ONSLAUGHT - In Search Of Sanity

[TribunalRecords]

I love this album and think it's one of Steve Grimmett's best vocal performances. Production was pretty straight forward and ultra slick (for 1989) thanks to Stephan Galfas, the man also responsible for Saxon's Destiny album.

hopefully there is some love for them here on the board.

 

[Fire breath]

I think the band themselves have disowned the album. They see it as some kind of departure from the true Onslaught sound which is a shame as it is a great album as you say. BTW the new Onslaught album is out. It's allright but nothing that special IMO.

 

[VenomGA]

oh I love this band....but this album is horrible....such a let down after the brilliant first 2 albums, especially The Force...Thankfully the band got back together many years later to wipe this album from my memory with the tremendous Killing Peace. The new album Sounds of Violence, may have even topped Killing Peace...

 

[ashaman7122]

I came to this album, not as an Onslaught fan, but as a Grim Reaper fan, and I love it. Sure it's too concerned with tech and structure, and the production (as well as the arrangements) kinda takes some of the punch and rawness out...but hey...it's a cool slice of Master-Of-Puppets-worship and was appropriate for its time. I should really check out some of their other stuff, cuz I have no idea what they sound like aside from this album.

Side note: I've always wondered what the hell they were thinking with the opening track...?

 

[TribunalRecords]

Side note: I've always wondered what the hell they were thinking with the opening track...?

could possibly be the longest "whatever" track ever.

 

[eppst1]

This is the only Onslaught album I like and I think it's awesome. I didn't care for the first 2 and thought their newest (Killing Peace) sounded like a second rate Exodus clone to me.

The opening track may be one of the 2 or 3 in my collection that I skip over when listening to a CD.

 

[J. Golden]

Hell Yes!
If you don't like the Grimmet then you don't like metal.

 

[NVARAS]

I loved this album!!! Used to listen to it every non-stop. Welcome to dyyyyyying!!!!

 

[VenomGA]

People who tend to like this album are Power metal fans, not Thrash metal fans...I love thrash metal first which is why I am not a fan of In Search of Sanity...the band changed styles on this album to more of a power metal based sound with some speed still elements unlike their first 2 albums which were thrash metal with punk elements.

 

[eppst1]

People who tend to like this album are Power metal fans, not Thrash metal fans...I love thrash metal first which is why I am not a fan of In Search of Sanity...the band changed styles on this album to more of a power metal based sound with some speed still elements unlike their first 2 albums which were thrash metal with punk elements.

Not sure I agree with you, when I first heard this CD I didn't even know what power metal was (maybe 7 keys 2, but didn't know it was "power metal")- it was all thrash for me back then. I think I liked it because it was (as ashaman said) very Master of Puppetish.

 

[J. Golden]

People who tend to like this album are Power metal fans, not Thrash metal fans...I love thrash metal first which is why I am not a fan of In Search of Sanity...the band changed styles on this album to more of a power metal based sound with some speed still elements unlike their first 2 albums which were thrash metal with punk elements.

From the Onslaught fans I have known and from carrying all the albums in my mail order it does seem that way. Though the are people who do seem to like what is seemingly two different bands almost, most people are usually one or the other, myself I have all of them. I prefer 'In of Search Sanity', but to compare to the first two is really like comparing apples and oranges.
Matt do you have or like the first two? I have never heard you mention them before? You may just be that example of a guy who likes one incarnation but not the other.

 

[VenomGA]

Not sure I agree with you, when I first heard this CD I didn't even know what power metal was (maybe 7 keys 2, but didn't know it was "power metal")- it was all thrash for me back then. I think I liked it because it was (as ashaman said) very Master of Puppetish.

There was NOTHING about this album that was Master of Puppetish...
Onslaught completely took their foot off the throttle on this album