Onslaught
| Onslaught | |
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 Onslaught at Rockharz Open Air 2016 |
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| General information | |
| Genre (s) | Thrash metal |
| founding | 1983, 2005 |
| resolution | 1991 |
| Website | www.onslaughtuk.com |
| Founding members | |
| Jase Pope | |
| Nige Rockett | |
| Paul Hill | |
| Steve Grice | |
| Current occupation | |
singing |
Dave Garnett (since 2020) |
guitar |
Nige Rockett |
guitar |
Andy Rosser-Davies (since 2008) |
bass |
Jeff Williams (since 2006) |
guitar |
Leigh Chambers (since 2012) |
Drums |
Mike Hourihan (since 2011) |
| former members | |
singing |
Jase Pope (1983) |
singing |
Roge Davies (1983) |
singing |
Paul Mahoney (1984–1985) |
singing |
Steve Grimmett (1988–1990) |
singing |
Tony O'Hora (1990-1991) |
guitar |
Rob Trottman (1987-1991) |
guitar |
Alan Jordan (2005-2008) |
bass |
Paul Hill (1983) |
bass |
Paul Davies (1983-1984) |
bass |
Jason Stallard (1984–1985) |
bass |
James Hinder (1986-1991, 2005-2006) |
Drums |
Steve Grice (1983-2011) |
singing |
Sy Keeler (2005-2020) |
Onslaught ( English = 'rush') is a British thrash metal band that was formed in 1983 in Bristol , England .
history
Onslaught was founded as a punk band. Nige Rockett (guitar) and Steve Grice (drums), who both worked in a printing company, were the founding members. Jase Pope (vocals) and Paul Hill (bass) joined the band. There was only one demo with this line-up . Roge Davis took over the vocals and with Paul Davies a new bassist came into the band. Initially, Onslaught opened for punk bands like The Exploited and The Varukers . More demos followed.
The band tended more and more towards Thrash Metal and stated in interviews that they had always played fast heavy metal. Again the singer and bass player were exchanged. Paul Mahoney and Jase Stallard joined the band. In 1985, their first studio album, Power from Hell , was released through the Children of the Revolution record company . Music and image were based on Venom and Slayer . Just like Venom, the band wrote primarily about satanic and occult topics and, like Venom with the album Black Metal for Black Metal , with the song Death Metal gave its name to Death Metal (although the American band Possessed with an eponymous , a song released a little earlier and more closely related to Death Metal, can make this claim). The band welcomed the thrash scene of that time, but soon after the release it was partly unsatisfied.
Paul Mahoney switched to bass and Sy Keeler took over the vocals on the follow-up album The Force , which was released in 1986 via Music for Nations . Jase Pope, on the other hand, now played rhythm guitar. Onslaught went on tour and played support for Girlschool , Exciter and Anthrax . In 1986 they played in front of about 8,000 fans at the Dynamo Festival . They then played a European tour with the main band Motörhead .
In 1987 the EP Let There Be Rock , a cover version of the AC / DC classic, was released. On the B-side there are two live songs. Before the recordings, Jase Pope was fired and replaced by Rob Trotman. In 1988 Onslaught was able to sign with the then major label London Records. During the recording of the next album, the new record company intervened and Sy Keeler had to leave the band. Onslaught hired former Grim Reaper singer Steve Grimmett as a replacement . Keeler's vocal tracks have been removed and replaced with Grimmett's vocals. A lot also changed musically, the new material now went more in the Power Metal direction. To get in the mood for the album, the single EP Shellshock was released. A headlining tour of England followed with the hardcore band Crumbsuckers and the thrash metal band Slammer .
Search of Sanity appeared in 1989 and became a hit for the band. In the UK national charts, the album rose to number 36, in the metal charts even to number 1. Let There Be Rock was re-released and did better than the first release. After the release, the band toured Europe, supporting Annihilator . The concert in the famous London Astoria was sold out. The third single was Welcome to Dying .
In 1990 Grimmett dropped out for personal reasons. With the new singer Tony O'Hora , the band worked on their next album When Reason Sleeps . However, London Records was no longer interested in the band and dropped them. A new record company could not find the band and so the band members decided to disband Onslaught in 1991.
The individual band members then played in more or less known projects. Tony O'Hora was the only one who continued to enjoy success with Praying Mantis and as a member of the glam rock band The Sweet .
Interest in Onslaught remained through bootleg releases of the debut album.
Grice and Rockett made a comeback in 2004 . James Hinder and Sy Keeler rejoined the band. After the reunification, the band toured Europe and released a new album in March 2007. In addition there was guitarist Alan Jordan, who was replaced by Andy Rosser-Davies in 2008. In 2011 the album Sounds Of Violence was released . Then founding member Steven Grice left the band and was replaced by Michael Hourihan. In addition, the guitarist Leigh Chambers was brought on board. In 2013, VI, the last album to date , was released with this line-up. In 2014, Sy Keeler was replaced on tour by Neil Turbin (ex- Anthrax ). However, he was fired before the end of the tour because he didn't learn the lyrics and didn't seem interested in what was going on around the band. Nige Rockett sang the last dates of the tour.
In the meantime, Grice has founded the band The Sanity Days with ex-members Alan Jordan (guitar), Jase Stallard (bass) and Steve Grimmett (vocals). A debut album is announced for 2015.
In April 2020 singer Sy Keeler decided to leave the band. Since then, the vocals have been taken over by Dave Garnett, who stepped in for Keeler on several appearances in 2019. With Garnett on vocals, Onslaught released their new studio album "Generation Antichrist" via AFM Records in August 2020.
Discography
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- 1985: Power from Hell
- 1986: The Force
- 1987: Let There Be Rock (EP, re-released several times in 1989)
- 1988: Shellshock (EP)
- 1989: Welcome to Dying (EP)
- 1989: In Search of Sanity
- 2007: Killing Peace
- 2009: Live Damnation (Live-CD)
- 2011: Sounds of Violence
- 2013: VI
- 2016: Live at the Slaughterhouse (Live-CD / DVD)
- 2020: Generation Antichrist
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ "Yes, vi har alltid spilt rask HM." Metalion: Onslaught . In: Slayer vol. 2 1985 , p. 14. Quoted from: Jon Kristiansen: SLAYER. N ° 1 to 5 . Rosières en Haye: Camion Blanc 2009, p. 161.
- ↑ “Nei, ikke helt. Det er fire sanger på lp'en som ikke skulle ha vært der. “Metalion: Onslaught . In: Slayer vol. 2 1985 , p. 14. Quoted from: Jon Kristiansen: SLAYER. N ° 1 to 5 . Rosières en Haye: Camion Blanc 2009, p. 161.
- ↑ Chart sources: Germany Switzerland