Nuclear Assault

{ Nuclear Assault was an American thrash metal band formed in New York City in 1984. Part of the mid-to-late 1980s thrash metal movement, they were one of the main bands of the genre to emerge from the East Coast along with Overkill, Whiplash, Toxik, Carnivore, and Anthrax, the last of which was co-founded by Nuclear Assault bassist Dan Lilker, who had been canned from Anthrax shortly after the release of their first album. Nuclear Assault released five full-length albums and toured relentlessly throughout the 1980s and early 1990s, and broke up in 1995. The band reunited briefly in 1997, and permanently from 2001 to 2008 and again from 2011 to 2022. Nuclear Assault released six studio albums, in addition to two live albums, four EPs and one compilation album. Their most successful records are Survive (1988) and Handle with Care (1989), which peaked at Nos. 145 and 126 on the Billboard 200 chart, respectively. Other than four new songs in 2015 on the EP Pounder, the band did not release any more full-length studio albums after 2005's Third World Genocide, but continued to perform live sporadically over the following years before calling it quits once again in 2022. {

Spiral of Suffering - 2025-08-08 00:00:00

Live July 24, 2015 Barcelona, Spain - Barcelona Rock Festival - 2025-07-24 00:00:00

Live July 23, 2015 Rome, Italy Traffic Club - 2025-07-23 00:00:00

Live July 21, 2015: Vienna, Austria Arena - 2025-07-21 00:00:00

Live July 19, 2015 Dublin, Ireland Voodoo Lounge - 2025-07-19 00:00:00

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