Nuclear Assault - Handle With Care

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8.2 | 191 votes |
Band
Nuclear Assault
Style
Thrash metal
Release date
1989
Owners
230 have it
20 want it
Tracklist
01. New Song
02. Critical Mass
03. Inherited Hell
04. Surgery
05. Emergency
06. Funky Noise
07. F# (Wake Up)
08. When Freedom Dies
09. Search & Seizure
10. Torture Tactics
11. Mother's Day
12. Trail Of Tears
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Rating:
9.1
Rating:
9.1 		Rounding out Nuclear Assault's run of classic albums is Handle With Care, the most refined offering yet, but don't let that description fool you; this album is still as raw and raucous as what came before it. Featuring yet another glut of crossover-tinged thrash anthems, the nuclear crew detonate another precision strike on you.

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published 18.07.2020 | Comments ( 0 )
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23.08.2011 - 13:43

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This album isn't bad, but i can't see any real progression from their first two albums,keeping it boring:P
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20.04.2012 - 00:33
Rating: 8
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With better vocals this is a 9, a tonne of storming riffs and the rest of the instrumentation is great too, but damn this guy gets grating fast.
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04.01.2013 - 12:21
Rating: 9

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I really enjoyed this album, but I have to say the production could have been better.
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10.01.2014 - 00:17
Rating: 9

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I only recently started listening to NA but I'm hooked on this album. So good. Also, I like the vocals. They have a punkish feel.
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10.01.2014 - 03:04
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Written by deadone on 10.01.2014 at 00:40

Far better than today's whinier Metalcore stuff.

I will happily take whatever that has to offer, because it's proven itself better than anything this band puts out and other shit from the same era multiple times.
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10.01.2014 - 08:13
Rating: 9
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This is my fave Nuclear Assault album (though the first 3 are all classics).

@deadone: Yep, that's absolutely right.
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10.01.2014 - 09:14
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Written by deadone on 10.01.2014 at 03:24

Dunno if it's proven anything. It's all down to personal preference and tastes.

Then you need to work on yours if you think metalcore as a whole sounds "whiny."
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16.09.2025 - 12:01
Rating: 8

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Maybe the most underrated US thrash band. I would put NA over Athrax, Exodus, Sacred Reich and Annihilator any time.

Handle with care is my favorite record! Just fun!
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