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Nuclear Assault is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Testament, Savatage, Venom, Death Angel and Exodus. Those roots explain a lot about how Nuclear Assault arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Overkill, Sacred Reich, Forbidden, Exodus and Destruction, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Therion, Overkill, Sacrifice, Exodus and Testament, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 31 connections around Nuclear Assault, reaching back through Testament and forward to Therion. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
Nuclear Assault was an American thrash metal band formed in New York City in 1984. Part of the mid-to-late 1980s thrash metal movement, they were one of the main bands of the genre to emerge from the East Coast, along with Overkill, Whiplash, Toxik, Carnivore, and Anthrax, the last of which was co-founded by Nuclear Assault bassist Dan Lilker, who had been fired from Anthrax shortly after the release of their first album. Nuclear Assault released five full-length albums and toured relentlessly throughout the 1980s and early 1990s, and broke up in 1995. The band reunited briefly in 1997, and permanently from 2001 to 2008 and again from 2011 to 2022.
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Nuclear Assault connections
Nuclear Assault grew out of Testament, Savatage, Venom and Death Angel, shares an orbit with Overkill, Sacred Reich, Forbidden and Exodus, went on to shape Therion, Overkill, Sacrifice and Exodus. 31 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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