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ONSLAUGHT The Force LP BLACK
High Roller Records, reissue 2019, black vinyl, ltd 250, 425gsm heavy high gloss cardboard cover, lyric sheet, poster, transfer and mastering by Patrick W. Engel at TEMPLE OF DISHARMONY in August 2018.

HRR 664, ltd 600, 100 x silver vinyl (HRR Mailorder exclusive), 250 x black + 250 x transparent royal blue vinyl, 425gsm heavy high gloss cardboard cover, lyric sheet, poster, PICTURE LP: HRR 664PD, ltd 500, numbered, lyric sheet, poster
Sy Keeler - vocals Nige Rockett - lead guitar Jase Stallard - rhythm guitar Paul Mahoney - bass Steve Grice - drums
01 Let There Be Death 02 Metal Forces 03 Fight with the Beast 04 Demoniac 05 Flame of the Antichrist 06 Contract in Blood 07 Thrash 'til the Death
Transfer and mastering by Patrick W. Engel at TEMPLE OF DISHARMONY in August 2018.
Following 1985’s classic »Power From Hell« (originally issued by Children Of The Revolution Records and recently re-released by High Roller Records), »The Force« (recorded at Matrix studios in London in early 1986) was even more successful than the band’s debut album. Compared to »Power From Hell« with its leanings towards early death metal, »The Force« was an altogether different beast. Thrash metal songs like “Let There Be Death”, “Contract In Blood” and “Fight With The Beast” were much more complex than anything on the first album. The new style was also at least partly due to Sky Keeler having joined Onslaught as the band’s new vocalist. His slightly more melodic approach to songs such as “Metal Forces” (a tribute to the London-based metallic underground magazine of the same name) made the Bristolians also appeal to fans of the first two Metallica albums.
Produced and engineered by Dave Pine and mixed by Roy Rowland, »The Force« received excellent reviews in the English press (as well as in European magazines such as Rock Hard and fanzines like Iron Pages). Although formed in 1982 and deeply routed in the UK hardcore and punk scenes, Onslaught went on to become one of the main protagonists of the late 1980’s UK thrash metal movement (along with bands such as Acid Reign, Re-Animator, Slammer and Xentrix). When ex-Grim Reaper vocalist Steve Grimmett joined the band for the follow-up album »In Search Of Sanity«, Onslaught gained a major deal.
»The Force« was originally released by Music For Nations sublabel Under One Flag in 1986 and has been out of print for a long time.
Onslaught have been playing »The Force« in its entirety on their recent »Full Force« anniversary tour.

Matthias Mader