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..::OPIS::..

You maybe cannot imagine how much I turned happy when I found this album on cassette in a second hand shop. Assassin is a great band and this first album, The Upcoming Terror is definitely a cult in the thrash scene of the 80s. They might not be well-known as other bands are but surely their music worth more than a simple mention. The years in which this debut was put out were the years in which the thrash metal was reaching the top in inspiration and songwriting. The fury of the first wave was becoming also a bit more technical and mature if we want, without losing the original impact and pureness.

In this album, the thrash metal and the classic speed metal clash together to create the first assault, “Forbidden Reality”. The introduction is dark and made of strange noises and explosions before the first, mid-paced riffs enter. The apocalyptic touch never fades away as we go on in intensity. The production is simple and direct, conserving the pureness for this great genre. The drums are inevitably 80s style so with a loud volume and hammering sounds, especially for the bass drums. The lead lines do a great work before the sudden up tempo restart. The guitars are now on fast palm muting riffs and shredded solo. The drums are always on speed but we can also remark a good way to switch of tempo.

The vocals are the classical German thrash ones with that angry and raspy tonality. They are a sort of way between the ones by Mille and Schmier. The tremolo riffs are for the less impulsive parts, introducing the gloomy, heavy mid-paced sections. “Nemesis” has a truly schizophrenic and almost death/thrash beginning with few stops. The solos are intense as the music is, with lots of uncompromised shreds and fast notes. Fuck, the violence is something unbelievable here and the structures are also able to be catchy! I mean, the riffs have the facility to be always remembered even if the songs are so brutal. The speed metal elements can be found in bigger quantities in the following “Fight” and the classic Teutonic touch is always present. The galloping riffs on the mid-paced sections sound so damned heavy but the restarts are even blowing. “The Last Man” features a bass intro and the mid-paced progression follows darker paths with lots of dynamic restarts with terrific drums rolls to mosh the impossible. The frantic power of this band seems to know no limits and they like to massacre our ears.

Changing the cassette side doesn’t bring variations and that’s better for my tastes. “Assassin”, however, is somehow more reflexive. The band now displays all its power and goodness on the arpeggios to create a melodic introduction. Soon the electric guitars enter as the melodic touch remains unvaried. This time the mid-paced progression is preferred but the refrain is more recognizable. “Holy Terror” returns to impulsive paces, taking the inspiration from the few, final restarts of the track before. The guitars are unstoppable…hooks, tremolos, palm muting and a long solo section by the end…unbelievable. This is straightforward brutality as the vocals set on truly nasty and schizophrenic tonalities to complete the entire scenario. “Bullets” features a long drums intro to follow on high speed up tempo. The brutality is again on tremendous levels as the refrain cannot come out from my mind. The mid-paced section contains the dark and apocalyptic solos.

The final “Speed of Light” says everything by its title. The tremolo riffing is just viciously dark but with the palm muting they add more violence. The up tempo seems neverending. The dynamism and the completeness of these songs is something truly enviable. They always manages to put few more melodic inserts for the solos but the rest is incredibly vicious and compact and so it is for the 99,5% of this unmatchable album. Believe me, if you truly love thrash you cannot miss this one. This is intensity, this is attitude and this is pure THRASH.

Christi



..::TRACK-LIST::..

1. Forbidden Reality 5:37
2. Nemesis 3:56
3. Fight (To Stop The Tyranny) 2:33
4. The Last Man 6:59
5. Assassin 6:01
6. Holy Terror 4:59
7. Bullets 4:18
8. Speed Of Light 2:53



..::OBSADA::..

Vocals - Robert
Bass - Lulle
Drums - Psycho
Lead Guitar - Dinko, Scholli




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