Genre | Heavy Metal |
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Date (CEST) | 2022-01-05 17:48:23 |
Group | GRAVEWISH |
Size | None MB |
Files | 8 |
M3U / SFV / NFO |
Assault-Survival_in_the_Street-Bootleg-CD-2021-GRAVEWISH
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Tracklist (M3U)
# | Filename | Artist | Songname | Bitrate | BPM |
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1 | 01-assault-survival_in_the_street.mp3 | Assault | Survival in the Street | 258 | Unknown |
2 | 02-assault-thunder_road.mp3 | Assault | Thunder Road | 257 | Unknown |
3 | 03-assault-icuc.mp3 | Assault | I.C.U.C. | 257 | Unknown |
4 | 04-assault-shuffle_off_to_buffalo.mp3 | Assault | Shuffle Off to Buffalo | 261 | Unknown |
5 | 05-assault-fight_to_win.mp3 | Assault | Fight to Win | 254 | Unknown |
6 | 06-assault-the_fire_within.mp3 | Assault | The Fire Within | 271 | Unknown |
7 | 07-assault-misery.mp3 | Assault | Misery | 264 | Unknown |
8 | 08-assault-let_the_beast_run_wild.mp3 | Assault | Let the Beast Run Wild | 272 | Unknown |
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██▌ Artist...: Assault ░▐██▌
░▐██ Album....: Survival in the Street ░██▌░
▓▐██ Year.....: 2021 ▓▐██▓
▓▐██ Rel. Date: 2022-01-05 ░▐██▓
▐██ Genre....: Heavy Metal ██▌░
░ ██▌ Label....: Scratch Records ██▌
▐██ Source...: CD ▐██
░▐██▌ Type.....: Bootleg ▐██▌░
▓▄████ Quality..: VBR, 44.1kHz, Joint Stereo ████▌░
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1. Survival in the Street 3:48
2. Thunder Road 3:56
3. I.C.U.C. 6:30
4. Shuffle Off to Buffalo 3:21
5. Fight to Win 3:38
6. The Fire Within 6:11
7. Misery 4:55
8. Let the Beast Run Wild 4:46
37:05
Some solid Vancouver speed metal here, as dingy and vile as the downtown
metropolis Assault so earnestly represent. The only reason you might
actually care about this band at first blush is the fact that this was
Ray Hartmann's hardly-humble abode before jumping ship and joining
then-burgeoning Annihilator. Hartmann has a relatively multifarious
resume that I have already checked out partially, including acts like
Random Damage; he continues to remain a busy musician to this day.
Survival in the Street, while arguably dated even at the time of its
release, still has some glint left amidst its now-obsidian carapace and
delivers plenty of classic metal tropes, razing a rather broad swath of
urban terrain in the process.
The cover artwork screams early Iron Maiden, yet the music is of a more
ballistic and less refined caliber. Straight out of the dustbins and
annals of obscurity, Assault deliver plenty of Judas Priest-quality
riffs laced with a more knuckle-cracking, streetwise zest when cornered.
Think Scanner meets early Queensr che with a hankering for more
anthem-esque refrains and now we're starting to get somewhere. Dunaway's
range is limited, but he is wise enough to work his pugilistic magic via
attitude over inveigling stratosphere-breaching high notes. The NWOBHM
thunder interwoven throughout the electric title track and progressive,
Warning-inspired "I.C.U.C." envelops the cityscape in blinding, raw
power, and the cavernous, potential-drenched performance of Hartmann
behind the drums proves that this project truly could have gone
somewhere if they arrived a few years earlier. Tight, venomous, and not
artistically bankrupt when it comes to playing recycled styles, Assault
had some pretty big guns at the ready.
What sucks though is that the final product was butchered and/or pieced
together due to what I can only assume is a lack of
funds/resources/time. The band managed to spit out a relatively coherent
full-length record here from a structural standpoint, but the tracks
actually come from two entirely different recording sections. The last
few tracks sound a bit of a mess, with the pre-chorus of the strongest
overall tune ("The Fire Within") basically missing altogether due to
Dunaway's "fifty feet of drainage tube" vocal effects. The only
skippable tune here is "Shuffle Off to Buffalo," which sounds totally
out of place and was most likely an eleventh hour space-filler of sorts.
Concerning the rest of the album, we have nothing exceedingly
complicated in terms of the raw rhythmic patterns, but an appreciable
level of vocal grit and powerful solos courtesy of Zgaljic more than
bear the load. The brazen guitar tones skitters by without taking too
much damage due to nostalgic appeal, and I can find a use for nearly all
of these tunes in both isolation and on the longplay.
Assault warned us that future Vancouver will be just as dangerous a
shithole as it is today, and other than serving as a springboard for at
least one successful career, it is refreshing to know that the material
largely holds up today. Survival in the Street is in sore need of a
remaster, but this record butters my bread just fine as it stands. Cut
out the stinker "Shuffle Off to Buffalo" and enjoy relatively consistent
flow throughout, with highlights including the already mentioned and
classy "The Fire Within" and the redeeming anthem "Thunder Road." I'd
say this is working very much as intended, and is a recommended pickup
if you can actually find it. Dunaway's salacious, pseudo-Tate snarls
will be the most contrasting deciding factor, but I think you'll like
what you hear overall.
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