfect Day To Die" as a holdover until the album is released. The band first premiered the track during their appearance at Bloodstock Open Air in August 2018, and released a video for the track this past March. Speaking about the track, it opens with this mean bass riff before launching into a classic speed metal assault with a punk-infused riff from Nige Rockett, and Sy Keeler's razor-sharp thrash growl. With the gang vocals added on the "DIE!" in the chorus, that part is sure to get all the fists in the air when the track is played live. The viciousness has gone up substantially with each album Onslaught released since Killing Peace in 2007. That was a fantastic comeback album, and was super heavy. Then Sounds Of Violence comes out in 2011, and that one was more vicious than Killing Peace. Just when you thought it couldn't get more vicious than Sounds Of Violence, the band come slamming back two years later in 2013 with VI, and took it to another level. That album is probably the heaviest album in the entire Onslaught discography. I don't think it's going to be possible to get more vicious than that. Will they prove me wrong? We'll see, but if they do, my head is going to just explode. I guess my expectations are just really high right now. I honestly didn't find "A Perfect Day To Die" to be as brutal as "Chaos Is King", which is the most vicious Onslaught song ever. However, given that the band have claimed that the next album is their most vicious attack yet, this song might just be the least brutal track on the album. |  ONSLAUGHT IS: Sy Keeler - Vocals Nige Rockett - Guitars Jeff Williams - Bass Wayne Dorman - Guitars James Perry - Drums Release Date: March 8, 2019 Label: AFM Records Website: www.powerfromhell.com |
The band's next album is due in 2020. You obviously can't rush art. When it comes to making an album, you take as much time as you need, and obviously finances and budget can play a factor sometimes as well. Onslaught aren't millionaires. All the members have dayjobs. However, given that it has been six years since VI came out, I speak for all the fans when I say that we're getting a little restless here. We're really looking forward to the new Onslaught album!
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