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The Assassin personified the "Free For All" of German Thrash, a gigantic musical brawl of enormous proportions, with an apocalyptic feel, essentially based on a sonic cocktail of Slayer, specifically the "Hell Awaits" era, combined with a more cautious writing ability and inferior instrumental prowess.
This quintet from Dusseldorf was formed in 1983 and after several demo tapes debuted in 1987 with this "The Upcoming Terror", which assembles eight shards of "Thrash Attack" produced by Kalle Trapp (who also worked with Pestilence on "Malleus Maleficarum"), played full throttle, uncompromisingly, almost devoid of melody, featuring distorted solos and streaked by the voice of Robert Gonella, a kind of cross between Paul Baloff of Exodus and Milland Petrozza of fellow countrymen Kreator.
Assassin remained on a lower tier compared to the bands of the Teutonic triad Sodom-Kreator-Destruction, quickly falling into oblivion after two record releases, probably due to a lack of inspiration, the vocal tone not embraced by the audience, but above all for the austerity production of their only two discographic chapters.
In this full-length, for example, emphasis is given to the sound of the drums, more explosive than ever. Looking at the situation from a historical viewpoint, the band was born more or less when the other Teutonic groups (see www.metal-archives.com) and despite this, it stayed behind, like the Canadian Razor in the American continent. Why? Gonella's voice appears piercing, like a nightmarish nightmare, yet monotonous and forced over the long haul. Adding to this, the fast tracks lack class to sell, although some episodes are successful like "Forbidden Reality" which has a more complex structure, especially in the introduction, or the instrumental "Speed Of Light" which is a manifesto song of the Assassin’s musical stature. The cover, on the other hand, is well executed and inspired the cover of "Realm Of Chaos" by Bolt Thrower. In "Assassin" there's a slowdown in rhythmic fury in favor of acoustic guitars on a dark background, which then leads into a rocky track, before the arrival of "Bullets" the most devastating piece of the lot, truly a show of strength by the drummer Psyco Danger and a classic in live acts.
The themes of the lyrics tackle the issue of war in all its forms, thus free from Satanic proclamations or metal on metal. The rest of the tracks result on a plane of mediocrity that is not even golden, which over time, however, finds its place in the representation of Amarcord-Thrash, a form of media expression, by specialized magazines and record labels, that aims to magnify and reevaluate bands from the '80s (see Exumer and Violent Force) that were playing the same music as more renowned bands, only to disappear from the world’s stage and reappear with soulless reunions years later. This "The Upcoming Terror" would have been a masterpiece if the bands of the triad never existed: but one must not be discouraged. Assassin will return after twelve months with a formation changed by two-fifths and with a decent album featuring an excellent cover, as well as a Thrash sound influenced by American bands.
In 2003 a new album by Assassin "The Club" comes out: the dreadful cover scares buyers and reviewers around the world.
Tracklist Lyrics and Videos
01 Forbidden Reality (05:35)
In the land of myth and tales the forbidden temple lies
Hard to reach, hard to find
Jungle surround that ancient place
Already the last priest is dead, no one alive
It is the secret of the old temple
Where no one stepped in for the hundred of years
Because of the fears
It is the unknown hidden place
Near by the door, broken by storm
An unknown symbol is
It's dark with dust and turned in black
But it shining without light
No reasons for these odd events, is it not true?
We are the living masters of life
Who have to behave and have to be brave
So what we are save
We have fences all over the place
We can't tell truth, no clear thinking
Does the temple influence us all?
No true exist in front us all
Isn't that all possible
Try to think and understand about place
Of the temple
If it gets destroyed and burned down
We will live again
Already the last priest is dead, no one alive
It is the secret of the old temple
02 Nemesis (03:51)
Nemesis hordes of hades are blasting over the earth
Saveness diapering frightening of the human
Death for the guilty one, no hope is given to them
No mercy as a result, Nemesis will punish them
Deathly breeze of wind plunging into the city
Unimaginable creatures arrived and spread
Out into their streets
Pain for the guilty one
Destruction is what they earn
After ruling a period of time, Nemesis punish the:
Cruel which killed thousands of innocent lifes
Death to these old kings which slayed our children
Execution has begun, the goddess decided to kill
Massacre creates a new world, blood has to be spoile
The horrors which are over exist not any longer
The humane race is saved, Nemesis disappearing
How long would freedom stay?
Will Nemesis save us again or was it just a dream
Our goddess will:
Stay a myth forever remembered
We need her help to ever survive
03 Fight (To Stop the Tyranny) (02:29)
Death, swords and inhuman minds control our world
Marxists, nazies and communists steel freedom
From our lifes
Go wild you banging crowd
Destroy there rules of tyranny
What we will stay about life, when we are living free
Fight for, fight for right
Fight for, fight for fight for freedom now
Fight for, fight for right
Fight to stop the tyranny
The masses of people are on the road
And starting riot and strikes
Spending all of their energy to kill
The kings of our world
05 Assassin (05:53)
He comes through the night
And is going to be ready to fight
His sword will kill every time it is going for his will
The death has taken you can see his anger in his face
The hate and the fate mixed up because it is far too late
Go assassin, fight assassin
Kill assassin, the life assassin
The blood which flows brainless killing for that life will go
Metal in your vein is giving them the deadly pain
The bloody useless war will make sense
And thinking really shot
The kill is his will and that's what always has been his drill
Go fight kill assassin
Go fight kill assassin
Go fight kill assassin
Go fight kill assassin
Take a look in his face you'll see power
And glory and real hate
The eyes which cries make you feel so cold
Like freezing ice
The real makes you feel like iron, gold
And silver steel
Lists of priests can't come help
Because he is the beast
06 Holy Terror (04:55)
Depressed by our nation
Destruction by their big army
The reality no one sees
Because of this we start a terror
For the one goal, we fight for Holy Terror
That's our aim to win the holy war
Come and join us against the government
The win is for sure if we fight for one goal
We stand for all till our death
Fight for one goal: HOLY TERROR
Surrounded by the nation
We try to get us free
And through the execution
We won the right to be
Death of the parliamentation
Make multivation come
And we will take position in the new government
Till end, till end, till end
Time has come for celebration
Brutal terror start
No hope for living
Why had it come through execution
Because on this we start a terror
Salvation coming widely
Only by force to get
People of all classes
Fight for Holy Terror
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