So it has a very homogenizing effect on the music, much in the same way that with mainstream pop music, you have one band hitting big for a record label, so the other labels go out and hire people to do the same type of music … As far as heavy metal is concerned, there was a time when you had Anthrax, you had Overkill, you had Slayer, you had Megadeth, you had Metallica, us, all these classic bands, and it was no problem telling one from the others. (2) every band in that genre sounds virtually like every other band in that genre. (1) you realize that every song sounds the same as the rest of the stuff that you’re doing and There’s a limit to how far you can take that before: I don’t remember who started doing that but other bands started doing it also and it was like a dog chasing its own tail. You’re slamming the throttle to the firewall from the moment you start to the moment you end. There’s nothing wrong with that for one or two songs out of three or four, but when you had bands walking on stage and tuning down to D or C# and doing the fast flurry drum beats through an entire ten-song set, there’s absolutely no variation in texture to what you’re doing. After a while though, bands tried to chase down that heaviest sound. There was a time when a thrash metal band could walk on stage and do a speed metal song, do a ballady type of song that was still heavy, do something technical and nobody batted an eye. Would you agree? What do you see as metal’s future? Seems within the last decade, the metal scene has grown quite a bit and become a lot more diverse, yet the individual bands seem to be a lot more limited in their scope.
Nuclear throne rap vocals full#
I read an interview with John Connelly, ( read full interview here on The Plague) in which he answered the following question: And of course, post early 90s Nuclear Assault, Dan went on to form Brutal Truth who released arguably the greatest ever Death Grind album of all time … see my write up on that album here.
In the band’s music, you can also pick up references to Grindcore, with Dan openly admitting he was influenced by Napalm Death and early Carcass. These were different times and the band acknowledges that some of these songs would be not tolerated today, but were taken as tongue in cheek back in the day. With SOD, (and the same can also be said for some of Nuclear Assault’s less serious songs, such as Lesbians and Hang the Pope), there was an intention to be as brazenly offensive and obnoxious, (but with humour, not malice) as possible. They also had a sense of humour, and enjoyed their music, with Dan even staying mates with a few of the guys from Anthrax, despite being kicked out (over a conflict with the original Anthrax singer, Neil Turban), through the side project band SOD. One thing is pretty obvious, and that is that early Nuclear Assault definitely had that New York Hardcore edge. I knew that Dan Lilker had been in an early incarnation of Anthrax, but I’ve only just learnt that John Connelly was also involved as well for a short time very early on. We also tried to write songs we’d have to play 100 times on tour, so the songs had slow parts too, unlike “ Game Over” where most songs were all fast and tiring to play live.” Good production, and good songwriting resulting from years of jamming together. Unfortunately the cassette itself is long lostįrom the previous interview, Dan has said, “”I’m very proud of this one. However, in my mind Survive sounds better, and the band had matured somewhat, and were really on point musically, and lyrically. Now, a lot of people will say that Game Over is better, and of course if you discovered the band with Game Over, it’s hard to topple, cos it is also a masterpiece. An absolutely timeless blistering piece of late 80s Thrash that is arguably their best work. I finally acquired the band’s 2 nd full length release, Survive on cassette, and it immediately lived up to my expectations. Sadly, based on current world events, their messages are still just as relevant. It was John’s lyrics, so I can’t answer completely, but basically we figured you might as well use lyrics to speak your opinion, which is more intellectually satisfying than just copying other bands or writing about stuff you don’t really care about but sounds good.”įor teenagers angry at the world, this band was a genuine voice for the metalheads of my generation. From an interview ( Voices from the Darkside) a few years back, Dan Lilker said “Well, ever since John and I got into hardcore punk, we realized you could use lyrics to speak your mind about things instead of just writing about fictional stuff.
So here were a bunch of guys who had genuine personality, played a wicked brand of catchy thrash with a singer who screamed like an absolute banshee, whilst also delivering on some very noteworthy political messaging.
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