How Would Have The Late Cliff Burton Reacted To: Load, Reload,Justice & Black Album-Onslaught's Nige Rockett Responds
- The Metal Voice
- Apr 30
- 2 min read
The Metal Voice recently interviewed England's Guitarist Nige Rockett of ONSLAUGHT. Rockett talked about the bands upcoming new album ORIGINS OF Aggression. The Album features Re-Recordings and Covers and will be released via Reigning Phoenix Music May 23, 2025.
Rockett also is asked to respond to the age old question, If Metallica's Cliff Burton was still alive how would he react to: Load, Reload, And Justice for all and The Black Album?
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In 2024, ONSLAUGHT signed a new long-term recording contract with metal giants Reigning Phoenix Music, seeking a fresh challenge with a partner that shares the same drive and ambition as the band.
The first release under RPM will be a very special double album to celebrate the inception of the band and the 40th anniversary of ONSLAUGHT's debut album, Power From Hell.
Titled Origins of Aggression, the release will contain 22 tracks in total across a double album format. Disc 1 features re-recordings of the most important ONSLAUGHT tracks from the early years, while Disc 2 consists of punk and metal cover versions that shaped ONSLAUGHT into the band they are today—songs that were jammed at rehearsals and tracks that inspired the band to pick up an instrument and play. It’s a fascinating sonic journey that tells the story of how the band came into existence.
As ONSLAUGHT approach yet another year of thrash metal history-making, the band is gearing up for the 2025 World Tour to promote Origins of Aggression and celebrate this landmark anniversary.
This is a very exciting new chapter for everyone in the ONSLAUGHT camp—with more news, more releases, more tours, and more important shows to come.
Disk 1
Thermonuclear Devastation of the Planet Earth 1:54
Black Horse of Famine 1:28
Angels of Death 2:41
Power from Hell 4:50
Metal Forces 5:20
Let There Be Death 5:36
Fight with the Beast 5:25
Thrash Till the Death 4:28
In Search of Sanity 6:48
Shellshock 6:33
Disc 2 – Covers
Side A
Iron Fist (Motörhead cover)
Holiday in Cambodia (Dead Kennedys cover)
A Look at Tomorrow (Discharge cover)
U.K. 82 (The Exploited cover)
Freewheel Burning (Judas Priest cover)
Wardance (Killing Joke cover)
Side B
7. Give Me Fire (GBH cover)
8. State Violence State Control (Discharge cover)
9. Holidays in the Sun (Sex Pistols cover)
10. Emotional Blackmail (UK Subs cover)
11. War Pigs (Black Sabbath cover)
12. Drunk with Power (Discharge cover)
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What motivated ONSLAUGHT to include punk covers alongside their early thrash Retro Bowl classics on Origins of Aggression, and how do those punk influences continue to shape their sound today?