Here we have the KVLT(hahaha I hate that word) band Assault from Chile. They were a 2 man band that played total 1980s thrashing blackened death metal. Or maybe "Nuclear Deaththrash" if you will? Whatever you call it, it fucking RULES! The production is bad, the songs are quite sloppy at times but you can tell that these maniacs have more heart than anyone with a fancy studio that went to MIT. It sounds like they recorded the songs in a fucking basement with a minus 4 track (yes minus 4!) Well. nah not that bad. You can tell the riffs and drums are coming through. I have heard worse. What this specific release has on it is a "best of" compilation that came out in 2006. But I decided that people need to hear these fuckers so I'm talking about it right here. Totally killer South American metal madness that really does sound like it was recorded in 1985. Back then, Sepultura and Sarcofago were influenced by both Sodom and Bathory black thrash as well as Discharge and Cryptic Slaughter type punk. Assault have that same vibe. Brings back memories for me when I would get demo tapes or vinyl albums from bands in Mexico and South America. Assault would fit perfect on the Congumelo Records roster back in the 80s. The tracks on here are: Soldiers of The Pest, Heavy Anti-Christ Assault Battery, Hail Black War, Brigada Mortero, Necrolatria, Guerra Atomica, Terrorist Aggression, Deathsquad and Atomic Desolation. Some of the material sounds like it was recorded in a garage at practice, but that is part of the brutal rawness of Assault! Sadly Assault is no longer with us. And there is another "best of" comp that came out after this one. If your looking for clean production and crisp guitars, triggered drums, shit like that, STAY AWAY from this! This is not the type of release that just anyone can get into. I personally love this type of stuff. They got even more extreme, heavy and noisy towards the end of the CD, shame they broke up! Old Cemetery Records put this out and has some killer releases out there to check out so keep an eye out for them and get this classic of KVLT South American Raw as fuck Metal Of Death!
Review By: Mike Abominator 8/10
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