ONSLAUGHT: New Album Artwork Unveiled

November 16, 2010

"Sounds Of Violence", the fifth album from British thrashers ONSLAUGHT, will be released on the following dates:

Japan: January 12
Europe: January 28
USA: February 8

The effort will be made available in three formats: CD, limited digipack and vinyl.

Commented guitarist Nige Rockett: "We decided on 'The Sound Of Violence' will the first single from the album, purely because it's so fucking raw and angry. It's a very immediate song... No frills, no nonsense — just pure bludgeoning thrash metal... We have also recorded cover song on the release, complete with two very special guests'...

"It's been a real long time since we covered another band and thought it would be a cool thing for bonus tracks, etc."

The follow-up to 2007's "Killing Peace", "Sounds Of Violence" was recorded and mixed at Hansen Studio in Ribe, Denmark with acclaimed Danish producer Jacob Hansen (RAUNCHY, MERCENARY, VOLBEAT, HEAVEN SHALL BURN).

Regarding the direction of ONSLAUGHT's new material, Nige Rockett previously said, "Musically and lyrically, this is definately the most brutal and intense ONSLAUGHT album to date. It's full of machine-gun riffs, ferocious drum patterns and some pretty fucked up lyrical content.

"This album was never meant to be pretty. It's not a concept album by any measure but there's a definite theme to the whole package, right through from the sleeve design to the music and onto the words;, it's violence all the way.

"There's a lot of hate in 'Sounds of Violence' and a whole lot of reality in there, too, much of it straight from the heart."

An audio sample of the pre-production/demo version of the new ONSLAUGHT song "Born For War" can be heard at the band's MySpace profile.

ONSLAUGHT recently signed a deal with Enorm Music, the publishing arm of ICS, which organizes the Wacken Open Air festival.

The band recorded its performance at the Damnation Festival on November 22, 2008 in Leeds, U.K. for a live CD, "Live Damnation", which was released on July 20, 2009 through Candlelight Records.

An e-card for the album can be accessed at this location.

ONSLAUGHT's last studio album, "Killing Peace", was released in March 2007 via Candlelight Records. The CD was recorded at Backstage studio in Derbyshire, England with producer Andy Sneap (MEGADETH, MACHINE HEAD, ARCH ENEMY, NEVERMORE).

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