Description: NUCLEAR ASSAULT - Game Over LP Here is a limited/rare/ out of print NUCLEAR ASSAULT LP on Germany's HIGH ROLLER RECORDS. This is the 3rd pressing from 2016, new and never played. This is the black vinyl variant!!! SEALED. Photos here are stock photos. This pressing is special because of the outstanding packaging, which includes a killer poster. --- John Connelly - Vocals, GuitarsAnthony Bramante - GuitarsDan Lilker - BassGlenn Evans - Drums -Live, Suffer, Die-Sin-Cold Steel-Betrayal-Radiation Sickness-Hang the Pope-After the Holocaust-Mr. Softee Theme-Stranded in Hell-Nuclear War-My America-Vengeance-Brain Death-Lesbians specially mastered for vinyl by Patrick W. Engel/ Temple of Disharmony, 100% original sound, no remaster! After leaving Anthrax in 1984 under circumstances he had himself to blame for, Dan Lilker formed Nuclear Assault and released a demo (“Back with Vengeance“). After reconciling with Scott Ian in 1985, Lilker became a member of the short-lived yet legendary all-star outfit S.O.D. and - due to the unexpected huge success of S.O.D.’s “Speak English or Die” album - put Nuclear Assault on hiatus. After his stint with S.O.D. was over, Lilker revived Nuclear Assault and released another demo (“Live, suffer, die“) that landed the band a deal with Combat Records. Finally, in October 1986 “Game Over“, Nuclear Assault's debut album, was released. Although the album mainly consisted of re-recordings from the demo tapes (such as “Betrayal“) and contained only a few “new“ songs (such as “Brain Death“ and “Nuclear War“), the record made a huge impact. Opening with a high-speed instrumental track (“Live, suffer, die“), “Game Over“ showcases a never before heard mixture of short hardcore/grindcore eruptions clocking in under a minute (“Hang the Pope”, “My America”) and “classic” speed/thrash metal songs (“Cold Steel”, “Stranded in Hell”). The humorous nonsense track “Mr. Softee theme”, a cover version of an ice cream commercial tune, is a welcome interlude. The track “Sin” was also an “old” song though not from the demos, but written by Lilker when he was still in Anthrax (the song was actually performed live by Anthrax during Lilker's days with the band). Being versatile musically, the lyrical concept of “Game Over” is constant highly political, critical of religion (more subtle “Nuclear War”, less subtle “Hang the Pope”), politics (“After the Holocaust”, “Vengeance”) and society (“Cold Steel”). Out of the ordinary yet characteristic is the final song, “Brain Death”, clocking in over seven minutes and somewhat “summarizing” the album. Opening with an almost two-minute long acoustic guitar intro, the song continues with trailing heavy riffs and short melodic lead guitars only to culminate in blustering core-eruptions at the end. Also included on the re-release of “Game Over” on High Roller Records (especially mastered for vinyl by Patrick W. Engel, 100% original sound, no remaster!) is the track “Lesbians”, originally featured only on the tape version of the album. Sebastian Thiel
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Artist: Anthrax, Death, Destruction, Exodus, Iron Maiden, Judas Priest, Kreator, Metallica, Morbid Angel, Morbid Saint, Obituary, Sepultura, Slaughter, Sodom, Testament, blood feast, holy moses, living death, municipal waste, onslaught, razor, sa slayer, sacrifice, sacrilege, nuclear assault, sod
Speed: 33 RPM
Record Label: High Roller Records
Release Title: Game Over
Case Type: Cardboard Sleeve
Color: Black
Material: Vinyl
Inlay Condition: Mint (M)
Edition: Anniversary Edition, Limited Edition, picture disc
Type: LP
Record Grading: Mint (M)
Format: Record
Release Year: 2016
Sleeve Grading: Mint (M)
Era: 1980s
Style: Black/Gothic Metal, British Metal/NWOBHM, Death Metal, Doom/Sludge Metal, Folk Metal, Folk Punk, Funk Metal, Glam/Hair Metal, Gothic Metal, Heavy Metal, Industrial Metal, Metal-Compilations, Metalcore, New Metal, Nu Metal, Pop Metal, Post-Punk, Power/Progressive Metal, Progressive Metal, Punk/New Wave, Punk Metal, Rap Metal, Speed & Trash Metal, Speedcore, Stoner Metal, Symphonic Metal, Thrash & Speed, True Metal, thrash
Record Size: 12"
Features: Import, Limited Edition
Genre: Metal, Punk, Rock, Rock 'n' Roll, thrash
Country/Region of Manufacture: Germany
