Game Over (Ltd.ultra

had vouchers couldnt find anything else to buy and remembered liing this. then it turns up pop it on in the car on the way to work and arrive 35mins later froathing at the mouth. totally took me back to a decade where punk and metal mixed,my local and listening to this whilst getting wasted. never one of the top bands but so influencial its untrue and under rated. if you like 100mph double bass pedals,pounding bass and face punching hook riffs these are the boys. not gonna pick out any one track as every one was awesome and took me back. like me if your getting on a bit and come across these then buy it. worth every penny to be reminded how much fun my youth was and how much this band smashed out some blinding thrash tunes.

When you think Nuclear Assault you think 'The Plague' and 'Game Over' first and foremost.Having both together on one disk but still sounding as raw as ever is as much as we could have wished for. The appeal of both records has always been the raw unpolished intensity mixed with a quality to the songs that lifted Nuclear Assault above being just another band who played fast. Great lyrics,memorable riffs,vocals that could strip paint etc etc,you know the score its Nuclear Assault for crying out loud so I'll shut up telling you what you already know.What I can tell you that the sound of this disc is excellent and has in no way spoiled the edge of the music.

excelente disco

One of the greatest thrash bands from the 80's/90's.

classic. love it!

From the awesome art work, revolutionary music and Fantastic lyrics... Game Over is a masterpiece, and a genuine Thrash Metal Classic.This record contains truly original breakneck Thrash Metal; coupled with intelligent socially aware lyrics, bonehead humour and fretmelting guitar solos.John Connely's vocal style is a high pitched 'love it or hate it' scream, and is supported by more standard pitched backing vocals. Glenn's Drumming is always appropriate, brutal and uncompromising when necessary or delicate and stylish where appropriate and Dan's bass style (made famous on Fistful Of Metal by Anthrax) is fast, fuzzy and fun.The guitars are inventive, full of classically inspired solos and buzz saw speed, but are produced in such a way that makes them seem intense in complexity, yet subdued enough to listen to without discomfort unlike a few of the faster Slayer songs.This is a true landmark in Thrash, and its rather unfortunate how obscure the band are. If you like it, spread the word.

Good

Finally got around to replacing my vinyl copy with a CD and it sounds fantastic. In an era where many thrash metal bands have tempered their agression to a more melodic style of music, Nuclear Assault have never compromised. This album is as relevant now as it was back then and easily compliments their most recent album 'Third World Genocide'. Anyone not old enough to remember the 80's should surely listen to bands such as Nuclear Assault, Kreator, Sacred Reich etc to experience real thrash metal at its finest and bear in mind that the likes of Metallica, Anthrax and to some extent Megadeth hame tamed down their music and are no longer real thrash. Death to false metal.

NUCLEAR ASSAULT - "Game Over" (1986)1984 stellten ANTHRAX dem damaligen Bassisten DAN LILKER den Stuhl vor die Tür. Grund war sein exzessiver Drogenkonsum, der dann letztendlich zur Trennung führte.LILKER hatte es aber nicht so mit dem Trübsal blasen, er suchte sich ein paar neue Musiker und gründete die Band NUCLEAR ASSAULT.Sie nahmen dann auch gleich ein Demo auf, mit einem Album wurde es aber nichts ...,. vorerst. Dafür aber mit LILKERS "Spaß-Projekt" S.O.D., das er mit seinen alten Kumpels von ANTHRAX ins Leben rief. Das Album "Speak English or Die" ist heute Kult, danach startete er dann mit NUCLEAR ASSAULT durch.1986 erschien "Game Over", das Debütalbum der Band, das heute sicherlich ebenfalls zu den Kult-Alben zu zählen ist. NUCLEAR ASSAULT fielen, wie bereits LILKERS Side-Prokjekt S.O.D., durch ihre kurzen und mörderisch schnellen Songs auf, wie beispielsweise das kultige "Hang the Pope". Dafür gab's damals echt ein böses DuDu, man durfte in den 80ern den Papst noch nicht beleidigen .... schon gar nicht hängen! Tztztztz ..... ;-)Ich bin fast sicher, dass jeder der ein wenig im Thrash-Metal zuhause ist, dieses Album auch kennt, schlicht und ergreifend, weil es einfach geil ist.Musikalisch ist das reinster Thrash mit Anleihen aus dem Hardcore-Punk und Grindcore, ziemlich derbes Zeug eben. Sie spielen ihre Songs bretthart und manchmal in einem mörderischen Tempo, in ihren Texten sind sie tatsächlich sehr politisch. Sie beschäftigen sich mit Themen wie dem Atomkrieg und der Umweltverschmutzung, soviel hat sich seit damals nicht geändert.Anspieltipps verkneife ich mir dieses Mal wirklich, das Teil muss man einfach im Ganzen hören, das ist wirklich erstklassiger Thrash-Metal - granatenmäßig gut. Mitte der 80er war das schon mit das Härteste, was man sich reinziehen konnte und dadurch, dass sie sich als eine der ersten Bands beim Hardcore-Punk und Grindcore bedienten, hatten sie auch eine gewisse Vorreiterrolle.Also, das Album ist Kult und vermutlich sogar wegeweisend, zumindest was den Thrash-Metal betrifft.Mein Fazit: Wer auf Thrash-Metal steht, der dürfte dieses Album nicht nur kennen, sondern auch lieben. Das Ding ist eine Granate, bretthart und in einem mörderischen Tempo gespielt, das ist tatsächlich Thrash aus dem High-End-Bereich."Game Over" gehört in jede anständige Thrash-Sammlung, wer das Teil nicht kennt, der hat tatsächlich 34 Jahre gepennt .....

