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Nuclear Assault ‎–Handle With Care cd [toxic edition]

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Still sealed 2008 toxic glow edition with slipcase, 20 page booklet and six live bonus tracks

Nuclear Assault truly arrived on 1989’s Handle With Care — a record which stands the test of time as one of the East Coast’s best offerings to the thrash metal genre. The development displayed on their previous effort, Survive, was honed to an even tighter focus here, resulting in the band’s best and most powerful album. Outstanding thrashers like “Critical Mass,” “F: (Wake Up),” and “When Freedom Dies” lead the way with the same bile and fury fans had grown accustomed to. But the band also displays an increasing appreciation for melody and straight-ahead metal riffs on tracks like “Inherited Hell” and the epic “Trail of Tears” — no doubt upsetting those who preferred the rawer hardcore elements in their sound. And even though John Connely and Danny Lilker remain the band’s prime creative forces, drummer Glen Evans also contributes some killer material (“Emergency” and “Search & Seizure”), making Handle With Care Nuclear Assault’s truest band effort. Too bad this only presaged the splintering which would occur on 1991’s disappointing (and appropriately titled) Out of Order. (Lilker’s insistence on including pointless noise bursts spanning mere seconds, like “Funky Noise” and “Mother’s Day,” didn’t help matters any.) Still, Handle With Care is a perfect introduction, and definitely the must have of the Nuclear Assault albums.

Track list:
1. New Song
2. Critical Mass
3. Inherited Hell
4. Surgery
5. Emergency
6. Funky Noise
7. F (Wake Up)
8. When Freedom Dies
9. Search And Seizure
10. Torture Tactics
11. Mothers Day
12. Trail Of Tears
13. Intro/The New Song-live Hammersmith 1989
14. Critical Mass-live Hammersmith 1989
15. Torture Tactics-live Hammersmith 1989
16. Trail Of Tears-live Hammersmith 1989
17. Mother’s Day-live Hammersmith 1989
18. Funky Noise-live Hammersmith 1989

Additional information

Label

Century Media Records

Release Year

Catalogue Number

9962118