{"id":4441,"date":"1986-12-01T00:00:28","date_gmt":"1986-12-01T00:00:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/?p=4441"},"modified":"2012-02-23T20:11:42","modified_gmt":"2012-02-23T20:11:42","slug":"live-review-onslaught-86","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/live-review-onslaught-86\/","title":{"rendered":"ONSLAUGHT – Klub Foot, Hammersmith, London, England (1986) | Live Reviews @ Metal Forces Magazine"},"content":{"rendered":"

ONSLAUGHT<\/span>
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\nKlub Foot, Hammersmith, London, England<\/strong><\/span><\/span>
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\n1986<\/span><\/p>\n

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Jase Stallard and Sy Keeler (Onslaught)<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n
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Pic: Mike Exley<\/em><\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n

So much for a quiet night! Onslaught are back in town; but supporting Girlschool? Never mind, I doubt any normal metal fan could make his presence felt if they tried. Perched on the edge of the stage, Sy and the Bristol hurricanes put in motion \u2018Let There Be Death\u2019 and the masochists went berserk out front. As the track developed it kept hitting me firmly between the earlobes \u2013 the sound was so clear. After the Palais in May it was nice to see that the layers of River Avon slime had been dredged from the Onslaught sound and that, now, the chords were flowing from the guitars of Messrs. Stallard and Rockett like pure gold. \u2018Demoniac\u2019 was a thrashing classic, as was its successor \u2018Flame Of The Antichrist\u2019 with its classic riff slashing the skin of the ear drums like a rabid werewolf.<\/p>\n

The progression of thrash bands is something which jokers in our music press cite as being its failing in some cases, but I believe in forcibly pinning their ears back, whipping out the cotton wool and letting some serious noise get at their sensitive shell-likes. From now on I recommend \u2018Blood Upon The Ice\u2019 as the panacea for the bar-bound journalist. This track should show up on the band\u2019s third album due to be recorded in February \u201987. It has Metallica-style epic written all over it, but fortunately it leaves the Alcoholica ones well behind. It is a classic pounder with a shinning performance from Sy Keeler in the vocal region.<\/p>\n

After this, the band returned to The Force<\/em> with our theme song \u2018Metal Forces\u2019, and then nostalgia took hold of me with a great mix of \u2018Power From Hell\u2019 and \u2018Angels Of Death\u2019 proving that the band haven\u2019t left the old material in the grave. Subtlety was never one of Onslaught\u2019s traits as far as I can remember, and \u2018Fight With The Beast\u2019 has the neck muscles doing world record times in the front, with West Country\u2019s pilgrims leading the way.<\/p>\n

At this point Girlschool decided enough was enough, which was far from popular, but I sensed a bulldozing effect as the band took to the stage again and launched into a blistering \u2018Thrash Till The Death\u2019, which seemed to have some extra vigour brought on no doubt by the very unladylike attitude of Girlschool. Think about it girls \u2013 would you have had much of an audience without Onslaught?<\/p>\n

London\u2019s demolished, but happy once again.<\/p>\n

Mike Exley<\/strong><\/p>\n

Review taken from Metal Forces, Issue 21 (1986)<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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