Ad aprire il disco è la super adrenalinica strumentale "LSD (Live, Suffer. Die)" della durata di un minuto circa, dotata di un riffing molto tirato e sostenuto da un sezione ritmica veloce, potente e precisa. A seguire irrompe la prima vera track dell'album, "Sin" e possiamo notare la band sfoggiare una aggressività pazzesca incanalata lungo un riff tritatutto. Degna di nota la prova vocale di Connelly, qui particolarmente graffiante. "Cold Steel" è un altro attacco sonoro, una cavalcata ritmica diretta e senza fronzoli dove la voce di Connelly sembra urlare tutta la rabbia immaginabile. Fulminante l'assolo che irrompe quando il brano subisce una sterzata ritmica spiazzante grazie al drumming martellante di Glenn Evans. Anche "Betrayal" non manca di colpire l'ascoltatore grazie ad un sound compatto e diretto, merito di un mix devastante tra le chitarre e la sezione ritmica, e ad un assolo veramente fulminante."Radiation Sickness" è un altro brano carico di adrenalina, dove chitarra ritmica e il ruvido basso di Lilker fanno da apertura. Il riffing di Connelly e Bramante non lasciano respiro. Menzione particolare merita la seguente "Hang the Pope" (tralasciamo il discorso del testo), sfuriata sonora al limite del grind core nella quale la band si lancia in riffs velocissimi sostenuti da un drumming tiratissimo. La successiva "After the holocaust" può essere considerata una delle migliori songs del platter. Ad introdurre questo brano interveniene un bell'arpeggio dai toni cupi e quasi introspettivi, per poi lasciare spazio ad un drumming potente anche se non eccessivamente veloce. Anche in questo caos da notare è la buona prova dei due chitarristi che si lanciano in trascinanti riffs e in due assoli altrettanto coinvolgenti. Si arriva a "Stranded in Hell", dove si impone un riffing più ragionato, sostenuto da un drumming votato ai tempi medi. In questo brano particolarmente degno di nota è la capacità del combo di addentrarsi in atmosfere più cupe non prive di vaghe reminescenze sabbathiane. Sicuramente da considerarsi un altro pezzo degno di nota del disco. La sorpresa arriva con la conclusiva "Brain death", introdotta da un arpeggio acustico cupo, malinconico e suggestivo. Questo è uno dei brani più lunghi del disco e denota una grande maturità del combo in fase di songwriting. La fase acustica introduttiva poi spazio ad un altro attacco sonoro, merito di un riffing deciso e graffiante che si sviluppa prima in tutta la sua aggressività per poi trovare sbocco in ritmiche più cadenzate e però coinvolgenti. Proprio questa capacità di articolare il brano lungo atomosfere diverse lo rende particolarmente interessante. Questo disco Spaccava negli anni 80 ma SPACCA TUTTO ANCHE ORA!!!

Ganz ehrlich wer die Band nicht kennt hat was verpasst. Weckt Erinnerungen an die Jugend wo die Haare noch lang und zahlreich vorhanden waren. :-) Der Klassiker "Hang The Pope" wird mir ewig in Erinnerung bleiben. Bei Zweifel einfach mal bei youtube reinhören und dann kaufen.

I Nuclear Assault sono casinisti, grezzi, violenti, rabbiosi sia nella musica che nei testi, che trattano esplicitamente di politica, società e soprattutto guerra. Game Over, loro disco d'esordio, è da avere nella propria collezione

Thrash vecchia scuola un album magnifico che fa' venire la nostalgia degli anni 80',velocita',brutalita',impatto frontale deciso. Il contrario di oggi dove le pianolette e gli effetti al computer la fanno da padrone. Compratelo e chiudetevi in camera con il volume al massimo!

wow

Consigliato ad ogni amante del thrash più selvaggio con venature Hardcore. Un piccolo capolavoro da avere...Comunque i primi 3 sono tutti belli.

Avec Nuclear Assault, on replonge dans cette période mythique du Thrash-Metal entre 1985 et 1989. Loin derrière les grosses machines comme Slayer ou Metallica, Nuclear Assault a su se faire un nom parmi les seconds couteaux d'un genre qui a produit du bon et beaucoup de moins bon. Epais, simple et percutant, le thrash de Nuclear Assault puise dans des racines punk et assène des riffs assassins et rustiques à grands coups de guitares saturées. Si la voix est rocailleuse à souhait, les lyrics sont parfaitement compréhensibles et tout le monde peut reprendre en choeur les hymnes apocalyptiques chers à de nombreux groupes de l'époque. Evidemment, le tout n'est pas très raffiné et ne se destine pas aux amateurs de métal propre et ciselé. Les solos de guitares sont souvent joyeusement bordéliques mais le groupe sait poser ici ou là quelques ambiances délicieusement plombées parmi quelques cavalcades effrénées et des riffs entêtants. Une très bonne galette de thrash, garantie sans trucages !

