After they had their fans waiting for a long time, news are coming in from the thrasher front: ONSLAUGHT release „A Perfect Day To Die“ – fresh material, that comes with aggressive guitar shredding and hammering drums. Guitarist Nige Rockett about the song: „It was a very heavy sound with a super aggressive undertone. It has tons of potential!“
The UK band dedicates „A Perfect Day To Die“ to the British legend MOTÖRHEAD that had a close connection to ONSLAUGHT. „It is a small nod to the guys having a huge influence on us from the beginning“, so Nige.
The single was mixed by Jacob Hansen (VOLBEAT, EVERGREY) and produced by ONSLAUGHT themselves together with Pete Hinton (SAXON). „A Perfect Day To Die“ marks the beginning of the works for the new album that will be published via AFM Records. More details follow soon.
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LINEUP
Sy Keeler - Vocals
Nige Rockett - Guitar
Wayne Dorman - Guitar
Jeff Williams - Bass
James Perry - Drums
BIOGRAPHY
Started as a hardcore punk band and released several demos in this style before shifting to their more well-known thrash metal approach. Not to be confused with another punk band called Onslaught from the UK who released an 7" called First Strike on Control Records in 1984.
The band's line-up shuffled considerably following Power from Hell. Bassist Jason Stallard became the second guitarist and Paul Mahoney took over playing bass to allow Sy Keeler to take his place as vocalist.
After signing to major label imprint London Records, Onslaught were coerced into replacing Sy Keeler with Steve Grimmett. After In Search of Sanity was released, the band was dropped. Tony O'Hora came in as vocalist for a brief period before the band parted ways in 1991.
Reformed in 2004. Nige Rockett has been performing rhythm guitar only since the reformation despite playing all lead guitar parts in the band's early days.
Source: www.metal-archives.com
DISCOGRAPHY
Power from Hell - 1985
The Force - 1986
In Search of Sanity - 1989
Killing Peace - 2007
Sounds of Violence - 2011
VI - 2013