Great Trash Metal album from pioneers in the genre!

GRANDE ALBUM DI UN GRANDE GRUPPO SPEED\THRASH METAL, IL BASSISTA DAVE LILKER è STATO NEGLI ANTHRAX NEL 1° ALBUM E SI SENTE

Un grand classique du thrash metal. Nuclear Assault is the most underrated band ever

米国ニューヨーク出身のクロスオーバー・スラッシュメタル・バンド、Nuclear Assaultが1986年に出した記念すべき1stアルバムです。現在流通しているヴァージョンは、追加音源として1987年に出たEP「The Plague」全曲にライヴ音源を加えた全24曲という、ボリュームたっぷりの内容となっています。結成は1984年。元Anthraxのダン・リルカとジョン・コネリーが中心となって結成されました。Anthraxの当時のヴォーカリスト、ニール・タービンとの確執が原因で脱退したダンが、結成当初のAnthraxに在籍していたジョンを誘った形です。本作リリース前年の1985年に、Anthraxの新旧メンバー（スコット・イアン[g]、チャーリ・ベナンテ[dr]、ダン・リルカ[b]）＋M.O.D. のビリー・ミラノ(vo)という布陣で発表したS.O.D. の「Speak English or Die」はハードコア寄りの音楽性でしたが、対してこちらのNuclear Assaultはハードコア要素も濃厚ながら、ヴォーカルが金属質なハイトーンということもありメタル寄りの音楽性となっています。当時はスラッシュメタルとハードコアパンクのクロスオーバーが盛んで、メタルシーンとパンクシーン、お互いがお互いに影響と刺激を与え合っていた時期でした。より速く、より激しくと両シーンが切磋琢磨した結果、その極地としてメタルシーンからはデスメタルが、パンクシーンからはグラインドコアが生まれるのですが、それはもう少し後の話となります。なおダンはこの数年後に結成するBrutal Truthでデスメタルとグラインドコアのクロスオーバーをも成し遂げることとなり、当時のエクストリーム・メタル界において彼の果たした役割は極めて大きなものだったと言えるでしょう。本作のハイライトと言えばやはり#6 "Hang the Pope"でしょう。46秒という短い曲ですが、バンド最大の人気曲。「教皇を吊るせ」というタイトルも強烈なインパクトを残します。そして曲調はほとんどグラインドコアです。1986年でこれは世界最速だったんじゃないでしょうか。ちなみにこの曲だけはダンがヴォーカルを担当しています。数あるスラッシュメタル・バンドの中でも、抜きんでてテンションの高い、衝動的でありながらメタル的な構築性もしっかり備えている歴史的名盤の1つです。1986年と言えばMetallicaの「Master of Puppets」が大ヒットを記録するなどスラッシュメタルがある意味で成熟を迎えた転換点となった年ですが、本作はメタルの「極限」をさらに塗り替えた記録的な作品だったのではないでしょうか。少なくとも6曲目を超えるインパクトはそうそうないと思います。

アンスラックスをさらにHＣ寄りにした感じメイデン風味(nwobhm風)も適度にありカッコイイスラッシュメタルに仕上ってます。

This is classic Thrash from the east coast, NYC. The year is 1986, a watershed moment for the genre, what with Slayer's Reign In Blood, Kreator's Pleasure To Kill, MegaDeth's Peace Sells, Dark Angel's Darkness Descending, Metallica's Master Of Puppets, etc...Nuclear Assault are more aggressive, in the vein of the Germans, like Sodom, but more influenced by New York's burdgeoning hardcore scene, though they are much more Metal than crossover, ala DRI. Their singer, John Connelly, has a distinctively metal voice, almost in the league of OverKill's Bobby Blitz. Bassist, Dan Lilker, left Anthrax before forming Nuclear Assault, and would go on to form the GrindCore legends, Brutal Truth.The best part of this release is the inclusion of The Plague e.p., probably the best thing Nuclear Assault would ever put out. Cheers!

I will keep this sweet and not go into detail about every riff, song, lyrics, etc etc. Nuclear Assault, I hated them. Hated, as in past tense. Game Over is a great album and one of their bests. The vocals are insane, the double bass is intense, and the solos are impressive. It has taken me awhile to like this band, but I'm glad I can say I own this album. The track titles are interesting. The production is gritty, and full of static at times...but being a debut album, that is expected somewhat. Nuclear Assault has taken on "mature" concepts on thier first album, look at the titles, "Radiation Sickness, After The Holocaust, My America, Nuclear War, and Brain Death"If you like punk, crossover thrash, or thrash with an East Coast feel to it, Nuclear Assault and Game Over is exactly what you need. Possible turn off though would be the vocals, but like I said if you like punk, and crossover you should be okay with this band.